TrueFire Blog - Guitar Lessons

Learn the Foundations of Becoming a Great Bassist with 10 Bass Guitar Lessons from Ryan Madora

December 27, 2019

Whenever we as bass guitar players perform, we have a very important task at hand: to craft a bass line that best serves the song and solidifies a groove. I...

Improve Your Soul Jazz Playing With These 4 Guitar Lessons From James Hogan

December 26, 2019

It is widely agreed upon that one of the most successful ways you can improve your skills as a guitarist is to play with other musicians. That's where the real ...

Learn To Craft Sweet Solos Using Guide Tones With These 2 Guitar Soloing Lessons

December 25, 2019

Soloing over a song that is more complex than your standard twelve bar blues progression can be a challenge. Most players rely on playing the blues box, which w...

Find the Pocket with 3 Free Rhythm Guitar Lessons from Adam Levy

December 23, 2019

Regardless of whichever style or genre of modern music you love the most, rhythm guitar is a vital component when it comes to finding the "pocket." When musicia...

Craft More Creative Lead Guitar Parts with Hybrid Picking Guitar Lessons From Andy Wood

December 20, 2019

In the first edition of ShapeShifter, Andy Wood showed us how to take the foundational harmonic and rhythmic knowhow that you already possess and apply it to fi...

Introducing the Utility Design Rep Pedal with TrueFire Integration

December 19, 2019

With the Utility Design Rep Pedal, you can rewind, fast-forward, play/pause, loop, and slow down TrueFire video lessons without your hands ever leaving the guit...

Step Up Your Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Playing With These 3 Lessons From Sean McGowan

December 18, 2019

Swapping out a guitar pick for our fingers opens the door to one of the most organic and rewarding ways to play guitar -- especially when it comes to jazz! P...

Take Your Lead Guitar Playing To The Next Level With These 2 Electric Guitar Lessons With Ariel Posen

December 17, 2019

The art of creating a tantalizing guitar solo is not solely about scales, arpeggios, or technical skills on the fretboard. Of course, these are all important to...

Learn About The History Of The Blues With These 2 Essential Guitar Song Lessons

December 17, 2019

Built primarily on blues music, Gospel is a relatively modern style originating in the ‘30s developing from a the influence of spirituals and hymns. In this edi...

Learn How to Practice Jazz Guitar Songs with These 5 Free Lessons from Mimi Fox

December 12, 2019

The most frequently asked questions our educators get are, “How and what should I practice to improve as a player?” and “What is the best approach for learning ...

Expand Your Lick Vocabulary and Hone Your Rock Guitar Soloing with These 7 Free Lessons from Corey Congilio

December 11, 2019

Whether you’re writing out a solo or improvising one, you’re connecting a series of musical ideas to express yourself. In his Jam Craft edition of Solo Factory,...

Learn How Take Your Fingerstyle Guitar Playing to the Next Level with Boom-Chick

December 10, 2019

Boom-chick is a versatile technique employed by many great Fingerstyle guitar legends such as Mose Rager, Ike Everly, Doc Watson, and many more. This approach c...