ordTJMLJSBW Published Aug 13, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · 5 min read JS Featured in this articleFeaturing Jeff Scheetz · TrueFire educator If you want to learn blues guitar songs, you picked the best possible starting point on guitar. Blues is genuinely beginner-friendly, not because it…
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TJMLJSBW Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 5 min read JM Featured in this articleFeaturing Jeff McErlain · TrueFire educator Rock guitar licks are the currency of the genre. Every solo you love, every moment that made you reach for your guitar, likely started…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 5 min read RF Featured in this articleFeaturing Robben Ford · TrueFire educator Blues guitar licks are the core of one of the most emotionally direct musical languages ever put on a fretboard. However, knowing which notes…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · 8 min read Learning to solo feels overwhelming at first. Most players try to memorize patterns, run scales up and down, and wonder why nothing sounds musical. Here is the reframe that changes everything: playing guitar is…
TJMLJSBW Published Jul 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 28, 2026 · 5 min read EJ Featured in this articleFeaturing Eric Johnson · TrueFire educator Eric Johnson sits in a category of his own among rock guitarists. His tone is instantly recognizable, his phrasing sounds like someone singing rather…
We’ve teamed up with Chordify to give you a full year of Chordify Premium Plus, free, when you buy a year of All Access during Back to School Month. Back to school season means one thing for guitar players: it’s time to get serious. And this year, we…
TJMLJSBW Published Jul 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 28, 2026 · 5 min read AT Featured in this articleFeaturing Andy Timmons · TrueFire educator Andy Timmons is one of the most respected guitarists working today, and for good reason. He can play virtually anything, yet he almost always…
TJMLJSBW Published Jul 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 28, 2026 · 5 min read YM Featured in this articleFeaturing Yngwie Malmsteen · TrueFire educator Yngwie Malmsteen did something few guitarists have managed: he imported the full vocabulary of Baroque and Romantic classical composition into rock guitar and built…
TJMLJSBW Published Jul 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 28, 2026 · 5 min read MF Featured in this articleFeaturing Marty Friedman · TrueFire educator To play like Marty Friedman is to commit to sounding like nobody else on the planet. His lead playing is instantly recognizable: melodic lines…
