Not much to say about this one except that you probably have some shuffle licks that you never realized were outstanding slow blues licks as well 🙂
Here’s the lick in case you didn’t catch it on the video
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70 replies to "Shuffles To Slow Blues"
Hey Griff!
How many times has your wife scolded you and said “You’ve got too many T-Shirts! And you should get rid of some!”?
As a “T-Shirt Fanatic” myself, I hear it way too often!!!
I just noticed that you seem to have a different one for each video! Lol!
Keep rockin’ those T-Shirts!
You should see her shoe closet 😉
People stop getting stuck in the same licks, In the same box, It’s separates a guitar player from a musician.
Use the whole neck not just shapes and patterns. Get on the web and put in Tom Bukovac volume one, this will show you.,
Good One Griff. This riff works great when you are playing rhythm, play one beat of the chord, play the riff and go back to the chord progression. Thanks again.
This may be the best first lick to learn. Not too hard. Not too long. A little challenging if you’re new to it but not so tough that you can’t learn it. And yes, it sounds great on an acoustic guitar as well as electric.
If you’re trying to learn it you can use one of Griff’s tricks that he didn’t talk about in this video. Put a 12-bar progression in your looper or your DAW or wherever, and play it back continuously. Then play this lick over and over throughout the entire progression. Great way to learn the lick and to hear how it sounds in different parts of the pattern.
Hey Griff thx for pointers on starting beat.
So beat 2 is easiest to resolve by end of bar
3 & 4 would work but need more notes to finnish wright
I think thats what you mean
Anyway seasons best to you and family
Joe
Hey brother, thanks for being there as often as you are helping us learn and re-learn. I’ve been trying to play for a year or so. The theory makes the rest of the music come alive for me. At 60 it’s hard to find the teacher that helps you learn the best. I thank you for your time and this site. May God bless you and everyone involved in making this happen. Happy Monday Merry Christmas and please have a happy new year please keep them coming lots and lots of people look forward to your lessons daily love you brother from Vegas
Thanks Griff! I just recently ordered the full BGU and am getting ready to start it. I’m 60 and been trying to play most of my life. This is a cool lick and I’ve been playing it like crazy! You’re amazing keep it up and I’ll probably become a good guitar player 😉
This lick sounds great and anyone will like to use. Thanks Griff . However I wonder will it sound good on Accoustic guitar two . Practice will make me learn .
I will be happy to grt some like these for accostic guitar also-. Thankyou
I dont understand how the last note goes into the 4 chord ( C ) in this case , could you explain< Please?
Bb is the flatted 7th of the C7 chord….CEGBb
Griff thank you for doing all us students a MASSIVE favor with showing us the lick.
The lick intro is in any internet search as the second best EVER blues/rock guitar lick.
The first section needs to be played repeatedly at an incredible speed!
So thanks for showing it at a moderate speed.
A lot of practice is required to reach the FAST repeat to sound like a professional.
I Love these short lessons! Griff, Thank you for your help. You instill confidence in all of us!
Nice lick and your discussion of where to start goes along with How to Improvise. I’m playing it starting on different beats and modifying it. The D can bend half or whole and the bC can bend half to major.
It’s hard ot improve on your version but it’s all fun and interesting.
Griff…This Lesson is great,as usual even I can understand it. I am getting closer to putting some stuff together,please keep the lessons coming .Thanks again,Gene
Hey Griff,
As always a very nice cool Lick, which is in your Course BGUV2 I think.
Now learning the 6 Pentatonic Blues Boxes ( Pentatonic Scales Technique Mastery BGU Course) in other Keys and Key of G is good. In fact I am learning Bits from a Variety of your BGU Courses that I have as the Bits all seem to correlate.
You are right Playing the Box 1 , 2,3 & 4 in different keys broadens the range for Jam practice with your Jam tracks. I am already mapping out some great Licks, just hope I can remember them.
Thanks heaps.
Happy New Year 2016 to you and family and all BGU members here, should be a great year for Blues Guitar playing and enjoyment by all.
