Don’t Poke The Root Note…
This is one of those things that I see many of my less experienced blues soloists do... In fact, I see it in my son's jazz band at school, it's
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“Ask Griff” Feb 15, 2019
We talked about a whole bunch of fun things yesterday on a live version of "Ask Griff..."
So grab a cup of coffee and listen to some thoughts on practicing tips,
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When To Stop And When To Butcher It
A lot of beginning and intermediate guitar players have the tendency to stop every time they make a mistake...
Which may, or may not, be the right thing to do. Let's
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More Little Chords & Inversions
A lot folks get stuck playing the same-old-same-old chords and patterns when it comes to blues rhythm playing... but it doesn't have to be that way.
When you realize that there
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Clapton’s Secret Move?
There is a particular move that I see Eric Clapton do that seems to be a bit unique to his style...
And since so many of you have been asking for
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The Boys Are Back In Town
OK, so I was feeling a little more towards the Classic Rock side and did one of my live session on the Facebooks and YouTubes with one of my favorite
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Shuffle Lick In A (just for fun)
Not much to say here... this is just a fun lick that you oughta know how to do.
It has a few little techniques that you will see time, and time,
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Keep Control Of The Ringing
This is a problem I see a lot of advanced beginners and intermediate players have... where things get all "ringy" because they aren't controlling the extra vibrations with their picking
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The Janitor Story
My dad was a computer scientist, and he would ask me sometimes to be "his janitor..."
Of course, I was puzzled, so I asked what that meant...
Imagine, if you will, that
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Be A Fool For Your Looper
First... this was filmed live before an audience of blues players around the world, so please pardon the few seconds at the beginning and the end while the stream fires
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