September 27, 201931Comments

Harmonizing Double Stops Using Chord Scales (Huh?)

Yup… it’s another episode of “Theory Fun Time” where we’re going to learn how to do something really cool… … because of a little...

by Griff

Lessons

September 19, 201917Comments

12 Bar Blues In Any Key

A lot of my students that I see get hung up on only playing the blues in the “standard” keys of A, or E… And in most cases it’s pretty simple to change...

by Griff

Lessons

September 16, 201922Comments

Guitar Lesson The Major Scale On Guitar

One of the biggest debates I see in blues-land is the debate about music theory… And while I’m a big theory geek, and love it, I realize it ain’t for...

by Griff

Lessons

September 13, 201919Comments

Walking By Myself Solo Arrangement

I love this old Jimmy Reed classic… and though you might know it done by Gary Moore, it lends itself to playing acoustic and singing along, accompanying your own voice....

by Griff

Lessons

September 9, 201913Comments

Fire!

Admittedly, I’ve played this song for a lot of years, and I’ve probably forgotten (or ignored) some of the particular, finer details 🙂 However, this is how I play...

by Griff

Lessons

September 5, 20196Comments

1 Note – 6 Rhythms

I can see it now, “The 1 Note Solo?” No, that’s not what this is supposed to be… I do, often, say that rhythm is more important than notes. You can...

by Griff

Lessons

September 2, 201922Comments

Soloing Over A 1 Chord Vamp

So, this doesn’t always happen, but I have been at blues jams where “Cissy Strut” was called… and it’s not really a blues. However, it’s a...

by Griff

Lessons

August 29, 20194Comments

Straight Feel Vs. Swing Feel – Beginners

This video is actually something I was inspired to do based on some private lessons I’ve had recently… Seems there is often some confusion on the difference...

by Griff

Lessons

August 26, 20197Comments

The Things I Used To Do

The first 12 bars of what Guitar Slim plays over “The Things That I Used To Do” is a great example of 2 powerful concepts: First – using both the triplet,...

August 23, 201913Comments

Blues-i-fying The Major Pentatonic Sound And 7th Arpeggios

I’ve had a lot of questions lately about the Major Pentatonic Scale and using for different chords… The thing is… you can use the Major Pentatonic scale a...

by Griff

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