Learn to Craft Your Own Scales and Arpeggios with 3 Free Rock Soloing Guitar Lessons
It’s not uncommon for us, as guitarists, to feel limited by our vocabulary of basic jazz scales and arpeggios. Sometimes, the colors and emotions we want to exp...
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10 Lessons My Dad Taught Me About Learning How to Play Guitar
I’ve learned several great lessons from my Dad, many of them about life in general, the value of hard work, or even the proper way to hold a baseball bat or how...
Learn How to Play Bill Kirchen’s “Hot Rod Lincoln” Lick Plus 4 More Inspired Riffs
Who doesn’t love the honky-tonk sound with pure, blood and guts country roots? Check out these free online guitar lessons from Bill Kirchen's 30 Hot Rod Guitar ...
10 More New Year’s Resolutions for Guitar Players
With 2018 having just begun, and because robots haven’t taken over the world just yet, it’s a safe time to start planning your New Year’s resolutions. There’s a...
7 New Year’s Resolutions Guaranteed to Make You a Better Guitarist
by Jeff Scheetz, TrueFire's Director of Education Want to bust out of that rut this year? Check out the advice below, and be sure to join TrueFire for free t...
6 Blues Americana Guitar Licks You MUST Know
These blues Americana guitar licks are from Mike Zito's 30 Blues Americana Licks You MUST Knowcourse which infuses the styles of Country, Blues, and Rock'n'Roll...
6 Acoustic Americana Guitar Licks You MUST Know
These acoustic Americana guitar lessons are from Cathy Fink’s 30 Acoustic Americana Guitar Licks You MUST Know course in which she explores 30 acoustic guitar l...
7 Secrets to Learning Jazz Guitar
By Bruce Arnold To learn more from the professor of jazz, Bruce Arnold, check out his TrueFire courses: Total Modal and Jazz Guitar for Beginners. The cel...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
The Best of GP Vault: Week 3
Our long time friends at Guitar Player magazine have a 48-year history of publishing insightful, educational and very inspiring articles and lessons from the wo...