Easy Chord Changes on Guitar

These are also great changes to fall back to if adopting new complex fingerpicking patters or new rhythmic patterns. There is just one simple movement the left hand has to do. 

Am is the relative minor of C - which just means these chords have a strong relationship with each other and are very natural chords to play one after another. 

Focus here on the the two fingers that stay on those strings. You'll need to tell them not to move and to be comfortable staying just as they are as that third finger moves. This will build finger strength and dexterity.

The second chord change is another chord change where some fingers do not leave the fretboard. This gives you an anchor - making it easy to only move the other fingers. 

Here we start with a G chord and keep the two fingers on the highest (thinnest two) strings on the 3rd fret - so the 3rd and 4th fingers stay there. 

Meanwhile the two fingers on the low strings (E and A string) come down a string. 

And this G-C chord change is about as common as any other on guitar. Really good to know.

Example 3 is playing an £ chord and then moving each fretted note just down a string. 

This gives you E to A minor. 

Example 4 is easy too - play an E minor chord and just move the two fingers down a string again. This gives you an E minor to A9 chord change. 

Easy chord change 5 is Em to A
If you can play example 4 then this is the same except when you play the A chord, you are adding the 3rd finger on the 2nd fret underneath the two notes that just came down a string. 

This is a nice chord change too