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DevilDace rolled 18 8-sided dice:
6, 6, 3, 7, 1, 8, 7, 2, 3, 7, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 4
Total: 71 (18-144)
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 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:49 am
hey, so I've been playing for about 5 months now, and I've got a nice grasp of a lot of the chords so far (open chords at least) however my problem is shifting from one chord to another (G to C is a big one that likes to give me problems) and also shifting from an open chord to a barre chord. I know practice plays a huge part in all of this, but at the same time, are there any little tricks anyone knows to help me learn this easier? my fingers are usually pretty close but I'm still usually off by a string (sometimes two) for the open chords and for Barre I need to actually stop playing in order to arrange my fingers correctly.
any tips would be great
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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:50 pm
DevilDace hey, so I've been playing for about 5 months now, and I've got a nice grasp of a lot of the chords so far (open chords at least) however my problem is shifting from one chord to another (G to C is a big one that likes to give me problems) and also shifting from an open chord to a barre chord. I know practice plays a huge part in all of this, but at the same time, are there any little tricks anyone knows to help me learn this easier? my fingers are usually pretty close but I'm still usually off by a string (sometimes two) for the open chords and for Barre I need to actually stop playing in order to arrange my fingers correctly. any tips would be great Basically anticipate the chord that you're going to play next. So let's say you're playing the G chord for four beats, and you know that you have to switch to a C on the next chord. When the fourth beat of G rolls around, you should already be telling yourself that you need to move your fingers for the C formation. Same thing with bar chords, they just take more practice is all. That's really the only advice that I could give you other then practice practice practice.
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 3:31 pm
Ok, a great way to practice chords is to pick a few that you know (or all) write them down and take the time to play each of them one after another, it's good to pick ones that are hard for you to do right next to eachother.
yeah, thats what I did.
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Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:08 pm
Wanna know the (imo) best but most annoying way? Spend about 10 minutes a pratice session playing G, then go to C, then back to G, then back to C. Over and over. And play it in time, but slow enough to where you do it right. If it takes you 5 seconds to finger the chord, play the chord ever 5 seconds. Youll get batter. I had that same problem.
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Kyle Chopped and Screwwed
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:28 am
Develop muscle memory in your fretting hand, don't worry about playing the chord, fret the G chord, release, hover and fret the G chord again, make that hover and fretting action natural, when your watching tv, doing anything else, fret that chord so it becomes second nature, then practice the movement fretting and release, hover fret release of the new chord, and go back and forth between chords, practice your chord progressions as you will most likely encounter them.
I, ii, IV, V (G Major) and then mix them up. When learning a new chord encountered in a song for the first time, practice the hover fret release hover for a couple of minutes, it will help develop that muscle memory.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:14 am
Start with your basic chords and just continually play them switching in between different ones. Then after you have that down start incorporating barre chords.
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:00 pm
The way I learned to switch between chords was, take it SLOW. Take as much time as you need to think about the chord shape and make it, then take as much time as you need to make the next chord in the progression. It doesn't matter how fast you go, because once you grasp how to change chords you can do it at any speed. That's how I was, anyway.
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:00 pm
DevilDace hey, so I've been playing for about 5 months now, and I've got a nice grasp of a lot of the chords so far (open chords at least) however my problem is shifting from one chord to another (G to C is a big one that likes to give me problems) and also shifting from an open chord to a barre chord. I know practice plays a huge part in all of this, but at the same time, are there any little tricks anyone knows to help me learn this easier? my fingers are usually pretty close but I'm still usually off by a string (sometimes two) for the open chords and for Barre I need to actually stop playing in order to arrange my fingers correctly. any tips would be great play alot of jazz chords than go back to that s**t and youll realize how easy it is. or you could just practice
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:03 pm
Dyna Rider Develop muscle memory in your fretting hand, don't worry about playing the chord, fret the G chord, release, hover and fret the G chord again, make that hover and fretting action natural, when your watching tv, doing anything else, fret that chord so it becomes second nature, then practice the movement fretting and release, hover fret release of the new chord, and go back and forth between chords, practice your chord progressions as you will most likely encounter them. I, ii, IV, V (G Major) and then mix them up. When learning a new chord encountered in a song for the first time, practice the hover fret release hover for a couple of minutes, it will help develop that muscle memory. i love when someone says develop muscle memory because if it was just muscle memory a monkey could play this. its all about practice, understanding triads, diads, augmented chords, augmented scales and as i said before practice
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:58 pm
live2shred Dyna Rider Develop muscle memory in your fretting hand, don't worry about playing the chord, fret the G chord, release, hover and fret the G chord again, make that hover and fretting action natural, when your watching tv, doing anything else, fret that chord so it becomes second nature, then practice the movement fretting and release, hover fret release of the new chord, and go back and forth between chords, practice your chord progressions as you will most likely encounter them. I, ii, IV, V (G Major) and then mix them up. When learning a new chord encountered in a song for the first time, practice the hover fret release hover for a couple of minutes, it will help develop that muscle memory. i love when someone says develop muscle memory because if it was just muscle memory a monkey could play this. its all about practice, understanding triads, diads, augmented chords, augmented scales and as i said before practice I've been having trouble with chords as well and i've tried many tricks such as muscle memory and stuff close that. I thought muscle memory you had to strum the chord. (currently i'm trying to do a progression of D to A to G)
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:24 pm
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