Thank you for putting this video out! I'm a beginning guitar player and needed some ideas on how to practice the blues since I'm not that fast, yet (still at that accuracy over speed phase). I appreciate the counting instruction as well because sometimes I mess that up or get off a beat if I don't count to myself. I've never thought it was stupid to count in my head, and you've just reinforced the idea that it's a good thing to do. This entire video was helpful. Thank you again! I'm off to play my guitar some more!

Great lesson! I saw Alvin Lee twice in 1969 with TYA including Woodstock, Bluest is my favorite of his tunes & George Harrison solos beautifully. Bend a few notes for us, Griff.

Beutiful guitar griff.

I need to work on blending it together. When I switch over to the scale it sounds jarring, like I abruptly ended one thing and started something else.

Cool video. Thanks!

What is considered a blues key? Non-diatonic key or dominant mixolydian keys?

Griff, Griff I get it: they're P90's, but buy some black covers for then for aesthetics for Heaven's sake...

if you're just learning this, or keep finding similar videos but want a tad more, hammers and pulls can sound really good on the high e and the B string, do a 3-0-3 or a 0-3-0 hammer/pulls on either or both strings, however you like, and if you can incorporate a slide or hammer/pull like 2-4-2 on the G after the 0-3-0 on the e and B, it sounds fancy af and isn't that hard, if you follow. It's also a great way to practice hammer ons and pull offs if you're still learning this too as they are done with an open string mostly. Once you hear it, it fucks after you get it workin lol, maybe mix in some bends, too. Great beginner video though, this guy is a great teacher. And if you know basic pentatonic scales (basically every Zeppelin tune and most popular blues songs/classic rock songs heavily lean on pentatonic scales, they are literally everywhere and are the basic bread and butter of much of Rock n Roll), you can also mess around sliding your ring finger down to the 5th, 7th, 14th frets (that is not an exhaustive list) and throwing some little basic pentatonic licks in there, or even transition into a full blown solo, or just find some easy ways to build on what he taught here, too; try it out or look up related videos. That would be a great place to build on all the videos I see that teach delta blues in E or any blues in E, really. A really good piece of info that many of my former students seemed stuck on too was that you do not have to play scales in the exact same order, in fact you can basically do anything you want within the confines of the notes of said scale (and even outside the confines if you experiment and learn lol), do not be afraid to experiment or deviate from what you are "taught" - there are no rules in music just guidelines, don't let formal education zap your creativity. This may seem obvious to more experienced guitarists, so be nice if you're reading this; but I have had a shocking amount of students basically ask that question in one form or another. Don't obsess too much over what exactly you're learning and what you're doing, just keep playing and listening and train your ear. Blues is pretty easy, you don't have to be Bach to play the blues lol, the theory will come if you are consistently practicing and you'll pick up the patterns and have all kinds of "A ha" moments just by naturally exploring the genre and the scales/chords, etc. That's why it's so damn fun, and once you get more proficient, you can really open it up by basically doing the same shit you started with just with more flair and more detail to your playing.

Perhaps it should be slower

love it! ❤

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Great job.

Very nice job, on this awesome song.

Whoa. This kind of rocks. killer version.

I like that lesson. I could never play effectively with a pick before.

beautifully played and taught... thank you for taking the time and effort!

Excellent lesson. You know it’s a good one when the word “persnickety” is thrown in (5:10).

Like the lessons but please don’t need the history of every song

Excellent lesson

Beginner guitar player , wanting to learn Blues guitar. I stumbled on your channel and became an instant fanboy. The way you teach , you are very clear and understandable. You explain everything so good. I just subscribed and will continue to check out all that you have to offer. One of the best channels I have come across. Keep the great videos coming. 👌

Great chords. I like the 7th chord where you fret strings D G B on the same fret and then go 1 fret up on the treble E string too to get the 5th, Root, 3rd and dominate 7th of the chord.

Hi there, this was exactly the info I needed. Thank you

Light bulb moment for me. Thanks

Dude is one of the smoothest blues player on YT....period! Great teacher as well! Smokin'!!!

Awesome lesson.

Do You have this lesson on a tab/On paper for a guy like Myself..??

Check out I'm Going Home from Woodstock 1969. I saw Ten Years After with Procol Harum in 1972. The Ten Years After set was broken into 3 sections: what I call space rock (50,000 Miles Beneath My Brain, Love Like A Man, Love To Change The World), blues, then I'm Going Home. This is probably my favorite song I've ever heard him play although I'm Going Home is a pretty awesome song. This is clearly the best blues song I've ever heard him do. Reminds me a bit of my favorite 60s guitarist Peter Green.

Thank you for this lesson…….Appreciate your instruction…

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Awesome 😎 thanks

My „trick“ for starting „off beat“ is to synchronize my foot tapping and picking hand going up and down. So I can easily start on the „and“ with an upstroke. To be honest, you have to have the discipline to play everything with this technique for months or years, especially when it comes to triplets, where you don’t pick the first note…

Question About when to use the target Chord Tones Let's say you're playing a blues in the key of A and you're on the I Chord (A7), and you will be switching to the IV Chord (D7). Do you target the 3rd of the IV chord on the 1 beat of the D7 Chord.

Oh, and I also set up an excel chart for each exercise, with the date, the subdivision, the speed and whether I pass or have to repeat. I start slow and once I can cleanly do the exercise I can move forward and add more time to the tempo, usually by one. If I can’t play it cleanly then I repeat it until I can. I know exactly where I am and where I left off. I like the idea of doing this with the pentatonic scales so I’ll add that to my list of warmups. Great idea!

Counting and the metronome has always been my nemesis. So I’ve swallowed my pride and gone back to Blues Guitar 2.0 Beginners Class. I knew that Griff would force me to count. I also started using the metronome every day for my warmups using quarter notes, 8th notes, triplets and 16ths. It’s painful but necessary and it works. We’re talking about nearly 65 years of playing badly folks. So, old dogs can learn new tricks! Thanks Griff.

Playing drums helps to feel it 🥴 The limbs of a drummer play them subdivisons and the main beat

To have the click hit 1, repeat the top note of the scale, then come down to the root, when you move to the next box you will be right on the 1. Or if you are just working one Pentatonic box, hit the root as you come down and a second time you will be on the 1 as you go up the scale. Gives you a great 1 on the 4/4 time with Pentatonics.

Great lesson Griff as always. Being a Past Drummer I do have good timing and even more so now that I play in a Band as Rhythm & some Lead guitarist as well as sing. Timing is everything especially when singing and playing guitar..I find it a lot easier to play faster covers when singing..All good.

I have been playing for several years and struggle with a metronome to the point that I avoid it. This was a great, encouraging message! I am ready to talk less this daily now!!! Thank you!

Thank you! box 1 at 3:45

Hi how are you rock on dude l am learning to play guitar basic power chords you are a perfect guitarist

Great video Griff. I found myself counting along so I guess the counting is beginning to stick…and I thought I couldn’t count and play.

Your a pretty good teacher

Freddie played with a (plastic) thumb pick and a steel finger pick on his index finger which enabled him to play faster than his middle finger- Travis style

Very helpful….

Sing a verse of it at least

Why so much counting

Many looper pedals have a metronome or basic drum machine built in.

Key change!

LMAO got to put a looper picture in discription lol .. i have a lot af trouble starting an stoping on time and i here it and it is messed up when this happens ....using a looper is trickey theres alllllkinds