Hi guys. In this lesson we're going to cover the common changes
between chords that we have at this level
particularly the changes between the G and the D chord
but we also have the A chord and the E major chord that can crop up at this level
in the songs that we're going to be looking at
so this is our G major chord
the one that we've learnt at this level
now to change that D we can have an anchor finger
if we use this G chord with our third finger on
which I think makes this much easier
and in many ways is the importance of this level
and why I've included and gave you plenty of songs
examples with this chord change and these chords in them
to really get this G to D change
as swift as possible
from the G chord our third finger stares down
the other fingers lift off
but it's our middle finger that does all the work
the middle finger goes low
it goes on the thinnest string at the second fret
and then our first finger goes down
when we know how to play our D major chord
and there is
our D major chord
when we come back again third finger stays down
middle finger go as high and there's our G major chord
a couple more examples
now this can be essential to be able to change really smooth
to get the songs at this level
as what at level three so the songs are bit more advanced now
so we want to have a good solid third finger down
and that also means that we have strings ringing out
which covers that gap that can appear
when we go between some open chords like the standard G
and than the D
there can be a gap
and if we train this third finger to stay down
that's a really great
that's a really great habit to build at this time
now the other changes we have
of course we've already covered
the change between the A and the D
and that was at level two of this course
but we also have the G and the A major
which have totally no anchor fingers
so you lift all of your fingers off and than go down
and you know at this point
the other A chord that we have three in a line
123 can become useful
there's no one way of fingering a chord
that is correct for every song ever
plenty of variations are useful
and if you get comfortable with each
of course you'll have yout favorite
but if you do, if you are aware of each one
than it depends on which song you are going for
as to which one you would use
so this is the change between the G
and the A
and you can see in here that any way of playing that G
is totally fine
it's just a case of finding your preferred method
exactly the same with the E and the G
but this is a far less common chord change
so I'd really recommend getting your changes sorted
between the D
the G
and the A chord
to be able to do any of the songs at this level
so that's how to do the chord changes at this level
if you stick in to this course the next lesson is gonna be
a strumming lesson where we cover
downs and ups strumming
getting those songs to sound really great
but if you prefer you can go straight to the songs
which are available at the website
www.andyguitar.co.uk
and play some songs with these easy songs
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