Chords for Chord Progression Practice - G Em C D - Unlock The Ability To Play Thousands Of Songs!

_ _ _ _ Hey, James here from good guitarist calm and in this video
We're gonna practice a typical chord progression in the key of G
And all that means is that out of all the chords in this [E] progression G feels the most at home.
It's the key
[F#] Everything leads back to G
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_ _ _ [G] _ If you're following along with our [D#] ebook, which is available for free to all of our subscribers, there's links down below
[N] You've one learned and memorized some chord shapes
To practice switching between two chords at a time and three practice some strumming patterns
Well now is the part where we get to put that all together into a chord progression and get ready to play a complete song
[G] So let's just get straight to work
We'll start out by going over the chords in order just to warm up a bit and make sure your fingers are comfortable
Switching between those specific chord voicings
First we'll play G
_ _ Now switch to E minor
[Em] _ _
Now switch to [C] C
_ _ Finally switch to [D] D _
_ [G] We'll do it one more time
G
E [Em] minor
_ [C] C _ [D] D _
_ [Cm] Now we'll play along to a simple beat.
We'll play four down strokes on each chord
one two three [G] four
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ Each [B] hand has a specific role in playing [E] a chord progression
Ideally your left [A] hand makes the chord shapes right on the beat
[E] _ _
[A] _ [E] While your right hand plays a strumming pattern [A] along with the beat maintaining a [E] steady consistent rhythm
_ [N] It can be tough focusing on both of those at the same time, especially when you're first starting to play
most people have a tendency to with their chord switching hand try to get every chord shape perfect and
While they're doing that their strumming arm has to pause while it [G] waits for the chord shape
_ _ _ [A#] _ _
[C] _ _ The strumming hand should be keeping a steady rhythm, but it has to wait for the chord switching hand to catch up
[G] _ _ [N] Stopping and starting and stopping and starting it doesn't make for a very musical experience
So now let's see what happens when we do the opposite and instead of getting the chord shapes perfect with the left hand
We're just gonna grab them when we can but we're gonna focus on keeping a steady rhythm with the [G] strumming arm
The chords aren't changing [D] right on the beat.
They're behind but it still [C] sounds okay
It's not perfect, but it's a lot better than [E] pausing and waiting for the left [G] hand to finish making the chord shape
Now that we're comfortable with the shapes used in this progression
Let's add a strumming pattern all the strumming patterns used in this video series can be found in our ebook and there's links down below for that
this one goes
Down down up up down up _ _
_ [F#] And here we go one two three [G] four
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ If you can play a chord [N] progression with a strumming pattern like you just did then you're ready to play through an entire song
Someone once said and I'm paraphrasing here that some of the most famous songs are just three or four chords
And I can tell you that's completely true
So I encourage you to learn as many chord [B] progressions and strumming patterns as you can and more importantly
Use them to learn your favorite songs
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We'll see you next time
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