I've come to that very same realisation, not too long ago. 👍, 🙏 & Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland

This is such a useful video. I play a lot more guitar than my partner, but when watching her, found her basic chord switching times so much faster than mine. The difference in our hours of play led me to the same suspicion that it can't just be brute forcing the hours - there must be a technique difference and she's cracked something I haven't. I realised I make the exact same G and C lead finger mistakes you point out in this video and she does the opposite. This video felt very validating that I'm not just going crazy with weird theory!

This makes perfect sense. I shall be looking closely at what I do and see if I can do it better.

Cool video, logic checks out to me

Good tips, I will look at my tougher transitions. Another thing I do for speed and muscle memory is lay my fingers flat behind the 12th fret and "race" to different chords. Then do it without looking.

@somasundaramsankaranarayan4592

Ай бұрын

good idea

Thank you so much for this Edit: My barre chord changes are smooth like butter now!

Great observations! Really helpful to actually ANALYSE thyself, then try alternative methods and see if another approach eliminates the issue. It seems so obvious, rather than not. Clearly, as you described, people might play their whole lives and NOT do this simple fix! I guess there's a disconnect between the physical act and the mental... Ultimately, we are flawed! A good teacher (YOU) recognises our flaws and offers ways of working around them.

Makes sense. Will definitely check out my leading fingers. Thanks ❤

@matthewmaurysmith2486

Ай бұрын

I bet sometimes it's more a sense than it is an actual finger moving first. In other words, you've probably gotten to the point where you're actually putting all your fingers out at once, but you can sense or feel in your hand that there's a certain finger that seems to lead the way

Great video. This reinforced something l worked out by watching my fingers chane chords slowly

Great lesson Matt. I’ve been watching you play for a long time and one of the things I’ve noticed is when you reach for the fretboard I can see your fingers are already in position for the chord long before you’ve put your fingers down. I can see the chord shape in the position of your fingers.

@matthewmaurysmith2486

Ай бұрын

Yes! Sometimes I call this "pre Imaging" .... where you sort of recall the muscle memory of the chord before you put the fingers down on the strings

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Great insight! My nemesis is B7. Any suggestions? I do it in this order: Index finger: 1st fret of the D (4th) string. Middle finger: 2nd fret of the A (5th) string. Ring finger: 2nd fret of the G (3rd) string. Pinky finger: 2nd fret of the E (1st) string. I start with the middle finger and pretty much lay the remaining 3 at the same time, but leading slightly with the index finger. But at least half the time I'm off, and mute strings. Been working on it a long time and still have trouble.

@matthewmaurysmith2486

Ай бұрын

One thing about B7 is it's usually coming from an E or an E minor and if that is the case, make sure you're leaving your second finger down and making just that short little move with your third finger. I focus on the triangle part of the B7 because there's a lot of muscle memory power in that little triangle shape you see it in lots of chords. So, I don't really focus on the pinky, I let it fall down like a domino effect, moving in the shadow after effect of setting up that triangle part... Also, B7 is one of those chords where you literally could place each finger exactly right up against the front wire and really minimize how much downward pressure you have to apply. So if you can unlock how relaxed your fingers can be when you make the shape, it may be easier to Arch them and stand them up straighter and not have as much problem muting the other strings.