Looking for an easy way to learn guitar chords fast? Well, you’re in the right place son. Pull up a pew and let me ‘splain somethin’ to ya about a little known piece of voodoo magic that will have you playing all those ‘hard to learn’ chords in not time. I call it…
…The Pressing Technique™
The story begins when I joined the NZ Army Band and found I had to learn a lot of new chords, fast. Like I needed to know them yesterday… to do that I devised the Pressing Technique™.
One of the common problems I see new guitarists having is difficulty playing new chords – especially tricky chords like the Bm and F barre chords.
The Pressing Technique™ solves this problem by ‘programming’ each chord shape into your muscle memory so you don’t need to think about it no more.
And, it works for learning chord changes and scales as well! In short, the Pressing Technique™ is the miracle fix for learning guitar fast.
Watch the video and try it for yourself:
The Pressing Technique™ Explained
For Learning Single Chords
- Put your fingers on the chord shape, take your time to get it right, don’t strum; then
- Press down and hold it for 1-3 seconds; then
- Release. Take your fingers off, relax them for 1-2 seconds.
- Repeat for 1 to 3 minutes to get the chord down.
For Learning Chord Changes
- Put your fingers on the 1st chord shape, take your time to get it right, don’t strum; then
- Press down and hold it for 1-3 seconds; then
- Release. Take your fingers off, relax them for 1-2 seconds; then
- Put your fingers on the 2nd chord shape, take your time to get it right, don’t strum; then
- Press down and hold it for 1-3 seconds; then
- Release. Take your fingers off, relax them for 1-2 seconds; then
- Repeat for 1 to 3 minutes to get the chord change down.
- Repeat this process with strumming pattern added.
Why stop at two chords? You can use the Pressing Technique™ to learn whole chord progressions. Just write the chords down on a piece of paper in front of you, and work your way through them using this simple technique, and you’ll have them down in no time.
Did you find this technique useful? Leave a message for me in the comments below.
