TJMLJSBW Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026 · 6 min read EH Featured in this articleFeaturing Eric Haugen · TrueFire educator The A CAGED shape is more than a chord voicing. Most guitarists treat the A form as a barre-chord workhorse and stop there. But…
TJMLJSBW Published Sep 4, 2026 · Updated Sep 4, 2026 · 5 min read EH Featured in this articleFeaturing Eric Haugen · TrueFire educator The C CAGED shape is one of the first chord forms most guitarists ever learn. Yet most players stop there, using it purely as…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min read AW Featured in this articleFeaturing Andy Wood · TrueFire educator Rock blues flavoring is not something you pour on top of an existing blues solo. It lives inside the decisions you make before you…
Index finger: 1st fret of B string (2nd string), Middle finger: 1st fret of high E string (1st string) Em Chord Index finger: 1st fret of B string (2nd string), Middle finger: 1st fret of high E string (1st string), Ring finger: 2nd fret of G string (3rd…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min read AW Featured in this articleFeaturing Andy Wood · TrueFire educator Country funk flavoring is one of those hybrid ideas that sounds unlikely until you actually hear it. Then it sounds completely inevitable. Both genres…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min read AW Featured in this articleFeaturing Andy Wood · TrueFire educator Jazz fusion flavoring is one of the most powerful upgrades you can make to a fusion solo. Most fusion players already have the speed,…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 26, 2026 · Updated Aug 26, 2026 · 5 min read AW Featured in this articleFeaturing Andy Wood · TrueFire educator Rock funk flavoring is one of the most effective ways to create contrast inside a funk vamp solo. The groove is already doing heavy…
Index finger: 2nd fret of A string (5th string), Middle finger: 2nd fret of D string (4th string) F Chord Index finger: 1st fret of high E string (1st string), Middle finger: 2nd fret of G string (3rd string), Ring finger: 3rd fret of B string (2nd string)…
The world lost one of its greatest songwriters today. Here at TrueFire, we lost a hero. Dolly Parton passed away on Tuesday, August 25, in Nashville. She was 80 years old. Her family shared the news on her social channels, and within minutes it felt like the whole…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 2026 · 7 min read Featured in this articleFeaturing Matthew Lee · TrueFire educator Train beat solos are one of the first things a serious country lead guitarist has to master, and they’re also one of the first things…
