[nagukush]

Hi Family !!!

I sincerely hope that everyone is doing great !!! I'm fine and well

I've asked this to Sleepy, in his latest thread, but anyways I thought I'd start a thread on this to get more ideas and responses. So,I'm back again with one of my doubts - Please

I'm having real trouble in situations, where I have to Play a Chord and the shift my hand to another which is about 3-4 Frets apart. I'm not able to get such Chord-Changes smoothly (where I have to cover a distance on the fretboard)

Kindly advice on how can this be practiced and learnt efficiently. Please

Take care everyone and Have a Great Day !!!

Kindest Regards and luv to all
Kush

[Bennett]

I guess one idea would be to 'fill' in the gap, if appropriate. For example, maybe a slide between the two.

If that's not feasible then I could only suggest practicing just that change over and over again being sure to picture the change mentally first.

[Misty2u]

Hey there Kush

Glad to hear you're well. As you know, I'm no expert so don't really have anything to offer you but I think that Bennett's advice is good

Don't worry.............you're doing brilliantly and you'll get there in the end

Take care
Tracy

[si16]

After watching some of your videos some members made some technical comments that might help you. One is that you might try holding your guitar at a bit more of an angle ie with the headstock pointing more towards the ceiling as opposed to parallel to the floor.

To illustrate here's a video of the great Chet Atkins who many people consider to be the ultimate fingerstyle guitarist. His guitar points up at a bit of an angle, similar to the classical position. Try experimenting to see if your ability to stretch the fingers and form chord positions improves with different angles.

Also try not to tilt the body of your guitar towards you as this could also be hindering your ability to reach. Remember, if you do try changing the position of your guitar it will feel strange at first and will probably make it a bit harder to play. I would recommend that you persevere though as these changes could improve your fingering skills and improve your reach and, ergonomically speaking, will also cause less discomfort.

You could also try altering the fingerings and positions of the notes in the piece you are playing that occur before the movement up the fretboard so that they are a bit closer.

I know that you practise chromatic exercises to warm up, try playing them all the way up and down the neck.

These are not criticisms, Kush, just a few pointers that may help with your playing. Give them a good try and if they don't work out then you can always come back to your current position with which you are able to achieve such good results.

[nagukush]

Originally Posted by si16

These are not criticisms, Kush, just a few pointers that may help with your playing. Give them a good try and if they don't work out then you can always come back to your current position with which you are able to achieve such good results.

Hi There Buddy !!!

I dont take these as criticisms atall, actually they show me how much you care and how much you want me to get better

I felt so much affection and the Kindness in those words. Thankyou so much for caring and pointing out all those areas. I really needed someone to look at me playing and comment on the areas, that I can work and which would make me play more efficiently !

Thankyou so much again for Caring and being so kind to me. I will surely start working on these

Kindest Regards and Care
Kush

[nagukush]

Originally Posted by Misty2u

Hey there Kush

Glad to hear you're well. As you know, I'm no expert so don't really have anything to offer you but I think that Bennett's advice is good

Don't worry.............you're doing brilliantly and you'll get there in the end

Take care
Tracy

Hey Tracy

Thankyou so much pal, the Support and Encouargment you give is really very important to me, to keep me going on. Thanks again for being such a Kind & Caring Sister

Kindly say my Hello and Give my Luv to your Family and please accept the same for yourself

Kindest Regards and Care
Kush

[nagukush]

Originally Posted by Bennett

I guess one idea would be to 'fill' in the gap, if appropriate. For example, maybe a slide between the two.

If that's not feasible then I could only suggest practicing just that change over and over again being sure to picture the change mentally first.

Hi Bennett

Thanks for caring pal ! Yes filling the Gap seems to be a good idea. Actually the situation that I'm struggling right now is similar, like I play a Chord at the 2nd fret space and then I have to slide to the 5th Fret and immediately comback to a diffrent chord, which is also on the 2nd Fret Space.

Any advice for such situations ??? Maybe I have to practice it very slowly at first. And as you've said, having a "MENTAL PICTURE" always works but in such difficult situations I fail to create a MENTAL IMAGE like that. I guess I've to work on it more

Anyways thanks again for caring

Kind Regards
Kush

[Nem]

which chords are you trying to switch to and from?

my advice would be to practise some 3 octave scales because then youll start to feel what its like to move up the fretboard in both directions and youll learn when you need to make position changes, and which fingers you should use to make them

[Rockerbob]

I don't know of a magic bullet to solve this. Time and practice and the only methods I know of that seems to work for most people.

[USGold]

I assume your playing mostly finger picking pieces?, so this advise may or may not be helpfull Kush, I been instructed to try to make chord changes on the the upstroke as it is harder to hear the strings coming open from that side, additionally I have read that on the changes-use the open strings in common to fill the change. Good luck pal.Scott

[nagukush]

Thanks for caring and for the support friends !!! You all are really great and friendly !!!