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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

by Griff

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

by Griff

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

by Griff

Lessons

August 15, 20247Comments

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

by Griff

Lessons

July 27, 20243Comments

50 Shuffle Licks Solo

Today's the day! Let's take all 5 licks from the 5 boxes we've learned over the last several days and put them into a solo - it's easy and it's fun

by Griff

Lessons

July 26, 20244Comments

50 Shuffle Box 5 Lick

Wrapping up our 5 new shuffle feel blues licks this is a lick from box 5 today, which means tomorrow we'll be putting these together into a cool solo. This is

by Griff

Lessons

July 25, 20241Comments

50 Shuffle Box 4 Lick

We're up to box 4 of our shuffle blues licks, one more to go before we put it into a cool solo. This is to celebrate my new 50 Shuffle Blues

by Griff

Lessons

July 24, 20241Comments

50 Shuffle Box 3 Lick

This is a new shuffle feel blues lick coming from box 3 of the pentatonic/blues scale, which you may or may not be all that familiar with... But don't worry, I'll

by Griff

Lessons

July 23, 20244Comments

50 Shuffle Box 2 Lick

This is a new shuffle feel blues lick coming from box 2 of the pentatonic/blues scale, which you very well may know, but we'll cover real quick. There will be 5

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