I think it goes without saying, but this blog is intended to give you tips on how to overcome some problems when learning to play guitar. So with that said, you should probably have a chord book of some sort that you are being guided by.  At this point you’ve probably already read a guitar lesson about open strings and the name of each note like the diagram below. To be honest with you, this is boring as hell, but unfortunately it will make our life easier down the road.

When I talk to beginner guitar players I notice they make things harder than they really should be, so I’ve put together some common obstacles that you may face when learning to play guitar.

Visualizing the chord in your head:  I see this all the time, you start practicing your chord changes, and during each chord change you are rearranging your fingers or take them off the strings to put them right back in the same place.  Sometimes you don’t have to and by simply visualizing where the nearest note is and concentrate on whether you have to move some of your fingers makes it a whole lot easier.  A perfect example are the following 2 chord belows, Notice that in order to go from the A-minor to a C-major all you have to do is move 1 finger. Its little guitar tips like this that will make your chord changes smoother.

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 Choosing Wrong Chords to Practice: Some guitar chords are definitely harder than others, the faster you realize that, the easier your life will become. (Side note: stay away from bar chords, at least for now) At this point, I know you want to sound like a rock star, but juuuuuuust before we sell out the nearest amphitheater we need to really focus on chord building and making sure that what we’re strumming is actually the right chord. Some easy chords that I always recommend are below:

Should I practice more than 1 chord at once? Yes, I’ve seen a lot of guitar teachers tell their students to just practice one chord at a time. I completely disagree, that’s not a solid learning process. I advise to practice 3 chords, e.g G, C, D one after each other over and over and over and over again. This technique has lot do with the way your brain processes patterns. By using patterns instead of single chords, you brain will bring up the information a lot quicker.

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