Sample · Own pace

Guitar: from your first chord to strumming and fingerpicking

Own pace: classes by different masters from the map — and fifteen minutes of practice at home between them.

Sample A sample shows how a path works. You can’t sign up for it: you sign up for classes with the masters on the map.

A path card is a reference to masters’ classes on the map, not a curriculum: the school sets no outcomes, does not check them and issues nothing.

First class with a master
Find a guitar class nearby or online on the map: a trial class is free or at the master’s price.
abso.live/map?dir=guitar (opens in a new tab)
Chords and calluses
A little every day: Em, Am, Dm and switching without stopping. Once a week — a recording on your phone, just for you, and a line in “My path”: what sounds cleaner than a week ago.
Class swap
Got something to give back — swap on AbsoLive: guitar for English, chess for salsa. How the tax office treats a swap — fill in: lawyer’s finding.
abso.live/board (opens in a new tab)
Open class
One song from start to finish — among your own people or at a master’s class. Afterwards — a four-step review.

Safety

Pain in the wrist or fingers is a signal to ease off, not to push through.

In every path and programme the school publishes

Entry step and goal — on the AbsoLive 0–10 ladder
Stages: which classes, what practice between them, where the open class is
A master or mentor with a name and a page on AbsoLive
Safety: what to ask before starting, where the activity area’s limits lie
Terms for every class: a price or “free”, cancellation and refund — before sign-up; no non-refundable payments and no cancellation penalties
Length — “an estimate” or “a sample”, not a promise
For body and movement — the line “with health conditions or pregnancy — check with a doctor”

What is known about the leader

There are no “verified” masters here. There is what you can see, and what the leader confirms themselves.

Page on AbsoLive: fill in
Their own classes on the map: fill in
What the leader confirms about their own training: fill in
Who sells each class and on what terms — on the class page
A master’s AbsoLive page may show ★ and a “Verified master” badge — these are AbsoLive’s marks. The school does not award them and does not rely on them.

The 0–10 ladder · Guitar

From · step 1: First chord — I fret Em with two fingers — and the guitar sounds like a guitar.
To · step 3: Strum and pick — I keep a strum and a fingerpicking pattern going and change Am, Dm and E without stopping my hand.

The 0–10 ladder

0 · Air guitar My best guitar solo is on air guitar in front of the mirror.
1 · First chord I fret Em with two fingers — and the guitar sounds like a guitar.
2 · Calluses My fingers no longer hurt: calluses on the tips, and the strings ring clean.
3 · Strum and pick I keep a strum and a fingerpicking pattern going and change Am, Dm and E without stopping my hand.
4 · Barre I play the F barre chord — and it rings instead of buzzing.
5 · Tabs I learn a solo from tabs and play it along with the record, note for note.
6 · Pentatonic I improvise on the pentatonic scale over a twelve-bar blues.
7 · Stage I play an open mic or with my own band — a set from the first song to the last.
8 · Studio I record guitar parts in the studio — clean, to a click, by the second take.
9 · Teacher I teach guitar, and my students play their first barre chord in my lessons.
10 · Legend My riff is recognised from the first notes — like "Smoke on the Water".

The steps come from the AbsoLive ladder. On abso.live you can mark your step with the “I’m here” button — once signed in; only you see the mark. The reckoning is your own, no tests. The school runs no courses or exams based on the ladder’s lines and awards no titles — those belong to others.

Own paceSample

About two to three months at two classes a week — an estimate; everyone has their own rhythm.

Classes on the map (opens in a new tab)Activity area on AbsoLive (opens in a new tab)