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
Guest Guru: Robben Ford's Universal Groove
With his stinging, soulful solos and flawless pocket, Robben Ford has an uncanny knack for making complex music seem simple. Conversely, the guitarist can elevate a mundane one-chord vamp into someth…
00:04:53 |
Wed 30 Jun 2010
6-String Counterpoint
Phillips, a classical virtuoso, endeavors into the daunting world of counterpoint: the simultaneous sounding of two or more contrasting melodic lines. This lesson is an exercise in helping you get st…
00:06:25 |
Wed 23 Jun 2010
Divide And Conquer For A Buff Right Hand
Classical virtuoso Eliot Fisk divides the major scale by note value, rhythmic accent and tone, conquers weaknesses in attack, and leaves your right hand looking like Popeye. Well maybe that's an exag…
00:10:43 |
Wed 16 Jun 2010
Brutal But Fruitful Practice Routine
Ben lays out a take-no-prisoners practice regimen that is virtually guaranteed to yield results. It's designed to help you master passages that are giving you trouble. It involves a lot of hard work,…
00:09:46 |
Wed 09 Jun 2010
Jigsaw Chords
The first time you play a C#dim7—such as the one in Ex. 1a—you may find yourself wondering why you’d ever need such a dissonant cluster of notes. Truth is, diminished 7s and other such strident grips…
00:06:30 |
Wed 02 Jun 2010
Chromatic Swinger
Roger demonstrates a classic swing phrase using chromatics (half steps), first in single notes then harmonized in chords. You've heard it- now you'll know how to use it! This lesson includes Power Ta…
00:03:49 |
Wed 26 May 2010
Four On The Floor
In this "Lick of the Month" from Berklee instructor and noted author Charles Chapman, you'll learn an extremely useful technique: how to combine a walking bass line with chord punches to simulate a j…
00:02:43 |
Wed 19 May 2010
Summing Triads
Major and minor triads are the building blocks of harmony, with a simple, emotionally direct sound. Bob Stanton shows you how the argpeggios of these uncomplicated structures can be "summed" together…
00:04:01 |
Wed 12 May 2010
New Nail Tips
You know the cliche image of the idle-minded secretary who works on her nails to kill time. Well for classical guitarist, the idea of 'doing your nails' is a much more serious affair. You need to kee…
00:12:15 |
Wed 05 May 2010
Chord Melody Secrets: Part 1
When Charles plays a chord-melody arrangement, people invariably ask, "How'd you do that?" Here, he shows you how. The staple is knowing how to rearrange standard chord voicings, moving notes up or d…
00:07:50 |
Wed 28 Apr 2010
Vastopol Revisited
John Renbourn continues his exploration into 19th Century parlor guitar, which influenced blues and other rural styles. This time the song is Sebastopol,' later called 'Vastopol,' which was originall…
00:01:06 |
Wed 21 Apr 2010
Sebastopol Revisited
1960, Henry Worrall wrote "Sebastopol," a parlor guitar tune that was enormously influential in folk playing, delta blues, country fingerpicking and other disciplines. The simple but fetching tune is…
00:02:59 |
Wed 14 Apr 2010
Preston Reed's 'Fat Boy'
Preston Reed's Showcase Solo "Fat Boy" will literally have you playing "over-the-top". Using left-hand multi-string taps, slaps, pulls, and slides along with right-hand whacks and whunk-dumps, you'll…
00:03:21 |
Wed 07 Apr 2010
Sonic Snapshot Chet Atkins Melodic Cascades
You don't need a rack full of gear to generate amazing guitar textures. Just listen to Chet Akins. With his bare hands, the country boy from Tennessee created more fretboard magic than entire genres …
00:03:54 |
Wed 31 Mar 2010
Linacre Gasworks
The ever-clever Adrian, an English fingerstyle wizard, takes us back to his early days in Brit C&W bands, where he got a lot of stuff wrong and stumbled into his own style. The examples cover what he…
00:01:19 |
Wed 24 Mar 2010
Superpicker
Elfin Brit Adrian Legg is one of the most inventive pickers on the planet. He sat with Joe Gore and described his methods, which is a mish-mash of Celtic, classical, and twang, buoyed by his fluency …
00:06:25 |
Wed 17 Mar 2010
Perverted Banjo
Adrian Legg's column is a diatribe about the virtues of the acoustic guitar and the "macho materialism" of the electric. A basic eight-bar phrase accompanies the article. Play it on acoustic. If you …
00:02:33 |
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Lunchtime At Rosie's
There are two kinds of guitar players in the world: those who are fans of Adrian Legg and those who haven't heard him yet. This lesson offers a window into Adrian's inventive use of basslines, open s…
00:02:44 |
Wed 03 Mar 2010
Cradle Songs
Adrian Legg's beautiful, harp-like arpeggios are featured in this example. Using a capo at the fifth fret and combining open strings with fretted notes, you'll learn how Adrian creates his shimmering…
00:01:08 |
Wed 24 Feb 2010
Open-Ended Open Tuning
Richard Gartner unveils a very cool and very player-friendly open tuning called "Dadgad" (D,A,D,G,A,D). It allows you to improvise via the use of pattern picking and using shapes. Richard's "Dadgad B…
00:05:15 |
Wed 17 Feb 2010
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