Essential chord guides
See the shape clearly and check the details that help each string ring.
Fretsalot Foundation Toolkit
One toolkit for beginner and improving guitarists
Build your guitar foundations in one place with clear open-chord lessons, common chord-family practice, popular-song exercises, Chord Pathfinder changing strategies and Note Finder fretboard training.
Who’s this for?
- Beginner or developing guitarists
- You know a few chords but can’t change between them
- You want structured practice, not random videos and guesswork
- The fretboard still feels confusing when you try to find notes
The Foundation Toolkit solves this in one place.
- Step-by-step video lessons for the essential open chords
- Chord-family exercises and popular-song practice in time
- Chord Pathfinder to show practical changing strategies
- Note Finder timed exercises to help you learn the fretboard
See what’s inside
A practical toolkit you can keep coming back to
Explore the lessons, practice tools and guided exercises that help you build cleaner chords, smoother changes and stronger guitar skills over time.
A personal introduction from Ben
What you can use again and again
Your beginner-guitar reference shelf
Guided chord changes
Practise moving between familiar shapes without rushing or guessing.
Structured exercises
Use a defined activity when you want more than another explanation.
Permanent reference
Return whenever a future song brings an old chord back into focus.
Keep the fundamentals within reach
Foundation Toolkit · Lifetime access
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Adult beginners are welcome here
Patient guidance. Practical progress.
“I started my guitar journey at 62 as a complete novice. I am extremely lucky to have found a tutor of Ben’s calibre.”
“I never thought I could get to play the guitar as I am dyslexic, but Ben gave me the confidence and said anything is possible.”
“Ben is an outstanding guitar teacher—knowledgeable, patient and genuinely inspiring.”
Build once. Revisit whenever you need it.
Give your chords a dependable foundation.
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