[RICH.J]

Does anyone have any tips for developing the way you connect chords with runs etc between them?

[billy16]

If you know the notes in the chords you are playing, you can run with a pattern playing those notes. Figure out something that way.

Or you can just play and see what comes out. Hit notes anywhere, just find some that will fit and you like. There doesn't have to be any set pattern.

[dadfad]

Often if you play a run where the phrase ends on the tonic note of the next chord you want to play, instead of just playing that single note when you get to it you can play the full chord of that note, which will bring you into that next part of the progression.

[strangerdanger]

Watch your fingering. Often some really hard pieces are only hard (particularly when running from chord to chord) simply because your fingering is off.

Also, start learning to use your thumb to play bass notes on the E string so that you free up your fingers for other stuff.

Get to know your pieces really well too... have the confidence to play that chord, play that run and then quicly shift your fingers to the next chord. Once you can do that and you think you've got it right, stop and listen to yourself. You'll most likely find that you're not playing cleanly and your notes are clipped and don't run cleanly across the fretboard. Asses your fingering again, play it slowly and figure out where to improve, often it's simply a case of a finger being held too low to the fret board and hence muting the strings above it.