3 Steps - Triads, Melody, Roadmap

Triads: 3 notes, 3 strings, 3 fingers, 3 shapes, 3 places. That's it. 3!

Melody: Learn the melody to every song you learn. The answer is in the melody. Learn to use essential pentatonic melodies to create lines over basic triad changes. 

Roadmap: Creating an outline of chord tones. 

Please check out The Jam Band Primer and Leaving CAGED before you move on!

Best of luck, Michael