Michael-Sydney- Australia
lesson is very right on
I Don,t usually leave comments Griff but you would be one of the best guitar teachers I know as in Teaching timing in with the Riffs.
Great stepping stone Griff will definitely add this lick to my library
I couldn’t get and audible ???
Thanks again for another little gem Griff once again you show the importance of counting things out many thanks for all you do for us players !!!
Thanks a lot Griff. The ‘lick’ is absolutely the ‘Gold Standard’ for most beginning electric blues guitar players.
I was just doing that same thing yesterday and last night with a 4 note solo that you blogged a few weeks ago. With all sorts od back tracks slow, fast, funk and on diff. lead in beats. Thx man
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Great sounding lick Griff. Thanks.
Question: How do I get my guitar sounding like I am playing lead. I know the sound will not be like a les paul. I have a Fender Strat infinity and a spider 6 III amp. Even my bends do not sound like they should.
I find for me 15 Minutes a day is not enough. I will practise many times 1 – 2 hours. 1 hour after work (If I can) and then 1 hour after everyone goes to bed. I will put on my headphones and then I can practise without waking anyone. I find it goes by so fast. Any tips.
Thanks Griff. Fantastic, as always, and you put it over so well, even I can understand it!
I so agree with you Rod. griff is such a great teacher. positive inspiring experienced.thnx :-))
Cheers Griff
For the lesson and advice it’s a similar riff to solo one in BGU2
But in A m
de bons articles, super
I really tank u for given me hope to play blues chord and solo on my guitar. I av been play since 4yrs back bt there is no improvement on my solo but at last I tank u very much
good stuff! You also have an awesome assortment of guitars. Would love to see your collection!
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In case anyone is interested when you see that kind of nonsense as Anthony so aptly pointed out; it’s an internet marketing tactic. You go out and post comments to as many blogs and boards as you can then, when someone googles your name or something to do with your website, Google goes out and sees how many posts you have and thinks that you must be more important than some other loser who also isn’t really producing anything and puts you ahead of them in the rankings. It’s all an attempt to get on the first page of a search. Unfortunately Tony and I responding to Mr. …clammy’s post only serves to make Google think that he is even more important. Best thing to do, short of Griff deleting these guys is to just ignore them. The reason they don’t get deleted is that Griff is too busy actually producing something!
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Thanks again Griff for another fantastic lesson , they’re all GREAT !!!
Hey Griff,
Some of the licks ‘n’ riffs are a little advanced for me at the moment, but they give me additional targets & by chipping away at them, help break up the practice ‘grind’.
Keep bringing music to the masses !
Bob (uk)
More advanced than I can tolerate at this time also.
Have your Blues Guitar Unleashed Lessons, and they are very well done. I am learning little by little. I was wondering if you could ever throw in some non blues fills that can be used between changing from cord to cord. Thanks for all the good stuff even if you can’t.
Thanks Griff,
If it werent for you and these videos I wouldnt know the Am pentatonic scale from a hole in the wall
Jeeze, I wrote this whole long wonderful comment, in the wrong place and it all got erased. Bummer….. so anyway as I was saying before I was interrupted. I’ve been with you for one year and my play has improved 10 fold. Thank you.
I think you’ve been absolutely the best at encouraging me, and ( everyone else). Letting me know that the quality of my play has to do with the quantity of my practice. Give a little get a little, etc., etc..
I am the master of my destiny with a little help from my friends.
Thanks again and I’ll get back with you next year.
Mike B
Nice to see and hear you point out how a piece can be played at different tempo’s, cos’ it is something that I do all the time.
If you listen to almost any cover record, they virtually always play the cover in a different tempo.
By taking what we learn in each of your lessons and then, (having mastered the piece of course), playing it in different tempo’s can not only inspire amazing confidence in yourself and your playing ability, but, will fix the piece, phrase, lick, firmly in your memory bank to be easily recalled and played in the future.
