--- In jazz_guitar@..., Ron Becker <ron45@...> wrote:
I am sucking big time at this. It seems to be taking for ever to
learn to accurately change from one chord which is a little new to
another which is new to me.
Ron,
Do you have an example or two with the fingerings you are using?
I am analyzing the
process in terms of common tones, which fingers can remain as
anchors, how the other fingers move and what their target note is.
These are fairly easy four note chords without long stretches
mostly.
Common tones help, but I find that visualizing where the 3rd finger needs to go, and then placing the 3rd finger first helps quite a bit. Also try releasing all of the fingers on your left hand. I suspect that the difficulties are occurring due to the mechanics of the human hand. These techniques work for me. Give them a whirl and see if it helps.
When I first started out, I came across a finger independence exercise that is similar to what your are trying to do. If you're interested, I can describe it later. For most of the exercises, it can make you feel like you are trying to play with your feet. Overall, the exercise was OK. You get better practical mileage by playing common progressions (e.g. II-V, I-V7b9/II-II,-V,-I, etc. ) with good voice leading.
Hope this helps,
-- Mike V.
