TrueFire's Guitabulary
Jonesing for a bigger bag of chops? Don't touch that dial ... tune in here for an eclectic series of TrueFire audio guitar lessons, with tab and notation, ranging across all styles, techniques and levels. WARNING! Podcasts may lead to excessive practice and grossly enlarged chops.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 6 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2010
James Burton's Brawny Twang
You don't normally associate Ricky Nelson songs with hard-hitting guitar breaks, but not so when James Burton was wielding the axe. Joe looks at several Burton breaks from Nelson sessions - 'Believe …
00:03:34 |
Wed 10 Nov 2010
Rockabilly Stretches Of Doom
With rockabilly, guitarists often try to evoke a revved-up kinda big band sound. You can accomplish this with closed-voice chords. These require a lot of wide stretches, but your efforts will pay off…
00:07:40 |
Wed 10 Nov 2010
Hot Guitar: Some Rockabilly Flash
That unmistakable sound of rockabilly guitar may be rootsy, but it ain't easy. In this lesson, Arlen breaks some of the techniques down. Key to the style is playing bass and lead simultaneously, crea…
00:09:43 |
Wed 10 Nov 2010
All Thumbs: Rockabilly Fingerstyle
Rockabilly, that mutant outgrowth of early rock 'n' roll and country, is still one of the most vibrant six-string sounds around. And learning these rockabilly licks will only enhance your more tradit…
00:10:21 |
Wed 03 Nov 2010
Country Rhythm: Going Chordless
It's the daring rhythm guitarist who is willing to have a go at it without chords. You'll dial into some lean twang with Joe's lesson, which concentrates on single-note lines and double-stops, gussie…
00:09:15 |
Wed 27 Oct 2010
Swamp Music: Solo Guitar, Muddy Waters Style
This stellar lesson introduces you to the basic vocabulary of blues phrasing that came out of the pre-WWII Delta style via the legendary Muddy Waters. As Keith says, this stuff is easier to play than…
00:08:42 |
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Delta-Style Strumming
The queen of Delta blues guitar sits in and serves up a lesson on authentic country blues strumming. If you want to get next to the concepts laid down by Tommy Johnson, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson…
00:06:39 |
Wed 13 Oct 2010
Pedal-Point Comping
Guitarists spend so much time sharpening their lead playing that they often forget how exciting it is to be an accompanist. Ironically, if you do build comping skills, you’ll have a head start on one…
00:01:30 |
Wed 06 Oct 2010
Flaming Flamenco Chords
So you may not be interested in becoming a flamenco master. It'd be a longshot even if you are. You can still factor in this exciting Spanish sound into your work. Tim Sparks takes a barre chord and …
00:14:06 |
Wed 29 Sep 2010
Blue Pathways
Here are a couple "rules of thumb" from Jon Finn in how to most effectively use the blues scale - i.e. play the flatted 3rd before the major 3rd and the flatted 5th before the natural 5th. Don't make…
00:05:17 |
Wed 15 Sep 2010
Knock On Wood: A Lesson In Classic Memphis Soul
While other styles offer opportunities to surrender to the beat, in Memphis soul that's all that matters. In this two-part lesson with Andy Ellis, we'll dissect some classic soul grooves to see what…
00:07:53 |
Wed 08 Sep 2010
Linear Vs. Crosspicked Melodies
Martin Simpson shows a couple ways to go at a melody: First is linearly, playing several notes along a string; Or: crosspicking, granting each note it's own string whenever possible. The crosspicking…
00:05:31 |
Wed 01 Sep 2010
Beat It In
Back in Adrian's early Liverpool days, he figured that a technique he must learn to help his chances at getting laid was to fingerpick (the guitar, that is). These days, fingerpicking is not as apt t…
00:04:38 |
Wed 25 Aug 2010
Back Sliding
Because lap slide players can angle their bars, they're able to play more intervals and harmony than bottleneck guitarists, who are forced to rely on parallel-to-the-fret slide techniques. But there …
00:09:25 |
Wed 18 Aug 2010
Fat Sounds: New Orleans Style
Get fat. Fat sounds, that is - New Orleans-style. Keith delves into the Crescent City ballad style with its 12/8 triplet feel. Fig. 1 demonstrates how to double the rolling bass part; Fig. 2 shows of…
00:06:06 |
Wed 11 Aug 2010
Peter Green Jumping At Shadows
He replaced Clapton in Mayall's Bluesbreakers. He was the six-string linchpin of the bluesy Fleetwood Mac. He played with American bluesmen Otis Spann and Eddie Boyd. He is an unsung guitar hero, thi…
00:03:46 |
Wed 04 Aug 2010
B.B. King's Mixolydian Blues
B.B., one of the few bluesmen to establish himself as a household name, uses the Mixolydian mode (think of it as a major scale with a flat 7th) as a primary ingredient in his influential solo work. M…
00:10:48 |
Wed 28 Jul 2010
BB King: Royal Blues
His majesty's regal style is examined in 11 hefty examples covering his inimitable vibrato, favored variation on the blues scale, powerful bends and overall sense of swing. Plenty of great lines and …
00:06:15 |
Wed 21 Jul 2010
25 Blues Licks You Should Know
Brad not only shows a collection of stone-classic blues phrases, he also provides clear, thorough explanations of the subtle technical details behind the licks. Great blues phrasing is all in the sub…
00:24:04 |
Wed 14 Jul 2010
Duane's World: Duane Allman
Get straight to the heart of Duane, checking out highlights from the classic ABB albums At Fillmore East and Eat a Peach. Andy Aledort gets into Duane's slide and conventional playing and, along with…
00:09:37 |
Wed 07 Jul 2010
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