Learn guitar fast, with no videos to watch.
15-minute lessons to make progress, and every chord and scale to look up in ten seconds. Every diagram plays with one click.
The English edition of Six cordes (French for “six strings”)
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The course adapts: the shared lessons, plus the ones specific to your guitar. You can switch anytime; your progress is kept.
Lick of the day
A blues lick to practice bends. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
e|------------------------| B|------------------------| G|-7b9r7-5-5b6------------| D|-------------7-5---5-7~-| A|-----------------7------| E|------------------------|
A country lick to practice hammer-ons. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------0-----------| G|-----------0-0h2---2-0-------| D|-------0h2-------------0h2---| A|---0h2-----------------------| E|-3-------------------------3-|
A soul lick to practice slides. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
e|---------------------------------| B|-----7-----------10-7------------| G|-7/9---9-7------------9\7-----7~-| D|-----------9-7/9----------9-7----| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|
A funk lick to practice ghost notes. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------5-x-7-x-x-----------------------5-x-7-9-x-7-x-5-----| D|-7-x-x-7-x-----------7-x-5-x-7-x-7-x-x-7-x-----------------x-7-| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
The Ghost notes and muting page: examples, more licks and exercises →
A rock lick to practice vibrato. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
e|----15-17~-15-----------------| B|-15-----------17-15-------17~-| G|--------------------14-16-----| D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|
A rockabilly lick to practice chicken picking. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
PM PM e|-------------------------------| B|-----5-x-5---------------------| G|-4/6-------6-x-----6---4-------| D|---------------7-7---7---5-6-7-| A|-------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|
The Chicken picking page: examples, more licks and exercises →
A jazz lick to practice legato. Listen to it, slowed down if you need to, then play it from the tab.
e|-------------5h7h8-8p7p5-------------------| B|-------5h7h8-------------8p7p6-5-----------| G|-4h5h7---------------------------7p6p5p4---| D|-----------------------------------------7-| A|-------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------|
Try it: click a diagram
Every chord on the site can be read and heard. The orange dots show where your fingers go, and the number tells you which finger. One click and you hear what you’re aiming for.
How it works
You read
Short pages, one idea per section, the essentials first.
You listen
Every diagram and every note on the neck plays with one click: you know right away what you’re aiming for.
You check off
Each lesson ends with concrete goals: check them off and your progress shows up all over the site.
Read about the Six Strings method: why learn by reading, and how to use the site