These two guitar chords exercises are featured in the book 50 Acoustic Guitar Chord Exercises
On this chords exercise sheet, we will be working with four chords: Cadd9, Em7, D and Dsus2.
Exercise 11
Cadd9 and Em7 are 2 very popular open chords, and are used in particular a lot on pop covers using a capo.
The strumming is DUDUD rest, DUDUD rest.
The counting is 1+2+3+(4), 1+2+3+(4).
Exercise 12
D and Dsus 2 are also used a lot on songs using a capo but they are also very common in rock songs.
The strumming is Down 2 3 Down, Down 2 3 Down.
The counting is 1 (2 3) 4, 1 (2 3) 4.