There’s always been something special about playing a great guitar riff. I’ll be 65 years old in November. They’re much easier to follow than other lessons I wasted money on. (UK recipient). Got to say though, that I understand what you are teaching but why does my mind feel more blown away after watching this lesson? The guitar solo is not very easy though. Another Fantastic lesson.. Just ordered the 5 Easy Blues Solos.. It's really helpful if you can hum along with it first, then try to learn the notes. I;ve already learned one thing, is that you don’t want to do this on an acoustic . I think the cord progression from F to Bb to C is the way it goes . RA’LOW. html5:Video file not found is all I get too. He played from his heart mind and sole. Many thanks a bunch. BB King was the whole reason I got in to playing. This is all great. Now I HAVE to get the rest of them. The backing tracks, that you get in the package, are they the “SAME” tracks that you hear in all 5 of the Lessons. I have a real problem translating all the quarter notes, triplets, etc into the “One and a two and a three and a four”. I’m 66 and try to find a little time each day, if only for a few minutes, to pick up my Strat and get into one of your videos to help me forget about the work day. The major Pentatonic scale is the same 5 patterns as the minor just, instead of starting with the minor, 1st position, you start the major 1st position with the, minor, 2nd, position. BLUES LICKS. Yes, this is a great lesson on the style of BB King. If you keep teaching, I will continue to keep learning….I enjoyed this lesson and the way it was presented. <3. relatively easy for me and I still learn something every time you thanks again. Peter. The essence of BB done in a manner which will help you to become more musical in your lead playing. Absolutely Griff! Just a thought; I read and saw a study done on those who play and study music that they are likely to keep an active and more productive mind than those who don’t in their later years. when it is ready!! Thanks for sharing this awesome lesson!!! Hi griff, working through BGB , practicing this lesson while waiting for the rest of the course to come, its all coming together just need to get up to speed. I always get something new and sometimes cannot keep up with my TREASURE CHEST MATERIALS…I am so glad that I found you…. Griff this is outstanding this makes me get in the mood again. We’ll buy them as fast as you can make them. Hi. If I try to download the intro it’s telling me it will take 4 Hrs!! Yet again, another excellent lesson.Thanks a lot Griff. As usual….Great stuff . I have picked up more during this time then ever before. Seems easy for You Griff ,but, the students may not think it is. ~<(:oD)=BigSmileKirkn. Got Clapton’s Breeze playing at the moment. I needed the counting exercise. Always good to see some non-strat blues. You learn to play the solo at different tempos and 3. I am 80 yrs old. thanks Griff! 50+ Easy Guitar Riffs – All Tabs AND Video Lessons Included. Kenny, I would like to take your course. Michael ADELAIDE S. AUSTRALIA, From France, Hello Griff thank you very much for this lesson. This Solo Lesson is, at this point, a top favorite! Should you need to know how to read guitar tabs click here How To Read Guitar Tabs All tabs are standard tuning . I love ya, brother! This course has been on my wish list for a while. Long time no hear Griff, Send me my course! I am a sax player who like to use guitar ideas on the sax. How long should it take to download 323Mb? I don’t know if it is because it is finally clicking in for me, or if this is just the best explanations You have a very good way to give us things to learn. every month with new monetization method. I enjoy watching and listening to you play the …”blues”. Each solo is more or less centered around a particular position. I’m certainly not the only one obviously to commend you for yet another outstanding teaching, but I do echo them in saying, GREAT JOB and THANK YOU for your dedication to teaching we who yearn to become better in our love for the Blues. Has a laid back feel to it. We all start off as beginner’s, and while I’ll never be a Griff or a Clapton, I feel blessed to have the love for music and to be able to reach for my guitar and find peace through music. to put “timing marks” i.e. dale richardson, Great Mr Griff, thanx a lot for the short clips you’ve been send all this time, God bless. I've put together blues guitar lessons in 3 steps. Want to play cool solos but feel like those fingers just won't move that fast? The rhythm part sounded the best. You make it enjoyable to learn. I’ve been lurking for about a year, learning as I go from your lessons. You’ll never stop to amaze me with showing us how the Guitar GREATS have managed to get such sounds composed and delivered to all the music lovers in this world … FANTASTIC JOB Griff !!! I am across the Pentatonic Scales and the 5 Boxes. If I could figure out the timing from the music tabs that would be a huge step forward. Hey Griff This page contains easy blues guitar tabs / songs, riffs and licks for beginners. Thank you. As usual, thanks for the free course teaser Griff. It is slow going at first but I know I will be able to run after