Zach, Author at TrueFire Blog - Guitar Lessons

Beautiful “Hallelujah” Cover by TrueFire Educator Massimo Varini and His Wife, Rossella Ross Zanasi

April 18, 2017

Check out this cover of "Hallelujah" by TrueFire Educator Massimo Varini and his wife, Rossella Ross Zanasi. Gear used: Looper Eventide H9, guitar Eko Massimo V...

Chuck Berry Guitar Lesson: Johnny B. Goode Lick

March 20, 2017

In honor of the passing of Chuck Berry, check out this free guitar lesson by Jeff McErlain covering a basic "Johnny B. Goode" guitar lick. "Chuck Berry's in...

Help Design Brad Carlton’s 100th TrueFire Course

March 15, 2017

Celebrate Brad Carlton's 100th TrueFire course by suggesting topics (in the comments below) you want covered! A message from Brad himself: Hello fellow music...

Watch: Reverb’s Interactive Pickup Comparison Video

February 23, 2017

Our friends over at Reverb just released an interactive video that has got to be one of the coolest, if not THE coolest, pickup comparison we've ever seen. They...

Flamenco Guitar Cover of Lady Gaga’s Telephone

February 21, 2017

You don't even need to like Lady Gaga to enjoy this Flamenco-style acoustic guitar cover of her song "Telephone" - watch and enjoy! Source: Digg...

5 Ways for Guitarists to Break Out of a Soloing Rut

February 8, 2017

One of the most common questions from our students is “I’m stuck in a rut, I play the same things all the time, how do I break out of it?” This often relate...

Subway Performer Stuns Crowd with “Landslide” Cover

February 7, 2017

On his way home from work, Chicagoan Bo Rodda captured one of the best subway performances you'll ever see. Ashley Stevenson (a.k.a. Slim Mils) covers Fleetwood...

8 Overplayed Guitar Store Songs

February 7, 2017

Whether you shop at a place like Reverb's Chicago Music Exchange, Corner Music in Nashville, or a Guitar Center in your hometown, there are some unspoken rules ...

3 Mathematical Facts About Guitar

January 30, 2017

There are many ways in which math and music go hand-in-hand, and this also holds true for the guitar. When you play guitar, everything from the note played to i...

5 Smart Practice Tips for Guitar Players

January 5, 2017

The following videos and practice tips are excerpts from Jeff Scheetz's Smart Practice for Guitar, which is more than just a course--it's an entirely new way ab...

Pat Martino Guitar Lesson: “Sacred Geometry”

January 3, 2017

NOTE: We are proud to announce that Pat Martino’s first-ever interactive video guitar course, The Nature of Guitar, is now available for instant download! by...

How to Play Thousands of Songs with Just 4 Easy Guitar Chords

January 1, 2017

by Jeff Scheetz, TrueFire's Director of Education “You only need to know 3 chords.” We have heard that before. It is indeed true that there are about a milli...

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