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Chord study

Been having serious problems with some chords on a classical guitar, I have a picture chord book with over 1000 chords, starting to think that a great many of them are for steel string players because they are extremely difficult or impossible to play.

Is it just me not trying hard enough or do classical guitarist use select chords suitable for the instrument?

Hi,

We all, at some stage, have a "crises of confidence" whether it's chords, stretches or any million things to do with technique.

The thing is, the guitar players who tend to "make it" (this can be on their own terms) are usually the ones who go through each crises and come out the other side more determined to move on.

Specifically, if you’re having trouble with chords within a piece, take that section "out" as a practice session and work on it slowly before "returning" it to the piece of music.

I actually re-tweeted an article on Twitter today that might help in your situation. There's a part here the author refers to the "relax, switch, touch" method of playing difficult chords as advised by Bill Kanengiser.

Here's a link to the article...

Left Hand Stretches by Mark Antony


I hope this has been of help.

Kind regards,
Trevor M.