I learn to walk. got any problem like this? At nearly 73 years old you continually prove to me that it’s never too late to learn something new on the guitar. Easy Blues Riff Intro tab by B.B. What about in your Les Paul, which I noticed also has great tone. Rog You should do a lot of solos at this level. As always Griff , you inspire us all as guitar players. Thanks , each new bit breaths hope into old bones. Dec 30, 2018 - Explore Becky Kurtz's board "Easy guitar tabs", followed by 242 people on Pinterest. Welcome! I can’t thank you enough. Along with a few more I like! Hope you have a wonderful Labor Day at the gigs. Thanks for sending. I want the DVD for all 5 solos. In any form of music, some melodic ideas sound more at a home than others. Great instruction, easy to learn, yet powerful step to get you going in soloing and improvising. Your stuff has directed the noodling quite a bit and given it more focus. Thanks so much for this, it’s just the ‘kick up the pants’ I needed to get me started again after a 6 month bout of depression. One of the things you want to do before you even really get into this is just listen to the full speed (and maybe even the slow speed) play-along tracks to really get the melody in your head. This is really a neat piece! So thanks for these parts i did`nt have to pay for as ikm too poor to pay unfortunetly …nonethe less my spirit is intact …so again thanks for already sent material Mr.Giff . More great stuff to work on. 5 Easy Blues Solos. That Boom Boom Boom video you sent out recently was fun to learn. This is quit the lesson. When you start playing solos and thinking of the architecture of a solo, how to build up and release tension and all these things, you need a basic set of Blues licks to start with. And etc. Don’t get discouraged Mr. Roggero! A lesson from back when you had hair! Hopefully I’ll be back in the saddle soon. You folks readin’ this need to know I have purchased this course and if you think this one tune Griff’s givin’ you free is cool, wait till to buy the course and check out the others ! Griff Right on! After watching the downloaded file, it appears the synch is fine. This is the TAB and standard notation for the solo. Really looking forward to each and every one. Griff, I’m also a pretty old guy. Till the last one at the Russian river all he could do was sit an no longer play. Edit. This is very generous of you, and very much appreciated.THANKYOU . I’ve been improving my timing but this will be icing on the cake. Another AARP member here ( 66 )been pickin since I’s twelve. I THINK IT WOUD SOUND GOOD IN A SLOW BLUES. Initially released in 1979 as a single. 2) I really need a lot work on the boxes! I am a BB King Fan from years ago. Dear Griff That’s why I asked you about your “strat” lookalike. Schedule the time and that makes it a part of your routine. Cheers. Hi Griff, Keep them blues coming, Yo Bo … At 76, my grandson has shown an interest in becoming in what I use be,your on line streams keeps him inspired and learning …I just wish I could afford it,not crying poor mouth, but would like to thank you for all of efforts and teaching The following collection of blues guitar tab has been selected to help you improve your skills while learning to play a bunch of new songs. I know how putting these lessons together, and then video on top of that, eats up a person’s time. Good lesson Griff. Awesome lesson….one can see how the 4 note solo pattern really comes into play…For intermediate and beginner players we need more of these type lessons – helps us feel good about our learning and playing abilities. See more ideas about guitar tabs, easy guitar tabs, easy guitar. Your coaching is extremely helpful, I was wondering if you would consider changing the camera angle to face more toward the tuning pegs on the guitar so that I or we could see the tips of your fingers, and where they actually touch the fret board. Use a mixing console in Pro version. Fantastic! I am 20 years older . . In my case I have to cook supper before I can EAT it! I would like the comping tab also. Thank you Griff for the shuffle in G. I’ll have to work it , thank you, Luther. That is untill I get a way to ply the videos…. Dennis Sky Thanks Griff another good example sounds really good it will be a pleasure to practise on. Mike Z. Hi Griff, Thank You for another great lesson/video love your style of teaching .I will be working on this solo and the others when ready .Thanks John. This solo is one of 5 from 5 MORE Easy Blues Solos... if you like it and want more go check out the rest of them and get your copy today. I think it starts on the same, 6th string root but, you’ll use your, 2nd, finger now to start it off since, the second, minor, position is a fret back? This is so helpful plus all the downloads are great …. Hey Griff, Really nice lead and examples but I am a Dunderhead and am more visual. The example here is more suited to your Gibson ES 335 like guitar… BB King Style Hey Griff, thanks for the lesson. The difficulty of the songs increase from top to bottom. Bob. All these tabs can be played using fingerstyle or flatpicking (plectrum / pick) and can be played on electric or acoustic guitar and also on a guitar banjo. I’m super stoked to be working from