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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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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 tips,

by Griff

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February 14, 201931Comments

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, 201947Comments

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

February 5, 201935Comments

Keep Control Of The Ringing

This is a problem I see a lot of advanced beginners and intermediate players have... where things get all "ringy" because they aren't controlling the extra vibrations with their picking

by Griff

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Practicing

February 4, 201915Comments

The Janitor Story

My dad was a computer scientist, and he would ask me sometimes to be "his janitor..." Of course, I was puzzled, so I asked what that meant... Imagine, if you will, that

by Griff

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Lessons

January 25, 201931Comments

Lots Of Approaches…

Today's video is not necessarily a lesson, but it's no less important... In fact, in many ways it's more important, because it can give you direction and purpose - two things

January 21, 201953Comments

Finding Songs To Play

If you've been through my Beginning Blues Guitar or Strumming And Rhythm Mastery courses, then you've undoubtedly heard of the "Most Popular Strum In The World" (and make sure to

by Griff

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Practicing

January 16, 201930Comments

Owning The 12 Bar Blues

A lot of times, if you're new to playing the blues, or new to guitar in general, and you're trying to solo it's super easy to get lost in the

by Griff

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