Free guides, tutorials, and tips to help you become a better guitarist. From fretboard memorization to music theory fundamentals.
E Major punk rock backing track at 140 BPM. A fast, driving loop through E, C#m, A, and B for working on phrasing, time, chord-tone targeting, and fretboard fluency at speed.
A Major neo soul backing track at 90 BPM. A warm, looping groove through A, E, F#m, and D for working on phrasing, chord-tone targeting, and getting comfortable with major key soul sounds.
Eleven music theory tools in one browser tab. Metronome, tuner, fretboard, chord voicings, scale explorer, circle of fifths, and more. Drag them around, resize them, and it saves your layout.
G Minor jazz rock backing track at 67 BPM. A slow, looping groove through Eb, Cm, Gm, and Bb for working on phrasing, chord-tone targeting, and getting your ears used to minor key movement.
A tiny, native guitar tuner for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. No sign-up, no ads, no pop-ups. As accurate as clip-on tuners that cost $20-30, except this one is free and lives on your wrist.
Db Major progressive rock backing track at 60 BPM. A slow, spacious loop for working on phrasing, chord-tone targeting, and getting comfortable in a key most guitarists avoid.
E Major pop rock backing track at 116 BPM. A bright, up-tempo loop for working on phrasing, chord-tone targeting, and moving around the neck at a pace that keeps you honest.
E Minor psychedelic rock backing track at 80 BPM. A slower, heavier groove for working on phrasing, bends, and finding notes that actually fit over a dark vamp.
C Major pop guitar backing track at 100 BPM for practice and soloing. A clean-looping C major jam to work on phrasing, timing, chord tones, and moving around the neck without getting lost.
Barre chords are the wall most beginners hit around month two. The capo trick, the thumb adjustment, and why squeezing harder makes it worse.
I used all three for at least a month each. Here's what I found about pricing, teaching methods, hardware requirements, and which one is worth your money.
Guitar Quest is an RPG where you fight monsters by playing real guitar notes detected through your mic. Here's how it works and why it kept me practicing longer than anything else.
Four practical methods for learning every note on the fretboard. Natural notes, octave shapes, the CAGED system, and a game that made me actually stick with it.
Guitar tablature explained from scratch. The six lines, the numbers, and all those weird symbols like h, p, /, and b that nobody explains properly.
The five scale shapes that cover most of popular music. Minor pentatonic, major pentatonic, natural minor, major, and blues - what they sound like and when to use each one.
Five chord progressions behind thousands of songs. The four magic chords, the 12-bar blues, the doo-wop, and why so many songs sound the same.
How to tune your guitar with a free browser-based chromatic tuner. Covers standard tuning, alternate tunings, and the mistakes most beginners make.
Eight strumming patterns that cover folk, rock, pop, and country. Plus the one mistake every beginner makes with their strumming hand.
Three structured routines for different time budgets. Why 15 focused minutes beats an aimless hour, and what to actually work on during each block.
Five alternate tunings that open up sounds you can't get in standard. How to tune each one, what it's used for, and famous songs you'll recognize.
