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January 8, 20235Comments

Cream Era Clapton Crossroads Major Blues Lick

I often get requests for more "major blues" licks, and this is a good one from Clapton's performance of "Crossroads," with Cream... In particular, this shows using the somewhat standard Box

by Griff

Lessons

January 4, 202313Comments

The Big Bend With Clapton

I've been learning and transcribing an enormous amount of Cream Era Clapton over the last several months for a new course... And one of the reasons I chose these licks for

by Griff

Lessons

December 18, 20223Comments

Why Your Licks Don’t Work When You Jam

First off... yes, there's a cool lick in today's video and I hope you'll learn in... BUT... Don't stop there! Most of the "meat" of this video comes after you learn the

by Griff

Lessons

December 14, 20227Comments

A Little Rhythm Goes A Long Way

Most folks, when soloing, tend to focus primarily on the notes they use... But I often argue that the rhythm is far more important, and almost no one thinks about it

by Griff

discussion

November 30, 202210Comments

Christmas Time With BB King

This is one of my personal favorite Christmas songs by one of my biggest heroes, BB King... It's called, "Back Door Santa," and obviously it's his typical tongue-in-cheek style. When you listen

by Griff

discussion

Gear

October 25, 202224Comments

Choosing A Guitar And Why I Use What I Use

The one email I answer more than any other has to do with choosing an electric guitar for playing the blues... To go along with that, I'm often asked why I

by Griff

Lessons

October 18, 20227Comments

A Great “Mixer” Lick

This is a shining example of how to mix the major and minor blues scales/sounds using boxes 1 and 2 of the blues scale... It pivots around the root up top

by Griff

Lessons

October 11, 20226Comments

Adding Blues Arpeggios To The Major Blues Scale

By now, you likely know that you can use the minor blues scale or minor pentatonic scale over all of the chords of a blues... And you may even know the

by Griff

Lessons

Practicing

October 4, 20226Comments

A “1 Move” 12 Bar Blues Solo

This little solo example is simply a way I've come up with to give you some practice making one of the most important "moves" out of Box 1 of the

by Griff

Lessons

September 27, 202210Comments

Following Power Chords With Box 1

I was messing around with the song, "Life In The Fast Lane," and digging into the solo a little... It uses a great trick using Box 1 of the major pentatonic

by Griff

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