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October 3, 20243Comments

How To Start And End Blues Songs

After returning from a great hang with a bunch of Blues Guitar Unleashed members and a few days of jamming, I realized it was time to talk about beginning and

by Griff

Lessons

September 24, 20245Comments

Sequences Of 4 Lick (Triplets)

This lesson may not be all that good for a beginner, but if you've got your box 1 blues/pentatonic scale under your fingers and you've played some licks, you should

by Griff

Practicing

September 23, 202414Comments

Fretboard Freedom With Limits

Many students come to me after having learned a bunch of pentatonic or blues scale soloing patterns... And they wonder why their solos still don't sound very good :( But the reality

by Griff

Lessons

September 17, 20243Comments

My Ultimate Beginning Blues Guitar Lesson (maybe)

After nearly 20 years of teaching online along with private students, this has become my Ultimate How To Play Blues Guitar For Beginners lesson. Depending on where you are now, maybe

by Griff

Lessons

September 15, 20243Comments

Slow Blues Major To Minor Lick

When you're soloing over a blues, you may know that there is a time and place for the major blues/pentatonic sound... And a place for the minor pentatonic/blues sound. While you might

by Griff

Lessons

September 12, 20246Comments

BB King Knows This Better

Most guitar players I see feel like they need to go all over the fretboard to be good... But BB King knew that the secret to sounding amazing wasn't in how

by Griff

Lessons

September 11, 20241Comments

The Pentatonic 6 Sound

If you ever get tired of your "same old" Pentatonic Minor or Blues Scale, have I got just the thing for you... This is something I originally stole from Robben Ford,

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discussion

Lessons

September 10, 202414Comments

Triads, What’s The Big Deal?

It seems all I've heard about lately from other guitar teachers and students alike are triads... But, what are triads? Do you need them? Will they help you in some way? Why do you

by Griff

Lessons

September 9, 20248Comments

Pentatonic Hinges

It's one thing to learn your 5 boxes of the pentatonic/blues scale... It's another to be able to navigate between them effortlessly. And one of the best ways I've found to

by Griff

Lessons

August 20, 20249Comments

2+3 or 3+2

Aside from the basic 5 boxes of the pentatonic scale, this pattern is one of the more powerful patterns I know of... I use this a lot just in day-to-day blues

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