This one’s a little tough to name…
… but when you hear it, I think you’ll recognize it š
It’s a super common idea with a lot of possibilities…
The way I played it is just one possible way you can play a blues with this riff…
And I’ll try and show you a few options later in the video.
It’s not a super long one and, as always, something that I hope you can put into practice right away.
28 replies to "An Acoustic Clapton Johnson Riff"
Iāve seen that A referred to as ālong Aā.
Hey Griff,
Thanks for this lesson and as always I love the acoustic Riffs so as to just play by yourself anywhere in the home or front or back Porch.
Cheers
Michael-Sydney-Aust 28 August 2023
LOVED IT IS WHERE I ALREADY HAVE BEEN PLAYING NEAR THAT SO WHAT THIS IS IS EASIER TO GET THANKS GRIFF.
Grrrrrr. Mind just goes blank when trying to count and play and listen ā¦ need a simple counting exercise with simple strum thatās not completely simple /straight but easy enough where I donāt fog over immediatelyā¦I really seem to have no internal rhythm ..or an internal rhythm that I can vocalize
Griff has a lesson set I mentioned below. Beginning Blues Guitar Soloing. It is exactly what you are looking for. It is helping me tremendously. As with you trying to ‘walk and chew gum’ at the same time is difficult for me!
Thank you Griff. As a beginner, just about 10 months, most of the daily lesson are above me. I’ve got your beginner blues and beginner blues solo course. They are wonderful lesson plans. But this lesson is really cool! I’ve learned enough from your course to be able to actually play this rhythm! I may have to improvise on the chords but learning this is truly awesome. I’ll be playing in on porch this afternoon for Play Music On Your Porch Day! Again thank you Sir!
Thanks for the great lesson Griff.
Fun lesson
Thanks for the fun rifs. I can use them all.
Willem
Excellent lesson, great blues concepts.
Aussie Chris
Fantastic lesson ā¦ I know what Iāll be working on for the next few days ā¦ Going to be a fun weekend.
I was just thinking about how I needed a little rhythm fun thing to play , and here it is .
Once again , your teaching is spot on ā¦ you have away of making it so attainable and fun ā¦šš¶šø
So Good Griff! Great delivery on the lesson. It was fun , I could do it right away,
Thanks!Shane
To me, the hardest part of this move has always been hitting the 7th of the open E-chord cleanly with my pinky. The A and B chord moves and stretch are no problem, for some reason. Something about articulating a bent pinky accurately as opposed to an outstretched pinky.
Would it stiil be ākosherā to play the E using the āB-moveā at fret 9 instead of at the open position while voicing the open 6th string E to give it that thud sound? I know, I knowā¦ give it a try and if it makes me grimmaceā¦ just turn that grimmace into a blues-face. Okay, good suggestion. I just donāt want to run afoul of the Blues Police. Thanks.
Exactly the type of thing Iām looking for. A simple move I can throw into some of the things Iāve learned from How to Jam alone!
SĆ»re is cool stuff … thanks Griff
Griff; this “roots” stuff is great and keeps me on track with the essentials. RB
Griff; this “roots” stuff is great and keeps me on track with the essentials. RB
I love this stuffš
Robert Johnson could make that stretch on the B had huge hands like Hendrix
NICE basic , this works well fingerpicked as well
As a subscriber to blues unleashed it would be nice to have these videos that you produce on Friday available on your site if they are I havenāt found them yet and I really do enjoy everything that you do and youāve really sparked my playing that I havenāt done it for a few years so Iām getting an hour of day of practice and itās all because of that one video I saw free from you and your blues unleash course thanks again
If you are a member of the BGU forum, that are all listed under the “Griff’s email archive” area. You can also find them posted to the BGU Members’ Facebook group.
Thanks, Dennis… most all of the email lessons I send out are posted right here on the blog. If you go up to the navigation bar and click “Lessons” it will give you a list of them all in chronological order, and you can search them.
Also, I’ve found that, more often than not, good old Google can find my lessons faster than I can. Simple google something like, “Griff Hamlin mixing major and minor blues sounds” and you’ll likely get whatever you’re after.
Good lesson, Griff. Thanks!
Cool
Easy progression by effective
Thanks Griff, hope youāre enjoying the free state of Texas. Iām going to work on this today, I like the little flavor tips on the chords. Been working on chords and strumming for the last 6+ months( gospel, folk, etc..) due to my brother in lawās ( professional musician) encouragement to try something other than blues soloing. He was right it has helped my playing quite a lot. Iām glad I have a lot of your courses to help in that area of strumming and rhythms. Enjoy your day.
Very useful. Thanks