Take your playing to new heights.
Intermediate-Advanced
Hit a plateau? Feeling stuck? This extensive class will help you breathe new life into your guitar playing.
3 weeks
Horace will guide you through 6 sections of step-by-step instruction with interactive TAB and assignments.
Level up. Get inspired.
This class will equip you with a fresh view on guitar playing and a brand new bag of fusion & funk sounds.
Take the next step
Once you've mastered this class keep progressing with advanced Master Classes and guided practice plans.
Join Horace as he breaks down the fundamental concepts and advanced techniques that fuel his unique playing style.
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Stay focused with this step-by-step learning program designed by our expert team of music educators.
In this six-part Master Class, you'll level up every single aspect of your guitar playing. Think of this as an extensive sampler platter – you'll walk away from each lesson with exciting new techniques to spice up your playing right away.

We'll kick off the class by covering any weak points in your playing foundation.
In this intensive section, you'll dial in your sense of rhythm, tone, groove, and other essential techniques.

Next, you'll learn how to harness the mighty power of the triad.
Here, Horace shows you how to spice up your rhythm and lead playing with three-note chords. You'll start by working on foundational triad skills, then some interesting sonic color into the mix.

Next, we shift focus to the art of improvisation as Horace breaks down how to solo over single tonalities and introduces three different progressions you can use to become a better lead guitarist.
Scared of advanced time signatures? Don't be! In Part IV, Horace breaks down an easy way to implement polyrhythms into your playing.
Next, we'll pause for some quick inspiration with 20 beginner and advanced licks so you can juice up your vocabulary. Horace will play each lick at-tempo, then breaks it down with interactive TAB.
Finally, we'll challenge you to learn four original tunes by Horace that put concepts and techniques from previous sections of the class into action.
Part I. Fundamentals
We'll start off with the fundamentals of rhythm and tone.
In Part I, you'll dive into fundamental guitar concepts with exercises that will improve your picking & fretting-hand technique, pocket playing, rhythm, groove, tone, and feel.
Through a series of straightforward exercises, you'll learn what Horace does on a daily basis to improve and maintain these important areas of your playing. You'll have a lot to chew on in this section. While the exercises are simple mastering the concepts behind them are incredibly important and will do wonders for your playing if practiced regularly.
Part II. Chords
Learn how Horace approaches chords and spices them up.
Part II. covers basic triads, how to add interesting colors to them with extended notes and open strings, and how to incorporate them in your rhythm and lead playing. We’ll wrap up this section with a lesson on how to arpeggiate chords and a bonus interlude on that covers funk chord basics.
Part III. Improvising
Step up your lead skills with Horace's approach to improvisation.
In this section, you’ll learn a simple method for improvising over single tonalities and solo over three progressions that get increasingly difficult. You'll also learn how to improvise in different styles (like pop, R&B, and jazz). Horace wraps up this section with an interlude on incorporating double stops into your playing.
Parts IV-VI
We'll wrap up with advanced polyrhythms then put your new skills into a musical context.
Part IV. Polyrhythms
In this section, you'll learn three polyrhythms: 3/2, 5/4, and 7/4. Spending time learning these complex rhythms will help you develop your overall rhythmic accuracy and internal time feel. Horace will also discuss how to implement these into your playing in a musical context.
Part V. Licks
You'll learn 20 colorful and advanced licks to quickly improve your playing. For each lick, Horace plays it at-tempo and then slows it down with some context. We also include interactive TAB with each lick.
As with any lick you learn, make sure to make them your own by adding your own flare. Play them in different keys and positions.
Part VI. SongSquad
Wrap up the class with six original tunes (called SongSquads) by Horace that put everything you'll have learned into action.
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Horace Bray
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Are you a guitar, bass or piano player who feels like you haven’t made progress in a few months… years… or even decades?
You’re probably stuck in what’s called the ‘intermediate plateau’. This is very common and can be very frustrating.
