Now you have done some hard stretches I'll show you some little tricks to speed up your changes to and from G and make them a little smoother. It is up to you where you might use which ones, but I will offer you some suggestions too! The names I give them are just mine they are not official or anything...

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Variations of G

 

Guitar Chord G

Big G
Otherwise known as "all finger G" this one is used a lot by rock bands when they play acoustic songs, especially those early 90's groups like Guns 'n' Roses, Bon Jovi, Poison etc.

Both this chord and the one below change very quickly to a D chord using a 3rd finger anchor.

This one can sound a bit messy if you use distortion so...
Guitar Chord G5

Rock G
This one removes the note B so really it is called a G5 chord (it only has G and D notes, the 3rd of the chord is missing).

This one sounds great with a bit of distortion.

I use this G a lot because I don't like the sound of the B note in the lower notes, just kinda makes the sound muddy to me.

This one is used by bands like AC/DC, it really rocks!
Guitar Chord G

Folk G
This one changes very well to a C Chord, the 3rd finger moves over and little finger goes down, try for yourself and see.

It also has the 5th string muted (like the version above) but you get the note B as the open second string!

You might want to use fingers 2 and 3 sometimes, depends on the circumstance, but generally you'll use fingers 3 and 4.

 

Little extra tip for you... If you take "Big G" and move your first and second fingers down a string you end up with a really cool chord called C add9 - which you can usually use instead of a C! Sounds awesome in songs like Knockin On Heavens Door, Dead Or Alive, Every Rose Has It's Thorn, Brown Eyed Girl or American Pie and you'll find it very easy to change between "Big G", C add9 and D.

We want to get these new fingerings worked in now, so time to look at BC-182 • 1 minute Changes

 

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