Guitar Flow
Stop thinking and start flowing across the fretboard.
Intermediate guitarists
Feeling uninspired? Guitar game gone stale? This class will give you new techniques and spice up your playing.
3 weeks
Ruben will guide you through 5 extensive sections with step-by-step instruction and daily assignments.
New tools & inspiration
Learn Ruben's signature style with techniques, concepts, and riffs to breathe new life into your playing.
Take the next step
Once you've mastered this course, keep learning with advanced Master Classes and guided practice plans.
What you'll learn
Over three weeks, Ruben will guide you through the fundamental techniques, songwriting concepts, and licks that fuel his unique playing style.
- Quickly improve your playing and songwriting
- Hone neo-soul & gospel guitar concepts
- Learn to play Ruben's most viral guitar grooves
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Curriculum
Stay focused with this step-by-step learning program designed by our expert team of music educators.
Your guided learning pathway
In this 5-part Master Class, you'll attack every aspect of your playing from the ground up.
Guitar Playing
To kick off the class, Ruben will guide you through a guitar intensive to make sure your technique isn't holding you back.
In this section, you'll hone your picking skills and other foundational techniques with Ruben's favorite exercises from his daily practice routine.
An Introduction to Gospel Chords
Next, we explore the art of harmony.
Give your rhythm playing a breathe of fresh air with a crash course in gospel chords and the harmonized major scale.
Quick Songwriting Concepts
Are your guitar parts memorable or 'meh'?
In this section, you'll learn how to level up your instrumental compositions with Ruben's short n' sweet lessons on how to write better riffs.
Part IV. Most Popular Instagram Videos
Pull back the curtain on Ruben's most viral Instagram videos with a slowed-down walkthrough and TAB for each song.
Part V. Licks
To wrap up the class, Ruben breaks down his favorite licks and teaches you about the theory behind them so you can craft your own riffs.
Part I. Guitar Playing
Learn Ruben's go-to exercises that have made him the guitarist he is today.
In Part I, Ruben introduces a series of picking techniques and top exercises designed to unlock the minor pentatonic scale and refine your overall playing ability.
By the end of this section, you should be comfortable playing the A minor pentatonic scale up and down your guitar using different picking techniques. You'll also learn how to add flavor to a basic pentatonic scale by adding the 9th.
Part II. An Introduction to Gospel Chords
Add some gospel flavor to your rhythm playing.
If you follow Ruben on Instagram, you might recognize the gospel influence in his sound. In Part II, he introduces colorful gospel chord shapes and breaks down the harmonized major scale.
Each lesson has an exercise for you to practice – then, it’s up to you to apply the concepts to your own songs and riffs.
Part III. Quick Songwriting Concepts
Give your compositions a breath of fresh air.
Looking to tune up your songwriting? Jump to Part III, where Ruben covers a series of quick songwriting tips to spice up your compositions, including first inversions, chords with added 9’s, twinkling lead lines, and more.
Parts IV & V
Wrap up the class with a breakdown of Ruben's most viral grooves and his go-to licks.
Part IV. Most Popular Instagram Videos
Ruben's Instagram videos regularly go on to achieve viral status – and for good reason. Between his unique visual style, killer compositions, and masterful playing, it's no wonder why he has over 230,000 followers! In Part IV, Ruben pulls back the curtain and shows you how to play his three most popular Instagram videos.
Part V. Most Popular Instagram Videos
In Part V. Ruben walks you through five of his favorite licks for a variety of musical situations. For each lick, Ruben will show you how to play it and run you through the music theory behind it.
After that, we'll wrap up a recap of what you learned, and you'll be all set for your next Master Class!
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What guitarists love about this course
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Improve your playing or get your money back
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Your Instructor
Ruben Wan
Learn the secrets behind Ruben's viral guitar videos and write your best riffs yet. Master the art of guitar flow in Ruben's Master Class or dive into his advanced lesson library to take your playing to new heights.
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