How to Practice Each Lesson: Audio, Tempos, and Training Routine

Practicing guitar is not just playing. It's playing well — with rhythm, variety, and a clear method. Guitar Trainer is built exactly for that: every lesson you open comes with an audio system and a player that let you train properly from day one.

The Score Is Your Starting Point, Not Your Destination

When you open a lesson, the first thing you see is the score with its tab. Below it, you'll find a short explanatory text that clarifies the technical concept behind the exercise. Read it before you play: in a couple of lines it tells you what you're working on and why. But the score is just the map. The real training starts when the music plays.

The Audio Player: Your Practice Companion

The Guitar Trainer player works independently from the lesson content. You're not required to use a specific audio for each exercise. You can use the same audio across several lessons, or switch tracks multiple times while working on a single lesson.

The player loops continuously until you stop it. It has arrows to skip forward or go back, and three key controls: progress, volume, and tempo. That last one is the most important for your daily practice.

Practice at Different Tempos

The tempo bar lets you work the same exercise at different speeds without changing the audio. Start slow, make sure every note rings clean, then gradually push the tempo up. There's no correct tempo — there's the tempo at which you can play well today, and that's what you're looking for.

Practice with Different Audio Tracks

Guitar Trainer audio tracks have no names — and that's intentional. They're not labeled "blues" or "jazz" so you don't filter them before listening. The recommendation is to practice with all of them and at different tempos: each track exposes you to a different rhythmic context, and that's exactly what you need to turn the exercise into music. Find the tracks in the Audio Tracks section of the left navigation bar.

The Companion App as a Complement

If you prefer to work without background audio, the Guitar Trainer companion app includes a metronome and a round counter. The counter lets you set the duration of each practice round, the rest time between rounds, and the total number of rounds. The download link is in the footer of the home page.

Related Resources

Access the Base Block lessons directly at guitartrainer.academy.

Related post: How to Read a Lesson in Guitar Trainer.