Strumming And Changing Chords 9 Hey there, how are you doing? Sore fingers
yet? Well, welcome back. If you�re here, you�re a trooper. We�ve done the D chord,
the Cadd9 chord and G chords now in this lesson #9, were gonna add some strumming to it. And
at the same time, you�re gonna work on the D, Cadd9 and G chords while you�re doing
the strumming. So to start off with, go ahead and either grab a pick or you can use your
fingers, that�s very okay or even just your thumb for straight down. Were gonna make the
chordsand just do a simple strumming straight down then I�ll show you how to add (0:36)
to it. Start with the D chord, right. I put out my
fingers down at ones. If you need one at a time still that�s great, just do it. And
play the D chord, four times. Aim for four strings and don�t worry if you accidentally
hit the fifth and sixth. Put your attention right now in getting a good sound on the strings
that you�re hitting. Oh, that was five. Four times then move over to the C add 9.
Remember were aiming for getting those two fingers over. Oh, I�m sorry. First, put
the pinky down now move those two fingers over to the fifth string and fourth string
� four times, sounding good? Okay, it�s okay. It sounds like this, it�ll get better. Now to the G chord, were gonna move to second
and first finger over again to the sixth and fifth string � that�s the sixth and that�s
the fifth. So next, we�re moving to the G chord. Move your first and second fingers
over to the sixth string and the fifth string. If you can, both at once. It�s okay if you
still need to do one at a time and then strum all the strings. It makes a little adjustments
but again just spend a few seconds on it, don�t worry about it. Do your best you can.
And then you start over four in a D, four on the Cadd9 and then four on the G. So you might wanna stop just for a minute.
This is really helpful just make the chords, no strumming, just a couple of minutes and
then move from one chord to the other, no sound and then come back and try it with the
strum again then stop, do it again and alternate 5 to 10 minutes. Now were gonna add a little bit of groove
to that. What I mean by that is were just gonna be steady with our pulse. And you can
play along with me. Were gonna go very slow and I�ll count it out. Start with a count
of four and then were gonna strum each chord four times, just straight down for now. Okay
so make your D chord and get ready. Here we go - 1 2 ready hit it, the D chord 1 2 3 think
about that Cadd9 for now change. I�ve left a little pause between chords for now and
were gonna tighten that up and that�s four � G and back to the D four times. Good.
How did you do? Ready to try it again? Same thing. This time, I�m not gonna slow down between
the chords. It�s okay if you don�t get it but I want you to get the feel for it,
it�s like you have to change right on time. Best to start slow and then pick it up. Dont
try to go too fast just pause because that�ll get to be a bad habit so let�s go nice and
slow and just try to keep up with me, here we go 1 2 3 4 D four times, to the C. So I
didn�t pause there. I didn�t slow down. Here comes the G now that was right on the
beat. Do it again, back to D okay that�s the end. Try now with me again, here we go
start now, ready D 1 2 3 4 pinky down, move 1 2 3 4 then move, that�s right on the beat
and then back to D. Hey, how was that? One little trick, did you notice I put my
pinky down before I started changing? I anticipated the change so I got ready. And putting the
pinky down doesn�t really hurt the sound. Another trick is, sometimes when your changing,
you can take all your fingers off and put them back down. Even if there�s a little
gap between the change, it�s okay. Nobody will notice that really if that is a small
gap. So now practice that by itself then add this
simple strum. We talked about how to hold the pick and the basic up and down motion.
Now I want you to strum both down and up. So its a good way to first warm up for that.
Place your fingers over the guitar neck and just start with the strum down � down, up
just to make this strumming sound. Dont worry about the chord. You just get warmed up. So
this is one beat and this is two beats so its 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. If you need two chords,
stop the tape and practice that a little bit then do this with me. D chord. I�ll count
four. We�re gonna go down and up on each beat. Four beats but its gonna be a strum
down up for each one so here we go 1 2 3 4 start D 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and pinky down,
change 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and get ready to change to D chord. I�ll pause a little between
chords to give you a chance and back to D. Okay, that was one exercise. We�re gonna do it one more time and then
I�ll let you practice a little on your own. We�re gonna do it without pausing between
chords so its a little harder and again its okay if there�s a little dead sound when
your changing chords, not a problem. Start with the D, here we go 1 and 2 and 3 and 4
and D 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 pinky down. I�ve changed right on the C - 3 and 4 and go to
G then 2 and 3 and 4 and back to D now and 2 and 3 and 4. Let�s do it again - 1 and
2 and 3 and watch for the pinky 4 and 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and change 1 and 2 and 3 and
4 and back to D. Okay, good work. Good work for hanging in there with me. So of course, go ahead and practice this.
Be patient a little each day works best. Come on back were gonna do the next lesson which
will I�ll show you a little bit about fingerstyle guitar and will keep it light but I want you
to at least have an introduction to it in case you want something to do. I look forward
to seeing you in the next lesson. Bye for now.