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September 17, 20243Comments

My Ultimate Beginning Blues Guitar Lesson (maybe)

After nearly 20 years of teaching online along with private students, this has become my Ultimate How To Play Blues Guitar For Beginners lesson. Depending on where you are now, maybe

by Griff

Lessons

September 15, 20243Comments

Slow Blues Major To Minor Lick

When you're soloing over a blues, you may know that there is a time and place for the major blues/pentatonic sound... And a place for the minor pentatonic/blues sound. While you might

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Lessons

September 12, 20246Comments

BB King Knows This Better

Most guitar players I see feel like they need to go all over the fretboard to be good... But BB King knew that the secret to sounding amazing wasn't in how

by Griff

Lessons

September 11, 20241Comments

The Pentatonic 6 Sound

If you ever get tired of your "same old" Pentatonic Minor or Blues Scale, have I got just the thing for you... This is something I originally stole from Robben Ford,

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Lessons

September 10, 202414Comments

Triads, What’s The Big Deal?

It seems all I've heard about lately from other guitar teachers and students alike are triads... But, what are triads? Do you need them? Will they help you in some way? Why do you

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Lessons

September 9, 20248Comments

Pentatonic Hinges

It's one thing to learn your 5 boxes of the pentatonic/blues scale... It's another to be able to navigate between them effortlessly. And one of the best ways I've found to

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Lessons

August 20, 20249Comments

2+3 or 3+2

Aside from the basic 5 boxes of the pentatonic scale, this pattern is one of the more powerful patterns I know of... I use this a lot just in day-to-day blues

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Lessons

August 16, 20244Comments

Descending Slurs And Sixteenth Notes Licks (CRSB)

Since we did one of these lessons with an ascending idea, I thought I'd give you a descending idea that you can either play by itself, or bolt on to

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Lessons

August 15, 20245Comments

Ascending Slurs And Sixteenth Notes Lick (CRSB)

This a faster, classic rock ascending lick focused on sixteenth notes, slurs (hammer-ons and pull-offs) and using the minor pentatonic scale (in C minor.) You could also use this over a

by Griff

Lessons

August 13, 202423Comments

How To Play Layla (Acoustic)

This is more how I would do a lesson in private, where instead of just putting the chords down in front of you, I want you to play along with

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