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The Online Guitar School for Serious Players

There's a Difference Between Playing Guitar...
And BEING a Musician.

You know the difference when you hear it. When you see it. When you feel it. A musician doesn't just know shapes — they understand music. They don't guess — they decide. They don't noodle — they tell stories. And that's what guitar should be: your voice as a musician. You've spent years playing. Now it's time to become a musician.

Adam taught the players who went on to perform with: Michael Jackson George Benson Celine Dion Norah Jones 50 Years Teaching

Hear It From Adam.

Adam Loves Guitar — Home Page Video

Most Guitarists Hit the Same Three Walls.

The Fretboard Runs Out

Past the 5th fret, the map goes dark. Same positions, same licks, same safe places.

Solos That Don't Say Anything

Technically correct. Musically empty. The solo doesn't go anywhere — nobody taught you to tell a story with it.

Practice Without a North Star

Years of YouTube videos and tips, no system. Content isn't a curriculum. Motion isn't progress.

"I've been playing for 10 years and I still feel like I'm guessing." — the most common sentence Adam has heard in 50 years of teaching.

The Teacher Behind the Players You've Heard.

Adam Levine — Guitar Educator

Hey, I'm Adam Levine.

For over 50 years I've taught guitarists how music actually works — Berklee graduate, private student of Joe Pass, Guitar Department director at the Dick Grove School of Music, faculty at Musicians Institute in Hollywood.

I taught the players who went on to perform with Michael Jackson, George Benson, Celine Dion, and Norah Jones. Every one of them started as a player who felt something was missing.

It was never talent. It was a system: rhythm, melody, and harmony taught as one language. That's what this school is.

Berklee College of Music

Graduate — one of the most competitive music programs in the world

Dick Grove School of Music, LA

Directed the Guitar Department — trained professional session players

Musicians Institute, Hollywood

Faculty — taught alongside the world's top guitar educators

Private Study with Joe Pass

Studied personally with one of the greatest jazz guitarists of the 20th century

Studio & Session Work

Motown Records, Capitol, Warner Brothers • TV: Cheers, Simon & Simon, Merv Griffin

Mentor to Working Musicians

Taught the players who performed with Michael Jackson, George Benson, Celine Dion & Norah Jones

It All Lives in One Place.

One shelf holding everything Adam teaches — and it remembers where you stopped.

7signature courses
8practice tools
24backing tracks
17+workshops on tap
1daily workout

The practice tools — open in your browser

Practice tool

Guitar Tuner

Chromatic — any tuning

Practice tool

Metronome & Rhythm

Four Feels, swing, a kit, a gap trainer

Practice tool

Interval Trainer

Every interval on the neck, in any key

Practice tool

Scale Trainer

Major and the pentatonics, anywhere

Practice tool

Triad Trainer

Every inversion, closed and open voiced

Practice tool

Nucleus Patterns

Adam’s five boxes and the joins

Practice tool

Fretboard Diagrams

Voicings, maps, printable sheets

Practice tool

Progression Lab

Any progression, every way to play it

And the rooms they sit in

The Shelf
The ShelfCourses, challenges, tracks, workshops and tools — one page
The Studio
The StudioAdam live every month, and every session kept
Backing Tracks
Backing TracksFull-band blues in nearly every key, with lead sheets
The 24-Day Challenge
The 24-Day ChallengeEvery note on the neck, one day at a time
The Fretboard Hub
The Fretboard HubQuiz yourself anywhere on the neck
The Method
The MethodThirty-two classes with Adam, end to end

Three Steps from Player to Musician.

Start where your gap is.

Stay Growing
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Academy Membership

From $37/mo (billed annually) • Cancel anytime
  • Monthly live workshops with Adam — new 3-part series featured continuously
  • 17+ workshop library — $1,475 of training — included instantly
  • Community, live practice, Ask Adam Anything
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Transform
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The Method

32-class professional course • Cohort-based
  • 32 professional classes guided by Adam
  • Direct mentorship & weekly live coaching
  • From "knowing how to play" to being an artist on the guitar
Explore the Method →

September 2026 cohort — applications open

The School That Never Stops Growing.

● New — Limited-Time Pre-Sale
The Art of Rhythm Guitar

The Art of Rhythm Guitar — Limited-Time Pre-Sale

★ 50% OFF Launch Special

Adam's new class on how to make the guitar groove — filmed with a live trio. Early access members: $97 pre-sale • $147 at launch • $197 regular price.

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● Live Workshop Series
Classic R&B for Guitar workshop

Classic R&B for Guitar — 3-Part Live Series

Beyond the 12-bar blues into classic R&B and Soul. Part 3 live Sep 19 — Parts 1 and 2 already recorded in the library. Included with Academy membership.

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Course Bundle
The Storytelling Solos Bundle

The Storytelling Solos Bundle — Save $188 (44% Off)

Three signature courses + bonus Workouts mini-course. Solo with story in any key, anywhere on the neck. $240 (value $428).

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From the Channel
▶ Newest Lesson on YouTube

Free Lessons — New All the Time

Adam's newest free lesson on YouTube. Fresh uploads land constantly — watch the latest one now.

Watch Free →

Players Who Became Musicians.

Adam LevyGuitarist, Norah Jones’ “Come Away With Me”
Per KjellerL.A. Session Guitarist & Producer
Stephen BravoMethod Student & Academy Member
Allison ScullSinger-Songwriter
Morris MottAcademy Member & Method Student

A Year From Now, You'll Be in One of Two Places.

If Nothing Changes

  • Another year of the same licks, the same positions, the same plateau.
  • More YouTube videos, more tips, no system — motion without progress.
  • The gap between what you hear inside and what comes out keeps growing.

If You Take the Path

  • You understand music — rhythm, melody, and harmony as one language.
  • You solo with intention, in any key, anywhere on the neck.
  • You stop playing guitar and start being a musician.

You've Spent Years Playing.
Now Become a Musician.

The structure, the system, and the teacher are here. The only thing missing is your decision.