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April 11, 20118Comments

Improve Your Soloing Through Phrasing

In music we often talk about phrasing, particularly when we're referring to soloing. We'll say someone has "good phrasing" while someone else doesn't. But most people don't have a really solid

by Griff

Blues Artists

Lessons

April 5, 201110Comments

The Acoustic Blues Sound Of Muddy Waters

April 4th marks the birthday of legendary bluesman, McKinley Morganfield... AKA Muddy Waters. Having listened to many of his original recordings, and even more by other artists who have recorded his

by Griff

discussion

March 28, 201123Comments

Pinetop Perkins (1931 – 2011)

Blues music lost one of its founding fathers when Pinetop Perkins passed away at his home in Austin, Texas on March 21, 2011. Perkins was the oldest musician to ever win

by Griff

discussion

March 25, 201167Comments

Playing A Song Vs. Arranging A Song

If you play guitar, at some point someone has come up to you and said something like, "Oh, you play guitar? Can you play me a song?" At which point a

by Griff

discussion

March 24, 201172Comments

Play Like Clapton – No Talent Required

The other night I was playing Rock Band with my wife and kids... it's our version of "family time" these days. It's addictive... and what makes it work for me

by Griff

Lessons

March 22, 201118Comments

New To Me (and that doesn’t happen every day)

So in yesterday's post I was talking about increasing your skill and technique so that you can lean on it "in the head of battle" so to speak. Often in music,

by Griff

Practicing

March 21, 2011219Comments

Skill Is Not A 4 Letter Word

Stop for a minute and think about some of the coolest concerts you've ever seen... The roar of the crowd... even in a small venue (even more so really) the energy

by Griff

Lessons

March 18, 201115Comments

The folks over at Guitar World have released their 2010 edition of Blues Lead Guitar in a free, digital format. http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/blues_leadguitar2010/ In particular, I like the Robben Ford lessons and the discussion

by Griff

discussion

March 18, 201130Comments

Why Improvising… Isn’t

SPOILER ALERT: I'm going to give away a "secret" (though I hate to call it that) of improvising (soloing) today. If you still want to live in your little bubble

by Griff

Practicing

December 21, 201056Comments

Those Ugly Internet Tabs…

As a private guitar teacher, I've gone through probably over a thousand internet tabs personally... both for students and with students. To date, not a single one has been completely accurate...

by Griff

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