Acoustic Guitar Learning Path
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About this path
TrueFire's Acoustic Learning Path is an accelerated, hands-on study plan of video guitar lessons designed to advance your Acoustic guitar skills. You'll play your way through the entire curriculum -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through!
Presented by world-class educators, the Acoustic Learning Path focuses on rhythm playing, lick vocabulary, and soloing skills for beginners, intermediate, and advanced guitar players. Intuitive learning tools and supplementary lesson materials further accelerate the learning experience.
The Learning Path system will first help you assess your current level of play, and then present you with a personalized, level-specific curriculum of video lessons for you to study, practice and track your progress with.
What to expect
- Curriculum for all skill levels
- Guidance from GRAMMY winners and top session players
- Supplementary courses to advance your learning
What's included
17 courses • 158 supplementary courses
Learn Guitar 1: First Steps for Beginners (FREE)
About this course
FREE! Your first steps along our Learning Paths are on the house! Download this entire beginner guitar course for FREE -- simply add to your cart and check out (no credit card required). Welcome to Learn Guitar 1: First Steps for Beginners. Since 1991, we’ve taught thousands of people — beginners just like you — how to play guitar. Our accelerated, hands-on method is specifically designed to get you up and running on guitar quickly and painlessly. No reading music, no boring exercises, and no tedious theory to struggle through. You’ll be strumming your first beginner guitar chords, in the very first guitar lesson. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course! "At 50 I finally decided to learn to play guitar. With my hectic schedule, I needed something that was ready and available when I had time. Learning Guitar 1 was a fantastic introduction to guitar basics. I love that it started with elementary, straightforward concepts and chords that I could grasp and learn. It even talks about HOW to practice. Then the course built on those simple things by adding other simple chords, strumming, and then working up to simple songs. I'm on my way!" - Daniel Rode, TrueFire Student You’ll learn more guitar chord shapes, how to keep a steady rhythm on guitar, and how to change guitar chords smoothly. By the end of this free guitar course, you’ll also have a handful of guitar songs in your repertoire. Our free beginner guitar lessons are presented in easy-to-digest, bite-sized chunks so that you’ll never feel overwhelmed or frustrated. TrueFire educators guides you through our unique playalong practice sessions every step of the way, unlike other learning methods that send you off to practice on your own. Plus, you’ll be able to apply everything you learn in a musical context by playing along with jam tracks so that you can hear how your bass parts sound with a real band. You will get a download of all the video guitar lessons, all the guitar tab, and charts, plus all of the jam tracks. You can even take your guitar lessons on the go with our free mobile app for iOS or Android too! Access Learn Guitar 1 anytime, anywhere, on any device. Ready to finally learn how to play guitar? Grab your guitar and let’s dig in!
Learn Guitar 2: Next Steps for Beginners
About this course
In Learn Guitar 1: First Steps for Beginners, you learned several essential chords, a variety of rhythm patterns, and added five songs to your repertoire. Here in Learn Guitar 2: Next Steps for Beginners, we’ll continue to expand your chord vocabulary with more chords you must know. We’ll also work on your single-note picking technique, and you’ll learn your first scale. You’ll learn how to arpeggiate chords and incorporate rests into your playing for more dynamic rhythms and strumming patterns. You’ll wrap up the course learning how to play two more popular songs with your new chord vocabulary, along with some new rhythm variations. Learn Guitar 2 lessons are presented in easy-to-digest, bite-sized chunks so that you’ll never feel overwhelmed or frustrated. TrueFire educators guides you through our unique playalong practice sessions every step of the way, unlike other learning methods that send you off to practice on your own. Plus, you’ll be able to apply everything you learn in a musical context by playing along with jam tracks so that you can hear how your bass parts sound with a real band. You will get a download of all the video guitar lessons, all the guitar tab, and charts, plus all of the jam tracks. You can even take your guitar lessons on the go with our free mobile app for iOS or Android too! Access Learn Guitar 1 anytime, anywhere, on any device. Ready to get started? Grab your guitar and let’s dig in.
