Griff – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

November 21, 202318Comments

“How Long” Acoustic Blues Song Lesson

I do an acoustic blues duo with a buddy of mine once or twice a month on Sundays at a place down in Grapevine... One day Joey pulled this out and

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November 12, 202313Comments

My New Screamer

It's gear day here at BGU, and I want to tell you about a new pedal I've been using in place of my tried-and-true tube screamer... Now then, here's the cool

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Lessons

October 6, 20231Comments

Turning Blues Chords Into Blues Solos

In this video I'll show you how I take the same basic chords that I always use and turn them into soloing tools. This is a style of soloing I really

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Blues Artists

Lessons

September 14, 20237Comments

5 Blues Sounds From 1 Position

BB King was the MASTER at getting a ton of great sounds out of 1 small area of the fretboard... And, personally, I think you'd be better for learning how to

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Lessons

September 8, 20233Comments

3 Cool Moves Turned Into A Lick

Many times licks are far too complex... It's easy to miss the small moves that get repeated in dozens, or maybe hundreds of licks over your lifetime as a guitarist. So today

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September 6, 20233Comments

Pentatonic Vs. Blues Scale

I often call the blues scale and the pentatonic scale "functionally equivalent," but what does that mean, exactly? Today I'll tell you about it and why you might want to keep

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August 30, 202316Comments

How Do You Solo If You Can’t Find The Key?

When we solo over a blues progression, we have a "key" that we use... t's always a "blues in E" or a "blues in A," and we go with that, even

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Lessons

August 28, 20233Comments

What’s The Difference Between The Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales?

We talk a lot about boxes and patterns of the pentatonic and blues scales on guitar... But what is the actual difference between the major and the minor pentatonic and blues

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August 27, 202312Comments

Do Pentatonic Scales Have Modes?

A lot of people see the "boxes" of the pentatonic scale as modes... But they really aren't used that way and would not be considered modes. So here's a quick discussion of

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Lessons

August 24, 20236Comments

Double Stop Acoustic Moves Out Of Box 1

When you "build your own blues" tune out of different elements, it can be a challenge to "find" anything outside of your normal open position "box 1" pattern that you're

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