June 28, 20228Comments

Subdividing Beats Workout

In my experience, only a small handful of folks will actually try and do today’s lesson more than twice… Which is unfortunate, because I would argue it’s the...

by Griff

Lessons

June 21, 20226Comments

The Stairway Changes

While this is obviously not a lesson on how to play Stairway To Heaven, or the solo from that tune… It was the first song where I learned this set of changes. Since...

by Griff

Lessons

June 14, 20229Comments

Dropping In The Dorian Scale

I often get asked about using modes with the blues, and there aren’t a lot of simple, easy answers… Except this one. The Dorian Mode (the 2nd mode of the...

by Griff

Lessons

June 7, 20222Comments

ZZ Top’s “I Thank You”

I know I don’t typically do “song lessons,” but this one is a great demonstration of a simple idea in the solo that gets repeated with great effect. And, of...

June 2, 202211Comments

My Process For Learning Difficult Licks

This is probably time to grab some coffee and sit back and watch, first… I’ve been working on a difficult solo, and I wanted to show you step-by-step how I take it...

by Griff

Lessons

May 31, 20224Comments

Angus Young’s “Turn” Around The Blue Note

I’m a huge Angus Young fan… he was, arguably, my first guitar hero way back in the late 1970s… And what I’ve come to learn as I’ve gotten more...

by Griff

Lessons

May 24, 20229Comments

The Funky Blues Strum Pattern You Might Be Playing Wrong

Well, maybe we’re doing Funk Guitar Unleashed today 😉 Seriously, though, this strumming idea comes up in both funky styles of blues, and straight up, James Brown style...

by Griff

Lessons

May 17, 20228Comments

Fills For The Noodle Machine

One of the cool things about using simple chord progressions that aren’t in the blues format, is that you can chase each major chord with a major pentatonic scale…...

by Griff

Lessons

May 10, 202217Comments

Pentatonics From A 5th String Root

This is one of those little mindshifts that was so helpful to me as a young man growing up learning to solo through chord changes… We usually learn the pentatonic and...

by Griff

Lessons

May 3, 20225Comments

Count The Uncountable

I talk about counting ALL the time… and I’m well aware of that… However, I’ll be the first to admit that there are some times, particularly in a slow...

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