6 quick questions to find your phase. Honest answers only.
Set your time. Pick your phase. The plan builds itself.
Set your tempo. Tap to find it. Don't skip warm-up.
A phased curriculum from your first chord to advanced soloing. Check off skills. Click any skill for targeted resources.
You can play Em, Am, E, A, D and G open chords cleanly. You can switch between two chords in time. You've played one full song start to finish, even slowly.
Skip pedals for now. Focus on clean tone and building callouses.
You can play 5+ power chords cleanly with palm muting. You know the Em pentatonic shape. You can play 3 full rock songs at tempo.
Add one gain pedal. Learn to control your tone before stacking effects.
You can play barre chords cleanly anywhere on the neck. You can improvise a basic solo over a backing track. You understand the CAGED system.
Build a proper signal chain: Tuner → Drive → Modulation → Delay → Reverb → Amp.
You can improvise fluidly in multiple modes. You have a recognizable sound. You can compose original material and play comfortably in a band without thinking about shapes.
At this stage, tone is personal. Invest where your ears tell you to.
Click once to unlock, twice to mark mastered. Skills build on each other — follow the path.
Click once = unlocked · Click twice = mastered · Click again = reset
Theory isn't a separate subject — it's just naming what you're already doing.
Around Phase 3, you'll start gravitating toward a style. These aren't mutually exclusive.
Solos, improvisation, melodic playing. The flashier path — and the one that takes longest to master.
The foundation of any band. Underrated by beginners, essential to every great song.
Feel over technique. The Hendrix, Clapton, SRV lineage. Pentatonic mastery + emotional phrasing.
Every essential scale for electric rock guitar. Select a key, pick a scale, see the full neck map and all five positions. Each scale includes mood, genre context, and the songs that made it famous.
Every essential chord for electric rock guitar. Click any diagram to enlarge it. Organized by type — open chords first, then barre shapes, then power chords.
One entry per session. What you worked on, what clicked, what didn't. At Phase 4 the gains are subtle — writing them down is the difference between feeling like you're improving and knowing you are.
Two notes play. You identify the interval. The single most effective ear training exercise — and the one most guitarists skip. Uses your browser's audio engine, no plugins needed.
A random note lights up on the neck. You name it. At Phase 4 you should know every note cold — most players don't. This fixes that.
Curated backing tracks organized by key, scale, and feel. Every link opens a specific YouTube track — not a search. Pick a vibe, hit play, improvise.