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Guitar From Home

Stop Playing the Same 5 Chords. See the Whole Fretboard in 30 Days

The visual system for players who taught themselves: guitar theory drawn right on the neck, with no sheet music. 160 pages, 11 modules and 55 exercises, plus a playbook for teaching beginners from home, so you can play with anybody, in any key, and start getting paid to play.

A man playing an acoustic guitar on his front porch
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Modules
55
Exercises
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Sheet music
A year of weekly lessons$1,250+here, $27 once
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“I’d get stuck cycling through the same few chords without understanding what I was doing.”

u/khanorilla · r/guitarlessons
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“Guitar really lets you survive on shapes for way too long.”

u/achakez · r/guitarlessons
Do the math

One Lesson Costs About $25–45. This Is the Whole Neck, for $27.

A private guitar lesson in the US usually runs about $25 to $45 for half an hour, and $40 to $70 an hour on average. Take one a week for a year and you're past $1,250. Here the whole neck is $27, once, and it stays yours.

$25–45
One 30-minute lesson
$1,250+
A year of weekly lessons
$27
The whole map, one time
“Personally memorizing didn't do anything for me until I could understand and see it.”
u/geneel · r/guitarlessons

Prices: Breakthrough Guitar, Average Cost of Guitar Lessons in the US (2025), and the Thumbtack lesson cost guide. Estimates; rates vary by city and teacher.

Perfect timing

You Already Know the Chords. This Is the Year You Know the Neck.

You didn't stop getting better because you lost interest. You stopped because every video teaches you one more song, and nobody ever showed you the map underneath them. Now the holidays are coming, with a guitar on the couch and somebody saying "play us something."

🎄 Christmas is in
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Enough evenings to learn the neck, and to be the guy who knows what to play when the guitar comes his way.

Start Before Christmas · $27 →
Why this works

Built for Players Who Never Read a Note

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Everything is drawn on the neck

Every idea shows up on a fretboard diagram first, with the notes named on the strings, and the explanation comes after. No staff, no Italian words, nothing written for piano.

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You see why, not just where

You build every chord from its formula and see where it lives in five places on the neck. Once you see it, you stop memorizing shapes and start finding them on your own.

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You play it on the same page

Each module ends with 5 exercises at the neck and a short self-check. If you can't play it yet, you don't move on. That's how it sticks this time.

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What you know is worth something

The First Student Playbook and the Gig-Ready Starter show you how to teach a beginner from home and how to ask for your first paid set. You keep every dollar, we never ask for a cut.

11 modules, one map

From the First Note to the First Paid Set

Four parts, in the order a self-taught player actually needs them. Each module builds on the one before, so nothing feels random anymore.

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Part 1 · See

The neck stops being a maze
  • Any note on any string
  • The 3 anchors
  • Intervals as shapes
Modules 1–2
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Part 2 · Build

Where everything comes from
  • Scales and keys
  • The modes, no mystery
  • Chords from their formula
Modules 3–6
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Part 3 · Connect

The whole neck opens up
  • CAGED, 5 connected shapes
  • Nashville numbers
  • Changing keys on the spot
Modules 7–9
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Part 4 · Play & Get Paid

Use it in the real world
  • Improvise with a plan
  • Play by ear
  • Back up any singer
Modules 10–11
And every module comes with:

🎸 Diagrams on the neck · 🗺️ One-page cheat sheet · 📖 Plain-English explanations · ✅ 5 exercises · 🔁 Self-check with answers

A man playing guitar for friends around a backyard fireFor you
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Play anything, with anybody

Somebody starts a song, you find the key and play along. Somebody says "it's in G," and you just move the shape. No tab open on your phone.

A man teaching a beginner a chord at homeFor extra income
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Lessons and sets people pay for

When you can explain why a chord works, you can teach it. Start with one beginner from your street, or one Friday set at the brewery, and see where it goes.

Launch pricing

Guitar From Home · The Fretboard Map™

The Fretboard Map book
$297$27
One-time payment. Instant access.
  • The Fretboard Map: 160 pages and 11 modules, every idea drawn right on the neck
  • 55 Exercises + Self-Checks: 5 at the end of every module, with the answers
  • The 3 Anchors: find any note on any string without memorizing the whole neck
  • The CAGED Map: the 5 shapes that connect the fretboard from end to end
  • The Nashville Numbers: play any progression in any key, on the spot
  • Lifetime Access: on your phone, tablet or computer, ready to print

🎁 5 bonuses, FREE today

$96 value
  • ✓ The First Student Playbook · $29
  • ✓ 100 Progressions by Feel · $19
  • ✓ The Chord Atlas, 192 Chords · $19
  • ✓ 12 Cheat Sheets + The Fretboard Poster · $15
  • ✓ The Gig-Ready Starter · $14
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Try it for 7 days. Risk-free.

