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October 5, 202526Comments

Mixing Major And Minor Sounds (again… with the house pattern)

I know this has come up before, and it will likely come up again, but this is one of my all time favorite ways to mix the major and minor

by Griff

Lessons

October 1, 20254Comments

SRV “Couldn’t Stand The Weather” Grooving

I love this song, and if you've ever tried to learn, "Couldn't Stand The Weather," the sixteenth notes can be really challenging. Almost more challenging is the left hand muting during

by Griff

Lessons

September 21, 20255Comments

Picking Dynamics For Blues In A

While I'm going to show you the basics to playing, "Keep Your Hands To Yourself," today, it's really just good old, "Blues In A" from lesson 8 in Blues Guitar

by Griff

Lessons

September 16, 20255Comments

Steal This Blues Rhythm Move (Please)

This is one of those classic blues rhythm moves I use all the time, and I teach all the time... Yet, for some reason, I never see my students use it

by Griff

Lessons

September 9, 20252Comments

Major Chord Following Hack

I always hate to call something a, "hack," but in this case the shoe kinda fits (it's super cut-to-the-chase and might save your backside in a pinch!) I'm going to use

by Griff

Lessons

July 2, 202512Comments

How To Play “Bad Love” By Eric Clapton

This is one of those classic Eric Clapton rock riffs from his Journeyman album back in 1989, and it showcases 2 important things... One, of course, is the technique involved in

by Griff

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June 16, 20259Comments

Is This A Solo

A lot of times people get hung up on soloing simply because they don't have a good idea of what soloing is going to sound like when they "get it." So

by Griff

Lessons

June 13, 20253Comments

The “Box/Chord” Relationships (Major Chords)

I have this little "noodle" that I play all the time... Whenever someone asks me about it, I say that I'm just playing through a couple of chords, but that doesn't

by Griff

Lessons

June 11, 20253Comments

What Is The Real Blues Feel?

Color this one for the beginners among us. First and foremost, it's vital that you understand the blues feel and how it is a triplet based clock going on under

by Griff

Lessons

June 8, 20254Comments

3 Tricks To Sound Like BB King

Yup, I'm a huge BB King fan, he was probably my first blues guitar hero, aside from SRV (and followed closely by Albert and Freddie.) Some folks might think these "tricks"

by Griff

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