Learn Guitar With Steve Stine: Level 2

Develop precision in single-note playing by mastering downpicking and alternate picking on the C major scale, while learning to deaden unused strings, strengthen fingers, and connect across strings smoothly.

Learn to read guitar tablature by recognizing six strings, left-to-right notation, and fret numbers (not fingers); read notes and chords, plus symbols for hammer on, pull off, slides, bends, vibrato.

Master the up-stroke up hook in burnin for you by Blue Öyster Cult to move smoothly between A minor, G, and F shapes while keeping the open third string melody.

Explore who will save your soul by Jewel through a minor to c to g to d progression, floor style flat picking with upstrokes and chord embellishments for groove.

Practice the d, c add9, and g progression from Sweet Home Alabama, focusing on chord transitions, arpeggio style flatpicking, and using open strings as transition notes.

Learn fifth string barre chords for major chords, focusing on the A shape moved up the fretboard, deadening the sixth string, and prioritizing the second string for a strong sound.

Master the minor barre chord shape with three fingers and bar across the bottom five strings, and explore sixth string and fifth string major and minor shapes.

Move power chords around the fifth string using two- or three-finger shapes, derived from barre chords, and learn to play riffs like Iron Man with precise slides and string technique.

Learn to combine fifth-string power chords with six-string power chords to play Smoke on the Water, exploring finger slides, string deadening, and synchronized picking for a cool sound.

Master power chords through whole-step shapes, move from the seventh fret on the fifth string, blend sixth and fifth string chords, and coordinate picking with finger lifting and sliding.

Explore moving barre chords, power chords, and open chords for creativity. Learn to lift the bar for open strings and use seventh-fret power chords across six strings for rich tones.

Develop your strumming with upstrum emphasis by scratching and deadening downstrums while keeping the fretting hand in control; lift and press to create ska and reggae rhythms.

Explore how triads build chords on guitar by stacking root, third, and fifth, identify major, minor, and diminished qualities, and apply roman numeral analysis to one four five progression.

Apply the major scale on guitar to build chords: 1–4–5 major, 2–3–6 minor, and 7 diminished, with transferable shapes across keys like G and F.

Learn how common guitar chord progressions like 145, 1645, 1245, and 1345 shape songs in any key, using G major as example, with open or barre chords.