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Most players don't stall for lack of talent. They stall because practice has no target. Tell us where you're at and how long you've got — we'll lay out the week.
Build my practice weekYour week
1. Where are you now?
2. How long can you practise?
Daily beats marathon sessions. If you only have ten minutes, the plan gets shorter — it doesn't get skipped.
3. What do you want to get better at?
Pick two or three. Chasing six areas at once is how months disappear with nothing to show.
Practice plan · Beginner · 20 minutes a day
Your bottleneck is switching cleanly in time, not collecting more shapes.
20min a day · 140 min a week
Mon
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Play the last thing you practised yesterday, slowly, before touching anything new.
Chord changes · 13m
Pick two chords. One-minute change test: count clean switches in 60 seconds and write the number down.
Play for fun · 4m
End with the song you're actually here to play. No stopping.
Two focused blocks beat one long, drifting session.
Tue
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Chromatic 1-2-3-4 up one string, then a chord shape you find awkward.
Rhythm & timing · 13m
One chord for a full minute without rushing — the click exposes the drift you can't feel.
Play for fun · 4m
End by noodling on purpose — no goals, no judgement, just sound.
If a block feels easy, slow it down rather than speeding it up.
Wed
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Tune up properly, then play four notes and match them to a drone or reference.
Chord changes · 13m
Find the finger that moves least and keep it anchored as a pivot through the change.
Play for fun · 4m
End by playing something you already know well, all the way through.
Write down the one thing that went worst. That's tomorrow's warm-up.
Thu
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Fret your target chord, strum one string at a time, and fix the dead ones first.
Rhythm & timing · 13m
Record 30 seconds and listen back for the one bar where you sped up.
Play for fun · 4m
End with a backing track and see what comes out.
Missed a day? Do the shortest version, don't double up.
Fri
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Play the last thing you practised yesterday, slowly, before touching anything new.
Chord changes · 13m
Fret the shape, strum one string at a time, and fix only the string that dies.
Play for fun · 4m
End with the song you're actually here to play. No stopping.
Record the last block so you can hear the difference next week.
Sat
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Chromatic 1-2-3-4 up one string, then a chord shape you find awkward.
Rhythm & timing · 13m
Click at 70. Four even downstrokes a bar, then add the upbeats at 60.
Play for fun · 4m
End by noodling on purpose — no goals, no judgement, just sound.
Saturday is the long one — everything else stays short.
Sun
20 min
Warm-up · 3m
Tune up properly, then play four notes and match them to a drone or reference.
Chord changes · 13m
Change on the click: strum once, mute, switch, strum again — every bar.
Play for fun · 4m
End by playing something you already know well, all the way through.
Sunday: play for someone, even if it's one person in the room.
This plan is built in your browser — nothing is saved yet, so it resets when you close the tab.
The stuck points
Tap one. Each has what's actually happening, the fix, and the drill that proves it's working.
What's happening
You look at your hand halfway through the change and lose the beat.
The fix
You aren't slow — you keep re-deciding the shape each time. Practise the change without strumming: fret it, check every string, release, repeat twenty times slowly until the fingers stop asking for permission.
The drill
One-minute change test twice a day on the same two chords. Write the count down.
Read the guideThe drills
Short enough to do daily, specific enough to measure. Each one has a ladder — move up only when the current step is boring.
One-minute changes
3 min
Chord changes
It turns a vague problem into a number you can beat, and progress becomes visible in days.
The ladder
Today — A baseline number, no tension
In three days — Beat the baseline by two
In two weeks — Same count, half the effort
Chromatic ladder
5 min
Technique
Even, relaxed notes at a slow tempo fix more problems than any fast run will.
The ladder
60 BPM — Even notes, no accidental accents
72 BPM — Same, click on beats 2 and 4
84 BPM — Only if it stays relaxed
Bend to pitch
4 min
Lead & solos
A bend that lands exactly on the note you heard is the difference between expressive and sloppy.
The ladder
No click — Match the pitch every time
60 BPM — Land the bend on beat 1
80 BPM — Land it, then add vibrato
The one-chord minute
2 min
Rhythm & timing
It's the least glamorous drill here and the one that makes you playable in a band.
The ladder
60 BPM — Four strums you can't tell apart
80 BPM — Add the upbeats without drifting
100 BPM — Quiet, even, and still in time
Say it, find it
4 min
Fretboard knowledge
It links the sound in your head to the neck, which is the whole point of learning the fretboard.
The ladder
Week 1 — One string only
Week 2 — Same phrase, two strings
Week 3 — Same phrase, two positions
What good practice looks like
The time sinks
Milestones
Tick them off as they stop being hard. When all four are done, the next level is genuinely yours.
0/4done
Ticks stay on this screen only — nothing is saved to an account yet.
Keep going
Chords, scales, the fretboard and the quick reference pages are all in one place — no jargon, no upsell, just the next thing you need to know.