Practice plans
Pick a plan and follow it week by week, like a workout program. Tick off each session when you finish it.
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All-round
Beginner: 12 weeks
From reading tab to barre chords and your first pentatonic licks, three or four short sessions a week.
12 weeks · 3–4 sessions a week · ~30 min per session
Fretboard and theory: Intermediate (8 weeks)
Learn the notes on the neck, intervals, the major scale, all five pentatonic boxes, CAGED, triads, diatonic chords and modes, one topic a week. For players who know their open chords and box 1 and want to understand what they play.
8 weeks · 4 sessions a week · ~30 min per session
Blues
Blues: Beginner (6 weeks)
From your first chords to a full 12-bar shuffle, box 1 and your first bends. For absolute beginners who want to play the blues.
6 weeks · 3 sessions a week · ~30 min per session
Blues: Intermediate (8 weeks)
Shuffle rhythm, the blues scale, bends and licks over the 12-bar, ending with slow blues. For players who know their open and power chords.
8 weeks · 4 sessions a week · ~30 min per session
Blues: Advanced (8 weeks)
Control your bends and vibrato, play turnarounds, intros and endings, and phrase like Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. For players who finished the intermediate blues plan.
8 weeks · 4 sessions a week · ~40 min per session
Rock
Rock: Beginner (6 weeks)
Power chords, palm muting and eighth-note chugs, then your first riffs and box 1 of the pentatonic. For absolute beginners who want to play rock.
6 weeks · 4 sessions a week · ~25 min per session
Rock: Intermediate (8 weeks)
Riffs, palm-muted drive and syncopated rhythm, then bends, pentatonic runs and your first solo. For players who know their power chords.
8 weeks · 4 sessions a week · ~30 min per session
Rock: Advanced (8 weeks)
Speed picking, legato, tapping and double-stops, then the phrasing of Page, Slash, May and Gilmour in solos at full tempo. For players who finished the intermediate rock plan.
8 weeks · 4 sessions a week · ~35 min per session
Folk & Acoustic
Folk: Beginner (6 weeks)
Strum open chords through a song with the folk strum, hammer-ons and bass runs, then take your first steps in fingerpicking. For acoustic beginners starting from zero.
6 weeks · 3 sessions a week · ~30 min per session
Fingerstyle: Intermediate (8 weeks)
Fingerpick progressions, play Travis-style melodies over an alternating bass, add bass runs and embellishments, and finish with Mark Knopfler-style lead. For players who know their open chords.
8 weeks · 3–4 sessions a week · ~35 min per session