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Master pick depth to improve your strum sound by gliding the pick on top of the strings, with a slight arc for down and away, then up and away.

Learn a beginner-friendly version of g, c, and d chords with finger placements that mute strings and enable quick transitions, forming the building blocks for most songs.

Practice the E major, A minor, and a simplified B minor chord, using a consistent finger position across chords and strumming from the fifth string down.

Explore common variations of the C chord on guitar, with fingerings on the second string first fret, fourth string second fret, and fifth string third fret, plus inversions.

Learn the A major chord with precise finger positions on the fourth, third, and second strings. Explore A major seven and G seven variations from the five-string down.

Explore multiple F chord variations on guitar, including open and partial bar forms, a suspended version with a G tone, and a closed barre F on the sixth string.

Explore four variations of the Bm chord, including traditional Bm, a beginner version with simpler fingering, a secondary-tone variant, and a Bm7 with pinky on the first string fifth fret.

Learn to produce a good sounding strum by keeping the pick flat and aligned with the strings, avoiding wrist rotation, and applying a controlled up‑down motion to reduce recoil.

Learn the boom chuck strum technique on a G chord, combining a bass boom note with a percussive chuck, using a through-string pick motion for slow and harder beat variants.

Master the boom chuck strum and add a down-up pattern; down on strings 4–3–2, then up, then down on 3–2–1 for a down-up-down-up strum.

Practice mixing strumming patterns across G, C, and D chords by assigning each chord its own pattern, then blend boom chuck, forward roll, and down-up strums to keep it interesting.

Master an upward vamp in strumming, applying a C chord with two fingers down and an upward pick pattern that releases pressure after two notes for a clean ring.

Master the repetitive down strum by using bass note and next string down in an eight-strum pattern, counting one and two and, with a demo in G, C, and D.

Master a variation of the repetitive down strum, variation #1, counting eight downs and emphasizing the one, then apply the four-one-in-four sequence with a stronger accent on seven and eight.

Learn the strum pattern of down, then up, then up again, using a bass note and mid-string upstroke, repeated softly and quickly for expressive playing.

Learn a strumming variation for the boom down strong pattern by starting with a down on the bass note, then an up on the middle strings, followed by down stroke.

Learn Nostrum, a variation of the down-down stroke, adding a hit and two up strokes, with a slow-motion down and the pick dragged through the strings.

Learn hammer-on strums from the open e to the third fret (g), then combine middle-string down, bottom-string up, middle-string up, and bottom-string down motions.

Learn a percussive variation of the hammer-on with a down-up-down sequence and an added hit.

Explore ghost boom and chuck strum techniques, learn to leave out one element for a specific effect, and practice with a G chord to hear the boom and the chuck.

Explore the third position of the g minor pentatonic scale on guitar, mapping the first finger to the third fret and practicing the one-three pattern across strings.

Learn to transition the G minor pentatonic scale between the first and third positions on the sixth and fifth strings, using the first finger as the common finger.

Master the G minor pentatonic scale starting at the fifth position, using one-three finger patterns across strings. Shift to the sixth position on the second and first strings and return.

Master the g jazz scale in the first position, then add sharp four (flat five), five, seven, and sharp seven, sliding to second position to complete one octave.

Transition between the G major scales in the third and fifth positions with an audible slide, using fingers 1 and 3 as common, since finger 4 is not common.

Learn the G major pentatonic scale in the first position, using frets 1, 2, and 4, starting on the sixth string with a G note.

Master the g major pentatonic scale from first to third position, applying fingerings: 1st and 3rd on strings 1–2, 2nd on string 3, and 3rd on string 4.

Build on the prior third and fifth position transitions by moving to the seventh position, using fingerings 1-2-4 to play g major pentatonic notes on the first and second strings.

Explore bi-linear playing by tracing scales in two directions along the strings, switching direction to create musical lines across strings with backing tracks.

Practice along with the free backing track to explore the g minor pentatonic scale and the g minor jazz scale.

Play along with a slow backing track for the G major pentatonic scale and bi-linear playing, sharpening your jam along skills for beginner guitar.