Builder’s Roadmap 🏁
The Builders Roadmap helps you go beyond the basics. You’ll add new chord voicings, explore scales, improve your timing, and learn to combine techniques into full, expressive pieces. It’s the bridge between foundational skills and the advanced techniques found in the Masters Roadmap.
As you progress through this roadmap, you’ll find Milestone Songs at the end of each module. These are hand-picked to match your current skill level. You don’t need to finish every lesson to start. Pick a song that inspires you and start playing!
Want to skip ahead or explore specific topics? Visit the Levels Pathways to choose your own learning adventure.
Jump to a Module:
- Module 1: Expanding Chord Knowledge
- Module 2: Strumming, Rhythm, Picking
- Module 3: Scale Application and Navigation
Module 1: Expanding Chord Knowledge
Build your foundation in triads, 7ths, and sus chords. You’ll learn how to use these shapes to navigate the fretboard and apply them in real musical contexts.
Triads
- How to play Major Triads on Guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play minor triads on guitar – 📄 PDF available
- Add 2 chords vs Sus 2 chords: What’s the difference?
7th chords
- How to play Shell Chords on guitar (chord charts and application) – 📄 PDF available
- How to play the essential 7th chords on guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play minor 7 b5 chords (half diminished) on guitar
Chord Theory and Usage
- How to Navigate Chords on the Fretboard (and Finally Escape 1st Position) – 📄 PDF available
- How to read slash chords on guitar
- How to play chord progressions in minor keys
- How to play a 12 bar blues – 3 levels of chords
Chord Library
Major 7 Chords (Click to expand)
Module 1: Milestone Repertoire 🎶
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Module 2: Strumming, Rhythm, Picking
Add depth and variety to your playing with advanced picking patterns and rhythm styles. This module helps you bring out more expression and groove in your chord work, preparing you for finger-style arrangements and more complex styles.
- How to Instantly Make Your Strumming Sound More Musical – 📄 PDF available
- How to play Travis picking patterns on guitar (with audio and tabs)
- How to play Bossa Nova rhythms on guitar
Module 2: Milestone Repertoire 🎶
- Spanish Romance aka Romanza – 📄 PDF available
- Prelude 1, Opus 46 – E. Giuliani – 📄 PDF available
- Lágrima by Tárrega – guitar tabs – 📄 PDF available
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Module 3: Scale Application and Navigation
Learn how to confidently use pentatonic, blues, and modal scales across the fretboard. You’ll explore melodic movement, develop your improvisation skills, and see how scales connect to the chord structures from earlier modules.
- Essential Guitar Scales Explained: Beyond Basics into Intermediate Play
- How to play Pentatonic Scales on Guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play Minor Pentatonic Scales on Guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play the Blues Scale on Guitar – 📄 PDF available
- How to play a minor blues progression on guitar (3 levels)
- How to practice scales on guitar (8 tips) – 📄 PDF available
Scales Library
Major Pentatonic Scales (Click to expand)
Minor Pentatonic Scales (Click to expand)
Major Blues Scales (Click to expand)
Minor Blues Scales (Click to expand)
Module 3: Milestone Repertoire 🎶
- Plaisir d’amour (aka “Can’t Help Falling in Love”) – 📄 PDF available
- Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring by Bach – 📄 PDF available
- Bourrée in E minor by Bach – 📄 PDF available
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Other Resources:
- What should I practice on guitar?
- Effective guitar warm up exercises to improve your playing
- 8 habits to avoid when learning to play guitar
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