Open the book, learn the 3 anchors and play the first exercises. If it isn't for you, send one email within 7 days and we'll refund you in full. No forms, no hard feelings.

After the neck clicked

They learned the neck. Then the messages started.

They were exactly where you are: years of playing and the same few chords.

9:41●●● ᯤ ▮
Dave ›
Today 6:12 PM
hey it's Dave from 3 doors down. heard you playing on the porch last night
Tyler got a guitar for his birthday and the videos are not working for him lol
ha that's how I started. happy to show him a few things
would you do actual lessons? we'd pay you. what do you charge
tuesdays after school work? first one's on me
he hasn't put it down since 😂 put us down every tuesday
Delivered
iMessage
9:41●●● ᯤ ▮
Lisa ›
Wednesday 8:47 PM
Hi! I got your number from Dave, Tyler's dad
my husband's had a guitar in the closet for 20 years. I want to get him lessons for Christmas
love that. does he play at all or starting fresh?
knows like 4 chords and plays them every Sunday 🙃
can you do it over Zoom? he travels for work
yep, Zoom works great. I'll send you a gift card he can open
Delivered
iMessage
9:41●●● ᯤ ▮
Rick ›
Saturday 11:05 AM
Rick here from Copper Creek. last night was great man
people were requesting stuff and you just played it. even the one in a weird key
thanks Rick! it was a good crowd
can I put you down for the first Friday every month? same deal
count me in 🍺
Delivered
iMessage

Illustrative conversations based on what self-taught guitar players share online. Individual results vary.

After you join

Your First 7 Days, Step by Step

Day 1–2

Find any note in seconds

One evening with Module 1. Learn the 3 anchors and you can name any note on the low strings, then find it on every other string. About 20 minutes and the neck already looks different.

Day 3–4

Build chords from their formula

Root, third and fifth, drawn on the strings. You'll see why the open chords you already play are built the way they are, and find each one in a new place on the neck.

Day 5–6

Connect the 5 shapes

Take one chord you know and follow it up the neck through all 5 CAGED shapes. This is the part most self-taught players wish they'd seen years ago.

Day 7

Play a song in a new key

Pick a song you already play, write it in Nashville numbers and play it in two other keys. Then hand somebody the guitar and ask them to call a key.

That's it. One week, a neck that makes sense, and a song you can play in any key.

See what's possible

Where Players Get Paid

Every one of these uses what's in the book. The playbook and the starter walk you through the first one.

Beginner lessons at homeOften $25–45 / 30 min
Lessons over ZoomOften $30–50 / 30 min
Brewery or restaurant setOften $100–200 a set
Backyard and private partiesOften $100–150 an hour
Wedding ceremoniesOften $175–400
Sunday worship teamOften $50–150 when paid

Typical US asking rates from Breakthrough Guitar (2025), Thumbtack, The Bash, Paperlust (2026), brewery booking guides and church job listings, November 2026. Many churches use volunteers. Not a promise of what you will earn. Your rates depend on your area, your playing and who you play for.

Look inside

Real Pages, Not Promises

These are real pages from the book: the notes on the neck, the modes side by side, and the CAGED map. Every concept is drawn on the strings, right where your fingers go.

A page with every note drawn on the fretboard A page with the seven modes as shapes on the neck A page with the CAGED map
What you'll get

The Complete System

From the first note you can name to the first time somebody pays you to play.

The book

The Fretboard Map

160 pages · 11 modules · 55 exercises

Notes, intervals, scales and keys, the modes, chords from their formula, sevenths, CAGED, the Nashville numbers, changing keys, improvising and playing by ear. Every module ends with 5 exercises at the neck and a self-check, so you know you've got it before you move on.

Bonus 1

The First Student Playbook

8 lessons · what to charge · message templates

How to teach an adult or kid beginner at home or over Zoom: the first 8 lessons planned out, how to find your first 3 students, what to say to a neighbor, and a simple tracker. You already know more than a beginner needs. This shows you how to teach it.

Bonus 2

100 Progressions by Feel

Country · rock · blues · worship · soul

100 progressions written in Nashville numbers and spelled out in real keys, grouped by genre and mood. Start writing your own songs this week, or use them to warm up in a new key every night.

