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January 28, 201928Comments

Thump Bass And Little Chords

This acoustic blues guitar lesson was filmed live before a studio audience ;) When you play music, in general, you need 3 things to make it sound musical - rhythm, harmony,

by Griff

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Lessons

January 25, 201931Comments

Lots Of Approaches…

Today's video is not necessarily a lesson, but it's no less important... In fact, in many ways it's more important, because it can give you direction and purpose - two things

by Griff

Lessons

January 23, 201918Comments

It’s Voodoo Child… Basically

I'm always one to try and avoid the wrath of the copyright police... but basically this is how to play "Voodoo Chile" using a wah pedal and the E Minor

January 21, 201953Comments

Finding Songs To Play

If you've been through my Beginning Blues Guitar or Strumming And Rhythm Mastery courses, then you've undoubtedly heard of the "Most Popular Strum In The World" (and make sure to

by Griff

Lessons

January 18, 201944Comments

Acoustic Open D Tuning Elmore James Slide Guitar Lesson

I was listening to some blues radio and "Dust My Broom" by Elmore James was on... And I was struck by how he tended to use a very simple, characteristic lick

by Griff

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Practicing

January 16, 201930Comments

Owning The 12 Bar Blues

A lot of times, if you're new to playing the blues, or new to guitar in general, and you're trying to solo it's super easy to get lost in the

by Griff

Lessons

January 15, 201918Comments

The 2+3 Pentatonic Minor Pattern

You may remember I did a video on what I call the "3+2 Pattern," so it made sense to add in the "2+3" version of the minor pentatonic pattern as

by Griff

Lessons

January 7, 201949Comments

The 3+2 Pentatonic Minor

This pentatonic minor pattern is one of my favorites for a couple of different reasons... First, it's easy to remember because you play the same thing over and over again -

by Griff

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Live Clips

January 3, 201959Comments

How Many Scales Do You Need?

Today is a little bit listening, but with a purpose, so maybe grab some coffee... It's not uncommon, if you're kind of new to playing the blues, to think that the

by Griff

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Practicing

December 27, 201816Comments

Testify!

I admit it... I love being right ;) Back before Blues Guitar Unleashed was a thing, I taught private lessons exclusively - usually around 60 of them, sometimes as many as

by Griff

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