Jack Ruch, guitar

Jack Ruch is a guitar player and teacher in Nashville, Tennessee.

Specializing in clean tone, soulful phrasing and jazz flavored licks, Jack’s teaching style is calm, direct, and no nonsense. Jack’s YouTube lessons cover a wide variety of topics and are completely free.

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Courses with Jack

The Art of Melodic Soloing and others
The Art of Melodic SoloingThe Magic of Triads, Rhythm Edition

Rock-solid, no-fluff lessons taught by a world-class player and dedicated teacher.

"These courses are the best learning materials I've put together. Brett Papa and I worked really hard to make these as thorough and easy to use as possible. I could not be more proud of the way they turned out."

~Jack Ruch~

Learn more about Jack's lessons at BrettPappa.

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Or, study the Blues with Jack using TrueFire's advanced learning tools.

"This course is a masterclass in tasteful blues playing and a must have. Jack is a great teacher and an exceptionally melodic player. Each lesson is packed full of musical ideas you can instantly use in your playing. You will thrive in any 12 bar blues jam."

~Martin, 15 Dec 2021~

Shades of Blues and others

Learn more about Jack's Truefire Lessons.

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YouTube Lessons with Jack

Jack's YouTube lessons are packed with information, taught in Jack's calm and impeccable manner. Every guitarist can find value in these carefully crafted weekly lessons.

For tabs, notation and backing tracks visit Jack's Patreon page.

"Jack is to the guitar what Bob Ross is to landscape painting. Solid advice and good vibes."

~@TheTwangKings~

Join Jack's Patreon! Tabs and notation and backing tracks for over a hundred lessons covering all aspects of blues/jazz/gospel guitar! The backing tracks alone are worth the low price of admission!