Truefire: Truefire courses have been invaluable over the past few years. There’s a tremendous breadth and depth of content available, and it can frequently be purchased very inexpensively (sales with many classes at $5/ea.). The courses listed below have been particularly useful to me. I prefer purchasing outright, as I have been accumulating material for about ten years, but if you’re new, it’s not unreasonable to go the subscription route at one of their big sales (don’t pay full price). Even this Christmas, I added about 10 classes for 2024 focused entirely on rhythm playing. Three of those courses were produced by Robben Ford, Ariel Posen, and Greg Koch. It’s incredible to have access to this level of instruction for minimal cost. I often wonder how much better a musician I’d have been had it been available to me back when I was 15.
- Modes that Matter: https://truefire.com/c180/watch
- Chord Cookbook: https://truefire.com/c163/watch
- Creative Arpeggio Design: https://truefire.com/c958/watch
- Interval Insights: https://truefire.com/c174/watch
- Triads & Hendrixian Double Stops: https://truefire.com/c232/watch
- Diatonic Chord Progressions: https://truefire.com/c218/watch
- Riff Generator: https://truefire.com/c226/watch
- How to Build Chord Progressions: https://truefire.com/c1186/watch
- Steve Vai: Alien Guitar Secrets: https://truefire.com/c1025/watch
- Allen Hinds: Melodic Improv: https://truefire.com/c1250/watch
- Songwriting on Guitar: https://truefire.com/c184/watch
- Andy Timmons: Melodic Muse: https://truefire.com/c1303/watch
- Robbie Calvo: The Modal Alchemist: https://truefire.com/c177/watch
- 40-day Swat Rhythm: https://truefire.com/c185/watch
This page is meant to be an evergreen collection of resources I’ve found useful in improving playing skill and understanding. It is currently and will remain a work in progress.
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