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January 2, 202025Comments

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,

by Griff

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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 seen a lot

by Griff

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Lessons

October 31, 201930Comments

The Pentatonic Scale On One String…

Why on Earth would you want to play your entire Pentatonic Scale on one string? Lots of reasons... so let's talk about it...

August 23, 201920Comments

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 lot, and you

by Griff

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Lessons

August 5, 201941Comments

[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

by Griff

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July 29, 201932Comments

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

by Griff

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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 was the following: "After spending 30-ish years

by Griff

Blues Artists

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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 aren't nearly

by Griff

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Practicing

April 8, 201940Comments

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 pentatonic/blues

by Griff

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Recommendations

February 21, 201939Comments

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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