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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

by Griff

Lessons

February 1, 201944Comments

Be A Fool For Your Looper

First... this was filmed live before an audience of blues players around the world, so please pardon the few seconds at the beginning and the end while the stream fires

by Griff

Lessons

January 31, 201926Comments

An EC Slow Blues Lick

This is just something fun for today... I stole this lick fair and square from Eric Clapton and it comes from his intro to "Reconsider Baby" from "From The Cradle." It's a

by Griff

Lessons

January 29, 201926Comments

Tweedlies Are Your Salt And Pepper

Wanna take a boring old scale and make it cool? Here's how... I call them "tweedlies," but probably the proper term for these types of things are ornaments - it's a

by Griff

Lessons

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

discussion

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

discussion

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

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