Fretboard
Learn the guitar neck from the notes up
Fretboard Masterclass is an online guitar fretboard course taught by GuitarZoom Master Instructor Steve Stine. You start with the notes on every string, then build the major scale, triads and the relative minor, and see how scales and chords connect. From there you play the scale in seven positions, link them with the CAGED system, turn them into pentatonic shapes, and use modes, arpeggios and chord tones in your solos. The course has 38 video lessons, almost three hours in total, and a 65-page PDF book.
What Fretboard Masterclass is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course and shares tips on how to practice it.
Course intro: Introduction · 1:11
Free preview lesson: Practicing Tips · 2:06
Is Fretboard Masterclass right for you?
- Players who can't name the notes on the neck. The course starts with the chromatic scale and the notes on each string.
- Guitarists who know shapes but not why they work. You learn how the major scale, triads and chords fit together.
- Players stuck in one area of the neck. You connect seven scale positions and the CAGED system into one map.
- Soloists who want to target the chords. You learn to connect arpeggios and use chord tones and non-chord tones.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Find the notes on all six strings
- Build the major scale and move it to any key
- Explain how the major scale and its chords and triads relate
- Find the relative minor of any major scale
- Play the major and minor scale in seven positions and connect them
- Use the CAGED system for major and relative minor
- Turn diatonic scale positions into pentatonic positions
- Convert between the major and minor scale and the modes
- Connect major and minor arpeggios across the neck
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
Fretboard lessons: from notes to modes and arpeggios
Practice tips, the chromatic scale, notes on each string, the major scale and transposing it, scale and chord relationships, triads, the relative minor, seven scale positions and connecting them, the CAGED system for major and minor, pentatonic positions and expansion, basic modal theory, mode conversion, major and minor arpeggios, and chord tones versus non-chord tones.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 65-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"I'm amazed with just how much improvement I've seen in my own guitar playing."
Don B.United States
"What I'd really say is definitely take Steve Stine's course. I think you would find it really, really beneficial."
Demetrio G.Canada
"One major problem that I had was just being lost. Steve helped me find the way."
Jared H.United States
"It's clear, precise and I can follow along really well."
Jim C.United States
"This is top class. Thank you very much. This is really good, gold standard."
Brian H.United Kingdom
"I really like Steve's systematic approach to practicing."
Kevin M.United States
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Where to go after Fretboard Masterclass
Fretboard Freedom
Learn pentatonic, blues, major and minor scales and modes position by position in C, then use them creatively in solos.
Chord Chasing Mastery
Learn to solo over chord changes with note chasing, chord tones, arpeggios and the CAGED system, in blues and pop/rock.
All About Intervals
Learn every interval from the minor 2nd to the octave on the fretboard, and how intervals build scales, modes and chords.
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38 lessons, clear steps and lifetime access. $149 once.
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