What’s the cause? Well, it’s pretty easy to learn the basics on any instrument. Learn a few chords and you can play hundreds of other songs. Learn a couple of scales and you can play some lead.
But what then? Triads? Modes? Arpeggios? The phrygian scale?!
Without a clear plan and learning system you fall back to playing the same things over and over again. Or you bounce around free lessons online but nothing seems to stick. It’s a recipe for a lot of practice without much progress.
That’s where Pickup Music can help. We specialize in taking players stuck in a rut and turning them into advanced musicians.
We do this through Learning Pathways that take you on a step-by-step journey towards mastery. We give you a highly structured system that shows you exactly what to work on each week to make serious progress.
These Learning Pathways take the guesswork out of your practice routine. You are guided through a proven grade-by-grade system with daily lessons, play-along practice exercises and interactive workouts.
But it’s not all about theory. We apply everything you learn to real music. That’s why every grade of our Learning Pathways build up to performing a song with a live backing band. This simulates what it’s like to play a real gig, with real musicians. It’s the absolute best way to learn.
You can also get 1-on-1 video feedback on your playing from our expert coaches and can attend weekly live lessons. This personal feedback makes Pickup Music the closest thing to taking in-person lessons, but at a fraction of the cost.
So does this method actually work? Will you see results in your playing?
The most common thing we hear from new members is that they’ve made more progress with Pickup Music in a few months than in years of teaching themselves. As one member recently told us, “I'm finally seeing progress for the first time in many years”.
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Private music lessons cost about $50 per lesson or $2,600 a year.
Enrolling in a music academy costs about $40,000 a year.
A Pickup Music membership costs just $180 for the whole year. That works out to 50 cents a day!
But it’s not just about the money. It’s about not wasting your precious time. It’s about making actual progress as a musician.
By following our proven Learning Pathway system, you will eliminate the guesswork so you know exactly what you need to focus on each day and week to make lasting progress as a musician.
Most online music lesson sites are good at teaching one-off songs. Or they get super famous artist to record one-hour video lessons talking at length about their particular style and career.
The problem is that these 'infotainment' approaches don't stick. They don’t help you to actually get better as a musician. You can waste a lot of time bouncing around these types of unconnected, one-off lessons.
Pickup Music takes a different approach. We give you a highly structured system that shows you exactly what to work on each week to make serious progress. We take you beyond the basics through a step-by-step journey towards mastery.
By following a Pickup Music Learning Pathway, you are getting the most guided way to learn music. Over 6 grades, you are taken through daily lessons and practice exercises that carefully explain what’s going on behind the music.
Each grade then builds up to song performances that apply everything you’ve learned with a live backing band. These challenges - where we simulate what it’s like to play a real gig, with real musicians - is the absolute best way to learn.
You can also get 1-on-1 video feedback on your playing and weekly live lessons. This personal feedback makes Pickup Music the closest thing to taking in-person lessons, but at a fraction of the cost.
Want to hear about other members’ experiences with us? Read our independent Trustpilot reviews.
Everything on Pickup Music is designed to be taken on-demand and at your own pace. There are no deadlines, so you can work at your own speed. You can stay on a topic until you really understand it before you move on.
While we divide our Learning Pathways into ‘days’ - this is a suggestion only. Some learners might take a few days in one sitting, while others will spend a few sessions on a single day. You can go at the pace that feels most comfortable to you.
Canceling is easy. It’s just a click of a button on your account page.
You won't be charged anything if you cancel during your free trial. We also send you a reminder before your trial ends so you don’t accidentally forget about it.
If you cancel after your trial, you won't be billed again at your next billing cycle. Your membership will remain active until it expires on the day it was originally set to renew.
In addition to the free trial, we also offer a 60-day money back guarantee for first time customers who sign up via our website. If you’re not satisfied with your progress in the first 60 days of your membership, we will give you your money back - no questions asked.