Walking Bass Lines for Jazz: 2 Free Guitar Lessons
Learning walking bass lines and the accompanying comping techniques gives jazz guitarists a way to play solo while still having a full, rich sound that a bassis...
Jazz Guitar
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...
Learning How to Play Jazz Guitar: Scales
by Bruce Arnold Learning how to play jazz guitar is no cakewalk but then again that is what attracts most of us to the style to begin with. Jazz guitar is in...
The Four Step Plan to Better Jazz Guitar
There are things that every guitarist should know, and how to play jazz is one of them. While jazz guitar is notoriously challenging, Bruce Arnold shows the b...
What I Learned From a Jazz Guitar Master
by Jim Carlton Mimi Fox, she talks about the importance of listening and how both Bruce Forman and Joe Pass taught her that listening to other jazz guitar ar...
Video Guitar Lesson: Graduated Solos – Standard in C
The full Graduated Solos instructional jazz guitar course by Mimi Fox is now available for instant download! Standard in C - Introduction 1
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Guitabulary: Tal Farlow
He's one of the most under-heralded geniuses of the jazz guitar. After cutting his teeth on the NYC bebop scene of the late '40s, and building a rep with vibrap...
Andreas Oberg – Billie’s Bounce
Our good friend Robert Conti plays jazz guitar like nobody’s business. That’s why we jumped when he told us to check out Andreas Oberg. This version of Billie’s...
7 Overlooked Jazz Guitar Albums
by Jason Shadrick Everywhere you look there are lists of “essential” albums that no self-respecting musician should be without. These contain different comb...
Top 50 Hardest Working Guitarists – Part 2
Labor Day weekend has come and gone, but our tribute to the ever-hard-working TrueFire faculty continues. Here are the next 10 guitarists to whom we owe a great...
Top 50 Hardest Working Guitarists – Part 1
Labor Day weekend is upon us, and it is time that we honor all the hard work put in by the entire TrueFire faculty. They all have spent countless hours in and o...