As I start learning my new song I am having some good days and some bad days. The first day of playing “Riptide” I felt like I was picking it up quickly. The switch from A minor to G chord was hard but I was still able to maintain the strumming patter quite well. When coming back to the song a few days later it was much harder. I struggled with the strumming and had a hard time switching between chords. I would often play for a few chords then stumble in the strumming and have to stop and restart.

In my next few practices I was finding the same thing. In one of the practicing days I asked about switching between A minor and G. I found out that I actually did not have the correct finger placement for G. This will in time help the chord change but I will have to change my schema of how to play the chord.

Going forward I will continue to use the new G chord, I will use the trick taught to me about switching between A minor and G and I will focus on keeping my strumming steady and correct.