Beginners, if you find changing chords quickly and cleanly hard going, read on.

The first thing you should do is try to memorise the chord shapes you wish to play in a piece or exercise. Next you need to hold down each of those chord shapes as cleanly as possible so all the notes play and sound as they should. At first you may have to deliberately place each finger on the correct string and fret and repeat the process when the chord changes - which is quite normal - but in time, and once you can easily recall chord shapes from memory the basics of this process will become more natural to you and your concentration can then be more focussed on how well you play the chords.

So, starting with a couple of chords which you feel comfortable playing and have committed to memory, play one a few times and then repeat the process with the second chord, and then back again and again and... Whether you are strumming or fingerpicking with your right hand (left for left-handed players) try to ...

It's Christmas, so here is a very simple arrangement of the ever popular carol "Silent Night", available in Music PlayChart format, traditional notation and TABs. For immediate download go to:

https://playfingerstyle.co.uk/Silent_Night_in_G_major_Book.pdf
If you find the chord shape used in bar 20 too difficult just play a three-fingered D-shape at the 7th fret on the first three strings only.