Play Acoustic Guitar 1: Quick-Start for Beginners
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 1: Quick-Start for Beginners - the first stop on your TrueFire Learning Path journey towards becoming a solid Acoustic guitar player. If you already know several chords and strumming patterns, and can also play some songs and single note lines, then you’re ready to take on this quick-start guitar course. Otherwise, please check out TrueFire’s Learn Guitar courses to get a grip on those basic skills. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Corey Congilio, Brooks Robertson, and David Hamburger. They’ll guide your development of the essential skills and get up and running quickly -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. You’ll start off the course learning a classic rhythm pattern to get you in the groove. You’ll also learn a progression that’s used in thousands of songs. Fingerstyle techniques are very important skills to develop and you’ll learn a versatile Fingerstyle pattern that you can use in any song. Acoustic guitarists use a variety of techniques to express musical ideas, and you’ll tackle some of the essentials here. You’ll also learn some acoustic blues, a 12 bar progression, and wrap the course up with more new chords and essential rhythm patterns. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Song Lesson: Peaceful Easy Feeling
Tyler Grant
Smart Practice For Guitar
Jeff Scheetz
The Indispensable Toolbox for Guitarists
TrueFire
Jump Start Acoustic Guitar
Richard Gilewitz
Beginner Method for Classical Guitar
Andrew Leonard
Hands On Guitar: Beyond Beginner
Susan Mazer
Hands-On Guitar: The Beginner's Guide
Susan Mazer
Play Acoustic Guitar 2: Rhythm Fundamentals
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 2: Rhythm & Lead Fundamentals - the second leg of your TrueFire Learning Path journey towards becoming a solid Acoustic guitar player. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Corey Congilio, Brooks Robertson, and David Hamburger. They’ll guide your development of the essential skills and get up and running quickly -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. In Play Acoustic Guitar 1 you learned some chords, fingerstyle patterns and a couple of songs. Here in Play Acoustic Guitar 2, you’re going to venture even further down the path with scales, more rhythms, more fingerstyle patterns, and more cool chords. For example, you’ll learn how to get more motion from your fingerstyle patterns. You’ll learn how to play and apply an essential scale. Barre Chords open up the entire acoustic songbook, and you’ll learn a few of them and then use them to learn and play more songs. You’ll wrap up the course learning a great blues tune with alternating bass lines. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Play Acoustic Guitar 3: Tools & Techniques
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 3: Tools & Techniques - the third milestone of your TrueFire Learning Path journey towards becoming a solid Acoustic guitar player. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Corey Congilio, Brooks Robertson, and David Hamburger. They’ll guide your development of the essential skills and get up and running quickly -- no reading music, no boring exercises, no tedious theory to struggle through. In fact, you’ll play your way through the entire course. In Play Acoustic Guitar 1 and 2, you built up your vocabulary of chords and rhythms; learned how to play several classic songs; and can now play a handful of fingerstyle patterns. Here in Play Acoustic Guitar 3, you’ll learn more strums and rhythm patterns, more picking, more moveable chords, and some important style variations to power up your acoustic guitar playing. You’ll learn to pick through chords as you move them up the neck, and your blues fingerstyle will benefit from new patterns and songs. Travis picking is used on a ton of tunes, and so you’ll learn to play a classic song with that technique. You’ll learn how to vary a rhythm to spice up any song and then wrap up the course with essential techniques to help you take your acoustic playing to the next level. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Fingerstyle Fireworks (JamPlay)
Trevor Gordon Hall
Easy Guitar Theory (JamPlay)
Marcelo Berestovoy
Fingerstyle Guitar for Beginners (JamPlay)
Trevor Gordon Hall
Fingerpicking Practice Plan (JamPlay)
Trevor Gordon Hall
Song Lesson: Angel from Montgomery
Dave Isaacs
Beginner Method for Classical Guitar
Andrew Leonard
Street Theory for Guitarists
Jeff Scheetz
30 Beginner Fingerstyle Blues Licks You MUST Know
David Hamburger
Sight Reading for Guitar Players: Level 1
Chris Buono
1-2-3 Fingerstyle Guitar
Muriel Anderson
Smart Practice For Guitar
Jeff Scheetz
The Indispensable Toolbox for Guitarists
TrueFire
Chord Moves & Grooves
Robbie Calvo
Song Factory: Birth of a Song
Ellis Paul
