When to move ahead from Walk Downtown?

Hello Everyone,

I started learning guitar via YouTube, learnt a few chord shapes and changes between chords and did some finger dexterity exercises suggested online, I tried to learn songs but failed miserably hence I recently joined guitar tricks, now I have started GF1, I have reached Walk downtown playalong, I can play with background jam track, as there are beats which tell you when exactly to change chords and when exactly to strum. I do not seem to grasp the rythm of songs, and I cannot play without any background music / support, I understand it hasn't been a long time and I need more practise, but I don't seem to understand how to learn songs. Please help

Great question! Thanks for writing in! I would highly suggest, when you aren't playing with tracks, to utilize the metronome. Hearing a beat will greatly help when there aren't drums and bass playing along with you. You can find the metronome in the toolbox here: https://www.guitartricks.com/toolbox.php