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Reading Loraine’s excellent post here made me think of something along the lines of this thread that someone mentioned earlier- (maybe a couple of years ago?).
The “jist” of it was…. to allow yourself to “get lost in the music”.
Now– learning is learning. Exactness is needed when LEARNING. That’s easy to see.
But, I believe there’s a big difference between learning and PLAYING. So, when your “learning” is done for the day or whatever……. go PLAY.
Pay attention to the chords themselves, of course, but beyond that…… deliberately DON’T focus on all the eye-confusing diagram-y stuff that tells you exactly when to strum- (and how.. either up or down). Dial it out.
And just…. PLAY…. within the music…. from your ears and heart…… just for the FUN of it. Play it the way that SOUNDS great to YOU, regardless of how “technically correct” it is. You will gravitate towards what SOUNDS good to your ears! If it isn’t exactly like the lesson’s version– oh well. You have played YOUR version of it!
Hope this perspective doesn’t sound tooooooo dumb. And I hope you get the “jist” of what I said.
(Note- I hate using all these “caps”- but sometimes if I want to “bold” or “italicize” something- it turns out showing all these weird characters in the post’s text once it is posted in the thread). Promise– I’m NOT shouting…..)😀