Thanks Griff and keep the inspiration rolling on. Ray (UK)
Thank you for your dedication
Ty
With regard to muting: I can’t tell for sure from the video, but are you holding your pick with only about 1/8″ ( 3/16″ ) extending beyond your index finger and thumb? I usually hold my pick with more of it exposed by when I hold my pick that way I can (sometimes) successfully mute that b# ( on the third string, at the 5th fret ) with the side of my thumb.
Muting is on of my biggest issues especially when playing an electric.
Thanks Griff.
Nice Griff. I’ll try to copy you.
Also good to hear of other oldies starting to learn guitar. If I’d carried on when I started 41 years ago, I’d be as good as you now.
Keep ’em coming!
Great “lick” lesson Griff. Love ’em short & sweet. Good work & thanks a million.
Griff,
It is always a welcome find to see your frequent emails/lesson when I’m able to get to my computer. It’s usually the first thing I open as I find it a great way to de-wind by grabbing my gittar and joining in with you.
Please keep them coming, Thanks
Thanks Griff Love it.
hey Griff” I play that all the time, I just can’t read music.
but you really make me think I can learn.
but at 70, I don’ think I will catch on.
Tea,
At least learn to read Tabs. Not a problem.
Doug at 70.
I learned to read notation -music- at 68. It didn’t take all that long. It’s worth the time. Tab just doesn’t convey it all.
I can see so much improvement in my playing since I’ve been listening to you your teaching is excellent
Thanks for this cool lesson Griff, very useful ideas! It reminded me of that lesson you shared a while back where you showed how to take solo # 1 from BGU and play it over a swing feel in other keys. Interesting also that you pointed out landing on the Bb as I’ve been going to that note/place in different keys lately when the progression changes to the IV chord,
Excellent! More licks…fun to try different tempos over the same lick.
Never been too keen on shuffles or overly fast type blues songs, but slow dramatic heart wrenching blues I love. We used to have a lady in this area,
which is Ft Lauderdale, Fl., named “Big Mama Blue” who was a 300 lb. black woman who sang blues all over this area. This lady could sing the blues like you wouldn’t believe. Her voice far overplayed the fact that she weighed so much and she was a fixture here for years. When she died thousands attended her funeral and it was a day of rejoicing her mighty voice singing the blues.
That riff you showed us today was a riff I have heard a thousand times to her slow, sweat pouring, renditions of pure agonizing blues. I am sure her weight caused rejection in her social life but nobody could deny her power on stage.
Thank you as always for these reminders of how emotional a guitar can sound.
maybe not related to this lesson but here goes: I have a great ear and sense of timing so I’ve always been able to play the melody. Your lessons are really helping me fill and do the “answer” and “comping” thing. Thank you for all your help.
You are helping me a lot and am very thankful. Keep it cool and keep on rocking.
Thanks, Griff, Im almost ready to get the DVDs!… I like your lessons very much, and I am getting better, somehow in increments. It goes for a long time about the same, and then all of a sudden, I see a little improvement.
Griff, I have an idea for some future lessons. Could you take each one of the 5 pentatonic patterns and demonstrate the possible licks (most common/uncommon) within those patterns ?
Griff, Thanks for all you do. You are a great help in making things happen.
Griff you are very good guitar player you one of the best teachers that there is around on the internet.thank you very much
Enjoy the licks,and mail. Keep up the good work.
I like the not reinventing the wheel concept…thanks…later.
cowboy
cool lic think its been seen here before. its nice to go over stuff again its like watching the same movie you pick up things you may have missed the first time . going out for a open mic nite at the local pub tonight been there a few times but not recently should be a good time . Think it would be cool to just rip this on out for the heck of it as we just get er goin .B-)
Great lesson! Thanks!
Good one that Griff, right now trying to get out of this bed pop downstairs and give this one a go.
This will fit in nicely with the practice routine i’m following using your “stealing licks” lesson. I’ve been working on using pieces from “Tore Down”, “You Shook Me” and the 7th chords in A plus a little bit from “Down to the Station” Right now it’s like making sausage but I’m going to keep experimenting with adding stuff in and taking stuff out until I get something I’m comfortable with. Not sure what I’ll end up with but it’s fun and my dog doesn’t seem to mind.
thanks fore the email and insperation