Griff – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

September 10, 20240Comments

Triads, What’s The Big Deal?

It seems all I've heard about lately from other guitar teachers and students alike are triads... But, what are triads? Do you need them? Will they help you in some way? Why do you

by Griff

Lessons

September 9, 20245Comments

Pentatonic Hinges

It's one thing to learn your 5 boxes of the pentatonic/blues scale... It's another to be able to navigate between them effortlessly. And one of the best ways I've found to

by Griff

Lessons

August 20, 20249Comments

2+3 or 3+2

Aside from the basic 5 boxes of the pentatonic scale, this pattern is one of the more powerful patterns I know of... I use this a lot just in day-to-day blues

by Griff

Lessons

August 16, 20244Comments

Descending Slurs And Sixteenth Notes Licks (CRSB)

Since we did one of these lessons with an ascending idea, I thought I'd give you a descending idea that you can either play by itself, or bolt on to

by Griff

Lessons

August 15, 20245Comments

Ascending Slurs And Sixteenth Notes Lick (CRSB)

This a faster, classic rock ascending lick focused on sixteenth notes, slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs) and using the minor pentatonic scale (in C minor.) You could also use this over a

by Griff

Lessons

August 13, 202423Comments

How To Play Layla (Acoustic)

This is more how I would do a lesson in private, where instead of just putting the chords down in front of you, I want you to play along with

by Griff

Lessons

July 27, 20242Comments

50 Shuffle Licks Solo

Today's the day! Let's take all 5 licks from the 5 boxes we've learned over the last several days and put them into a solo - it's easy and it's fun

by Griff

Lessons

July 26, 20242Comments

50 Shuffle Box 5 Lick

Wrapping up our 5 new shuffle feel blues licks this is a lick from box 5 today, which means tomorrow we'll be putting these together into a cool solo. This is

by Griff

Lessons

July 25, 20241Comments

50 Shuffle Box 4 Lick

We're up to box 4 of our shuffle blues licks, one more to go before we put it into a cool solo. This is to celebrate my new 50 Shuffle Blues

by Griff

Lessons

July 24, 20240Comments

50 Shuffle Box 3 Lick

This is a new shuffle feel blues lick coming from box 3 of the pentatonic/blues scale, which you may or may not be all that familiar with... But don't worry, I'll

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