TJMLJSBW Published Oct 15, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · 9 min read You can play 794 popular guitar songs with just five easy chords: G, C, D, E minor and A minor. That isn’t a gimmick. It’s simply how most songs are built, and once you…
TJMLJSBW Published Oct 4, 2026 · Updated Oct 4, 2026 · 6 min read VG Featured in this articleFeaturing Vicki Genfan · TrueFire educator DADGAD chords are the entry point to one of the most distinctive harmonic worlds in guitar. If you’ve ever heard Davey Graham, Pierre Bensusan,…
TJMLJSBW Published Oct 4, 2026 · Updated Oct 4, 2026 · 6 min read VG Featured in this articleFeaturing Vicki Genfan · TrueFire educator Open g chords have been central to some of the most recognizable music ever recorded. From Delta blues to the Rolling Stones, this tuning…
TJMLJSBW Published Oct 4, 2026 · Updated Oct 4, 2026 · 6 min read VG Featured in this articleFeaturing Vicki Genfan · TrueFire educator Open Dchords have a quality that’s hard to describe until you hear it: warm, full, and immediate. Strum the open strings, and you’re already…
DTJMLJSBW Published Oct 4, 2026 · Updated Oct 4, 2026 · 10 min read VG Featured in this articleFeaturing Vicki Genfan · TrueFire educator Open tunings for guitar are one of the most transformative moves you can make as a player. Strum without pressing a single fret and…
TJMLJSBW Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · 6 min read DI Featured in this articleFeaturing Dave Isaacs · TrueFire educator You don’t follow a metronome, you move along with it. The pulse gives you the steady tempo. What you’re really practicing is fitting into…
TJMLJSBW Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · 5 min read DI Featured in this articleFeaturing Dave Isaacs · TrueFire educator “Your body knows what steady FEELS like. Don’t focus on counting, just the sensation of a consistent steady pulse. Don’t worry about coordinating, exactly.…
TJMLJSBW Published Oct 1, 2026 · Updated Oct 1, 2026 · 7 min read DI Featured in this articleFeaturing Dave Isaacs · TrueFire educator To feel the rhythm is to stop solving a math problem and start having a physical experience. Most guitarists who struggle with timing aren’t…
TJMLJSBW Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · 5 min read CB Featured in this articleFeaturing Chris Buono · TrueFire educator Artificial harmonics solve a problem that every guitarist eventually runs into. You love the shimmer of natural harmonics, but they only land on fixed…
TJMLJSBW Published Sep 21, 2026 · Updated Sep 21, 2026 · 5 min read CB Featured in this articleFeaturing Chris Buono · TrueFire educator Natural harmonics are one of those techniques most guitarists discover by accident. Your finger grazes a string at the wrong spot, and suddenly something…
