“In 4 weeks, go from picking up the guitar to playing your first songs and finding your groove.”

4 Weeks to Playing Guitar

Beginner Guitar Intensive

Week 1 — Your First Chords & Your First Song

Theme: Getting comfortable with the guitar

  • Learn how to hold the guitar comfortably

  • Learn 2–3 essential open chords

  • Practice changing between chords

  • Develop a relaxed, simple strumming pattern

  • Put the chords into a real song

  • Establish a realistic 10–15 minute daily practice routine

Outcome: You can already play a recognizable piece of music—even if it's slowly.

Week 2 — Rhythm & Groove

Theme: Making your playing feel musical

  • Add another essential chord

  • Improve chord changes

  • Explore basic rhythm and timing

  • Learn a couple of different strumming patterns

  • Introduce the idea of playing with the beat rather than simply changing chords

  • Apply the new rhythm to a song of your choice

Outcome: Your playing starts to sound less like an exercise and more like an actual song.

Week 3 — The 12-Bar Blues

Theme: Learning to play music rather than just memorize songs

  • Learn the basic 12-bar blues progression

  • Introduce a simple blues rhythm/shuffle

  • Learn a very simple blues riff or scale

  • Practice playing the progression without stopping

  • Try playing along with a backing track

  • Explore how the same basic pattern can be used in different musical situations

Outcome: You can pick up the guitar and play something on your own, without needing to follow a song sheet from beginning to end.

Week 4 — Your Guitar, Your Music

Theme: Bringing it together

  • Choose one song from the previous weeks to develop

  • Combine your chords and rhythm into a complete performance

  • Revisit the blues progression/riff

  • Try playing along with a backing track

  • Identify what you most enjoy: songs, blues, riffs, rhythm, fingerpicking, etc.

  • Create a simple personal practice plan for the following month

Mini challenge: Record yourself playing one complete song or progression from beginning to end.

Outcome: You finish the four weeks thinking, “I actually play guitar now.”

The Learning Cycle

1. 60-minute personalized lesson
Learn the week's skill and immediately put it into music.

2. 15-minute follow-up Zoom
Troubleshoot, answer questions, and keep momentum going.

3. Simple home practice
10–15 minutes a day, with a very clear focus rather than a huge list of exercises.

4. A musical outcome
Every week ends with something the student can actually play.

$500 for 4-week program

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Beginner — From Playing Your First Songs to Becoming a Guitarist

The 4-week intensive gets you playing, but it's only the beginning. Over 12 weeks, you'll build on those first chords and songs to develop rhythm, fingerpicking, riffs, lead playing, improvisation, and the confidence to play with other people. Most importantly, you'll learn how to practise and keep progressing on your own.

If four weeks gets you playing guitar, imagine where you could be after twelve.