Guitar Lessons

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...

The Best of GP Vault: Week 1

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...

For Fresh Ideas, Listen to Something New!

by Jeff Scheetz, TrueFire's Director of Education Have you ever had someone ask you if you like the lyrics to a song and you say "I didn't listen to them -- ...

The Clinical Condition

by Debra For most guitarists, playing face-to-face with a musician you worship is the stuff of daydreams. But what if someone gave you the opportunity t...