What I’ve seen in many students when working on chord progressions for a song, some parts of the progression tend to come quicker than others. They then try to play the whole progression at the quicker tempo where some of the chord movements are well-practiced, before they’ve been able to bring the remainder of the progression up to speed. This results in tempo fluctuations and finger fumbles as they move between chords. They get frustrated, having practiced for weeks without understanding why they haven’t made progress. It’s understandably frustrating.
My tip is to practice the entire progression at an even tempo, at a pace where you can cleanly and effectively perform the chords that are lagging. Let the parts of you that are more advanced be a helpful friend to the parts that are still developing.
It’s as if a professional runner were going for a jog with a middle school runner. If the professional were running at their fullest ability, they’d be way ahead of the middle schooler, who would get tired, frustrated, and likely feel like quitting, being out of sync with the other.
So, it’s the same when we practice parts of songs on our own. If we only focus on the parts we are great at, we will always be out of sync with the parts that need development. They won’t improve unless we change our practice routine. By slowing down our inner professional runner until our inner middle schooler can catch up.
Be a good friend to yourself. :)
P.S. practice it with a metronome so you can gauge your progress and instill a strong sense of timing and tempo along the way.
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