Eric Clapton Bonus Lesson

[Austin T. Walden]

Greetings all,

Been awhile since my last post so I thought I needed to dive back in. You never really know a piece until you record yourself and listen to it and hear all your mistakes 🙂

I followed this one pretty well, but the inclusion of the C# in the blues lick really confuses me. in the 2nd and 3rd measure really confuse me. Brian mentions using the E minor pentatonic for this which would be D and B but reaches for the C# in this lick (9th fret, high e). If you have any insights I’d love to know what he’s thinking there.

9 — 7 — 9 — 7 —
– — – — 8 ———8

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[Dieter]

Sounds really cool.

Dieter

[Michael K]

Very good. Just needs a tiny bit of polishing on the rhythm, but overall you are doing quite well. Don’t chop off that B7 chord at the beginning. Let that puppy ring.

Things that I really like is your ability to play without looking constantly at the fretboard. That’s the key to transitioning from just getting through the notes and actually playing the notes. Well done.

[Geoff]

I’m afraid I cannot give you much insight on the theory but it sounded pretty good to me. Nothing quite like playing on the porch in the relaxed way you appear to be doing here 🙂

[JoeD1]

I thought it sounded pretty smooth Austin.

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Mike D]

Very nice on the turnarounds!

Live on planet Earth ? You got the blues.

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