If you got here, you can already play more than 90% of campfire-friendly acoustic music. Open chords, boom-chuck, basic fingerpicking, a real song or two, and the start of fingerstyle. Most learners never make it this far. You did.
Where you are
You can:- Tune up
- Play G, C, D, Em, Am, F (partial), and the Wonderwall shapes (Cadd9, Dsus4, A7sus4)
- Strum down-down-up-up-down-up in time with a metronome
- Boom-chuck through chord changes
- Fingerpick a basic four-note pattern
- Travis pick on at least one chord
- Use a capo
- Play (some version of) Wonderwall, House of the Rising Sun, and the pinch portion of Blackbird
The three habits
1. Tune every session. Not negotiable. Even if you played yesterday. An out-of-tune guitar trains your ear wrong.
2. Practice slow. Speed is a side effect of clean. If you can't play it slowly, you can't play it.
3. Record yourself once a week. Your phone's voice-memo app is enough. Listen back. You will hear things you can't hear while playing. (See the recording yourself guide.)
Read the full guide
A longer write-up with every detail, drill, and common pitfall.
Where to go next
The Acoustic Intermediate track picks up here: F barre chord (in full), CAGED shapes for the acoustic, 7th and sus chords, fingerpicking masterclass songs, Drop D and DADGAD tunings.
Or, if you want to broaden first: try the Beginner Electric track. Same time investment, totally different vocabulary.
Read the full guide
A longer write-up with every detail, drill, and common pitfall.
Practice 20 minutes a day for 30 more days and you'll feel like a different player.
You did the hardest part: you finished a structured track.