January 10, 20236Comments

Chasing Chords Without Changing Scales

As I often like to say, the pentatonic/blues scale is never wrong, when you solo over a blues… But you can be right-er, at certain times 😉 In this video, you’ll...

by Griff

Lessons

January 8, 20230Comments

Cream Era Clapton Crossroads Major Blues Lick

I often get requests for more “major blues” licks, and this is a good one from Clapton’s performance of “Crossroads,” with Cream… In...

by Griff

Lessons

January 4, 20231Comments

The Big Bend With Clapton

I’ve been learning and transcribing an enormous amount of Cream Era Clapton over the last several months for a new course… And one of the reasons I chose these...

by Griff

Lessons

December 18, 20223Comments

Why Your Licks Don’t Work When You Jam

First off… yes, there’s a cool lick in today’s video and I hope you’ll learn in… BUT… Don’t stop there! Most of the...

by Griff

Lessons

December 14, 20222Comments

A Little Rhythm Goes A Long Way

Most folks, when soloing, tend to focus primarily on the notes they use… But I often argue that the rhythm is far more important, and almost no one thinks about it at...

by Griff

Lessons

October 18, 20223Comments

A Great “Mixer” Lick

This is a shining example of how to mix the major and minor blues scales/sounds using boxes 1 and 2 of the blues scale… It pivots around the root up top (which I talk...

by Griff

Lessons

October 11, 20222Comments

Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale

By now, you likely know that you can use the minor blues scale or minor pentatonic scale over all of the chords of a blues… And you may even know the major blues sound...

by Griff

Lessons

Practicing

October 4, 20225Comments

A “1 Move” 12 Bar Blues Solo

This little solo example is simply a way I’ve come up with to give you some practice making one of the most important “moves” out of Box 1 of the pentatonic...

by Griff

Lessons

September 27, 20227Comments

Following Power Chords With Box 1

I was messing around with the song, “Life In The Fast Lane,” and digging into the solo a little… It uses a great trick using Box 1 of the major pentatonic...

by Griff

Lessons

September 13, 20224Comments

Bends… Lots Of ‘Em

Heading back to some blues technique basics today… I think bending is the thing that makes guitars cooler than everything else 🙂 But, if your bends are…...

by Griff

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