July 15, 20215Comments

Melodic Patterns – Gary Moore Lick From “Key To Love”

It would be REALLY hard to learn all of the individual notes in a lick like this one from Gary Moore in his tune, “Key To Love”… However, if you know the...

by Griff

Lessons

July 12, 20215Comments

Blues Soloing – Mixing Sounds Over 1 Chord

A lot of my students spend a lot of their time practicing soloing over a 12 bar blues… But that requires some different muscles – you have to pay attention to what...

by Griff

Lessons

July 1, 202114Comments

An Acoustic Clapton Johnson Riff

This one’s a little tough to name… … but when you hear it, I think you’ll recognize it 🙂 It’s a super common idea with a lot of...

by Griff

Lessons

May 24, 202114Comments

How To Add Vibrato To A Bent Note

First and foremost… If you’re not cool with bending, in general, and your vibrato on un-bent notes isn’t happening yet… Then adding vibrato to a note...

by Griff

Lessons

May 14, 202116Comments

Better Blues Solos With Syncopation

Wanting to play cooler blues solos is a typical request from students… But most go about it all wrong, thinking that more notes, more patterns, and more speed, are going...

by Griff

Lessons

April 29, 20219Comments

How To Start A Blues Song From The V

A lot of us take it for granted when we hear that we’re going to start a blues song, “From the V…” So in this video, I’ll show you what that...

by Griff

Lessons

April 26, 202117Comments

Pull Your Listener To The Next Chord

There are a lot of ways to solo over a blues chord progression, but one things that holds true is using chord tones… In this video, I’ll show you a great way to...

by Griff

Lessons

March 30, 20216Comments

5 Easy Blues Songs – King Strut Melody

I swiped another one from my 5 Easy Blues Songs course for you today… It’s the melody from the song, “King Strut,” that is more of an homage to Freddie...

by Griff

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March 29, 202123Comments