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March 28, 201920Comments

Fun With BOTH Blue Notes

Today's little blues soloing lesson is another situation sort of like the 4 note solo... If you can find your root note, you can put not only the 3rd, and 5th

by Griff

Practicing

March 26, 201913Comments

Keeping Notes Ringing

Many beginning and lower-intermediate guitar players I work with have a tendency to cut all the notes short... and it's just one of those things the separates the pros from

by Griff

Lessons

March 24, 201927Comments

Finding Major Pentatonics From A Shape Barre Chords

If you know the Major Pentatonic/Blues Scale, chances are you only know it from a 6th string root, which is fine until you need one from a 5th string root... Here

by Griff

Lessons

March 20, 201931Comments

3 BB King Licks That Don’t Use The House Pattern

When most folks talk about how BB King solos, they tend to refer to what I call the "house" pattern, sometimes also known as the "BB Box." It's basically a grouping

by Griff

Practicing

March 14, 201943Comments

You Might Be Practicing Your Boxes Wrong

I'm not sure how else to put it... but most of us learn the "boxes" of the pentatonic/blues scale in a way that... isn't actually all that useful to us

by Griff

Lessons

March 11, 201919Comments

When It All Goes South :(

I make no bones about the fact that, for me, playing in a group, with a band, at a jam, or even just with a friend or two - is

by Griff

Lessons

March 6, 201940Comments

Buddy Guy Approach To Slow Blues Soloing

Buddy Guy is one of the absolute last living blues legends (if not the last) and I've been listening to some of his music more often lately... I wanted to do

by Griff

Lessons

March 4, 201938Comments

Adding Notes To Pentatonic Scales Without Thinking

I know this might seem odd... but I like to add notes to my pentatonic and blues scale boxes without having to really think too much... So, to that end, there

by Griff

Lessons

February 22, 201941Comments

Mike Bloomfield IV to I Lick

This is a lick I heard Mike Bloomfield do and I just love it... it's a move that I find myself doing, but I didn't realize just where I'd stolen

by Griff

discussion

Recommendations

February 21, 201939Comments

Do You Need Real Music?

Q: How do you get a guitar player to stop playing? A: Put sheet music in front of them! It's an old joke that nods to a common misconception about guitar players

by Griff

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