July 15, 201910Comments

How To Handle Chord Changes In A Blues

Let’s have a live Blues Lesson about how to best handle chord changes when you’re soloing… This, like many of my topics, comes from a student question…...

by Griff

Lessons

July 1, 201914Comments

Using Marks To Learn Licks Faster And Better

In this lesson we’ll talk about using what I call, “marks,” to learn passages that are difficult to count, or to save yourself counting situations where it...

by Griff

Lessons

June 27, 20194Comments

3 Note Per String Blues Pull Offs

The idea in this lick is actually used quite often in blues, country, rockabilly, and rock music… I think I stole it from Brian Setzer, but I’ve heard dozens of...

by Griff

Lessons

Practicing

June 25, 201911Comments

Adding Percussion To Simple Strumming

I believe that strumming is probably the most overlooked skill on the guitar… So in this short video (really short… like, under 4 minutes short) I’ll show...

by Griff

Blues Artists

Lessons

June 23, 20192Comments

Walter Trout Lick From Please Love Me

I got a lot of requests for a Walter Trout lick (which is easy to understand, he’s a great player) and this was a good one that is fairly accessible (meaning, you...

by Griff

Lessons

June 20, 201919Comments

Blues Chords And Pentatonic Blues Scales Mixed Together

It’s typical for many people to use good old Box 1 because it lines up with the classic “Root on the 6th string” barre chord shape that we all know and...

by Griff

Lessons

May 31, 201917Comments

Practicing For Better Rhythm In Solos…

Being able to play in different beat subdivisions is a HUGE part of playing and soloing effectively… After all, you only have two things to work with, the order of the...

by Griff

Lessons

May 28, 201914Comments

Mixing Major And Minor In 1st Position

Mixing up the Major and Minor Blues sounds can be essential to really nailing the blues sound… … but it can also be a big pain in the neck! When do you change? How...

by Griff

Lessons

May 21, 201910Comments

Rory Gallagher Blues Rock Riff

This riff came from a Rory Gallagher recording, but I’ve heard it (or variations of it) in many songs over the years (CCR comes to mind, even though I can’t think...

by Griff

Lessons

Practicing

May 6, 20198Comments

Playing “Acoustic” On Electric

These last few days we’ve been talking a lot about “acoustic” blues, in the sense that it’s blues you play by yourself – and not with a...

by Griff

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