[Carol-3M-Stillhand]

@SteveDyer sounds like you are making some good progress!! The 30 Days to Play has some great content for chord transitions- I agree that keep practicing, slow and steady is the key.

When practicing transition from one chord to another, try to look for common strings fretted, and/or common fingers used on both chords. Anchor notes/anchor fingers can help by realizing you have a note/finger in common and you can keep that in place as the other fingers switch to the new chord. Ex: the 5th string 3rd fret (ring finger) C-note of the open C-chord, keep that ring finger right there, because it’s already where it needs to be for the F-chord. That’s your anchor.

Another good trick to practice is to take any chord on its own. Start with a 2 finger chord like Eminor. Fret the chord, and strum. Adjust your fretting fingers until you get a clean chord. Then between each strum, lighten up your fretting fingers just a bit, without losing contact with the strings. Then resume the fretting pressure and strum again. Keep lightening up the pressure more and more until you actually lift your fretting fingers just slightly off the strings, then re-establish contact. Gradually lift your fingers higher and higher between strumming the chord. This helps teach chord shape muscle memory to your fretting hand.

There’s more chord shape and transition drills in the Skill Courses (My Routine section) here at TAC:

https://tonypolecastro.com/courses/your-next-six-chords/#learndash-course-content

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