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…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 21, 2026 · Updated Aug 21, 2026 · 8 min read Featured in this articleFeaturing Matthew Lee · TrueFire educator Top country guitarist Matthew Lee has played thousands of honky-tonk gigs in Nashville and toured extensively with a wide range of country artists and bands.…
TJMLJSBW Published Aug 13, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · 6 min read JS Featured in this articleFeaturing Jeff Scheetz · TrueFire educator If you want to learn classic rock songs, you have picked one of the best possible entry points into guitar. The chord vocabulary is…
e TJMLJSBW Published Aug 13, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · 8 min read JS Featured in this articleFeaturing Jeff Scheetz · TrueFire educator Learning songs is not a reward you earn after enough scales and drills. It is the practice itself. Most guitarists make faster progress…
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…
Index finger: 2nd fret of G string (3rd string), Ring finger: 3rd fret of B string (2nd string), Middle finger: 2nd fret of high E string (1st string) A Chord
e TJMLJSBW Published Aug 13, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · 8 min read JS Featured in this articleFeaturing Jeff Scheetz · TrueFire educator Learning songs is not a reward you earn after enough scales and drills. It is the practice itself. Most guitarists make faster progress…
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…
