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Re: How to play a G chord - or re-learning chords after lots of years

Indeed.  Having several ways to do things in your mental file is a good thing.

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Re: How to play a G chord - or re-learning chords after lots of years

It depends on the application...

I'll use a 234 if I'm making a lot of changes from G to C.

I'll use a 123 (and 1234) if I'm making changes from G to other chords.

1234 method
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Other 1234 method I use makes it easy to switch to a D7 (see below)

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Alternate D7 (a C7 slid up 2 frets)

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