Learn Masterful Improvisation Techniques for Soloing with Allen Hinds
Today, there are more players with technical chops than ever before - however, often times their solos and improv skills are somewhat lacking, and sound a bit d...
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2 Soloing Strategies Every Guitarist MUST Know
When soloing on guitar, it's easy to play something and feel that it doesn't really fit the rest of the song. It happens to every guitar player -- maybe you're ...
Jazz Up Your Blues Playing with 8 Free Frank Vignola Guitar Lessons
Do you want to learn play jazz blues, or add in jazz to your blues playing like Larry Carlton or Robben Ford? By exposing yourself to jazz harmonies and melody,...
7 Ways To Improve Your Tone for Free
by Corey Palmer There are many ways to improve your guitar’s tone without running out to buy new gear. Start with these simple suggestions and you’ll surpris...
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 ...
Learn How to Improvise Using Intervals and Tetrachords
In June, I wrote an article for TrueFire that touched on how you get from topical knowledge to creativity and application. Here we’re going to walk that out ...
Fingerstyle Blues Improv: #1 Ironweed Rag and the CAGED System
This free video guitar lesson series by Pete Madsen shows you how to create verse variations and to improvise in fingerstyle blues. About this Guitar Lesson ...
Life Lessons From GWAR
by Charlie Doom GWAR has perhaps been more successful at offending people than taking over the world, but that hasn't stopped the self-proclaimed "Scumdogs...
3 Questions: Richie Kotzen
by Charlie Doom initially found fame at the age of 21 in the hard rock band, Poison. Kotzen's creative and technical command of almost every musical genre ...
Daylight Savings
By Charlie Doom We’re still adjusting to the time change here, it’s been hard going. The coffee machine is down for the count; the tech says it wasn’t design...
Happy New Year!
We’ve had a great time launching TrueFire’s blog this past year, and the feedback we’ve received from players around the world has been nothing short of inspiri...