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    Jazz Standards: 253 Tunes With 10 Shell Chords

    10 Jazz shell voicings

    Shell Voicings: Ten Jazz Chord Shapes to Comp Any Standard

    Jazz Standard Chord Progressions

    Jazz Chord Progressions: 6 Patterns Behind Most Standards

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    TrueFire Video Player

    Our Interactive Video-Synced Tab Just Got a Major Upgrade

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    Meet Riff: Your Guide to What to Practice Next

    TrueFire + Chordify: Learn It Here, Play It Everywhere

  • Inspiration

    Inspiration

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    Best Guitar Podcasts 2022

    Best Guitar Podcasts: The 25 You Must Listen To In 2026 to Improve Your Playing

    Guitar Influences: A Beginner’s Guide to Learning From Your Heroes

    How to Stop Copying Guitar Licks: Marty Friedman’s Approach to Originality

  • Gear

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    Guitar Pick Attack Tone: Why Your Hands Matter More Than Your Gear

    Overdrive vs Distortion vs Fuzz: Choosing the Right Gain Pedal

    NAMM 2026 New Guitar Gear

    NAMM 2026: The Top 10 Hottest Guitar Gear Releases

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    TrueFire Student Spotlight: BillyRay1968

    TrueFire Student Spotlight: limberis

    TrueFire Student Spotlight: PCmate

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    Dolly Parton Death

    Remembering Dolly Parton (1946 – 2026)

    EVH Birthday

    Eruption of Tone: A Birthday Tribute to Eddie Van Halen

    NAMM 2026 New Guitar Gear

    NAMM 2026: The Top 10 Hottest Guitar Gear Releases

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

New Single from TrueFire Educator Freekbass: “Love In Your Pocket” Plus a Bassline Breakdown

May 17, 2018
Check out the new single by Freekbass, featuring Sammi Garett, “Lock In Your Pocket” — download or stream...

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...

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...
Guitar Teachers

4 Ways to Find an Excellent Guitar Teacher

May 15, 2018
Guitar lessons could make the difference between giving up and viewing your instrument as a source of lifelong...

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...
Beginner Guitar Guide

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,...
Tone Tips

Tone Tips: Amp Wattage

May 7, 2018
I often get asked what wattage amp do I recommend. The first thing I do is discuss what...
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