your lessons. This has helped me to make progress. I’m not much for down loads. Please keep them coming !!! Still enjoyed the lesson though, keep up the great tutorials. Could I please get the tabs Griff? These sound awesome. Many thanks to Griff for all he does for us. Yet again, another excellent lesson.Thanks a lot Griff, i know this is a great lesson…..if I could see the video correctly. I can’t purchase this course now. You need initial boost only. These licks really make the song stand out. Lot of Bends to get down too! Getting these under your fingers will have you playing solos that make people stand up and pay attention... Windows users should use the WMV version. A Slow Blues in A7 Tab by Blues Exercises with free online tab player. With all the string bending involved in Blues and Country guitar playing, how long do your frets last?? PeeJay. We don’t play anything in that key, Now having learnt note for note, I have to try and transpose to E or A. Interesting, noticed in my early years trying to copy some of the Eric Clapton bluesbreakers that he would go “out of the box” as you say, in those days pre internet it was listen to a bit on the old casette tape then rewind and try and work it out and quite often stop and say “where the hell is he going now?” its starting to make sence now many years later, great lesson Griff keep up the good work. I SWEAR, THIS SOLO, SOUNDS JUST LIKE WHAT BB PLAYS IN ONE OF THE TUNES ON THE CD. JBJr, On my own timeline (early in the A.M. The emphasis on timing and counting is great too- you cover every neede aspect to get this down pat. Great lesson and never give up. Great stuff. I’m 2 months short of 61 years young. Just starting out. I would also love to have the arpeggios. Windows users should use the WMV version. BAck in high school, I used to be in a band, and we used to play surf music. A Great place to start is with a simple blues guitar chords for a simple intro 12 bar blues lesson. You do a great job of making it simple yet challenging. Keep up the great work that you do. awesome, beautiful licks, just getting into blues now. Thank you very much for all your hard work. It's really helpful if you can hum along with it first, then try to learn the notes. You don’t teach to copy, but teach how to play. Can’t wait to get started. Great stuff, just what I needed, as I’m not fast enough to do anything faster then this timing. I’m always having trouble counting. The Blues is one of the simplest styles of music of the 19th Century. Thank you Griff for all these extra videos etc. Thank´s very much. And… you explain how you get ready to go from one section, or chord backing, to be right for the next. BTW, I’m no spring chicken either. Riding the line between classic and modern blues, “Boom Boom” by John Lee Hooker was once dubbed “"the greatest pop song he ever wrote" by music critics. Not so easy! I haven’t been able to keep up with your lessons.lately as my left hand and wrist aren’t working too well. I did spend a year on getting his notations booked into my brain. Awesome solo! keep up the good work. The blues has been prominent in modern music since the 1930s and has a deep, soulful, rich sound, Whether it’s a killer solo from the guitarist or a tight rhythm section working together; blues music has a great groove. My wife encouraged me to take the plunge and invest in BGU, and I haven’t regretted it for a minute. Hi Griff, This is the TAB and standard notation for the solo. Licks are memorable musical phrases that can be strung together to create a solo, fill in behind a vocal phrase or simply spruce up the end of a tune. The old expression “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks” does not apply here. Vocal M S. Rhythm Guitar M S. Solo Guitar M S. Drums M S. View all instruments. Step 1. Thank you. Just looking at the Tabs, it’s not so easy for me a beginner. This lesson has spurred me to do something that I have been resisting for so long, namely counting. Blues music is one of THE most popular genres to learn on guitar. Lot of Bends to get down too! Funny, I seem to like the feel of the slower version more than the full speed. Thats great,hope to have that one down by next week when our band gets together. There may be a scale pattern or 2 that you are not familiar with but you won't need them just to learn this solo. I enjoyed focusing on BB’s style and the tabs, backing tracks really helped too. Thanks again. Thanks Griff! lol, Great Griff , one to practice, practice, practice. If you try to “find” time to practice/play, something will always come along to interfere. Thanks again. Great material – as always Griff; designed to inspire. Hi Griff I’m 68 and have the course as well… getting time to practice is the problem… so much to do as time starts to fly by. Top 80 Easy Blues Guitar Songs for Beginners Every guitarist should know a good blues song or two. Refer to the scale sheet (pdf). He told.me once just slow it down. The first solo features lots of repeated melodies and themes that make it flow and give it a “story”. Jim (songwriter), Hi Griff. I really like your instructions I mean you are a natural teacher . It is cool to play a little BB King like, I’m all in – sign me up for the course! every time I look you