SRV Pride And Joy Style Lesson – The Groove
Today’s video is basically a remake of a lesson in the Blues Guitar Unleashed series (lesson 10 part 2.) If you’ve struggled with that lesson, maybe this will help.
By the way, if you missed the first part of this lesson it’s here.
It seems to be one of the hardest concepts for almost all of my students. I think it has to do with the fact that you have to practice it differently than you’re probably used to practicing.
It’ll become clearer as you watch the video I think. Enjoy 
Downloads
This Video (MP4)Mac users should use the MP4 version to download the video
- This Video (WMV)
Windows users should use the WMV version to download this video.
The TAB for the example.This is the TAB for the example in the middle of the video
I love the short simple to the point lessons the way you explain things is and for me always was like turning a light on. I thank you griff for number one being so dedicated but also so good I am definitely making slow steady progress.and I mean really who doesn’t want to be able to really play some SRV and really do it justice?
Love SRV & I love this lesson !
You broke it down perfectly & logicaly. I think your absolutely right about the key to getting this groove down is the different practicing approach. Keep up the great lessons Griff, you have this Canadians’ attention!
I love learning these iconic intros note-for-note! I’ve been working on this since Lesson 10 of BGU last year! I think I finally got the intro….now, could you give us about 24-36 bars of a good, SRV Pride & Joy representative solo?!! Then I’ll be able to play ONE whole Blues song!
excellent lesson form an articulate teacher….counting has been made very clear in this lesson. Note taken. This is actually the best lesson on this riff, ever. Made very clear. Thanks, Griff
Great lesson. Love the slow dissection of each lick. Always look forward to your next video lesson.
Cheers
Truly one of the best teachers out there and so much top stuff given freely to learning guitarists young and old. A for awesome Grif!
Great Brake down of the Stevie Style as it should be plaid.
The real Mind bender is that’s one of his songs and they just flowed from him all day and night long.
He was a legend in life and it lives on
I thought I was pretty good at lesson10-2. I tried to comprehend this video and have never been more lost.Yikes.
An Inspirer. An Empower. An Engager. These three characteristics are just a short sample of the many you demonstrate with all of your students, including me, every single day.
Got it now, Filmore East watch out. Thanks Griff. Swing those eights.
Thank you Griff for teaching us a great explanation of this song. The shuffing rythum part was what i was having trouble with. Now i know what i was doing wrong. Will be working on this. I hope i can get it to sound almost as good as you.
Hi Griff, Great refresher and I will be getting to it during BGUv2 soon.
Thanks
Michael-Sydney-Australia
keep up the good work Griff I realyam enjoying this lesson I just have to practic more .keep them coming THANKS. hlsm@rogers.com
Great stuff Griff,
Thanks so much for making the huge effort to count it out and demo at slow speed. Speaks volumes about your own ability, but so nice to have you break this down to help us sluggards learn it in a deep way. That flat five twiddle is a SRV signature; he really used it in a different way to most other blues players that I have heard so far! The word ‘propulsion’ comes to mind. I have internalised it for my own use but this is great to actually go through the motions and get some insight into how he used it. Of course this is also a great example of how to really boss the lead/rhythm function in a three piece outfit. I went to see SRV & Double Trouble at the Apollo Victoria in London back in the early eighties when he was touring the band after his session with Bowie on Let’s Dance etc which came about after Montreux Jazz Festival. Bowie lived in Suisse and shanked SRV into the recording sessions he was doing at Queen’s Mountain Studios in Montreux during the Jazz Fest. The studio was actually a part of the Casino and had tie lines throughout the Casino so it was like a control room sitting atop a massive casino. They could tear down (!) the casino gear and turn the space into Abbey Road-sized live rooms. It was not on a mountain, it was on the shore of Lake Geneva! I was advised to go see him by a chum who turned down the drum seat in U2 back then – he was too busy being a roadie for the Boomtown Rats! Anyway, many thanks and all best to you and yours.
Thanks Griff, This is one of the reasons I play to begin with. . . You continue to make more enjoyable all the time. I’ve had a blast with lesson 10 BGU, in part because of your method. Again, Many Thanks!!
I have been putting in a lot of time on this. Sometimes I can play it fine…then I relapse into a different shuffle note pattern and sound like a fool. Thanks very much for this valuable lesson.
Griff, love this lesson. When I try to print the tab it comes out giant size. Can’t adjust it to fit? Thanks
Excellent video. I always have trouble strumming like that but since you broke it down like that I can’t wait to get off work and start working on it. Thanks Griff!
I always wondered how that was done. Thanks Griff for that lesson. It was outstanding.
Thanks again!
Alexander
Great lesson to be sure! (Way over my abilities for now)
My comment is about tone and how to achieve it. I commend you for addressing it. (Do you really think anyone that can understand the tone instructions needs to be shown the E chord?? LOL) I would really appreciate some instruction on tones and how to achieve them in as great a detail so someone who needs help with basic chords can get there.
It’s really hard to find any and if you do they speak like you’ve been a roadie for years. It must exist because we’ve all seen high school bands that get it. Thanks for all you do. .