Brad Carlton

Brad is living proof that monster players don't all live in the big music meccas. Based in St. Petersburg, Florida, our home city, he's our hired gun - the guy we call in to perform the tough lessons when the author is not available. Brad, who has been teaching and leading his own bands for more than 20 years, prides himself on his versatility. His rep in the region is that he can play anything. Brad brilliantly performs an extensive lesson on Eddie Van Halen licks an exploration of London blues along with interpretations of Vernon Reid, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike Stern and even some 18th Century parlor guitar.

Brad Carlton's TrueFire Courses

Learn how to play jazz standards. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Weekend Jazzer	Learn how to play the ii V I progression in the key of D. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Caging the ii-V-I	Learn how to dominate the dorian mode and improvisation. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Dorian Dominance	Improvisation guide and fretboard navigation for dominant 7th chord progressions. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now CAGED Dominant
Slash chord harmony and applications. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Slash Chord Progressions	Broaden your perspective of the fretboard and chord choices for any given tune. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now CAGED Cracked	Crucial phrases, concepts and shred guitar techniques you MUST know. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Riff Generator	Freshen up your blues guitar vocabulary with a new palette. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Big Blues & Beyond
Add 9 voicings and arpeggios for beautiful sounding and highly useful musical devices. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now The Golden Arp	Identify and target chord tones, apply arpeggios and Improvise over any chord changes in a single position. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Vertical Soloing	Unravel the mystery of improvisation. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Improv a la Mode	Build dexterity, and get your picking and fretting hands in synch. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Melodic Patterns
Examine how rhythmic patterns are constructed, executed and applied to various styles of music. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Rhythmic Grooves	A bagful of skills for improving your rhythm playing skills. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Rhythmology	Develop your fretboard navigation skills for compositional and improvisational soloing . by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Solology	Open-string voicings, soloing, insight and improvisational theory. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Diatonic Progressions
An intensive examination of electric blues guitar theory and harmony. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Bluesology	Constructing guitar grooves for composition, arrangements and performances.. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Groove Builder	Comping applications for CAGED and EDCAG systems. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now CAGED Comping	Right and left hand techniques every pro must know. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Essential Techniques
Crucial phrases, concepts and shred guitar techniques you MUST know. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Slash Chord Science	Explore strumming techniques, rhythm patterns and timing for any style. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Guitar Lab: Solid Strumming	Learn how to play blues bass guitar from the ground up. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Blues Bass	A quick, easy, fun and interactive approach for learning how to play bass guitar. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Jump Start Bass
A study of straight eighth rhythm figures over a blues tonality by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Diamond Rock	Intensive examination of shuffle rhythms for comping and lead guitar. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Shuffle Secrets	Intensive examination of the CAGED system for modes. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now CAGED Modes	Learn key techniques to achieve super sustain. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Super Sustain
10 essential blues guitar rhythm patterns and solos. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Boogie Woogie	Explore moveable open string chord forms and soloing options.. by Brad Carlton Full Description Watch Now Open String Universe