Play Acoustic Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Laurence Juber, Massimo Varini, and Brad Carlton. The Rhythm Principles curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musicians’ solos, which is why it’s critical to develop solid rhythm skills. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings, rhythm patterns and creative approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it’s also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the technical and creative skills you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 4: Rhythm Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, Massimo Varini guides you through 16 key rhythm techniques and applications from pick selection to rhythm figures to strumming patterns and everything in between. Laurence Juber takes over in the Section 2 with the 16 key concepts and techniques that comprise his rhythm method. Brad Carlton wraps up this core course with 6 demonstrations and playalongs focused on beautiful sounding, ringing open string chords. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on Acoustic rhythm guitar in Rhythm Approaches, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 4 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Essentials: Solo Acoustic Grooves
Mike Zito
Song Lesson: El Paso
Tyler Grant
One Man Jam: Acoustic 1
Rob Swift
Song Lesson: Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Chris Buono
Acoustic Groove Collective
Gareth Pearson
Acoustic Rhythm Guitar Cookbook
Vicki Genfan
Acoustic Groove
Adam Miller
Acoustic Rhythm Guitar Playbook
Corey Congilio
Bluegrass Rhythm Evolution
Stephen Mougin
Open Tuning Handbook: Rhythm
Vicki Genfan
Essentials: Rock Rhythm Unplugged
Angus Clark
30 Strumming Patterns You MUST Know
Vicki Genfan
Pop Guitar Survival Guide
Massimo Varini
Guitaristics: Rhythm
Laurence Juber
Play Acoustic Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Vicki Genfan, Massimo Varini, and Ravi. The Rhythm Approaches curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Guitarists spend 90% of their time on the bandstand playing rhythm guitar behind vocals and other musician’s solos, which is why it’s the most important aspect of your playing. Having command of a wide range of chord voicings and rhythm approaches is what distinguishes great players from the mediocre, and it’s also the number one reason that other musicians will want you in their band or invite you back to the jam. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the skills that you need to take your rhythm guitar playing to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 4: Rhythm Approaches is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, Vicki Genfan presents 13 rhythm guitar techniques and harmonic approaches for transforming any chord progression into compelling and engaging ear magic. Vicki also presents 10 versatile strumming patterns you must know in Section 2. Ravi takes over in Section 3 with enlightening demonstrations of 5 progressions that you will encounter over and over again in popular music. In Section 4, Massimo Varini introduces you to key approaches and examples for constructing rhythm parts for verse, pre-chorus and bridge sections of a song. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Rhythm Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on Acoustic rhythm guitar in Rhythm Principles, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 4 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Play Acoustic Guitar 5: Fingerstyle Principles
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 5: Fingerstyle Principles for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 4 top TrueFire educators: Tommy Emmanuel, Peppino D’Agostino, Muriel Anderson, and Brooks Robertson. The Fingerstyle Principles curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Fingerstyle guitar technique takes full advantage of the instrument’s polyphonic qualities, which is one of the main reasons it's so popular across so many styles of music. You’ll find fingerstyle techniques in blues, rock, jazz, country, classical, folk, singer-songwriter, and dozens of other genres and subgenres. While specific fingerstyle techniques will vary across musical styles, they all call for finger and thumb independance so that you can play a bass line, a rhythm part, and a melody line simultaneously. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the requisite skills to take your fingerstyle technique to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 5: Fingerstyle Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, Tommy Emmanuel presents an extraordinarily effective method for learning how to play fingerstyle from the ground up. In Section 2, Brooks Robertson enhances your basic skills with additional fingerstyle principles and techniques. In the third and final section, Muriel Anderson and Peppino D’Agostino present 5 performance studies to prime your repertoire and put your fingerstyle skills to good use. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Fingerstyle Principles, you’ll find more lessons focused on fingerstyle techniques in Fingerstyle Approaches, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 5 core course. All of the key examples are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Fingerstyle Picking Hand Mastery (JamPlay)
