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January 30, 202310Comments

Fancy New Practicing Tool

As you may know, I’m a big fan of a product called Video Surgeon… I’ve been using it for years… As a teacher, it’s a life saver when it comes to...
by Griff
Lessons
January 10, 20238Comments

Chasing Chords Without Changing Scales

As I often like to say, the pentatonic/blues scale is never wrong, when you solo over a blues… But you can be right-er, at certain times 😉 In this video, you’ll...
by Griff
Lessons
January 8, 20230Comments

Cream Era Clapton Crossroads Major Blues Lick

I often get requests for more “major blues” licks, and this is a good one from Clapton’s performance of “Crossroads,” with Cream… In...
by Griff
Lessons
January 4, 20232Comments

The Big Bend With Clapton

I’ve been learning and transcribing an enormous amount of Cream Era Clapton over the last several months for a new course… And one of the reasons I chose these...
by Griff
Lessons
December 18, 20223Comments

Why Your Licks Don’t Work When You Jam

First off… yes, there’s a cool lick in today’s video and I hope you’ll learn in… BUT… Don’t stop there! Most of the...
by Griff
Lessons
December 14, 20222Comments

A Little Rhythm Goes A Long Way

Most folks, when soloing, tend to focus primarily on the notes they use… But I often argue that the rhythm is far more important, and almost no one thinks about it at...
by Griff
discussion
November 30, 202210Comments

Christmas Time With BB King

This is one of my personal favorite Christmas songs by one of my biggest heroes, BB King… It’s called, “Back Door Santa,” and obviously it’s his...
by Griff
discussion
Gear
October 25, 202211Comments

Choosing A Guitar And Why I Use What I Use

The one email I answer more than any other has to do with choosing an electric guitar for playing the blues… To go along with that, I’m often asked why I chose the...
by Griff
Lessons
October 18, 20223Comments

A Great “Mixer” Lick

This is a shining example of how to mix the major and minor blues scales/sounds using boxes 1 and 2 of the blues scale… It pivots around the root up top (which I talk...
by Griff
Lessons
October 11, 20222Comments

Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale

By now, you likely know that you can use the minor blues scale or minor pentatonic scale over all of the chords of a blues… And you may even know the major blues sound...
by Griff
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