StretchLearn Course
A step-by-step path from absolute beginner to confident player on acoustic and electric.
Course Overview
This course takes you from the first day with a guitar through confident playing on both acoustic and electric. You will master open and barre chords, strumming and fingerpicking, the CAGED system, pentatonic and major scales, and how to apply them across folk, blues, rock, and pop. Every concept is paired with a concrete practice drill and a target tempo so you always know exactly what to do next.
Learning Outcomes
Tune the guitar accurately and hold correct fretting and picking posture
Play the eight essential open chords and switch between them in time
Strum and fingerpick common rhythm patterns at a steady tempo
Map the fretboard using the CAGED system and barre chords
Improvise simple solos with the minor pentatonic and blues scales
Adapt technique and tone to folk, blues, rock, and pop styles
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Get the instrument working for you, learn correct posture, tune reliably, and play your first open chords and a song.
Develop a steady internal pulse and the right and left hand techniques that turn chords into music.
Unlock the whole neck with movable chord shapes and a system for finding any chord anywhere.
Learn the scales behind melodies and solos, then apply your skills across folk, blues, rock, and pop.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.