3 Exercises To Fix Your Chord-Switching Problems Fast!

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Today's question is from Pedro he says, "I know many chord shapes but when I try to play along to a song, I can't switch through them fast enough."

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In the lesson, I mention a few things:

If you need more help with the fundamentals, I have a few resources you can check out:

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To help him (and everyone else struggling to get past this "roadblock") I have three exercises that I use with my students. These exercises will build up two important skills:

The first is memorizing your chord shapes. Everyone THINKS they have them memorized but I'm going to show you a little test that might have you thinking again! You might be able to make the shape but have you really memorized it?! That's what we'll find out! (and I have an exercise that will FIX this instantly!)

The next skill is being able to switch between any two particular chords. Usually people think you just have to be able to switch from any chord to any other chord right away, but it's actually a bit more of a methodical, slower process. You need to LEARN to switch from E to A from G to A from D to A...

So if you have an issue with chord switching, hopefully this'll fix you right up!

'Til next time!
-James

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This works!!!! 200 slaps later I can finally do A minor and C chords without looking!!! 😊😊

OGRagtoproy
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My 5 year old son came in the guitar room and started slapping my lap also. “daddy, what are you doing?" He said and joined in the slapping. lol. Thanks for giving me a great moment with my son in addition to leaning guitar.

genes
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The chord + slap + chord method was truly amazing. Thank you! Such a simple little exercise but it works wonders! Great stuff as always!

flyinlow
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What I wanted: Fast Chord-Switch
What I got: A good Exercise and a red Lap

leelorenz.
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Some teachers don't teach exercises and that makes it difficult to learn . They expect u to play just by watching them play... these exercises u have shown are great and i believe it will help every beginner change chords faster....

onimisilovesonmusic
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Hey James, I just wanted to give you a big THANK YOU
for the "lap slap" technique. I'm 65 years old and have been learning guitar from your You Tube channel for about 18 months and just now found this video. I'm at the point where I know many chord shapes and can finger them without looking at a diagram but my switches were painfully slow and I just wasn't getting any faster at them. I've been doing these exercises for about 2 weeks and the results are dramatic. Don't get me wrong, I'm still slow but I definitely see much faster switches. Thanks again!!

submoa
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I want to switch between four chords in less than 1.5 seconds

dennizsvemark
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James,
Not the first time I have said this but it bears repeating. You have a terrific style of teaching: patient, clear and encouraging. Thank you so much.

maryperry
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I can switch chords fast to go along with a song but there's like, gaps of silence between them

MiniMight
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Dude, I wish I could express how helpful this was. So clear and concise and you have a nice, calming voice.

davidwong
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Just started leaning to play about a month ago and this so far was hands down the the most helpful video ive seen so far, thank you good sir 😁🎸 🎶

robjossick
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I started playing guitar a month ago, i was struggling with chord switch and this was the most helpful video ever. After watching this i was able to switch between g major and c major. Thank u soo much

vkook
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Thank you. Of all the chord exercise videos on YouTube, this one has helped the most. It’s really made a difference

aunch
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your voice is so soothing and i love these tips! thank you

tammieschiller
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I've watched a lot of videos on this topic but yours is outstanding! Thank you very much!

rutruterturfuly
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One of the best guitar teachers of all time. Will be doing these exercises to my guitar warm-up everyday 🎸🎶

melaniebuford
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There is no secret. Just practice practice practice . Change between the chords for 100 time .

kkhh
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Wanted to thank you for taking the time to do this 🙏

jamescorben
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One of the best explanation for chord switch thanks.

nish
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A very creative idea with the lap distraction as a memory trainer. I will give it a go. C to F or G is always messy though.

MultiShriek