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Old July 7th, 2009
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Originally Posted by jdpaz View Post
The tunes that the G and G7 chord appear in very often also have C, F, Amin & Emin. In my opinion, for a beginner, it's much easier to make the transitions to and from these other chords using the middle, ring, pinkie arrangement. It is a little tricky to make that pinkie obey, but it'll come all of a sudden. Keep at it.

As you gain more experience/dexterity, you'll come across situations where it makes sense to form the G chord some other way. That's progress!!!
I agree with this... I play the open G chord 4 different ways depending on the song and where I am coming from or going to. I do believe that getting used to the pinky is a really good idea. It takes time but is well worth the frustration. It is the fingering I use most often for the reasons mentioned above. Having that Index finger available for the next chord or to do chord embelishments is invaluable imho

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