How to make the most of Worship Guitar Academy
We're unlike any other guitar site - here's our guide to get you started.
You can play worship songs now
WGA (Worship Guitar Academy) is built around one idea: you can play any worship song at your current skill level. Not after more lessons. Not once you've mastered a few more techniques. You can play worship rhythm guitar and we'll show you how. Everything on this site exists to make that true for you.
Where to start
WGA is the place you can visit when you need some worship guitar help. Whether it's a quick reminder of how to play a chord or you want to join with other guitarists playing new song covers.
Learn
Pages within Learn are meant to be references like figuring out chord changes, learning about worship pads, or figuring out how to best end a song.
- Chord Transitions - How to transition from one chord to the next
- Chords - Ways to play a single chord
- Chords per Key - How to play each chord in a given key
- Glossary - Common music questions with real answers
- Guides - Reference articles covering guitar topics
Songs
When you're ready to play a new worship song, use the Songs pages. Each song has everything you need including:
- Minimum skill needed to play
- Chords and chord transitions using the Chord Shape Finder
- What to watch out for
- How to play this song solo
- Song structure
Labs
Join other worship guitarists in playing a new cover every month is in Song Cover Lab. This lab is designed to challenge you at your current skill level, get you playing guitar instead of waiting, and joining in with other guitarists as we play together.
Courses
Not ready to play a song? Start with Learn Any Song. This brief free course will quickly develop your ear to recognize parts of a song and begin to internalize the song, and is a great introduction to building your critical listening skills. It's the clearest statement of how this site thinks about learning.
Master 3 strumming patterns used in 90% of worship songs and go from choppy rhythm to confident playing at your own speed with the paid Foundational Strumming Patterns for Worship Guitarists.
You're not done leveling up
Every other guitar resource is built around the assumption that you need to get better before you can contribute. At WGA, we take the opposite approach.
The skill level you have today is the one you start with. Everything on this site is designed to work with your current skill set — not around it, not despite it. You don't need to feel ready. You just need to start playing and build your confidence as you continue to play more guitar.