Guitar Lessons

5 Finger Pickin’ Guitar Licks You MUST Know Inspired by Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed

May 26, 2018

Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed are among the most influential guitarists in fingerstyle, country, and folk music. Their combined contribution to the ...

Twist Up Your Blues Soloing with Oz Noy

May 24, 2018

Almost every blues, jazz, and funk solo is improvised - top players will pretty much never play the same thing twice over a particular groove. It's important to...

6 Melodic Modal Rocks Licks You MUST Know

May 22, 2018

Although these licks are modal, there's no need to fret - each of the licks presented here are versatile, usable rock licks that lend themselves to several play...

Learn Masterful Improvisation Techniques for Soloing with Allen Hinds

May 20, 2018

Today, there are more players with technical chops than ever before - however, often times their solos and improv skills are somewhat lacking, and sound a bit d...

Learn How to Play Tommy Emmanuel’s Fingerstyle Song, “It’s Never Too Late”

May 18, 2018

In his new course, the It's Never Too Late Songbook, Tommy Emmanuel walks you through 6 of his original songs taken from his album, It's Never Too Late. Tommy b...

Learn to Solo Over the Changes: 2 Free Guitar Song Lessons

May 18, 2018

An easy way to approach soloing is to learn the chords, and then use the pentatonic scale to play over them. It's a relatively safe and practical way to begin y...

Learn How to Create Interesting Licks & Phrases on Guitar

May 17, 2018

Jazz, rock, and blues musicians need to be able to modify any lick or phrase in their vocabulary to fit the groove that they're playing over in a creative and f...

Learn Jazz Arrangements for Solo Guitar

May 16, 2018

One of the greatest leaps a guitarist must make is the leap from playing with a band to learning to play solo. A guitarist must go from playing standard chords ...

13 “No Guitar is Safe” Podcast Episodes Featuring TrueFire Educators

May 12, 2018

One of the most popular guitar podcasts out there, No Guitar is Safe, is hosted by longtime friend of the 'Fire Jude Gold of Guitar Player Magazine. He describe...

The Beginner’s Guide to Starting Guitar: 10 Tips You Must Know

May 8, 2018

Learning to play guitar is fun, but where do you start? What kind of equipment is necessary? Luckily, once you have a guitar, you can pretty much get started, b...

5 Popular Blues Standards Every Guitarist Should Know

May 4, 2018

One of the most critical things you can do when learning how to play blues guitar is becoming familiar with the chord progressions of popular songs, and play th...

Learn to Pick Mozart’s “Minuet” (And More!) on Guitar

April 23, 2018

Learning classical guitar can be a daunting process - coordinating the left and right hand techniques can turn people off from tackling the style. However, almo...