If you've always wanted to learn how to play guitar — or even started once or twice in the past only to put it down in frustration — TrueFire's Freshman Series is likely the perfect approach for you. Freshman Series courses are jump-start methods designed to get you up and strumming quickly without having to work through tedious theory, scales and exercises. In fact, you'll be strumming chords, picking riffs and playing songs within the first week of working with any of the courses in this series. Rock, Blues and Acoustic.

Freshman Series courses are tailored specifically for adults who don't have the time or desire for formal training. To get you on the fast track, we've deliberately steered clear of music theory, reading notation, exercises and scales (theres plenty of time for all that good stuff later). Instead, you'll dig in immediately learning chords, strumming, single note lines and how to work with song books, lyric sheets, tab and chord symbols.

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TRUEFIRE'S EAR EXAM - Put your ears and theoretical knowledge to work by naming the chord and spelling out its voicing correctly. Here's how it works...

Check the Fire Sales Forum every Wednesday, over the next 10 weeks, starting April 22, 2009. Well post a thread with a link to watch an Ear Exam video from Brad Carlton on TrueFire TV.

Brad will play a chord and maybe even give you a hint or two. Put your ears and theoretical knowledge to work by naming the chord and spelling out its voicing correctly.

The Grand Prize winner gets a brand new Greg Bennett Royale RL3 Guitar + any Brad Carlton TrueFire Course. 25 Runner-Ups will get any Brad Carlton TrueFire Video Course of their choosing. One prize per participant - No purchase necessary.

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Good luck!