Trevor Gordon Hall
Fingerstyle Fretting Hand Mastery (JamPlay)
Trevor Gordon Hall
Percussive Fingerstyle Practice Plan
Mark Kroos
Progressive Fingerstyle: First Steps
Mike Dawes
Song Lesson: Black Water
Tyler Grant
Modern Fingerstyle Foundations
Andy McKee
Rhythm Makeover: Massimo Varini
Massimo Varini
Fingerstyle Blues Tool Kit
Tim Sparks
The Art & Craft of Acoustic Guitar
Clive Carroll
Songsmith: Open Spaces
Blair Dunlop
Take 5: Boom-Chick
Brooks Robertson
30 Fingerpicking Patterns You MUST Know
Brooks Robertson
The Breshman Chronicles
Thom Bresh
Take 5: Steady Bass
David Hamburger
Take 5: Beginner Classical
Andrew Leonard
Country & Folk Fingerstyle Guidebook
Gareth Pearson
Creative Fingerstyle Guitar for Songwriters
Christie Lenée
50 Travis, Atkins, & Reed Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Gareth Pearson
Essentials: Boom-Chick Fingerstyle Etudes
Brooks Robertson
Fingerstyle Milestones
Tommy Emmanuel
Fingerstyle Survival Guide
Brooks Robertson
Essentials: Chet Atkins Style
Muriel Anderson
Acoustic Poetica: Fingerstyle Etudes
Peppino D'Agostino
Fingerstyle Essentials
Muriel Anderson
Play Acoustic Guitar 5: Fingerstyle Approaches
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 5: Fingerstyle Approaches for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 4 top TrueFire educators: Adrian Legg, David Blacker, Joe Dalton, and David Hamburger. The Fingerstyle Approaches curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Fingerstyle guitar technique takes full advantage of the instrument’s polyphonic qualities, which is one of the main reasons it's so popular across so many styles of music. You’ll find fingerstyle techniques in blues, rock, jazz, country, classical, folk, singer-songwriter, and dozens of other genres and subgenres. While the specific technique will vary across musical styles, fingerstyle guitar calls for finger and thumb independance so that you can play a bass line, a rhythm part, and a melody line simultaneously. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with the requisite skills to take your fingerstyle technique to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 5: Fingerstyle Approaches is organized into 2 sections. In the first section, Adrian Legg shares the very same approaches he himself used to learn fingerstyle including his innovative 2-week Guitar Diary of workouts designed to get you up and running very quickly. Adrian also presents 3 performance studies to apply your skills to. In the second section, you’ll play your way through 12 more performance studies in different styles. David Blacker introduces you to traditional country blues, David Hamburger shows you a few fingerstyle blues, and Joe Dalton guides you through arrangements for Amazing Grace and Silent Night. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Fingerstyle Approaches, you’ll find more lessons focused on fingerstyle techniques in Fingerstyle Principles, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 5 core course. All of the key examples are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Take 5: Travis Picking
Muriel Anderson
Blues Traditions
Robert Jones
Take 5: Harmonics
Muriel Anderson
Fingerstyle Revisionist: Origins
Adrian Legg
Lone Wolf Blues
David Blacker
Essentials: Fingerstyle Guitar
Muriel Anderson
Fingerstyle Blues Handbook 1
David Hamburger
Fingerstyle Blues Handbook 2
David Hamburger
The Lone Arranger
Pete Huttlinger
Rhythm Makeover: Muriel Anderson
Muriel Anderson
Play Acoustic Guitar 6: Lick Vocabulary
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 6: Lick Vocabulary for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Pete Huttlinger, Cathy Fink, and Matt Brandt. The Lick Vocabulary curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Music is a language. In the same way that words and sentences are connected to form stories, musical licks and phrases are connected to form solos. And just like any language, the more robust your musical vocabulary is, the more interesting and diverse your solos will be. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with an essential vocabulary of licks along with the technical skills required to take your soloing skills to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 6: Lick Vocabulary is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, Matt Brandt treats you to 13 of his chord tricks to help spice up your chord vocabulary. Cathy Fink contributes 9 Americana licks, in the second section, so you’ll have a few tasty lines to pull out at the next bluegrass jam. Pete Huttlinger wraps up things in the third and final section with 15 premium fingerpicking licks that will significantly advance your vocabulary. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Lick Vocabulary, you’ll find more lessons focused on building your vocabulary in Lick Lexicon, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 6 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
