7 Tips for Working with Substitute Musicians
by Rich Tozzoli Back in school, a substitute teacher usually meant you had a do-nothing day ahead. But if you’re a musician who needs someone to substitute f...
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Labor Day Sale Winners
Our Labor Day Winners are announced below (listed by TrueFire username - each person has been contacted directly via email). Congrats to all our winners. ...
7 Tips for Writing Great Guitar Songs
Writing songs on guitar can be easy. Writing great songs on guitar can be nigh impossible. We asked veteran songwriter, recording artist, and guitar maestro, Ma...
81 Free Lessons to Get Your Rhythm Guitar Chops In Order
Rhythm guitar may not be the sexiest style in the world, but it's a fundamental skill on your path to become a guitar great (especially if you have any hopes of...
5 Songs You Should Cover on Guitar to Get Better
Not only does it feel super rewarding to finally learn the cover of your favorite song, it also helps you get more comfortable with new chords, riffs, and trans...
5 Ways Music Can Change Your Life
by Jeff Scheetz, TrueFire's Director of Education Now more than ever we are surrounded by (some might say bombarded with) music every day. Rather than just l...
7 Tips from a Professional Guitar Player to Those Starting Out or Looking Up
One of our favorite places to hang on the web with other guitar players is /r/guitar, or the subreddit for Guitar over at Reddit. It's a place to interact with,...
15 Reasons Why Practicing Guitar Scales is Great for More Than Just Memorizing Notes
Source: this r/guitar post by u/circleof5surecanjive Let's be clear, when I say "practice scales" I am not talking about learning a couple of half-baked shap...
Free Video Lessons: 5 Sax Licks for Guitar
We’ve all heard our favorite guitarists talk about how much horn players influence their playing. Listen to any of the great jazz, blues or rock guitarists and ...
How to Play ‘House of the Rising Sun’ on Guitar – Fingerstyle Version
In this free video guitar lesson from his Fingerstyle Breakthroughs course, Tommy Emmanuel gives a short fingerstyle performance of the song "House of the Risin...
7 Must-Haves for Mastering Guitar
If you are here reading this, you’re probably serious about becoming an awesome guitar player. But no matter how hard you practice or intend to practice, you ne...
Comping the Blues: Freddie Green Grip #5
n this lesson we combine the dominant grips we learned in earlier lessons in this series with the minor7th grips we’ve learned to play typical minor blues chang...