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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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September 20, 20228Comments

Better Double Time Strumming

Clearly, today isn't a blues guitar lesson... but strumming is, arguably, one of the most important things you can do on a guitar... So you need to be able to do

by Griff

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September 20, 20221Comments

September 2022 Practice Generator Update

There have been some changes made to the Practice Generator due to the list of courses and lessons getting way too long to work with...

by Griff

Lessons

September 13, 202211Comments

Bends… Lots Of ‘Em

Heading back to some blues technique basics today... I think bending is the thing that makes guitars cooler than everything else :) But, if your bends are... sucky... then they don't sound

by Griff

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