30 Bluegrass Licks You MUST Know
Roberto Dalla Vecchia
A Deep Dive into Fingerstyle Composition
RD King
30 Fingerpicking Patterns You MUST Know
Brooks Robertson
30 DIY Fingerpicking Patterns You Must Know
Gareth Pearson
30 Fingerstyle Licks You Must Know
Trevor Gordon Hall
30 Acoustic Americana Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Cathy Fink
50 Fingerpicking Licks You MUST Know
Pete Huttlinger
50 Acoustic Guitar Licks You MUST Know
Rich Maloof
Play Acoustic Guitar 6: Lick Lexicon
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 6: Lick Lexicon for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 2 top TrueFire educators: David Hamburger and Joe Dalton. The Lick Lexicon curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. Music is a language. In the same way that words and sentences are connected to form stories, musical licks and phrases are connected to form solos. And just like any language, the more robust your musical vocabulary is, the more interesting and diverse your solos will be. The video guitar lessons in this core course will equip you with an essential vocabulary of licks along with the technical skills required to take your soloing skills to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 6: Lick Lexicon is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, David Hamburger shows you how assemble a collection of blues licks into full fingerstyle blues performances. Joe Dalton shares 14 more acoustic blues licks in the second section. In Section 3, David Hamburger returns to guide you through 3 full length fingerstyle blues etudes. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Lick Lexicon, you’ll find more lessons focused on building your vocabulary in Lick Vocabulary, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 6 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Play Acoustic Guitar 7: Grooves & Etudes
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 7: Grooves & Etudes for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Vicki Genfan, Massimo Varini, and Adam Miller. The Grooves & Etudes curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. One of the qualities that attracts all of us to the guitar is the virtually infinite range of styles and techniques that are possible on the instrument. Having a grasp on a wide variety of styles and techniques not only broadens your musicality, it opens the door to many more playing opportunities with other musicians. You’ll gain more clarity on the instrument overall and expressing yourself on it will become a richer experience. The video guitar lessons in this core course will diversify your skill set and help take your playing to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 7: Grooves & Etudes is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, Massimo Varini puts 4 acoustic rock song forms at your fingertips. Adam Miller serves up 5 more performance studies overflowing with new moves and creative approaches in Section 2. Finally, Vicki Genfan steps you through 5 rhythm makeovers illustrating how you can modify any given progression to craft new textures and cool vibes. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Grooves & Etudes, you’ll find lessons focused on more acoustic styles in Style Variations, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 7 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Play Acoustic Guitar 7: Style Variations
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 7: Style Variations for intermediate to late Intermediate students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 4 top TrueFire educators: David Hamburger, Marcy Marxer, Cathy Fink, and Vicki Genfan. The Style Variations curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. One of the qualities that attracts all of us to the guitar is the virtually infinite range of styles and techniques that are possible on the instrument. Having a grasp on a wide variety of styles and techniques not only broadens your musicality, it opens the door to many more playing opportunities with other musicians. You’ll gain more clarity on the instrument overall and expressing yourself on it will become a richer experience. The video guitar lessons in this core course will diversify your skill set and help take your playing to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 7: Style Variations is organized into 4 sections. In the first section, you’ll work on developing swing rhythm guitar chops with Marcy Marxer. Bluegrass rhythm guitar is focused on in the second section presented by Cathy Fink. Three more fingerstyle blues performance studies from David Hamburger await you in Section 3. Vicki wraps up your style adventures in the fourth and final section with 3 open tuning performance studies. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Style Variations, you’ll find lessons focused on variations in Grooves & Etudes, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 7 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Fingerstyle Blues Roots
