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Fantastic experience, easy to follow

I am a beginner but didn’t want to hire a traditional guitar teacher that I could only meet with occasionally and pay a lot for their time. I tried some of the guitar manufacturer apps but they didn’t give enough detailed guidance. I tried the Pickup Music trial for 2 weeks and was very excited about learning from a human and having a clear learning path to becoming a better player. I can see myself being a Pickup student for a long time.

Great for filling gaps with self taught guitarists

Beginners Lerning Pathways is grate way to start playing guitar. It is also a good start for people not playing for years and want to start playing again.

After all the online jazz materials that i have got into just to learn the genre of jazz I never really understood its concepts. Until I finally subscribed to pickup last October 2024 and took its Jazz learning pathway and honestly I learned a lot which I am thankful for. I just have one suggestion though and that if it is possible for you guys to make a harmonic minor masterclass similar to the 7 day melodic minor masterclass with Sam, I just think this way it would make some of the pathway’s material make more sense like some of the scales presented such as the phyrigian dominant which is a mode of the harmonic minor. Thanks

The Country Pathways course is an great online guitar course taught by Daniel Donato. The course covers a variety of topics, including triads, scales, riffs, licks, and improv jams. Daniel Donato is a sweet, earnest, friendly and approachable teacher. He is also a highly skilled guitarist and has a deep understanding of country music. He breaks down complex concepts into easy-to-understand steps. The only criticism I might have is that some of lessons and jams assume you have all the material completely committed to memory, so I would suggest studying the source material fully before moving on.

It has been a challenging experience, but I can see progress. Maybe I don't do everything 100%, but I already know what things I need to keep working on.

I've always had a general idea of what CAGED is but never got much past the idea of it being different ways to play barre chords. I didn't see the value—why would I want to play that awkward G shaped chord anywhere but in the open position? The CAGED I course on Pickup helped me see the light. It really showed me how I could use CAGED to better understand the fretboard and chords, using those shapes not just to find different ways to play the same old chords, but to expand my range and my understanding of how music is made on the guitar. Molly Miller explains it so clearly and makes everything that used to just be theory to me actually practical.