Be a Soul Man
Steve Cropper, Spanky Alford, Curtis Mayfield, Jimmy Johnson, Cornell Dupree, and Leo Nocentelli are just a few of the legendary soul men of guitar. Their rhyth...
Power Up Your Ballad Soloing
There are dozens of "Best Power Ballads" lists published online and in print. But of course, no two are identical. "One man's floor is another man's ceiling" a...
5 Free Guitar Lessons in the Style of Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, & Jerry Reed
These 6 free guitar lessons are from Gareth Pearson's Travis, Atkins & Reed Guidebook, Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, and Jerry Reed’s innovative techniques and cre...
4 Free Solo 12-Bar Blues Guitar Lessons
These 5 free guitar lessons are from Brad Carlton's Guitar Lab: Solo 12-Bar Blues. This course is organized to guide you through the basics of playing a 12-bar ...
8 Electric Guitar Techniques You MUST Know
These 8 free guitar lessons are from Chris Buono's 60 Electric Guitar Techniques You MUST Know where he'll describe and demonstrate 65 of the most popular elect...
4 Sweet Blues Guitar Licks You MUST Know
These 4 free guitar lessons are from Jeff McErlain's 30 Sweet Blues Licks You MUST Know. You'll not only majorly stoke up your lick vocabulary, you’ll also lear...
New App: Download TrueFire 3 Now!
TrueFire 3, our new desktop app for Windows and Mac computers, is now available for immediate download! We’ve improved all of the tools from the previous v...
6 Funk Guitar Rhythms You MUST Know
These 6 free guitar lessons are from Chris Buono's 30 Funk Rhythms You MUST Know. This course will not only majorly expand your funk rhythm vocabulary and techn...
5 Blues Guitar Turnarounds You MUST Know
You can never know too many turnarounds. If you listen to any of your favorite blues players, you'll see how important it is to add distinctive flavor to any tu...
Ernie Isley “That Lady” Guitar Lesson (Part 1 of 3)
In the pimp-tastic guitar artistry of Ernie Isley part one, Oscar Jordan discusses one of America’s most iconic bands The Isley Brothers, guitar legend Ernie Is...
Take Your Blues Soloing to the Next Level!
Everyone who learns how to play blues guitar pretty much follows the same path: learn our major and minor pentatonic scales, develop some solid right and left-h...
5 Free Chord Tone Soloing Guitar Lessons
Playing over chord changes is a skill that's crucial for guitarists. However, it can be a confusing subject to tackle given the numerous approaches and techniqu...