GuitarZoom Courses
Online Guitar Courses by Steve Stine
49 focused courses on everything from your first chords to blues, soloing and music theory. Each one tackles a single skill, so you get a quick win. Buy once, keep it for life.
Pick a course for your level
These are the courses we recommend most often. Each one links to the full course page.
Build your foundation
Break through the plateau
Play with more freedom
Learn at your own pace, one skill at a time
Step-by-step video lessons
Steve breaks each skill into short lessons you can follow along with, pause and repeat.
Practice materials
Many courses include TABs, PDFs and backing tracks, so you can practice what you learn.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone.
Browse by topic
Beginner essentials
Start here if you're new to guitar or want to fill gaps in the basics. 5 courses.
Six String Success
Learn the fundamentals, build your skills and start exploring music theory.
Play Guitar For Life
Steve's complete step-by-step course: play songs, learn core theory, play the blues and start soloing.
Chords Made Easy
Learn the chords you need to play more songs.
Triple Your Chords in 7 Days
Rapidly expand your chord vocabulary, with the theory behind it.
Barre Chords and Beyond
Master barre chords, their variations and the CAGED chord system.
Rhythm, strumming and riffs
Lock in your timing and make every song groove. 5 courses.
Strumming Made Easy
The complete guide to strumming, so your songs sound great.
Strumming Power
Build rock-solid rhythm when you play chord progressions and songs.
Rhythm Guitar Secrets
Easy ways to improve your rhythm playing and make your strumming groove.
Essential Riffs
The riffs every guitarist needs to know, to get inspired and have fun.
Interactive Jams
Try different styles and improve your playing as you jam along.
Soloing and licks
Go from playing licks to building your own solos. 8 courses.
Guitar Solos
A step-by-step guide to creative solos over any style of music.
Breakthrough Soloing
Use scales and modes creatively to make your solos more dynamic.
Expressive Soloing
Play more creative, expressive guitar solos.
Major Key Soloing
How to solo over songs in a major key, and the theory behind it.
Chord Chasing Mastery
An easy guide to soloing over chords across the fretboard.
Rock Licks
Learn killer rock licks and build solos from scratch.
96 Rock Licks
96 licks to help you burn up the fretboard with incredible leads.
Progressive Rock Licks
16 progressive rock licks to take your solos up a notch.
Blues guitar
Play authentic blues songs, licks and solos. 4 courses.
Blues Guitar
The ultimate guide to playing blues songs and solos.
Blues Soloing
An easy guide to creating authentic blues solos from scratch.
Blues Licks
A library of licks for authentic blues solos.
Creative Blues Soloing
Play authentic blues solos with advanced licks and techniques.
Acoustic guitar
Songs, picking styles and licks for acoustic players. 4 courses.
Acoustic Guitar
The ultimate guide to playing songs and solos on acoustic guitar.
Acoustic Picking Styles
Master flatpicking and fingerpicking to play songs on acoustic guitar.
36 Acoustic Licks
Add style and spice to your acoustic solos.
Acoustic Guitar Fake Book
Plenty of tunes to play on your acoustic guitar.
Music theory, scales and the fretboard
Understand how music works and use it on the neck. 8 courses.
Music Theory For Life 2.0
A deep dive into music theory: how songs are built from chords and progressions.
Music Theory in 60 Minutes or Less
A crash course that can change your playing in an hour.
Unlocking Music Theory
Note memorization, modes, triads and soloing, all through music theory.
All About Intervals
Use intervals to unlock theory and solo across the fretboard without getting stuck.
All About Scales
A step-by-step guide to the most important scales for guitar solos.
Exotic Guitar Scales
Add unique sounds to your playing with exotic scales.
Fretboard Freedom
Master scales and modes to move freely around the fretboard.
Unlocking the CAGED System
A step-by-step guide to playing chords and scales in every position.
Technique and practice
Build speed, accuracy and a practice routine that works. 9 courses.
Guitar Technique
Improve your picking speed, bending, vibrato and more.
Ultimate Guitar Technique
Build from simple patterns to complex ones, and take your technique further.
Picking Booster
Play faster and more accurately with a variety of picking techniques.
Essential Finger Exercises
Daily exercises for finger strength, coordination and stamina.
12 Easy Finger Exercises
Twelve simple exercises to build strength and control.
12 Essential Techniques to Practice
Twelve core techniques every guitarist should practice.
Warm Up Routine
A range of warm-up exercises that fit any schedule.
Ultimate Practice Routine
A step-by-step plan to build strength, speed and accuracy every day.
Ultimate Daily Practice Guide
An all-in-one daily practice guide, so you make more progress in less time.
Ear training and learning songs
Figure out songs by ear and learn them faster. 2 courses.
Recording, gear and motivation
Everything around the playing. 4 courses.
Home Recording Made Easy
Set up your audio interface and record, mix and master at home.
Gear Vault
Guitar maintenance, pedal reviews and tips to improve your sound.
Motivation Vault
Stay inspired and keep improving on your guitar journey.
Wisdom Videos
Pro advice on a range of topics to help you progress and have fun.
What players say about Steve's courses
Guitarists from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Germany, India, Australia and beyond.
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"Steve Stine is the teacher that I have been looking for a long time."
Jimmy H.United States
"I discovered your courses. I find them great. It's a complete guitar journey and I learned something every week."
Philip M.United States
"It made the fretboard much, much simpler and easier to understand than I have imagined it to be."
Geoffrey E.United Kingdom
"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
"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
"I love the way that Steve explained things and shows how to become better."
Hans-Joachim G.Germany
"It made a difference, it was worth the money. Thank you."
Kevin W.United States
"This is absolutely one of the best classes I've ever taken."
Steve D.United States
"I'm just overjoyed to come across learning material that I've yearned for."
Andy M.Australia
"Thank you for breaking down music theory and making it so easy to learn."
Travis B.United States
"I have definitely improved and I enjoy it immensely."
Melina K.United States
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Pick one skill, get a quick win and keep going. Every course is yours for life.
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