This content was created by Lauren Bateman. This content was uploaded by Lauren Bateman. This is a YouTube video titled "It is OK to make things easier on the guitar #shorts" featuring Lauren Bateman discussing her approach to teaching guitar by simplifying chord techniques for beginners to enhance enjoyment and ease of learning.
I get hate for this all the time. It is okay. To make things easier on the guitar, you know, there's a C chord you can play with three fingers. Here, I teach students how to play it with two fingers, and everyone's like, well, that's cheating. That's not really a C chord. And the truth of the matter is, it is a C chord. It is a C chord when you play these bottom four strings. Okay. But the goal is, I can get it harder down the road. I want you to have fun. And it's a lot easier to move two fingers to switch chords than moving three or four fingers. So I opt to teach my students a little bit easier in the beginning so that we can have fun faster. But trust me, I can always make things harder.
