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May 31, 20228Comments

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 into the

by Griff

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May 24, 202215Comments

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 funk guitar... It even

by Griff

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May 17, 202212Comments

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... And for

by Griff

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May 10, 202223Comments

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

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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 blues, where

by Griff

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April 26, 202214Comments

Let’s Build A Blues

While this isn't the first time I've talked about this type of format for an acoustic blues... This is the first time I've approached it using basically just one or two

by Griff

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April 20, 202211Comments

Playing Behind The Muting Fingers

One of the more difficult, but important techniques you need to play with a heavy picking hand in the style of SRV or KWS is the ability to play "behind"

by Griff

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March 22, 202214Comments

Moving House Pattern To Box 3 To Pentatonic 6 Sound

This video is one of my favorite "moves" around and through some of my favorite blues soloing scales and sounds. If you've ever heard me talk about what I call the,

by Griff

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March 15, 202218Comments

The 4 7th Chord Shapes You Should Know

Today is more for the beginners... The blues typically revolves around 7th chords... not major 7th, and no minor 7th, but dominant 7th chords. Those chords can come in a few different

by Griff

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March 8, 202215Comments

Sliding Through The Pentatonic Scales With The Ring Finger

It's fairly common using the "boxes" of the pentatonic or blues scale to get stuck in one pattern (which is often box 1 or maybe 2)... But if you can get

by Griff

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