Hey, sorry I missed this earlier!

Originally Posted by: jarnac.chambersI started on your inversions lessons which made a lot of sense to me at the beginning but then I got totally lost.[/quote]

Everyone learns a little differently, but in general this is most beneficial path:

1. Open chords

2. Barre chords

3. Learn the notes of the E & A string

4. Name all the E shaped barre chords & A shaped barre chords

Then you will be ready for this tutorial.

http://www.guitartricks.com/tutorial.php?input=148

Or you can jump into my GF2 course at this point. I start working through the relationship between scales & chords in these 3 tutorials. These often help bridge a lot of gaps in some students knowledge.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=11168&s_id=426

You might already know all that. But I regard it as preparation for going the next tutorial introducting triads & inversions.

https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson.php?input=13626&s_id=824

After that you can start to work on identifying the notes on the D & B strings based on your working knowledge of the low E string & A string. Same note letter an octave higher!

Low E to D string: 2 frets up & 2 strings up

D to B string: 3 frets up & 2 strings up

A to G string: 2 frets up & 2 strings up

G to high E string: 3 frets up & 2 strings up

Now this is going to take a long time. :) So just pace yourself. You don't have to know which notes you are playing right away in order to play the shapes to get used to them. This is especially important when you realize there are 2 steps involved.

1. Learning & knowing the notes of the fretboard.

2. The physical skill required to play all the triads & inversions in time with music.

Gradually, if you keep working on it a little every day, you will be able to put all that knowledge & skill together!

Originally Posted by: jarnac.chambersI'm assuming that this kind of stuff is only worth dabbling with if I know every note on the fretboard at a glance and the 3 notes that make up very scale by heart?

Good question. Not necessarily. And as I've outlined above you can still work on the physical skills while you are gradually learning the notes.

[quote=jarnac.chambers]I'm stuck in the middle ground between Lisa being far too basic and your lessons being 2 steps more advanced.

Hopefully the path I outlined above will help you. If not, please let me know & we can try something else! Hope that helps. Best of success!