The Unsung Chord: The Importance of Self-Evaluation for Guitarists
In the world of music, where every note resonates with emotion and every chord carries a story, the journey of a guitarist is as enchanting as it is challenging...
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Mastering the Fretboard: A Guide to the CAGED System
Are you ready to take your guitar playing to the next level? The CAGED system is a powerful tool that can help you unlock the secrets of the fretboard, connect ...
Top 3 Late Beginner Courses for New Guitarists
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Spring Clean (Your Guitar Picking) With TrueFire!
"Technique, technique, technique...." I'm sure we've all heard an instructor or musical mentor utter something like this at least once! Technique is important w...
6 Free Space Age Rock ‘n Roll Guitar Lessons
Did you know Pop and Rock had their own "Renaissance?" That's right! "The Space Age," another fitting name for the '50s and '60s, was a time of reimagining musi...
5 Tips to Bring your Old Guitar Back to Life. And Find your Passion for Guitar Again.
It’s been staring at you from the closet. A busy career, long days at the office, too much time on the road… and now the holidays. All of it has kept that old g...
4 Blues Soloing Guitar Lessons With Corey Congilio
Most successful guitar players would agree that practicing your instrument is a great way to get your chops up. But, they would also agree that an even better w...
4 Free Pentatonic Guitar Lessons With Jeff McErlain
Aside from learning your basic major and minor scales, there is one additional set of notes that guitarists usually learn first: the pentatonic scale. Though st...
8 Soul Jazz Guitar Lessons From Rory Ronde
If you, as a guitarist, are inspired by icons like Johnny Watson, Cornell Dupree, George Benson, or Grant Green, you are probably a blues player searching for s...
Important Artists of the 40’s & 50’s – History of Rock – Episode 05 – Guitar Lesson – Andy Aledort
In this fifth episode of History of Rock, Andy Aledort touches on the evolution of rock music from the 1940's to the 1950's. Andy sheds light on the contributio...
5 Free Steve Vai Guitar Lessons
As any of us climb the ranks of guitar-playing proficiency, many of us will self-teach. Others, may follow a more traditional educational path. One thing is for...
John Lee Hooker & Elmore James – History of Rock – Episode 02 – Andy Aledort
On Episode 2 of the History of Rock, Andy Aledort walks us through the influences that guitar legends, John Lee Hooker and Elmore James had on rock, and the sty...