Griff – Page 20 – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

April 12, 202233Comments

Stacking Overdrives For Levels Of Gain

Not so much a lesson in technique or style as tone chasing... As much as I love a cranked up vintage or modern amplifier, that's not often practical and I've come

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April 5, 202213Comments

Adding In ALL The Blue Notes

We often talk about the blues scale, but we don't often talk about the "blue" note and how we get it... With a little knowledge, you can actually add not just

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Practicing

March 29, 202232Comments

Shedding The Beginner’s Mindset

In working with so many thousands of students over the last 30+ years, there are a few common things that beginners do out of necessity... But there also comes a point

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Lessons

March 22, 202214Comments

Moving House Pattern To Box 3 To Pentatonic 6 Sound

This video is one of my favorite "moves" around and through some of my favorite blues soloing scales and sounds. If you've ever heard me talk about what I call the,

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Lessons

March 15, 202218Comments

The 4 7th Chord Shapes You Should Know

Today is more for the beginners... The blues typically revolves around 7th chords... not major 7th, and no minor 7th, but dominant 7th chords. Those chords can come in a few different

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Lessons

March 8, 202215Comments

Sliding Through The Pentatonic Scales With The Ring Finger

It's fairly common using the "boxes" of the pentatonic or blues scale to get stuck in one pattern (which is often box 1 or maybe 2)... But if you can get

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Lessons

March 3, 202217Comments

Moving Between Sounds With The House Pattern

This is one of those lessons that is more of a "move" and not a specific "lick"... Many blues players know that one of your options when blues soloing is to

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Blues Artists

Lessons

March 1, 202218Comments

Otis Rush – All Your Love I Miss Lovin’

I can't even say how often I find out that one of my favorite songs was written by Otis Rush... And every time I hear him play it always twists my

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discussion

February 24, 202236Comments

Ode To The 4 Note Solo

I want to share with you something that your fellow BGU'ers pulled off brilliantly... Most folks who have gotten into the Blues Guitar Unleashed universe have arrived through my 4 Note

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discussion

November 3, 20212Comments

Missing Emails?

One of the most common questions I get at the helpdesk or via the forum has to do with my daily emails not arriving where they are supposed to go... The

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