August 23, 201913Comments

Blues-i-fying The Major Pentatonic Sound And 7th Arpeggios

I’ve had a lot of questions lately about the Major Pentatonic Scale and using for different chords… The thing is… you can use the Major Pentatonic scale a...

by Griff

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Lessons

August 5, 201925Comments

[Live] BB King/House Pattern Shapes

The “BB Box” (I call it the House Pattern) tends to cause a lot of confusion, and today I thought we could look into it and why you want to use it… ...

by Griff

discussion

July 29, 201931Comments

Little Chords Made Me Stand Out…

I will admit that I am guilty of not sharing the successes of my students nearly enough… But just the other day I got a message on the forum from Joe Abrams, about how...

by Griff

discussion

June 8, 201924Comments

Now Look What You’ve Done…

“Now Look What You’ve Done…” That was the subject of an email I received from a BGU member in Virginia… I was intrigued… Inside the email...

by Griff

Blues Artists

discussion

May 11, 201940Comments

These Women Play The Blues

Since it happens to be Mother’s Day, I thought it might be a good time to celebrate some of the female blues guitar players out there… Generally speaking, there...

by Griff

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Practicing

April 8, 201910Comments

How To Find All 5 Boxes – No Matter What Key

Certainly in people that I work with every day, wrapping your head around “the boxes” and being able to truly find all of the possible places to play your...

by Griff

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Recommendations

February 21, 201919Comments

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 –...

by Griff

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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...

by Griff

discussion

February 14, 20197Comments

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...

by Griff

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Lessons

February 11, 201919Comments

Clapton’s Secret Move?

There is a particular move that I see Eric Clapton do that seems to be a bit unique to his style… And since so many of you have been asking for more analysis and insight...

by Griff

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