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December 19, 201741Comments

Three 7th Arpeggio Shapes You Should Know

In my course, Chord By Chord Blues Soloing, we utilize a lot of arpeggios of Dominant 7th chords (the type of chords most often used in the blues.) Arpeggios are such

by Griff

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December 12, 201735Comments

The 5 Boxes? Now What?

Yesterday I read a question on an online Facebook group about the 5 boxes which (basically) read... "I've learned the 5 pentatonic boxes, now what?" Which, sadly, is an extremely common question...

by Griff

Lessons

December 3, 201743Comments

Peter Green Shuffle Lick

Ain't nothing today but a fun Peter Green lick I swiped for you from my Blues Solo Construction Kit course... Learn it, use it, love it! Download this video - MP4 |

by Griff

Lessons

December 1, 201744Comments

Key To The Highway – Easy Arrangement

Similar to what we did with Hoochie Coochie Man a while back, let's look at an easy way to play the classic 8 bar blues, Key To The Highway... Download this

by Griff

Lessons

November 30, 201756Comments

The C7 Grip Chord

This is a short video today (I think it's under 3 minutes) but it's one of my favorite chord shapes and I so rarely see it used! I hope you can

by Griff

Lessons

November 27, 201715Comments

BGU Solo 1 As A Shuffle

Sometimes it's easy to miss the forest for the trees... so I like to point out times when you can take something that you might already have down, and show

by Griff

Lessons

November 18, 201727Comments

9th Chords

9th Chords are some of my favorite chords to use when playing the blues. So let's talk about them today... Download this video - MP4 | WMV

by Griff

Lessons

November 2, 201727Comments

Beginning 12 Bar Blues Easy Guitar Lesson

We're going super basic today for the beginners, just a basic 12 bar blues in E, nothing fancy. You'll learn the chords and a simple strum, no stretching or awkward fingerings

by Griff

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Practicing

October 31, 201724Comments

[VLOG] Practicing 1 Bar + 1 Beat

Today's blog is a video blog (vlog) where I'll answer a question about practicing for beginners. Always practice 1 bar + 1 beat...

by Griff

Lessons

October 25, 201739Comments

Easy Blues Song Arrangement – Hoochie Coochie Man

I thought it might be fun today to look at how you can play a complete song in a simple arrangement. One of the bestest things about blues is the fact

by Griff

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