Griff – Page 35 – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

February 21, 201939Comments

Do You Need Real Music?

Q: How do you get a guitar player to stop playing? A: Put sheet music in front of them! It's an old joke that nods to a common misconception about guitar players

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Lessons

February 19, 201923Comments

Don’t Poke The Root Note…

This is one of those things that I see many of my less experienced blues soloists do... In fact, I see it in my son's jazz band at school, it's

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discussion

Practicing

February 15, 20198Comments

“Ask Griff” Feb 15, 2019

We talked about a whole bunch of fun things yesterday on a live version of "Ask Griff..." So grab a cup of coffee and listen to some thoughts on practicing tips,

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discussion

February 14, 201931Comments

When To Stop And When To Butcher It

A lot of beginning and intermediate guitar players have the tendency to stop every time they make a mistake... Which may, or may not, be the right thing to do. Let's

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Lessons

February 12, 201922Comments

More Little Chords & Inversions

A lot folks get stuck playing the same-old-same-old chords and patterns when it comes to blues rhythm playing... but it doesn't have to be that way. When you realize that there

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discussion

Lessons

February 11, 201947Comments

Clapton’s Secret Move?

There is a particular move that I see Eric Clapton do that seems to be a bit unique to his style... And since so many of you have been asking for

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Lessons

February 8, 201946Comments

The Boys Are Back In Town

OK, so I was feeling a little more towards the Classic Rock side and did one of my live session on the Facebooks and YouTubes with one of my favorite

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Lessons

February 6, 201930Comments

Shuffle Lick In A (just for fun)

Not much to say here... this is just a fun lick that you oughta know how to do. It has a few little techniques that you will see time, and time,

February 5, 201935Comments

Keep Control Of The Ringing

This is a problem I see a lot of advanced beginners and intermediate players have... where things get all "ringy" because they aren't controlling the extra vibrations with their picking

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discussion

Practicing

February 4, 201915Comments

The Janitor Story

My dad was a computer scientist, and he would ask me sometimes to be "his janitor..." Of course, I was puzzled, so I asked what that meant... Imagine, if you will, that

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