Guitar chords and how to make them like you

Today I present a valuable essay on learning guitar chords. If you are a guitar player maybe you can remember a time when you watched in awe as a guitarist’s hand moved up and down the guitar neck, making chord shapes with incredible speed. Now you can do it. There was no magic to it, just a lot of hard work, and in the end the skill you wanted so much just kind of sneaked up on you. But that same process is going on still. The hours of practice and the bleak self doubts. Well, here’s some quotes from the wisdom of someone who has been through the mill and emerged as a freshly baked guitar player. The essay is called “Learn guitar chords - Top 10 Mistakes”.
“The critical time is when you’re almost there, you know how to make the shape of the chord, and can sometimes strum it cleanly and you’ve been practising for the past 7 days but haven’t seen any improvement… well that’s the worst time to give up”
“You need to be able to form the chord without looking at it. Just think about it do you see guitarists staring at their guitars every time they need to change to another chord? No… it’s silly.”
“it is better to pick each note separately so you can quickly analyse what string is giving you the dead note. You can then apply more pressure or move the finger slightly to get it into a better position.”
Here’s the complete article

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