Music Education

TrueFire Studios Extends Free Music Education Program to K–12 Students Without Access

• By David Nagel
• 04/03/20

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting disruption in millions of K–12 students’ music education, TrueFire Studios is now offering 90 days free through its two online platforms: TrueFire and JamPlay. The K–12 Assistance Program is open to all schools and education programs disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak.

TrueFire is an online guitar education platform that provides more than 600 courses and more than 40,000 interactive lessons covering a wide variety of genres, styles and skill levels. The courses are designed for self-paced study, and 1-on-1 instruction is also available. The platform has some 600 educators around the world. Other features include:

• 1080p video;

• Tablature and notation;

• A progress tracker;

• Slow-motion viewing;

• Looping of sections of each lesson;

• Metronome;

• Tuner;

• Chord diagrams;

• Scale charts;

• Fretboard diagrams;

• A blog, journal and student forum;

JamPlay offers more than 450 courses and 6,400 lessons. JamPlay also offers weekly live lessons in 1080p, providing tabs and guided homework, instructor interaction and video call-in capabilities. Live daily Q&A with instructors are also featured on JamPlay, with live help, ope mics and webcam-to-webcam capabilities.

Further information and an application for the TrueFire/JamPlay K–12 Assistance Program can be found here.