Comments on: Photos

By: Stephen Reynolds, Jr.

Stephen Reynolds, Jr. — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:31:20 +0000

Griff, I very much appreciate your posts and lessons via email. Your approach to teaching is refreshing and fun, which leads me to the following question: Being that you are from Boulder, have you ever had the honor of encountering a one Ned Alterman, five string, upright bass and flat top virtuoso widely known and critically acclaimed in bluegrass and acoustic music circles in Boulder during the seventies ? He played in a band, most notably, called “The Town & Country Revue” and has authored at least one instructional book on musical technique. The reason I ask is that I was a student of his during the late seventies. He attempted to teach me the finer points of six string flat picking with limited success, due mostly to my complete lack of talent, as he frequently, if obliquely, pointed out. He was a tough teacher; one who demanded absolute adherence to perfection, economy of movement and, most importantly, a CLEAN and FULL sound. As you are aware, good flat picking is a deceptively demanding and precise genre steeped in tradition. He was a hard ass, to be sure. Thanks for all your great work ! Best, SR

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:05:14 +0000

Hey Griff, do you guys ever get to Canada? like Vancouver?

By: mandy

mandy — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 22:41:51 +0000

Excellent….!!!

By: New photos

New photos — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:13:14 +0000

[...] just sent over the images and I had to post some up. They are on the Photos page at the top. Hope you like [...]

By: Francesco

Francesco — Fri, 28 May 2010 17:28:13 +0000

Hey Griff,
I just discovered your blog!!
I am promoting your courses and I can say I am very proud of doing it!

Good luck man

Francesco

By: John Barney

John Barney — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:18:03 +0000

Hi all,

Joesky, I plug headphones into my Zoom FX pedals. Allows you to change your effects and also run on batteries so you’re portable….

JB……. Melbourne OZ

By: joesky

joesky — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:34:52 +0000

Hi Griff,
Its pretty tough for me to play through an amp at home.(noise abatement issues,if you know what I mean) I’ve been told about a headphone guitar amp. Any suggestions on which one would be good for playing the blues.

By: Kevin y

Kevin y — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:08:12 +0000

Hey I have started going through the PTTB course and am confused, in part 4 you go over little chords and the A7 you just drop the 5 and 6 strings and then in part 5 the same chord is stated and used (in this case a Bb9 chord). Why is it a 9th now instead of a 7th as it was in part 4.

Thanks
-kevin

By: edward miller

edward miller — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:32:28 +0000

having trouble counting lesson 3-9th chord subsitutions

By: edward miller

edward miller — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:30:34 +0000

having trouble counting lesson 3-9th cord subsitutions