Keeping it simple but with “better” songs. It’s key to find stuff to play that you want to play when learning, this can turn the work of getting your fingers into fun.
Colouring Tones – Spice Up Your Cowboy Chords
Here’s a good article on colouring tones from one of the best media outlets for things guitar: Spice Up Your Cowboy Chords
E Dorian Jam Track
Here’s a good jam track that you may recognize. This visualizes E Dorian as an E Blues scale with an added 2 and 6 – that’s one way to do it. What works best for you? If you don’t know, keep digging, but take some time to play along with this first.
Fretboard Visualization
Here’s another approach to visualizing the fretboard (some theory involved):