August 2, 20227Comments

Blues Grooves For Your Looper

As you’ve probably noticed, I’m a big fan of looper pedals… Back in the old days, I literally used to sit with a cassette deck and play a groove into it for...

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July 5, 20224Comments

A Solution Looking For A Problem…

I often say that most people learn guitar as a series of solutions looking for a problem… And it’ll go a lot faster if you can solve problems instead of looking...

by Griff

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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...

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

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March 29, 202211Comments

Shedding The Beginner’s Mindset

In working with so many thousands of students over the last 30+ years, there are a few common things that beginners do out of necessity… But there also comes a point...

by Griff

Practicing

March 5, 202119Comments

Do This – Play Better

Anyone, playing any style of music, needs to either improve or maintain their technique… I don’t think it matters how long you’ve been playing, you can...

by Griff

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July 9, 202010Comments

Your Guitar Playing Speed Test

Playing Faster Has NOTHING To Do With Your Finger Speed! Now, you can probably guess what makes the most difference (if you know me, you know where I’m going here.) But...

by Griff

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June 5, 202034Comments

Soloing Levels For Knowing What To Practice

I get this all the time… “I want to improve my blues soloing…” Yeah, I get that, but exactly *how* do you intend to do that? And, what is...

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May 29, 202011Comments

END Your Scales On Beat 1

Most folks, when practicing scales, start playing on beat 1 and play through the scale… And while that makes sense academically, it often doesn’t make sense...

March 16, 202028Comments

The Roles Your Blues Notes Play…

A lot of people might call these the “intervals” of the blues scale, but these aren’t intervals to me because they don’t involve a distance between 2...

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