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Location: Texas | I am about as green as you can get on the guitar but,got my Ovation and metronome and been practicing chords,cowboy chords C A G E D and Am Em Dm,got the metronome set at 58 BPM and change chord on every beat,whats a good average chord change speed,I know there are a 100 varibles,but seems like there should be a speed thats fine for the majority of country songs ?
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Location: Texas | Hope my previous post is clear,I should have stated Im practicing chord changes,truth be know there is no such thing as being able to change chords too fast,but no sense in me practicing something I wont use.
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Location: Sydney, Australia | A much more enjoyable way to learn the same process is to find some simple songs you can start learning. Play them slower than normal, but so you can make the chord changes comfortably, and then slowly build up the speed. This also tells you when you are making the changes quick enough, because you get up to the original speed of the song. |
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Location: Tennessee | Find a song you like, played in a key you can play, put it into the CD player (or iPod, cassette deck, 8-track, reel-to-reel or turntable ... depending on your preference) and play along. Over and over. And then find another song you like. Repeat. And repeat. Keep going for the rest of your life. You'll be amazed at how much you learn. |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | "...but seems like there should be a speed thats fine for the majority of country songs ?"
That may have been true several years ago but today, with Keith Urban, Brad Paisley and some others, speed in chord changes is probably not as standard as it used to be. bobbo and Richard are right - get some enjoyable music and practice. You'll find the speed will come and, when you're there, you'll have your answer. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | just play it |
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Location: Utah | What Beal said. Learn the chord shapes and practice changing chords for a week until your next lesson. Then just play songs. |
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Location: Texas | Thanx everyone for the advice,believe I will try that way...........good luck |
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| Originally posted by stonebobbo:
Find a song you like, played in a key you can play, put it into the CD player (or iPod, cassette deck, 8-track, reel-to-reel or turntable ... depending on your preference) and play along. Over and over. And then find another song you like. Repeat. And repeat. Keep going for the rest of your life. You'll be amazed at how much you learn. That's how I learned it plus jamming with friends since I was in grade school. My wife, on the other hand, is classically trained and can't play a note w/out sheet music in front of her. |
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Just curious