ChopsTell us where you are
A short intake: drums, guitar or bass, your level, goals, the genres you love, and how many minutes a day you can really practice.
For drums, guitar & bass · early access
Stop noodling.
Forge real chops.
ChopsForge emails drummers, guitarists and bassists a structured practice plan every week, built around your instrument, level, goals and the minutes you actually have. Check in at the end of the week and the next plan adapts.
- Drums, guitar & bass at launch
- No app to install
- 10–60 min/day
WEEK 3 · GUITAR · 30 MINadapted
Warm-up5m
Picking: 16ths @ 92 BPM5m
Pentatonic shapes 2→38m
Improv over A-minor blues12m
↑ Tempo +4 BPM. Your check-in said last week's picking felt "too easy".
How it works
Three steps. Every week.
Get your weekly plan
A day-by-day plan lands in your inbox. Each session is broken into timed blocks with target tempos and one measurable benchmark for the week.
Check in, and it adapts
A 60-second check-in at the end of the week: what felt easy, what was hard, what you hit. Next week's plan is adjusted to match, and your progress is tracked.
Three instruments at launch
Built for your instrument
Drums
Acoustic kit, e-kit or just a practice pad. Plans are built around your gear and when you can play loud.
- Rudiments & hand speed (PAS rudiments)
- Steady time, grooves & feel
- Fills, transitions & independence
- Playing along to the songs you love
- Quiet-practice weeks for pad-only days
Guitar
Electric, acoustic or classical. Strumming your first songs or breaking out of pentatonic box 1, the plan starts from where you are.
- Chord changes, barre chords & rhythm
- Lead, bends, vibrato & phrasing
- Picking technique with tempo tracking
- Fretboard knowledge & practical theory
- Improvising over backing tracks
Bass
4-, 5- or 6-string, fingers or pick. Plans built around the bassist's real job: holding down the groove and locking in with the drummer.
- Grooves & locking in with the kick drum
- Fingerstyle, pick & slap technique
- Walking lines, root-fifth to chromatic approach
- Fretboard knowledge, arpeggios & chord tones
- Time feel with a metronome or drum loop
Sample plan preview
Here's what a week 1 looks like
An example for a beginner drummer: acoustic kit plus practice pad, 15 min/day, 5 days a week. Goals: first beats, steady time, playing along to songs.
WEEK 1 Grip, single strokes & your first rock beat, locked to a click
15 min/day · 5 days
Mon
Warm-up 3m: grip check, 20 relaxed strokes per hand
Singles 5m: RLRL 8ths @ 60 BPM
Counting 4m: "1-&-2-&" out loud on hi-hat
Cool-down 3m
Tue
Warm-up 3m: singles @ 60
Kick + snare 5m: 1 & 3 / 2 & 4
Rock beat build 7m: add hi-hat one limb at a time
Wed
Warm-up 3m
Rock beat 7m: 4 × 1-min rounds @ 60
Endings 5m: 3 bars, then crash + kick
Thu
Doubles 3m: RRLL @ 50
Rock beat @ 70, 6m
Song prep 6m: find 2 & 4 in your song
Fri
Warm-up 3m
Review 4m: top clean tempo
Play-along 8m: your chosen song
Weekly benchmark Fastest tempo you can hold the 8th-note rock beat for 60 seconds without drifting. Next week's plan starts from that number.
Early access
Join the waitlist
Be first in when we open. Your first week is free, with no card needed. After that it's a small monthly subscription at early-access pricing, and you can cancel any time.
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You're on the list.
We'll email you when early access opens, and your first week is on us. Until then, take a minute to think about how many minutes a day you can really practice.
FAQ
Questions
What exactly do I get?
A personal practice plan by email every week: day-by-day sessions split into timed blocks (warm-up, technique, songs), target tempos, and one benchmark to measure. At the end of the week you fill in a short check-in and the next week is adjusted.
How much does it cost?
Your first week is free with no card. After that it's a low monthly subscription. Waitlist members get early-access pricing, and you can cancel anytime.
Is the plan written by AI?
Yes. Plans are generated by AI from a curated library of standard exercises (rudiments, chord shapes, scale shapes and so on), then checked automatically so the timings add up to your minutes per day and the material matches your level.
Does it listen to me play?
No. ChopsForge is a plan and accountability tool. It gives you structure and adapts from what you report, but it doesn't grade your audio. Pair it with a metronome, and with a teacher if you have one.
I only have 15 minutes a day. Is that enough?
Yes. Every session is sized to the time you give it, from 10 to 60 minutes. Short, focused, consistent practice beats a long aimless session.
Which instruments do you support?
Drums, guitar and bass, all at launch. Play more than one? Pick "Multiple" on the waitlist and we'll let you know how combining plans works.
I play bass. Is this just guitar plans with fewer strings?
No. Bass plans are built for the bass role: grooves, time feel, locking with the drummer, root-fifth and walking lines, chord tones and right-hand technique (fingerstyle, pick or slap), practiced with a metronome or drum loop.
Is it for complete beginners?
It works best if you can already hold the sticks, the guitar or the bass and want structure: self-taught, returning, or between lessons. Brand-new players are welcome, but a teacher's in-person feedback is hard to beat at the very start.
Do I need to install anything?
No. Everything arrives by email, and check-ins are a short web form.