Fretboard Freedom
Learn scale and mode positions across the fretboard
Fretboard Freedom is an online guitar course on scales, modes and fretboard navigation, taught by GuitarZoom Master Instructor Steve Stine. You learn each scale position by position in C, from the pentatonic and blues scales to the modes and minor scales. The last module covers arpeggios, harmonic minor, Phrygian dominant, forward motion in your solos and escape routes for when you get stuck. The course has four modules, 36 video lessons and a 38-page PDF book.
What Fretboard Freedom is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he teaches lower octave positions and the C melodic minor positions.
Free preview lesson: Lower Octave Positions · 2:58
Free preview lesson: C Melodic Minor Positions · 3:28
Is Fretboard Freedom right for you?
- Players stuck in one box. You know a pentatonic shape but want to connect it across the neck.
- Guitarists who want to know the neck. Each scale is taught in positions across the neck, with lessons on crossing between them.
- Players learning modes. You will cover Aeolian, Dorian, Mixolydian, melodic minor and harmonic minor.
- Improvisers. The final module shows how to use scales and arpeggios creatively.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Play minor and major pentatonic positions
- Cross between pentatonic scale positions
- Play blues and major blues scale positions
- Play the major scale with three-note-per-string shapes
- Play Aeolian, Dorian and Mixolydian positions
- Play melodic minor and harmonic minor positions
- Use modal arpeggios and Phrygian dominant
- Use escape routes to avoid getting stuck on the fretboard
The course, module by module
The full lesson list is below.
Pentatonic positions across the neck
Minor pentatonic, position playing, C minor pentatonic positions, lower octave positions, major pentatonic positions, and crossing positions for both scales.
Blues scale and the major scale
The blues scale and its positions, C major blues positions, C major diatonic scale positions, and the three-note-per-string approach.
Minor scales and modes
Natural minor (Aeolian) positions and three-note-per-string patterns, Dorian, Mixolydian, melodic minor and harmonic minor positions in C.
Using scales creatively
Scales, arpeggios and shapes, modal arpeggios, harmonic minor, Phrygian dominant, melodic scale approaches, forward motion, and escape routes.
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 38-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"The lessons are easy to learn. You'll progress quite well. Do it."
David P.United States
"You're gonna be surprised. You're gonna learn a lot very quickly."
Timothy C.Canada
"I think the really positive thing about GuitarZoom is the structure of the lessons."
David C.United States
"Steve does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
David T.United States
"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
Daryll O.India
"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
Paul C.Canada
Fretboard Freedom questions
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Where to go after Fretboard Freedom
Unlocking the CAGED System
Two lessons on how the CAGED system connects chord shapes across the fretboard and how to solo by following the melody.
All About Scales
Learn the major scale in seven positions and the minor pentatonic in five, plus relative minor and short jams.
Guitar Solos
A step-by-step soloing course: lead techniques, phrasing, pentatonic scales, chord chasing, arpeggios and blues soloing.
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