Slow-cooked writing on the craft of teaching guitar. Studio business, lesson craft, the awkward bits nobody talks about. One piece at a time.
"If you only ever teach what your teacher taught you, you'll teach the same five students forever."
— Editor's note
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Build chord progressions in any key with diatonic chord helpers. Hear the progression in real time, switch to Roman numerals or Nashville numbers, copy or download. No signup, no ads.
Build print-ready guitar chord diagrams in seconds. Six tuning presets, custom voicings, finger labels, barre support. Download as SVG or PNG. No watermark, no signup, no usage limits.
Every chord type in every key with movable voicings, fretboard maps and Karplus-Strong audio. 19 chord types × 12 keys = 228 dedicated reference pages, all indexed for search.
Visualise any guitar scale on a 15-fret diagram in any key, any tuning. Hear it back, download SVG/PNG, browse 192 dedicated scale reference pages (16 scales × 12 keys).
Four printable A4 templates for guitar teachers — lesson planner, per-session notes, 12-week progress tracker and a weekly practice log for students. Free, no signup, designed for the way one-to-one guitar lessons actually run.
A free browser-based metronome built for guitar tutors and learners — subdivisions, accents, tap tempo, keyboard shortcuts, focus mode. No login, no ads, no usage limits.
A free in-browser guitar tuner using your device's microphone — chromatic pitch detection, every common alternate tuning, configurable A4 reference, focus mode. No app install, no signup.
A practical guide for guitar teachers on building student practice habits — the set/log/review loop, what to write in homework, common practice-assignment mistakes, and a free printable practice log template for students.
A practical guide for guitar teachers on structuring one-to-one lessons — the five-block format, timing splits for 30/45/60 minute lessons, common planning mistakes, and a free printable lesson plan template.
A guide for guitar teachers on measuring student progress — the three dimensions worth tracking, weekly vs term-level frameworks, the retention impact of visible improvement, and a free printable progress tracker template.
Drop in notes from the fretboard or a chromatic picker. Get back every chord and every scale that matches. Free, in-browser, no signup. Built for ear training, arrangement work and theory teaching.