up on my pc i’ll learn something !! Fantastic—have most of your dvds and cds—just bought your blues jam tracks double cd—-wish i had this bb king backing track. Another great lesson! Anybody else You are the greatest. It’s hard to watch on any modern display. Again, thank you so much for your excellent instructional material. Jim, I must say you have hi quality posts here. best regards. was is desperate need of something to re light my fire……………….. thanks. What a great lesson as always. The gift of freely giving is truly the greatest gift of all, and the most personally satisfying and rewarding. I’m trying to master the solos in Peter Green’s “Need Your Love So Bad” and notice that he was using the same box as you but four frets up as it is in A. Sorry Griff… keep getting “html5: Video file not found”…… The download links seem to be working though, so I’ll do it that way. This is the best adsense alternative for any type of website (they approve Here you find lots of famous and great guitar covers with free accurate tab, sheet music, chords, backing tracks, tutorial and PDF.. Great lesson! When you have the solo down, try playing it against the band without my help. Looking forward to more great stuff from you…, Lovely stuff to learn and enjoy while getting better ….got to get down to working on it…thanks a million.. Charles. Not much vibrato, yet, but I will get that to with time. Your short lessons are very helpful, It keeps me from getting bored playing the same stuff. Can you please post the entire tab? but my problem is, i dont know how to apply your blues pattern to my standard , pop , disco and western music… can you help me? And there is no better way to learn the licks. Okay, no more teasing! Super instructor and easy to listen to. I was listening to it this morning and it made me feel ‘Completely Well’- that is epic, Don Smith Keep up the good work and thanks again. Thank you so much. Do the same with practice/playing time and it’s always at say, 7pm every day for a half hour. It really shows how you get that “blues feel” into the solo. Hi Griff. When he changed to enclosed A series black body, it changed his tone allot, but no longer had feed backs. I have been practicing almost every day. Thanks so much for your patience in the breakdown of these great licks. While I liked the content, the display resolution is terrible. It features a lot of bends and blues-based licks. I read this one somewhere this week (probably FB) – “Your left hand is what you know and your right hand is who you are.” Download blues guitar tabs in PDF and Guitar Pro formats. Lots of neat little things to use elsewhere…a lot of fun…thanks Griff! After two years of lessons and going nowhere I am starting over at square 1. i really like your style,,. Great technique. MAny thanks to Griff for all his excellent material and generosity in imparting info to all of us ageless wannabes… . What kind of pickups do you have in your Gibson ES335(?) This is not my first order-big fan of your courses. Fabulous guitar tips Griff’. (Showing the intro & outro as well). Great job! Very kind of you Griff. So this is a whole new avenue for me. I don’t know how you find the time. Can’t wait to see what other solos you have cooked up. I notice some of mine are really worn and I only play at home for my own amusement for about an hour each day. I’m sure glad I found your sight. “So what have you been doing with the rest of your study time, Mr. Tarquinnian?” Well, truthfully Teach,…some advanced chords and rhythm techniques, and an exploration of Dorian, Aeolian, Phyrgian, and Mixolydian modes and techniques for lacing them through the major and minor pentatonic/blues scales. I’ll give this a try though! Your inspiring Brah! Easy Blues Guitar - Step by Step. )this lesson renewed my will to try.Thanks. Pretty cool site work on the videos. video like this I’m there . I truly appreciate such a nice lesson to get me out of the rut I was in. I all honesty, I feel overwhelmed with so much stuff. Thank you!! Dean. Thanks Griff for the 5 More easy blues solo. BGU is great. Griff, Love this. Thanks The additional material; play along videos, backing track and tab are very helpful. There is a lot to be learned in doing so. More Versions. THANKS GRIFF, AS ALWAYS YOU GAVE ME SOME INSITE! When I get home everyone is sleeping and I do the lessons thing…. Really cool lesson Griff, wish i had that Gibson you are playing. Thx for helping out the old guys.. Really looking forward to getting into it. The song exemplifies the blues … Did it again Griff … another great course … THIS was the one I was waitin’ on … Thanks man … VERY cool solos ! IF YOUR EVER GET A CHANCE, GET THE CD WITH CLAPTON AND BB KING, “ON THE ROAD”. And great playing. Thank you Griff for all these extra videos etc. In a day and a half I pretty much have nailed this first solo. (this is a pick,ect. I want to thank you for your lessons and advice over recent years for my learning much more than the ‘Cowboy Chords’ that I grew up with. Right now, I am still working on the BGU course which is taking a lot of my time. Thanks. Thanks Griff for the 5 More easy blues solo. Saw the original Tan Lucial guitar 335 Gipson. I truly appreciate your effort. Just looking at the Tabs, it’s