Griff – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

March 25, 20252Comments

Me And My Guitar Intro Lick

"Me & My Guitar" by Freddie King is one of my all time favorite tunes, I play it with my band often (pretty much every gig.) Surprisingly, I've never really sat

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Lessons

March 21, 20254Comments

Taking The Major Train

Recently I did a video where I talked about using a minor "2+3" pattern to get through your original 5 pentatonic boxes in a horizontal fashion... I likened it to a

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Lessons

March 18, 202510Comments

Blues Rhythm The Easy Way

Blues "comping," or blues rhythm playing, can seem somewhat overwhelming when you hear people talk about all kinds of different chord shapes... How are you supposed to remember them all? And when

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Lessons

March 3, 202512Comments

The Pentatonic Train

Most folks learn the pentatonic/blues scales through the "5 boxes" that come up time and time again, and they are fantastic patterns... But I find that if I can look at

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Lessons

February 24, 202515Comments

Lonesome Train Blues – The Song

Now that we've gone through the different parts and the different skills you need to play this tune, let's play it! Keep in mind that this is very much the style

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Lessons

February 23, 202512Comments

Lonesome Train Blues – Little Chords

The idea of these "little" chord voicings is something I talk a lot about, and I hear people say how great they sound... But they don't take the time to learn

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Lessons

February 22, 20253Comments

Lonesome Train Blues – The Turnaround

Today's lesson will be a little bit shorter, but there is one extra tidbit about how to end a song, vs. how to turn it around, that you may want

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Lessons

February 21, 20255Comments

Lonesome Train Blues – The E Minor Blues Scale

Now that you've got the groove together for, "Lonesome Train Blues," we'll take a look at the E minor blues scale and some licks that we'll need from that scale... If,

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Lessons

February 20, 20258Comments

Lonesome Train Blues 1 – The Groove

Quick history lesson for you... I did my first online blues guitar course, Playing Through The Blues, in 2006... A couple years later, I figured out a lot of things and expanded

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Lessons

January 9, 20257Comments

It’s All About Subdivisions

While I talk a lot about timing and counting, what I'm really talking about are the subdivisions of the beats... If you can keep track of the 1/8th notes, triplets, and

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