Shane
12/28/25
Love it!
For all things fingerstyle guitar this is a gem.
Play With Fire
17 Mini-Masterclasses on Performance, Harmony, and Composition
About this course
Whether you cover, arrange, compose or perform songs, this unprecedented 8-hour collection of 16 mini-masterclasses from 16 of TrueFire’s top artists will majorly enrich your musicality, creativity and performance skills.
All accomplished recording artists and passionate educators, your Play With Fire faculty includes: Ellis Paul, Andy McKee, Vicki Genfan, Fiona Boyes, Muriel Anderson, Clive Carroll, Adam Levy, Brooks Robertson, Christie Lenee, Massimo Varini, Mike Zito, Shane Hennessy, Blair Dunlop, Rohan Stevenson, Carl Wockner, and Gareth Pearson.
Featuring over 8 hours of creative insights and performances, Play With Fire is one of the most illuminating courses that we’ve ever produced. Each artist first shares their own creative approaches and guiding principles for performance, harmony, and composition in their mini-masterclass. And then to illustrate their key concepts in a musical context — Play With Fire includes a live set of performances from each of these 17 artists.
All of the performances are transcribed and you’ll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire’s learning tools. You can also loop or slow down the videos so you can work with the course at your own pace.
Grab your guitar, and let’s Play With Fire!
All accomplished recording artists and passionate educators, your Play With Fire faculty includes: Ellis Paul, Andy McKee, Vicki Genfan, Fiona Boyes, Muriel Anderson, Clive Carroll, Adam Levy, Brooks Robertson, Christie Lenee, Massimo Varini, Mike Zito, Shane Hennessy, Blair Dunlop, Rohan Stevenson, Carl Wockner, and Gareth Pearson.
Featuring over 8 hours of creative insights and performances, Play With Fire is one of the most illuminating courses that we’ve ever produced. Each artist first shares their own creative approaches and guiding principles for performance, harmony, and composition in their mini-masterclass. And then to illustrate their key concepts in a musical context — Play With Fire includes a live set of performances from each of these 17 artists.
All of the performances are transcribed and you’ll be able to sync the tab and notation to the video using TrueFire’s learning tools. You can also loop or slow down the videos so you can work with the course at your own pace.
Grab your guitar, and let’s Play With Fire!
What you'll learn
- Observe a complete harp guitar performance with vocals
- Learn to use different picking techniques to create varied tonal colors
- Learn about the narrative and thematic approach to composition
- Learn to create percussive grooves on acoustic guitar
- Develop methods for breaking out of creative ruts
Release date: 11/19/2020 • 8h 13m runtime
Sample lessons
Mini Master Class
Ellis Paul
Free World Citizen
Christie Lenee
Gone To Texas
Mike Zito
Spices From The East
Blair Dunlop
What's included
66 lessons • 49 charts
Play With Fire
Welcome to Play With Fire. Whether you cover, arrange, compose or perform songs, this collection of 16 mini masterclasses from 16 of TrueFire's top artists will enrich your musicality, creativity and performance skills.
Each artist shares their own creative approaches and guiding principles for performance, harmony and composition in their mini masterclass. To illustrate their key concepts in a musical context, Play With Fire includes a live set of performance videos from each of the 16 artists.
This course features over 8 hours of creative insights, Play With Fire is one of the most illuminating and engaging courses we've ever produced. All the performances are transcribed, and you'll be able to sync the tab to video using TrueFire's Learning Tools. You can also loop or slow down the videos so you can work through the course at your own pace.
So grab your guitar, and let's play with fire!
Each artist shares their own creative approaches and guiding principles for performance, harmony and composition in their mini masterclass. To illustrate their key concepts in a musical context, Play With Fire includes a live set of performance videos from each of the 16 artists.
This course features over 8 hours of creative insights, Play With Fire is one of the most illuminating and engaging courses we've ever produced. All the performances are transcribed, and you'll be able to sync the tab to video using TrueFire's Learning Tools. You can also loop or slow down the videos so you can work through the course at your own pace.
So grab your guitar, and let's play with fire!
Effervescent
In this opening performance video, Shane Hennessy performs his original song, "Effervescent." Shane joins us from Carlow, Ireland and plays quite a few fiery, rapid-fire, fingerstyle licks in this amazing performance.
Avenue
In this video, Shane Hennessy performs his most well-known tune, "Avenue." You can find the studio version on Shane's first album entitled Zephyrus.
Marrakech
In this video, Shane Hennessy performs his song "Marrakech" which is off his album, also titled Marrakech.
Rain Dance
In this video, Shane Hennessy performs his song, "Rain Dance" which is off his newest album. This one is heavily influenced by West African music.
Mini Master Class
In this Mini Master Class, Shane Hennessy get into specifics as he demonstrates some of his techniques for creating grooves, and talks about how the right-hand technique can drastically change the style of the song.
Slingshot
In this opening performance video, Ellis Paul performs his original song, "Slingshot." Ellis joins us from Charlottesville, Virginia and presents his tune about wanting something better.
+ 59 more lessons
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bhayley
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04/15/24
Play with Fire
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dwa79
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04/01/24
Great Lessons
Lots of great lessons packed in one course!
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