Fireside Chat: Larry Carlton
It stands as no reminder that a guitar is made of wood, glue and metal. It is not a living thing. But when the 18-time Grammy nominated legend of guitar, Larry ...
Brooklyn Blues Guitar Lesson: Sliding Double Stops
TrueFire Educator Jeff McErlain has just launched his first installment of his new weekly video blog called Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Blues. Each week Jeff will ...
Enter Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition 2016
Lee Ritenour’s Six String Theory Competition, an global online music competition, is open for registration until May 15, 2016! The mission of Lee Ritenour’s Six...
Brooklyn Blues Guitar Lesson: Quantized Bending
TrueFire Educator Jeff McErlain has just launched his first installment of his new weekly video blog called Jeff McErlain's Brooklyn Blues. Each week Jeff will ...
12-year-old Brandon Niederauer Shreds T-Bone Walker’s “Stormy Monday”
Check out 12-year-old guitar phenom Brandon Niederauer shredding T-Bone Walker's "Stormy Monday" at the Roots Rock Revival at Full Moon Resort in Big Indian, NY...
Acoustic Guitar Lesson: Palm Muting Arpeggios & Strumming
by Janet Robin In this lesson I continue further use of palm muting although this time utilizing arpeggiated bass notes along with a strum, just to create a ...
Girl Plays Fingerstyle Version of “Hotel California” on Guitar, Absolutely Nails It
In this brilliant video performance, Gabriella Quevedo plays a fingerstyle version of The Eagles' "Hotel California" on her Taylor acoustic guitar. This is not ...
Spark #1: Inversions
by Jeff Scheetz, TrueFire's Director of Education In Spark #1, I want to talk about inversions! We’ll take a look at what inversions are, a simple way to fig...
Acoustic Guitar Lesson: Palm Muting
by Janet Robin This technique is highly effective for dynamics within a song. To strum from a full strum to a palm muting strum creates a slightly muted soun...
Pat Martino Guitar Lesson: Compositional Journey
In this guitar lesson, Pat Martino discusses how he approaches composition of his music. "I've been asked many times how I approach composition not only for ...
8-Year-Old Kid is a Flamenco Guitar Prodigy
Harry Knight has been strumming away since he was four and a half. Soon, he'll travel to Spain to study under several master flamenco players. From the original...
Pete Huttlinger Passes, But His Legacy Lives On
Pete Huttlinger, TrueFire Educator and a dear friend of ours, passed this week, and we are saddened way beyond the words I am able to compose. Pete was not ...