Learning Paths

Learn the note names on every string. Start with the 6th and 5th strings, these are your root note anchors.

Understand the distance between notes. Intervals are the vocabulary of all theory; scales, chords, and harmony are built from them.

The foundation of Western music. Learn the W-W-H-W-W-W-H formula and your first scale position.

The relative minor — same notes as major, different starting point. Introduces the emotional depth of minor keys.

The most important scale for rock and blues. Five notes, zero clashes, and the basis of most guitar solos.

The 8 essential open chord shapes. These are the chords you will use every day.

Two-finger moveable shapes. The fastest route to playing in any key and the stepping stone to barre chords.

Add the remaining fingers to power chords for full major and minor voicings.

Connect five chord shapes across the entire fretboard. The key to navigating the neck.

Structure your sessions for maximum progress. 20 minutes of focused daily practice beats 3 hours of noodling.

The backbone of all blues guitar. Master Box 1 before anything else, every blues phrase lives here.

Add the ♭5 blue note to the pentatonic. One extra note transforms the sound with bending and tension.

The 12-bar blues, I-IV-V, and turnarounds. Understand the harmonic framework you are soloing over.

The dominant sound — the ♭7 is the note that defines blues harmony. Mixolydian over dominant 7th chords is textbook.

Target chord tones during solos. The root, ♭3, and ♭7 are your strongest landing notes over blues changes.

Move your pentatonic box to every key. Same fingering, different fret.

Precise interval knowledge is non-negotiable in jazz. You need to hear and name every interval instantly.

Major, minor, diminished, augmented. All four qualities in root position and inversions across every string set.

All seven chords of a key, their roman numerals, and harmonic function. The foundation of jazz harmony.

The default scale over minor 7th chords. Dorian is used in jazz more than natural minor.

Analyse ii-V-I and other jazz progressions. Detect the key and see scale options for every chord.

Smooth chord-tone movement between chords. The difference between strumming chords and playing jazz.

All seven modes and when to use each one. Modal playing is the heart of jazz improvisation.

The parent scale of Altered and Lydian Dominant, two of the most important jazz improvisation tools.

Both major and minor pentatonic across all 5 positions. The essential vocabulary for any lead guitarist.

Connect pentatonic positions using CAGED shapes. Navigate the entire neck without getting lost.

See any interval across the fretboard. Know where every target note lives relative to any root.

Seven colours of the major scale. Each mode gives you a different emotional palette over the same chord changes.

The neoclassical sound — Yngwie, Satriani, and classical guitar all use harmonic minor for dramatic phrasing.

Overlay scales, chords, and target notes simultaneously. See how theory concepts connect on the fretboard.

Structure your lead practice: technique drills, scale sequences, and improvisation over backing tracks.