John Hatcher
Classical Guitar Playbook
Fareed Haque
The Celtic Songbook
Tony McManus
Swingin' Rhythm Handbook
Marcy Marxer
Bluegrass Rhythm Handbook
Cathy Fink
Essentials: Fingerstyle Blues
David Hamburger
Fingerstyle Blues & Boogie Guidebook
Ton van Bergeijk
DADGAD Explorer: Guitar Intuite
Pierre Bensusan
Song Lesson: The Dance
DJ Phillips
Solo Factory: Bluegrass
Stephen Mougin
Essentials: Open Tunings
Vicki Genfan
New School Fingerstyle
David Hamburger
Acoustic Slide Guide
Richard Gilewitz
Play Acoustic Guitar 8: Advanced Techniques
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 8: Advanced Techniques for late intermediate to advanced students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 3 top TrueFire educators: Pete Huttlinger, Muriel Anderson, and Massimo Varini. The Advanced Techniques curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. As you advance your technical guitar skills, your opportunities expand exponentially. Pros with advanced technique can choose from a higher quality and wider range of gigs including session work. Amateurs with advanced skills will always be welcome at jams or open mic nights. Most importantly though, advanced technical skills provide the firepower to free yourself creatively with improvisations and compositions. The video guitar lessons in this core course will focus on strengthening and broadening your technique to an advanced level. Play Acoustic Guitar 8: Advanced Rhythm Principles is organized into 3 sections. In the first section, Massimo Varini advances your understanding of extensions and voicings, discusses sonic qualities, and then guides you through a series of rhythm parts for verses, intros, outros, and choruses. In Section 2, Pete Huttlinger is back with more fingerpickin’ licks but this time prepare yourself for some serious time in the shed. In the third and final section, Muriel Anderson rounds out your yearning for learning with 10 right-hand fingerstyle techniques you must know. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Advanced Guitar Theory (JamPlay)
Callum Bair
Fingerstyle Fireworks (JamPlay)
Trevor Gordon Hall
Progressive Fingerstyle: Essential Riffs
Mike Dawes
The Breshman Chronicles
Thom Bresh
Essentials: Chet Atkins Style
Muriel Anderson
Classical Flatpicking Explorations
Tony Smotherman
50 Fingerpicking Licks You MUST Know
Pete Huttlinger
Pop Guitar Survival Guide
Massimo Varini
50 Right-Hand Techniques You Must Know
Muriel Anderson
3D Acoustic Guitar
Vicki Genfan
Essentials: Percussive Fingerstyle
Daniel Champagne
Play Acoustic Guitar 9: Advanced Style Variations
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 9: Advanced Style Variations for late intermediate to advanced students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 4 top TrueFire educators: Tony McManus, Fareed Haque, Alonzo Pennington, and Renier Voet. The Advanced Style Variations curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. One of the qualities that attracts all of us to the guitar is the virtually infinite range of styles and techniques that are possible on the instrument. Having a grasp on a wide variety of styles and techniques not only broadens your musicality, it opens the door to many more playing opportunities with other musicians. You’ll gain more clarity on the instrument overall and expressing yourself on it will become a richer experience. The video guitar lessons in this core course will diversify your skill set and help take your playing to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 9: Advanced Style Variations is organized into 4 sections. In the first section, Fareed Haque presents bossa nova rhythm patterns and etudes. In the second section, Tony McManus presents key techniques and harmonic considerations for performing Celtic music on guitar. Renier Voet passes on essential gypsy jazz techniques and vocabulary in Section 3, and Alonzo Pennington wraps things up in the fourth and final section with some good ole Kentucky thumbpicking. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Style Variations, you’ll find more lessons focused on variations in Advanced Style Diversity, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 9 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Artistry and Modern Fingerstyle (JamPlay)
Calum Graham
Solo Factory: Country Blues
Tim Sparks