Bonus 3

The Chord Atlas

192 chords · every note named

12 roots and 16 chord types, from major and minor to sus, add9, sevenths and diminished. Each chord is drawn on the neck with every note named, so you know what you're playing and why your fingers go there.

Bonus 4 + 5

12 Cheat Sheets + Poster · The Gig-Ready Starter

Print and hang · your first paid set

12 one-page sheets and an 18×24 poster of the whole neck to hang where you practice. Plus how to build a 2-hour set from songs you already know, what to bring, and exactly what to say when you ask a brewery for a spot.

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One payment, everything included.
Real players, real words

Straight from the players

What playing guitar looks like before and after the neck makes sense.

✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“I’m on year 6 and still think I’m in the beginner realm.”

u/Imaginary_Alarm_356 · r/guitarlessons
✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“I want to be able to pick up the guitar and confidently play with other people, not just repeat shapes.”

u/khanorilla · r/guitarlessons
✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“Play the chord shapes you already know on three strings further up the neck. They become different chords. That was a penny drop moment for me.”

u/Professional-Test239 · r/guitarlessons
✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“It not only changes the way you play music…it changes the way you hear music…it’s a breakthrough.”

u/forpressingflowers · r/guitarlessons
✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“after multiple videos over the years this is the comment that makes it click”

u/huffingthenpost · r/guitarlessons
✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“I'm teaching my buddy who wants to learn and he's 55. NEVER too old and he enjoys learning and playing.”

u/chromaticdeath85 · r/guitarlessons
✓ IN HIS OWN WORDS

“Omg - so many songs are 12 bar blues !!! And to be able to pick up your guitar and play along just by hearing the tonic.”

u/j3434 · r/guitarlessons

Real words from guitar players on Reddit and forums, not from buyers of this book. Usernames as posted. Results vary.

Questions Before You Start

Do I get anything in the mail?

No. This is a digital book with digital bonuses: you get instant access the moment you pay. Nothing is shipped. You can read it on any screen or print any page you want.

I can't read music. Is that a problem?

No. There's no sheet music anywhere in the book. Every idea is drawn on a fretboard diagram with the notes named on the strings, and where you need a riff, it's written as fret numbers like tab.

How is this different from free YouTube videos?

A video teaches you one song or one trick, in whatever order the algorithm serves it. This is one system in order: each module builds on the last, and every module ends with exercises and a self-check, so the pieces finally connect.

I'm a complete beginner. Is it for me?

It's written for players who already strum some open chords, even if it's only a few. If you've never held a guitar, learn 4 or 5 open chords first, then come back. Module 1 starts from what a note is.

I tried theory before and it went over my head. Why would this be different?

Because most theory books were written for piano and assume you read a staff. Here, every concept is shown where you'll play it, on your strings, and you play it before you move on.

Am I too old to learn this?

No. This isn't about fast fingers. It's about seeing patterns, and players with years behind them usually pick it up faster, because now it explains things they already do.

Does it work for electric and acoustic?

Yes. The notes and shapes are the same on any 6-string guitar in standard tuning. If you play left-handed, the diagrams work the same, just mirrored.

How long does it take?

Most people work through one module every 2 or 3 days at about 30 minutes a session, which gets you through the book in about a month. You go at your own pace and it's yours for life.

Can I really teach lessons if I'm self-taught?

Plenty of beginner teachers are self-taught. A beginner needs someone patient who can explain the first chords and why they work. The First Student Playbook gives you a plan for the first 8 lessons. Check any local rules that apply where you live.

What can I actually earn?

We can't promise any amount. It depends on your area, your hours, your playing and who you play for. The prices on this page are typical asking ranges, and the playbook shows you how to set a fair rate. Results are not guaranteed.

Can I print it?

Yes. Every page prints on regular Letter paper, and the poster comes as an 18×24 file you can print at any copy shop.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. You can read everything on your phone, tablet or computer. A tablet next to the guitar is the easiest way to follow the diagrams.

Is it a video course?

No. It's a PDF book with diagrams and exercises, so you can follow along with the guitar in your hands and go at your own pace.

I don't have time.

The 3 anchors in Module 1 take about 20 minutes. After that, 30 minutes a few nights a week is plenty. Most players already spend that much time playing the same songs.

Is it safe to buy online?

Yes. Checkout is secure, access arrives by email the moment you pay, and you're covered for 7 days.

And if it's not for me?

Your purchase is covered for 7 days. Open the book, try the first modules, and if it isn't for you, send us one email and we'll refund you in full.

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