3 Suggestions To Memorize Amateur Guitar Chords

By Gregory Gray

Do you have difficulty playing beginner guitar chords? Maybe you blame your fingers for their absence of agility or speed, but the difficulty could be some place else. Issues playing chords on the guitar are sometimes caused because your consciousness is unsure exactly where your fingers are going.

A solution for that difficulty is to comprehensively learn by heart the finger positions for the newbie guitar chords you play.Here are three ways in which you can enhance your mind's picture and recall of the chord fingerings.

* Chord Flash Cards

When I learned to read and spell as a kid we used flash cards. These little cards had the words we learned printed on them and we might go through the cards many times to learn the spellings.

You can use the same idea for noob guitar chords. Create some chord diagrams showing each chord's finger positions on little pieces of thin card. Or you could like to use pictures of the chord fingering. Carry the cards around in your pocket or wallet and use them frequently to check and memorize the chord fingering.

* Visualise Chords

With your chord diagrams or from memory try to visualize yourself playing the chord. Shut your eyes and try to see your hand and fingers on your guitar neck. At first you could find yourself distracted by other pictures, it will take a little practice to be able to hold the picture in your consciousness.

Work with a still picture of the chord to begin with. As this gets easier try to see your fingers moving in to the chord shape, or changing from one shape to another.

* Card Guitar Neck

You could find visualisation less complicated with a simple card guitar neck. All you need is a small rectangle to represent part of a guitar neck, draw 6 strings and some frets on it. You just need four frets to practice open chord positions, no need to carry a full size guitar neck.

Now you can carry your mini neck around and use it to practice chord shapes during the day. This easy tool permits you to truly feel the movement and placement of your fingers. All 3 of these methodologies will help you improve your memory and recall of noob guitar chord fingerings. Pick the one that is's most convenient for you, or use all three. The mixture of learning styles will make memorization simpler, faster and better. - 32524

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