Level of Difficulty
Each song and riff in the curriculum is leveled according to playing difficulty. Fender Play uses a guitar pick to visually indicate how challenging a song is: 1 pick 
easiest – 3 picks 
most challenging.
The difficulty level of each riff and song is assigned based on the combination of rhythm, techniques, chords and meter the song is played in.
Guitar
One pick level skills
- All songs are in 4/4 time
- Whole, half, quarter, and eighth note rhythms are introduced
- Approximately 7 beginner chords
- Techniques include easy-to-learn strumming, palm muting, and some picking
Two pick level skills 
- 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures are added
- Chords requiring more dexterity, including a simplified version of the F chord
- Additional techniques include fingerpicking and string muting
Three pick songs
- Songs introduce more rhythmic and technical challenges
- New time signatures
- 16th note and triplet rhythms
- Seventh and suspended chords
Additional techniques include hammer-ons, bends, and alternate picking
Songs can include 7th and suspended chords and may have different meters
Bass
One pick level skills
- Rhythm: Whole, half, quarter, and eighth note rhythms are introduced
- Techniques: Finger placement, string muting (fret & rhythm hand), alternate picking, downstrokes with a pick
Two pick level skills
- Rhythm: Dotted notes, ties, quarter note triplets, eighth note triplets, dotted rests, syncopation, anticipation
- Techniques: Alternate picking, raking with fingers, Slap bass: thumb, Slap bass: Slap and Pop, Slides
Three pick songs
- Rhythm: Sixteenth notes, anticipated 16th notes\
- Techniques: Funky slides, String skip (fingers/pick), Hammer-ons, pull-offs, trills, vibrato, ghost notes, palm muting with a pick, fret hand slap
Ukulele
One pick level skills
- All songs are in 4/4 time
- Whole, half, quarter, and eighth note rhythms are introduced
- Approximately 9 beginner chords
- Techniques: Finger placement, string muting, & alternate strumming
Two pick level skills
- 3/4 time signature added
- Rhythm: Rhythm: Dotted notes, ties, quarter note triplets, eighth note triplets, syncopation
- Four additional chords
- Techniques: syncopated strumming, & backbeat strumming
Three pick songs
- 6/8 time signature added
- Rhythm: Sixteenth notes
- Chords: Barre chords
- Techniques: Sixteenth note strum, calypso strum, fingerpicking, chord anticipation