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Jonesing for a bigger bag of chops? Don't touch that dial ... tune in here for an eclectic series of TrueFire audio guitar lessons, with tab and notation, ranging across all styles, techniques and levels. WARNING! TrueFire podcasts may lead to excessive practice and grossly enlarged chops.

James Burton's Brawny Twang

You don't normally associate Ricky Nelson songs with hard-hitting guitar breaks, but not so when James Burton was wielding the axe. Joe looks at sever...
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Rockabilly Stretches Of Doom

With rockabilly, guitarists often try to evoke a revved-up kinda big band sound. You can accomplish this with closed-voice chords. These require a lot...
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Hot Guitar: Some Rockabilly Flash

That unmistakable sound of rockabilly guitar may be rootsy, but it ain't easy. In this lesson, Arlen breaks some of the techniques down. Key to the st...
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All Thumbs: Rockabilly Fingerstyle

Rockabilly, that mutant outgrowth of early rock 'n' roll and country, is still one of the most vibrant six-string sounds around. And learning these ro...
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Country Rhythm: Going Chordless

It's the daring rhythm guitarist who is willing to have a go at it without chords. You'll dial into some lean twang with Joe's lesson, which concentra...
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Delta-Style Strumming

The queen of Delta blues guitar sits in and serves up a lesson on authentic country blues strumming. If you want to get next to the concepts laid down...
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Pedal-Point Comping

Guitarists spend so much time sharpening their lead playing that they often forget how exciting it is to be an accompanist. Ironically, if you do buil...
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Flaming Flamenco Chords

So you may not be interested in becoming a flamenco master. It'd be a longshot even if you are. You can still factor in this exciting Spanish sound in...
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Blue Pathways

Here are a couple "rules of thumb" from Jon Finn in how to most effectively use the blues scale - i.e. play the flatted 3rd before the major 3rd and t...
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