Griff – Page 28 – Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog

March 6, 201940Comments

Buddy Guy Approach To Slow Blues Soloing

Buddy Guy is one of the absolute last living blues legends (if not the last) and I've been listening to some of his music more often lately... I wanted to do

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Lessons

March 4, 201938Comments

Adding Notes To Pentatonic Scales Without Thinking

I know this might seem odd... but I like to add notes to my pentatonic and blues scale boxes without having to really think too much... So, to that end, there

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Lessons

February 22, 201941Comments

Mike Bloomfield IV to I Lick

This is a lick I heard Mike Bloomfield do and I just love it... it's a move that I find myself doing, but I didn't realize just where I'd stolen

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discussion

Recommendations

February 21, 201935Comments

Do You Need Real Music?

Q: How do you get a guitar player to stop playing? A: Put sheet music in front of them! It's an old joke that nods to a common misconception about guitar players

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Lessons

February 19, 201923Comments

Don’t Poke The Root Note…

This is one of those things that I see many of my less experienced blues soloists do... In fact, I see it in my son's jazz band at school, it's

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discussion

Practicing

February 15, 20198Comments

“Ask Griff” Feb 15, 2019

We talked about a whole bunch of fun things yesterday on a live version of "Ask Griff..." So grab a cup of coffee and listen to some thoughts on practicing tips,

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discussion

February 14, 201927Comments

When To Stop And When To Butcher It

A lot of beginning and intermediate guitar players have the tendency to stop every time they make a mistake... Which may, or may not, be the right thing to do. Let's

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Lessons

February 12, 201920Comments

More Little Chords & Inversions

A lot folks get stuck playing the same-old-same-old chords and patterns when it comes to blues rhythm playing... but it doesn't have to be that way. When you realize that there

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