Chord Progression

I am working on the C chord and the progression from G to C. And then trying to hop back. Each chord starts to work after a bit, but the progression is painfully slow. I'm trying the strumming pattern d-d-d-u-d-u-d, which is a nice pattern, but when one chord sounds good, and I can't get my left fingers in place for the next chord, it's so painful because I can hear the song in my head, but the sound doesn't come out of the guitar properly.

I think I am going to practice the chord progression without strumming so that I can build some muscle memory as well.

H.

Guitar

I got a guitar a few days back, and I wanted to chronicle me trying to learning to play it. For the first two days, I focused on tuning the guitar (I used both an electronic tuner as well as Garageband), and learning the posture.

I've been working on chords E and C. Some of the issues that I have had are my fingers hurting like crazy (it's getting better 3 days in) and the intensity that I strike the strings. The pick doesn't sit well in my hand and so I'm not strumming the strings with a consistent force. That’s what I am going to work on first. Once I can get that going, I'll move on to chords G and D and then A.

H.