Americana Roots: Progression
Keb' Mo'
The Celtic Journeyman
Tony McManus
1-2-3 Bossa Nova
Fareed Haque
Kentucky Thumbpicking Handbook
Alonzo Pennington
Travis, Atkins & Reed Guidebook
Gareth Pearson
50 Gypsy Jazz Licks You MUST Know
Reinier Voet
Play Acoustic Guitar 9: Advanced Style Diversity
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 9: Advanced Style Diversity for late intermediate to advanced students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 6 top TrueFire educators: Pierre Bensusan, Roberto Dalla Vecchia, Tim Sparks, Vicki Genfan, Raughi Ebert and Leo Henrichs. The Advanced Style Diversity curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. One of the qualities that attracts all of us to the guitar is the virtually infinite range of styles and techniques that are possible on the instrument. Having a grasp on a wide variety of styles and techniques not only broadens your musicality, it opens the door to many more playing opportunities with other musicians. You’ll gain more clarity on the instrument overall and expressing yourself on it will become a richer experience. The video guitar lessons in this core course will diversify your skill set and help take your playing to the next level. Play Acoustic Guitar 9: Advanced Style Diversity is organized into 5 sections. In the first section, Pierre Bensusan presents a mini-masterclass in DADGAD tuning. Tim Sparks presents 10 boogie variations to spice up your fingerstyle blues vocabulary in the second section. In the third section, Vicki Genfan presents 3 performance studies in 3 different open tunings. In Section 4, Roberto Dalla Vecchia presents 3 performance studies designed to impart some serious flatpicking chops. In the fifth and final section, Raughi Ebert and Leo Henrichs introduce you to Nuevo Flamenco, an ideal study program for any guitarist who wants to delve into the world of Flamenco or world music. When you’ve completed the lessons here in Advanced Style Diversity, you’ll find more lessons focused on variations in Advanced Style Variations, also a Play Acoustic Guitar 9 core course. The educators demonstrate all of the key examples over jam tracks (where and when applicable) to simulate a real-world application, in a musical context. All of the key examples are also tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Plus, you’ll have all of the available jam tracks to work with on your own. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Play Acoustic Guitar 10: Advanced Fingerstyle Etudes
About this course
Welcome to Play Acoustic Guitar 10: Advanced Fingerstyle Etudes for late intermediate to advanced students of Acoustic guitar. This Acoustic Learning Path core course is presented by 11 top TrueFire educators: Tommy Emmanuel, Pierre Bensusan, Peppino D'Agostino, Alonzo Pennington, Adrian Legg, Daniel Champagne, Stephen Bennett, Brooks Robertson, Massimo Varini, Tim Sparks, and Richard Gilewitz. The Advanced Fingerstyle Etudes curriculum is comprised of select Acoustic guitar lessons from the educators’ existing TrueFire course libraries. The 11 Advanced Fingerstyle Etudes and breakdowns featured in this core course puts your fingerstyle skills to the ultimate test. These etudes are all performed and presented by the very best in the fingerstyle biz. They are presented here to expose you to the wide variety of fingerstyle techniques and creative approaches being employed by masters of the genre. While you might not be able to perform every etude as written and performed, you will be able to extract valuable information and approaches that you can readily employ for yourself. All of the key examples are tabbed and notated for your practice, reference and study purposes. You’ll also get Guitar Pro files so that you can play, loop or slow down the tab and notation as you work through the lessons. Take as much time as you need to work through each video guitar lesson before moving on to the next lesson. If you want to dig deeper or wider into any of the topics covered in this core course, check out the recommended supplementary courses in your learning path where you’ll find more examples, techniques and insight from top TrueFire educators. Grab your guitar and let’s get started!
Supplementary courses
Certified Guitar Duets
Tommy Emmanuel
Fingerstyle Journals
John Knowles, C.G.P.
Musicarium Songbook
Andy McKee
Certified Gems, Vol. 2
Tommy Emmanuel
Acoustic Poetica: Fingerstyle Etudes
Peppino D'Agostino
Little by Little
Tommy Emmanuel
Certified Gems, Vol. 1
Tommy Emmanuel
DADGAD Explorer: Guitar Intuite
Pierre Bensusan
Acoustic Poetica
Peppino D'Agostino
Fingerstyle Survival Guide
Brooks Robertson
Gospel Fingerstyle Guitar
Richard Kiser
Fingerstyle Narratives
Richard Gilewitz
Fingerstyle Revisionist: Adagio Songbook
Adrian Legg
Innovations for Acoustic Guitar
Muriel Anderson
Fingerstyle Finesse
Stephen Bennett
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