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There is only one thing that worked for me to smooths out transitions: slow way way down and think flow. When I get down to 30 to 60 bpm (beats per minute) I move in this flourished, over exaggerated way but in slow motion. Dunno why but it worked. Once relaxed and precisely accurate, start boosting the speed on a metronome. I was always surprised how fast I could get up to speed once I slowed down and snuck up on it. Hard to chase but easy to sneak up on. The other thing is to play smaller chords. depending on how you are strumming you can play the 3strings bass side, low half, of the chords or the treble high side of the chords high side 3 strings. The chords become one finger chords except for the D, gotta use all the fingers for D.