Hello all guitarists, musicians and campfire players,

I have been playing guitar for 10 months and for the same time i have had premium membership on this website and like it very much, i never even held guitar before in my life before 10 months ago and so have been learning and practising every day on my own, i havent skipped a single day for which i am proud of, but i am equally worried that i am not as progressing as I should and probably have hit a wall now and would like to ask for a small help, if I may.

To kind of understand where i am in terms of skill or experience I am going to try to describe what i have done and what i am struggling with and what i am comfortable with. I have done the basic justin guitar courses, I have done guitar fundamentals 1 and 2 on this website as well as blues 1 and rock 1. I never had face to face lessons or a guitar teacher. Important to note that just like in school or work, i think i have already forgotten like 30% of the stuff that i am not using daily or very often.

I know my notes on the low E string, I know open chords, power chords, barre chords, I am using techniques like alternate picking, chugging, palm muting, have learned some harmonics and pinch harmonics as well as hammer on, pull offs, slides, bends etc., i know like 3 pentatonic shapes and some strumming patterns, although I mostly try to learn lead parts, playing notes and slow solos. I am mostly interested and enjoy rock, metal and some slower blues.

There is so much stuff that I have either forgot or dont know how and where to learn and how to put it all together so it makes logical sense, I think i am missing some essential music theory or a path to follow, as I dont know where to go from here? I can pick a song i like and spend few evenings learning and i can play it to a point where its recognizeable and fun and then I pick another one, but i am not learning much apart from practising playing.

I guess some topics that are unexplored for me and I would like to focus on in 2022 are :

1. triads, how to understand them and what they are, how are they formed? Where can I learn this?

2. keys and chords and scales over chords, how do i identify the key to play in and how to learn what chords and scales to use in this sense? Is there a lesson or course on this?

3. how to move freely around the neck? How to interchangeably use different pentatonic and major scales and move around the neck so it sounds good? How to learn to improvise?

[br]4. different modes, Ionian, Dorian, Myxolydian etc. do i need them? Should I learn them? Where? or is it too soon for me?

I presume i need to set like a progression path and go from there, i am a very systematic and linear person, although i am dedicated and practice every day, i am not fast learner and i get easily lost when i try to learn bits and pieces and jump from segment to segment and its not in order, i guess i dont know what to learn now or what to focus on.

Thank in advance for any suggestion, help or guidance on this, much appreciated!

Radim