{"id":1938,"date":"2022-09-21T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2022-09-27T21:15:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T04:15:54","slug":"easy-10-minute-guitar-workout-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/easy-10-minute-guitar-workout-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy 10-Minute Guitar Workout &#8211; How to Play D and G"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pianote-blog.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20202021\/co-how-to-play-d-and-g-guitar-chord-workout-for-beginners.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(Download the sheet music for this video)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ayla is back for the fourth installment of her beginner guitar chord workout series. In this lesson, we\u2019ll be practicing changing between D major and G major. You should already be somewhat familiar with these chords since they were both used in earlier practice-alongs. However, changing between these two can be particularly challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019d like to work on some different chord changes, you can find parts 1-3 of this series here:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part 1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/easy-10-minute-guitar-workout\/\">How to Play G and Em<\/a><br>Part 2 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/easy-10-minute-guitar-workout-part-2\/\">How to Play Em and C<\/a><br>Part 3 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/easy-10-minute-guitar-workout-part-3\/\">How to Play C and D<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No changes to the format, so let\u2019s jump right in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Strum an <strong>D major<\/strong> chord and hold for <strong>4 beats<\/strong><\/li><li>Pick each individual string of the <strong>D major<\/strong> chord on the beat<\/li><li>Strum an <strong>D major<\/strong> chord and hold for <strong>4 beats<\/strong>, then release pressure for <strong>4 beats<\/strong><\/li><li>Strum an <strong>D major<\/strong> chord and hold for <strong>4 beats<\/strong>, then take hand off and point at the screen<\/li><li>Take a short break and stretch out your fingers<\/li><li>Strum a <strong>G major<\/strong> chord and hold for <strong>4 beats<\/strong><\/li><li>Pick each individual string of the <strong>G major<\/strong> chord on the beat<\/li><li>Strum a <strong>G major<\/strong> chord and hold for <strong>4 beats<\/strong>, then release pressure for <strong>4 beats<\/strong><\/li><li>Strum a <strong>G major<\/strong> chord and hold for <strong>4 beats<\/strong>, then take hand off and point at the screen<\/li><li>Take another break and stretch out your fingers<\/li><li>Play <strong>D major<\/strong> for <strong>2 bars (8 beats)<\/strong> followed by <strong>G major<\/strong> for <strong>2 bars (8 beats)<\/strong><\/li><li>Play <strong>D major<\/strong> for <strong>1 bar (4 beats)<\/strong> followed by <strong>G major <\/strong>for <strong>1 bar (4 beats)<\/strong><\/li><li>Play <strong>D major<\/strong> for <strong>2 beats<\/strong> followed by <strong>G major<\/strong> for <strong>2 beats<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The more you push yourself, the faster you\u2019ll see results. Remember, a little discomfort is normal, but be sure to stop if the pain gets unbearable. These chord changes are tough, so it might take you a few days (or weeks) to get them down. So don\u2019t be discouraged if you can\u2019t get them right away. You got this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Download the sheet music for this video) Ayla is back for the fourth installment of her beginner guitar chord workout series. In this lesson, we\u2019ll be practicing changing between D major and G major. You should already be somewhat familiar with these chords since they were both used in earlier practice-alongs. However, changing between these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1939,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,11,129,215,413,404,414,140,64],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1948,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.guitareo.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}