Over the last little while, I have been practicing what I have learned from the YouTube tutorial that I initially found to help me. Every time I practice, I have the video open and use it for reference. Specifically, I have been working on the verse and chorus of ‘Riptide’, since both those parts of the song have the same chord progressions: Am, G, C. I have found that it was helpful for me to run through the chord progressions with single down strums so I could get the hang of switching my fingers without worrying about the strumming pattern. I have had some difficulty with switching from Am to G, but I have noticed some improvement with this by just simply practicing my finger positioning and also switching the chords with single down strums. Also, I have been practicing the verse and chorus with my strumming pattern (d,d,u,d,u,d); I am not quite as confident with this as I am with the down strums because it requires more coordination, but I do feel that I am making progress slowly but surely.