Tips for Practicing Altered Guitar Chord Changes

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Hi, my name is Joe Wiles with the Rock and Roll Conservatory, on behalf of Expert Village. We're going to go through some exercises - the first one being "G", "C", "D", "C" - but we're going to form all of those chords without the use of our index finger. This is what it looks like. The "G" chord, as you remember, will form like this (demonstrating), freeing up our index finger. The "C" chord will form like this (demonstrating), freeing up our index finger. And the "D" chord will form like this (demonstrating), also freeing up our index finger. Then back to the "C", ok? This is a really tricky exercise to do, because it incorporates the use of our pinkie. All right, with the metronome at 60 beats per minute, that exercise should sound like this. (counting beats) One, two, three, four...(playing one chord), One, two, three, four...(playing while counting), One, two, three, four...(playing while counting), One, two, three, four...(playing while counting), One, two, three, four...(playing while counting). And you just cycle it over and over until you get used to playing all those chords without your index finger. In the next segment, we're going to a similar exercise with the "A" chord, "D" chord, and "E" chord. I'll see you there.

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