Training Season

How to play Training Season by Dua Lipa on guitar

These are the sounding chords. With a capo on fret 1 you play Bm, Em, B, C, Am, E, the shapes the player above shows.

Training Season is a great pick if you want a modern pop groove that feels steady and confident at about 120 BPM. You get a repeating progression that locks in quickly, so once it clicks you can focus on clean changes and a smooth pulse.

You will spend most of the song on barre shapes, with Cm and Fm doing a lot of the work, plus C and F as the easier open shapes. The main change to watch is the move between Cm and Fm, since that shift sets the feel of the opening progression, and the jump to C can also catch you if your hand is tense.

Start by looping Cm - Fm - C - Fm slowly until the shapes feel automatic. Then practice the same move in time with a simple downbeat pulse, and only after that bring it up to full tempo. Once the changes are stable, play along with the recording and keep your strums relaxed.

Use the play-along above to follow each chord change in time with the music, or learn the shapes first with the chord diagrams below.