Larry Carlton Archives

TrueFire Teams Up with Guitar World & Other Top Magazines to Create the Ultimate in Guitar Masterclasses

August 17, 2021

In a special collaboration, the editors at Guitar World, home to the world's greatest suite of guitar magazines, have handpicked their favorite guitar lessons f...

8 Blues Guitar Lessons to Take Your Soloing to the Next Level

January 22, 2020

A great solo is an augmentation of the song you're performing. It's catchy, hummable, and it's a signature of the soloist. This is the way he or she tells a sto...

TrueFire Educators Steve Vai, Larry Carlton, & Dweezil Zappa to be Featured on New Album by Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap

January 22, 2018

Spinal Tap bassist Derek Smalls (A.K.A. Harry Shearer) has announced a new album entitle Smalls Change (Meditations Upon Ageing), and it features three top True...

Christmas Song Guitar Lesson Larry Carlton

Larry Carlton Christmas Guitar Song Lesson: “Angels We Have Heard on High”

December 24, 2017

Larry performs this intermediate level arrangement of Angels We Have Heard On High in this video performance lesson. Click here to download the full christmas s...

Larry Carlton Christmas Guitar Song Lesson: “Away in a Manger”

December 22, 2017

Larry performs this intermediate level arrangement of Away In A Manger in this video performance lesson. Click here to download the full christmas song guitar l...

Larry Carlton Christmas Guitar Song Lesson: “The First Noel”

December 20, 2017

Larry performs this intermediate level arrangement of The First Noel in this video performance lesson. Click here to download the full christmas song guitar les...

Larry Carlton Christmas Guitar Song Lesson: “Silent Night”

December 5, 2017

Larry performs this intermediate level arrangement of Silent Night in this video performance lesson. Click here to download the full christmas song guitar lesso...

Take Your Blues Soloing to the Next Level!

August 24, 2017

Everyone who learns how to play blues guitar pretty much follows the same path: learn our major and minor pentatonic scales, develop some solid right and left-h...

Fireside Chat: Larry Carlton

February 21, 2016

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 1

March 26, 2015

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...

Behind the Scenes: Larry Carlton in the TrueFire Studio

August 21, 2013

This week we were lucky enough to have our good friend and guitar idol Larry Carlton in the TrueFire Studio to shoot his upcoming course in which he will show y...

Larry Carlton’s Blues Guitar Motifs

May 2, 2012

This guitar lesson is likely responsible for more blues guitar epiphanies than any other single guitar lesson on the planet. Larry Carlton shares insight and an...

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