Fretboard Freedom Fighter

TrueFire Foundry courses are independently produced courses presented by a hand-picked selection of top-notch artists and educators from around the world. Filmed in the educator’s own studio, Foundry courses bring fresh educational concepts and very effective teaching methodologies to TrueFire Students. Les Wise’ Foundry course, Fretboard Freedom Fighter will show you how to play any arpeggio, on any string, in any position.

Hello I'm Les Wise — welcome to my TrueFire Foundry course, Fretboard Freedom Fighter, which I produced in my own studio.

Fretboard Freedom Fighter will teach you how to play any arpeggio, on any string in any position. Un-"CAGED" yourself, and learn to break free from the chains of simple position playing.

Are you going crazy with the sheer volume of things you think you need to learn in order to become a better guitarist? The answer for all of us at one time or another has been an emphatic “Yes!”

Let's face it; there is a lot to learn when it comes to guitar playing (new songs, new licks, new patterns, new chords, etc.). And no matter how much we practice, it seems like it's just never enough. This feeling of having too many techniques to learn and too little time creates a sense of fear, and fear can be your worst enemy when it comes to truly learning.

To alleviate this fear, we tend to jump from one new course to another in an effort to cover all bases. And when practicing, we tend to move from technique to technique without truly mastering any single one of them.

Well, it's time to stop scratching the surface of too many techniques, stop trying to learn everything under the sun, and more importantly — it’s time to stop feeling afraid.

We are going to begin to put your fear aside by concentrating on just ONE thing only — mastering three arpeggios types, the major 7th, minor 7th, and the dominant 7th.

Why is mastering these three structures such a fundamental skill for guitarists? Well, because these arpeggios outline the chord tones of every progression you will ever play.
In conjunction with scales, arpeggios make up the essential building blocks of any musician's vocabulary. The problem, however, is it can be difficult to use and/or access these arpeggios from anywhere on the fretboard when you really need them.

But ask yourself this: What if you could play every arpeggio, from every finger, on any string?

What this means is that no matter where you are, what key you're in, you could play and/or outline any chord sound you needed, instantaneously, with any finger.

Knowing how to do this virtually eliminates the constraints inherent in traditional "position" playing (e.g. the CAGED system and other position techniques). With the skills you'll learn in the Fretboard Freedom Fighter, everything you need to master this technique is quite literally right underneath your fingers"”and that is what this course is all about.

Imagine being able to float freely across the entire fretboard without being locked into any single "box" or particular "position"? Wouldn't that give you a sense of freedom, and hence the corresponding ability to let your creativity out of its cage and into listeners' hearts?

In this course you will discover personal freedom by applying my unique "Master Structure" system that teaches you how to access the three primary vertical structures (major 7th, minor 7th and dominant 7th), from EVERY finger, anywhere on the fretboard.

Because this unique system is based on every finger instead of restrictive positions, it is both easy to learn and fun to integrate. And, the skills you will master in Fretboard Freedom Fighter will stay with you for the rest of your playing days.

Finally, this system WILL work for YOU, regardless of the style of music you play. It's worked for thousands of students before you, and it WILL work for YOU too.

Fretboard Freedom Fighter is your musical emancipation proclamation.

Ready to get started? Grab your guitar and let’s get dig in!

NOTE! Les Wise organized the course into 8 weekly sections for those students that prefer to have a specified regimen of material across a specified time schedule. However, for those students who prefer to work at their own pace, or even skip around you are certainly encouraged to approach the course in that way as well.