Learning to play guitar

Making Your First Noise

Get your hands on the guitar and learn to make clean, confident sounds without hurting yourself.

• Holding the Guitar Without a Fight
• Your First Clean Notes
• The Names of the Strings
• Switching Between Two Notes
• Your First Simple Melody

Moving Between Notes Smoothly

Build on your first sounds by linking notes together and training your fingers to land where you want.

The Secret Patterns That Unlock the Whole Neck

See how the same few shapes repeat all over the guitar, so you are never lost for what to play.

Playing with Other People in Mind

Learn to keep steady time and add texture, so you sound like part of a song instead of solo practice.

Songs You Actually Want to Play

Put everything together to learn real songs, troubleshoot your own playing, and keep going after the course ends.