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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,

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February 14, 201927Comments

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

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Lessons

February 11, 201940Comments

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, 201934Comments

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

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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

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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, 201943Comments

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

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Practicing

January 16, 201927Comments

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

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Live Clips

January 3, 201955Comments

How Many Scales Do You Need?

Today is a little bit listening, but with a purpose, so maybe grab some coffee... It's not uncommon, if you're kind of new to playing the blues, to think that the

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Practicing

December 27, 201816Comments

Testify!

I admit it... I love being right ;) Back before Blues Guitar Unleashed was a thing, I taught private lessons exclusively - usually around 60 of them, sometimes as many as

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