Banjo Practice Routines
Guided Banjo chord-practice sessions with a built-in timer: each routine steps through a chord sequence at a steady pace so your hands learn the changes, not just the shapes.
Pick a routine, press Start, and switch chords when the timer says so. Finish sessions to build a daily streak, earn badges, and track which routines you've completed — everything is free and runs in your browser.
Want several tools running on one tempo? The practice desk locks the drum machine, metronome, strumming trainer and change counter to a single clock. Want a session tailored to you? Build your own routine from timed chord, scale, strumming, technique, and song blocks. Or commit to a month: the 30-day practice challenges track a daily streak toward a permanent badge, and your stats page turns every logged session into a year-long heatmap. For the theory side, Dojo Decks drills fretboard notes, chord spellings, key signatures, and intervals as spaced-repetition flashcards — a few minutes a day, counted toward your streak.
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Open-G Foundations
The first chords in open-G tuning. The five open strings sound a G on their own, so use it as home base while you shape a clean, buzz-free C and D and learn to land them in time.
- Open-G Home Base — beginner
- C and D Together — beginner
- Adding the D7 — beginner
- Old-Time Em Color — intermediate
Bluegrass Changes & the G Run
G–C–D progressions taken up to tempo — the I–IV–V that carries most bluegrass tunes, the dominant D7, the Salty Dog circle of fifths, and the classic "G run" that caps a phrase before the next break.
- G–C–D Bluegrass Standard — intermediate
- The G-Run Turnaround — intermediate
- Nine-Pound Hammer Run — intermediate
- Salty Dog Circle — advanced
How the routines work
Every routine is a short, focused chord workout. The player shows the current chord as a fretboard diagram, counts down the seconds until the next change, and tells you what's coming up so your eyes stay ahead of your hands. Routines run for a set number of rounds — most sessions take between two and ten minutes.
Start with the beginner open-chord routines, then work toward barre chords and faster changes. Slow, clean changes beat fast, buzzy ones: if a routine feels rushed, repeat an easier one until the shapes land without looking. Pair your session with the metronome or the one-minute chord changes drill, and look up any shape in the chord library.
Progress is saved in this browser automatically. Cross-device sync with sign-in is coming soon — see the account page for your history, streaks, and badges.