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Lessons
June 11, 20252Comments

What Is The Real Blues Feel?

Color this one for the beginners among us. First and foremost, it's vital that you understand the blues feel and how it is a triplet based clock going on under
by Griff
Lessons
June 8, 20253Comments

3 Tricks To Sound Like BB King

Yup, I'm a huge BB King fan, he was probably my first blues guitar hero, aside from SRV (and followed closely by Albert and Freddie.) Some folks might think these "tricks"
by Griff
discussion
June 3, 20251Comments

This Is What You’re Missing

Many of my students come to me only after having spent many years trying to learn how to play the blues... And often, even after they've learned some scales and licks
by Griff
Lessons
May 30, 20251Comments

Squeeze The Blues Out

When you're soloing using the minor blues or pentatonic scale (as we all do, a LOT), it's nice to just make a little nod to the "right-er" fit of the
by Griff
Lessons
May 27, 20255Comments

This Chord For Playing The Blues

Plain and simple, if you want to play the blues, this is the chord you need to do it. Here's the chord, and 3 ways to play it, and a good
by Griff
Lessons
May 2, 20252Comments

Box 5 Shuffle Blues Lick

This lick is cool because it uses a double stop move from box 5 to box 1, and borrows a note that works particularly well over the IV chord (though
by Griff
Lessons
May 1, 20255Comments

Box 1 Shuffle Blues Lick

This is just a cool lick from box 1 in a shuffle feel (like the ones found in 50 Shuffle Blues Licks By The Box, in case you need more
by Griff
Lessons
April 30, 20256Comments

Box 2 Shuffle Blues Lick

This is one of those licks that I really dig because of the interesting rhythm in the first couple of notes, plus the pre-bend and release on beat 3... That said,
by Griff
Lessons
April 22, 20256Comments

How To Play American Band

Of course, "American Band," by Grand Funk Railroad is a cool song... But it also happens to showcase a rhythmic issue that I see *all* the time, and I don't want
by Griff
Lessons
April 21, 20255Comments

Get Started With 2 Hand Tapping

I guess you could think of this as kind of a "tapping 101" type of video.... There are *gobs* of things you can do with tapping, but these are a couple
by Griff
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