I'm kind of stuck on the first lesson group because I cannot change to the D chord without mucking about. I've been practicing for three weeks now on acoustic. My issue is that I cannot form the D chord without placing my index finger on the G string, rotating to get my middle finger on the high E and then extending my ring finger onto the B string and this takes way too long. I can get almost 50 changes in on A-D but E-D is down around 40 and the D chord starts falling apart and stops ringing out after a while. If I slow down to make good D chords, then I'm down around 30. Also, I cannot play along with any song because it takes too long to change to the D chord
The is no way for me to get my middle finger to the high E string if my index and ring finger are already on the G and B nor can I get my middle finger behind the ring finger if I try to make the chord shape without a guitar. I took my middle finger to a 90 degree angle at the second joint about 20 years ago in a volleyball tournament; I don't know if this has anything to do with it.
Does anyone know any exercises that I can do without the guitar to get more flexibility in my middle finger so that I can do them all day instead of the 30-60 minutes of practice each day?
On another note, that might be the most annoying Captcha ever.