Before climbing you need to know the ground. Here you get to know your instrument, learn to hold it without tension, tune it, read tab and chord boxes, and play your first notes.
Stops in this stage
- Before you set out: how this journey worksThe map, the stages, how to practise effectively and what you need to start.
- Meet your guitarParts, types of guitar, strings, frets and how each one makes its sound.
- Posture, hands and pickHow to sit, place your hands, hold the pick and play without tension or pain.
- Tuning your guitarStandard tuning, using a tuner, relative tuning and why it matters.
- Reading tab and chord boxesThe guitarist's two maps: tablature and chord diagrams.
- First notes and first fingersOpen strings, fretting a clean note, the chromatic spider and your first riff.
- Milestone: Base CampReview, practical challenge and self-assessment to close the stage with everything you learned.