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I started my journey in December and I've rally stuck with it, almost to the point of obsession. One you're through those annoying baby steps you get to have fun! Foundation skills and theory are mega useful and shouldn't be overlooked. They've enabled me to bow start playing regularly with others, and even if I don't know the song, I can join in by knowing the key and noodling a bit or just following a simple chord progression.
Good luck and remember to have fun!
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youMy "early days" were a long time ago now, so memory is a bit misty ... but I don't remember spending lots of time memorising individual shapes before starting to connect chords via transitions. Quite the opposite: as soon as I had three chords even very roughly down, I began playing songs. No doubt very badly at the beginning, but I think the only way to get the changes smooth are to practice them ... a lot.
A big part of the attraction of guitar to me was that I could get to the "fun bit" (playing along with records, then with mates in a band) pretty quickly. My advice would be to aim for some simple songs, rather than trying to perfect individual shapes / changes first.
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When playing along to songs and playing them by themselves you can measure your progress easily and have something to aim for. When playing a song, if there is a change you have trouble with, that's when you practise that transition.
Besides that, it's simply more fun to play a song than just to practise chords, and if you had trouble sticking with it previously, it will truly help make it enjoyable and make you want to play more.
Find some three chord trick songs in E and A. Learn to change them smoothly. Now you've got two keys to play in from 4 chords E A B7 and D.
Now add G and then C.
Coe back for help on minors Barre chords and someone else for comping and chord substitution.
Baby steps.
Sitting and strumming 1 chord for hours on end won't help you progress much. Learning to change chords will.
Here's a couple of chord progression to play through.
D/C/G/G (Sweet home Alabama and a load of others)
G/D/C/G/D/Am(7) (Knockin' on Heavens door)
C/G/D/A/E (Hey Joe)
If you start feeling adventurous
G-D/F#-Em-Em-C-D (Freebird) (Under the solo it F-Bb-C)
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Actually Justin's site is great if you're just starting out, a lot of people respect him
A lot of learning guitar is down to practice but with time and patience you'll get there
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so if you are happening to be trying to get all your fingers around 6 string chords, take a step back or a pause and just try playing 2 or 3 strings only.
This isn't a cop out, this is real guitar playing
One other thing that I get stuck on is strum patterns, even for simple ones. As an example, I've been trying to play Tougher Than The Rest by Springsteen which seems to be a simple downstroke strum - but I can't get it to sound like the song - I'm sure part of it is the chord transitions.
Watching "The Boss" himself playing it on acoustic, he strums at twice the speed (16th notes), Definitely best to get the campfire version working first I'd say.
That's what I've been doing with my beginner learners with great results.
I would suggest you practice groups of chords in different keys-
in the key of C- C, F, G
in the key of D- D, G, A
in the key of G- G, C, D
Because of the function they have with their respective key scales (I, IV, V) these three chords will allow you to play countless songs. See- http://www.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/chord-progression-0324-2011.aspx
Practice slowly at first- just changing from one chord to the next. The aim is to have all strings sound clear.
I often find that what I have studied today gets absorbed by the following day. Also try to practice every day at least for 15 minutes.
I would recommend book courses like Rock School or a website like True Fire.
I hope this helps!