not so easy for me a beginner. of videos that just don’t work. If you want to know how to make extra bucks, very, very good Instuction. Still cant seem time to practice. I’m in southern Ohio, or I would be there to see everything live that you do. In becoming a well rounded guitar player, it would be nice to be always be taught the rythum guitar part which accompanies each lead guitar example you present us in your various lessons whether in a purchased course or sent out via email. Thanks for the lesson, I need to make more time for listening and fewer minutes just playing. lt did sound good with the rhythm behind it . So what kind of pattern is this and how does it fit with the pentatonic patterns, or is it even supposed to? If we would play over a ‘minor blues’-progression (with for instance the chords Am7, Dm7 and Em7) we can’t use the major pentatonic scale. 1,2,3,4 or 1, +, 2, +,3 etc with the notes under the correct count on the tab PDF’s? murgrabia’s tools. As always, Great Lessons! Oh, and your hairs getting pretty long…looks good buddy! I’ve been noodling some of those phrases but this puts it together thanks! this is an ominous task, it seems. I’ve not been able to follow you because of the situation but will start soon. Your an excellent teacher. I studied each day and would play along at our church with the youth band just to help out and to learn to play along during their practice time. When you have the solo down, try playing it against the band without my help. 10’s. Always great to listen and watch your guitar technique. I end up having to listing to each music bar on the video over and over to get it right. Something I never got an answer to that I am confused about is above the tab for the solo are chord references i.e G7 etc. Lol. In this lesson we will take three different approaches to playing a blues solo in the key of E. Each solo will emphasize different techniques, however the framework will be the same: use of the minor pentatonic scale. Went to allot of concerts. This Version is just to help everyone with a couple licks they can use that sound great. Wow!, that’s cool! I need the written out (or tabbed) scales (or boxes) for the Major boxes, the minor blues boxes and the pentatonic minor blues boxes. You are still the best guitar teacher on the net! Here are the 99 bluegrass banjo solos, now all online, in both the MP3s and the PDF files for you to download directly from this page(If you want the hard copy of the collection, click here to order: Banjoben's Personal Tab Collection: 99 Essential Bluegrass Banjo Solos) You are still the best guitar teacher on then net! Wow I can’t wait to get home from work today and attack this awesome lesson. My plans from there is to let out who I am. Another great lesson, Thanks so much! As I am already a guitar player, I’ve never really played much blues. Before you dive into the guitar tabs, it makes sense to review how to play a blues shuffle, as you'll really need to know this to get the most out of the songs below. Many thanks from one of your fans – across the pond – in Oxfordshire, UK. And there is nothing faster than an 1/8th note and that's on purpose. I have and practice the 5 easy blues solos daily as I mix many solos together with the licks from my walls…. fantastic. They are just what I need at the time to enjoy developing my skills. Blues Guitar Songs, 400+ contemporary & traditional blues lyrics, chords, tabs, playing hints & PDF. Haven’t been up to it for health reasons Sorry ! Yeah. Hi Griff, you really are a great teacher, I’ve been playing (trying to play) guitar for a long time, I’m 72. Griff – thanks so much for breaking down what at first seemed like an impossible solo for me to work on. Thanks. I’m on the cliff ,one more Hi Griff I’m 63 and a part time player . I know I can transpose them so if you could get them to me I can work on them. Maybe a count pattern with the tabs would help. Ver 1. 67 in a week and I can still learn. Well done! You don’t have to tell me to listen to it to get it in my head – I can’t quit listening to it. in a lesson I have ever heard, but this is fantastic, Griff. By Cody Updated: February 12, 2020 No Comments. Age does not exist except in the head . We've compiled a list of songs with easy guitar solos, and links to accurate tabs, that are ideal for beginners, intermediate-level or advanced players. One of my steeping stone goals is to take any of Griff’s solos, put on any jam track in any key and play the solo over it. I like these solos very much. I wake them with GREATNESS….. thanks so much Griff. This a great lesson and I do appreciation your commitment to detail. Two things struck me while watching this lesson: Luther, Thanks Griff, makes me sound like a pro! Zac Brown’s Knee Deep is about as fast as I have learned to play. Hey guys! Great stuff, Griff. So it is not the years in your life, it is the life in you interests and in your guitar, Don ‘t be such a whoosh. Hello friend , i,m a late starter but i am here and listening as a struggling musician i like your preivious stuff and must go back to our semi beginning giff .? Just great Griff, new patterns and ideas to play with, things are starting to fall in place with miy musical efforts, Thanks Mike, from Az.