I just started about 1 week ago and I have learned the A, D, E doing ok with those has gotten a lot easier. I added the Em Am and Dm so far the Em, Am are simple the Dm is kinda a pain lol.
My question is when I practicing changing chords for example the A I strum 5 strings, the E all six and the D the first 4 But when I jet into strumming patterns like up,up,up, down, up or whatever am I strumming all the strings or just the ones with that chord I'm on. It just looks impossible to be strumming fast and picking only certain strings.
It may look impossible but you will need to work on not hitting all six strings.
Dm is a case in point - if you hit all six strings you're playing a D, E and F at the same time and it sounds pants.
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Sounds like you're making great progress for just one week, sonic. Congrats!
Don't worry, it's not like there's a new set of target strings with every chord you add. Not for the open position majors and minors anyways.
I'd suggest you add the open G chord next. It uses all 6 strings and you can alternate between it and the E or Em and learn to get a nice full strum going.
I found it helpful to get a good confident strumming arc going first and then refining from that.
All the best.
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Don
