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February 14, 202154Comments

A Little Valentine’s Day Story…

Laura, my wife, had a fantastic idea and posted the following on the BGU Facebook page: Totally not blues related, but since it’s Valentine’s Day, I thought it would be fun to...
by Griff
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Practicing
July 9, 20207Comments

Your Guitar Playing Speed Test

Playing Faster Has NOTHING To Do With Your Finger Speed! Now, you can probably guess what makes the most difference (if you know me, you know where I’m going here.) But...
by Griff
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Practicing
June 5, 202025Comments

Soloing Levels For Knowing What To Practice

I get this all the time… “I want to improve my blues soloing…” Yeah, I get that, but exactly *how* do you intend to do that? And, what is...
by Griff
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog
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Lessons
May 12, 202015Comments

Jon Mayer Agrees With Me

In the guitar community, when Jon Mayer speaks… a whole lot of folks listen 🙂 Now, maybe you’re a fan, and maybe you’re not, but Jon’s a great player...
by Griff
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April 22, 202010Comments

The 3 Legs Of Blues Soloing

OK… so this isn’t a “lesson” in the sense of giving you something to play and practice on, so you can set down your guitar for a few minutes and grab a...
by Griff
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog
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March 27, 202029Comments

“Ask Griff” Live on 3-27-2020

So… some Q&A, a little bourbon, and some noodling happened on the Facebooks and the YouTubes yesterday afternoon. In case you missed it, here you go! By the way,...
by Griff
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Lessons
Practicing
March 16, 202023Comments

The Roles Your Blues Notes Play…

A lot of people might call these the “intervals” of the blues scale, but these aren’t intervals to me because they don’t involve a distance between 2...
by Griff
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog
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January 12, 202013Comments

What Makes Blues…. Blues?

Ever wonder what it is about music that makes it sound, “bluesy?” Obviously some music is a 12 bar blues form, so it’s technically, “a blues,”...
by Griff
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Lessons
Practicing
January 2, 202017Comments

5 Tips For Better Blues Solos

Over the last few years I’ve found a few things that most every blues player can do to up their game just a bit. None of these require using something new, just...
by Griff
Blues Guitar Unleashed Blog
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December 26, 201956Comments

The Guitar In 2020…

It’s hard to believe that the end of another decade is drawing near… I’ve been playing and teaching guitar for more than 3 of those decades, and I’ve...
by Griff
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