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Unplugged Style Blues Guitar Lesson (Part 2) – Play This By Yourself – EP305

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This lesson is both a follow-up to EP303 Eric Clapton Blues Guitar Lesson from a few weeks ago, and works great on it’s own as a stand-alone composition. So you can play this with the jam track from EP303 as an extension to that lesson, or a solo composition. How’s that for killing 2 birds with one stone? 🙂

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  11. Gary W says

    Happy Easter Brian.

    Thank you,
    as per usual, another solid composition.

    Love the lateral takeaways
    ..and the insight into your latest piece of acoustic furniture 🙂

    Gary. Wales UK

  12. JohnStrat says

    Hi Brian as everyone else is saying that is a great part 2. Lesson and being one who’s mailed about how good 303 was I could not have a better Easter lesson. So a big thanks and a Very Happy Easter to you and the family. JohnStrat

  14. Andy N says

    May be Easter but it feels like Christmas! I thought 303 was great this is going to keep me occupied for weeks! Love it.
    Although I often try, and enjoy learning, the complete composition I’m finding now that it’s the takeaways that are the most valuable part. Picking on one small aspect, like just one lick, and spending a lot of time exploring that, using it in lots of different situations at lots of different times, is the only way I can make it assessable when I’m trying to improvise. Maybe different for others, but that’s how it is for me. So keep them coming! If I can learn one a week, after a year I’ll have over 50! Right!

  15. charjo says

    Brian,
    Never apologize for the sidebars. We always need to understand these concepts in a wider context to advance. Even if some of the ideas are repetitive from earlier lessons, as I learn more I start to understand them in new ways. Most of us are here because of your teaching style.
    John

  18. JohnStrat says

    Brian,

    Having run through the first half of this now it is just a fabulous bunch of goodies many of which I know but somehow this makes it all come together so very nicely and atht eh same time open some doors. These sorts of combined lessons are top notch for me Thanks again JohnStrat

  19. Steve B says

    Well I think it’s clear to see that most people love the extended explanations Brian. I certainly do. I am drawn to your lessons by ‘the why’ and not just ‘the how’.

    I’ll admit, I don’t usually learn every lesson note for note but I still always learn lots of new things and that is good enough for me to continue being a Premium member.

    One style of blues I would love to get into are some lessons based around RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and that Hill Country blues. Especially the electric guitar stuff.

    Anyway, keep what you are doing Brian, it is brilliant.

  20. charjo says

    As much as I appreciate your self-employed professional work ethic, Brian, I don’t think anyone would be too fussed if you worked a few holiday weeks and sick days into your schedule. We’d be happier to have you around for the long term. Having said that, you cranked out a great lesson in spite of the illness. If you ever read Neil Young’s autobiography,he said that while he was delirious in bed with a high fever, over a couple of days, he wrote “Cowgirl in the Sand”, “Cinnamon Girl” and “Down by the River”!
    John

  24. Don D. says

    Hey Brian, I hope you’re feeling better soon! I also think everyone would accept you taking some time off.

    This was great! I like the sound of this better from you than Eric Clapton’s corresponding pieces.

    I hope you know I appreciate your “side streets”; if you want to please the complainers, maybe you can post a “skip to” caption on the screen in production. But you’re right. It’s part of the inherent value.

  25. Bill B says

    Loving every bit of it! The takeaways, side notes, whatever you want to call them, that’s what set you apart from all the other teachers out there. You have a unique gift to challenge us, but yet, open new doors in a way that can be digested easily and stick! Keep up the awesome work!

    Great combo of lessons

  27. Noshan G says

    Great Great lesson and Oh! yes Brian you are not clever at all…most of your lessons have best part in the part 1 eg: lessons 054,222,225,284…..Greetings from Nepal! Get well very soon and take care.

  28. Habakkuk says

    Loved the previous Clapton offering and still working on it, am thinking of adding in a drone bass line to make it freestanding. This new one is great, I’ll get my head and fingers round it as soon as possible. Happy Easter.

  30. sunburst says

    very awesome stuff..going to dig this too!ty much, i listened and listen because there is always stuff to takeaway with any your lessons.. like your intro too here understand and agree Robert Johnson big influence for Clapton but who was Tony Joe Widen? ..Anyway cool stuff Brian!

  31. Matt C says

    Yup. Nailed it brian. Love understanding the rhythm ideas with the lead. Just did your caged lesson and now its all clear (well, after a bit of head scratching anyway……..)

  35. guinn e says

    hi brian
    have had a look at some dave rawlings machine on utube
    now i understand why you admire him
    both you and he give me hope that all in america is not that bad
    regards and best wishes
    david

  39. dkt says

    I will just reiterate what 99% of everyone else says…you are great….we love all the take aways and side bars and the fluff and what makes you – you. robot teachers are everywhere else…not here….its more personal. and on that, personally I love the differing genres you bring not just sticking to blues and rock, so from an aspiring beginner here in Australia…thank you. who would have thought I would be having a crack at rockabilly?? LOL

  40. Rob W says

    Hi Brian,
    This is a wonderful complement to EP 303. I like that it’s tasty but not too complicated. And, as I commented about 303, I really like the way you take us up the neck.

    Thanks again,
    Rob

  43. Lance R says

    Absolutely fantastic blues lesson Brian. No fluff apology’s necessary! After I’ve done a few of your lessons, the background stuff is appreciated. Raw beginners like myself don’t get it at 1st, but now it makes perfect sense.

  44. Jonathan Amos says

    You’re all I watch on YouTube at the present time, I’ve had enough of the rest. Your chatty introductions and discussions are extremely welcome. Where else can I get such sincerity and knowledge about the kind of music I love? Ramble on.

  48. Russ H says

    Brianl. Loved seeing your new, old, Martin. I have a 017, 1931 and more used than yours and it has an amazing sound. I honor of your new guitar me and my guitar will work extra hard on this lesson.

  50. Mike S says

    As always great lesson, Brian. Nice song, but to me it just sounds like a pretty standard E blues, not so much like E C’s stuff. He played a lot of different ways though. And I’m not trying to say this isn’t a really nice tune in everybody’s go to blues key, E. Anyway, no negativity, just my feelings. Again, great lesson. Thx.

  53. sunburst says

    Man I recommend every member hit the like button on youtube .. these two lessons ep 303 and 305 are excellent beginner to advanced lessons and walked and explained so well it is easy to see these two lessons are really the roots to the rag time blues and basis for most any blues orientations.. Brian you get my thumbs up like buttons on youtube Buddy!

  54. rjwheeler says

    Fell in love with EP303 – Eric Clapton Unplugged Style Lead; have work on it to where I can play with the slow back track; then came EP305 – Part 2; they go together so beautifully and I just about have it to the same speed; there must be infinite variations that would fit with these two; hopefully you will add some more to these. Maybe someday, if I keep working at it, I will come up with some of my own. You really inspire me to keep learning. Thank you so much.

  55. Tom D says

    Hi Brian,

    What a great tune ! I used the backimg track from EP303 and played the lead from EP303 for the first 24 bars, then Ep305 for the next 24 bars and then back to EP303 for the last 24 bars. The only trouble is I have trouble remembering all the notes. I am vision impaired so I can not sight read music anymore – but I love playing this arrangement. If I get lost I throw something in until my memory returns.

  56. CC says

    WOW…Yes!!! Pretty much got the 303 down packed, now for 305….few more hours…. I personally think your side bar comments are awesome especially where you show us the same move down the neck in G or A. Oh and the 1 chord, 4 chord, 5 chord and where we are at…I like all the different licks that you suggest to replace other licks. Or just different endings. You are great! Thanks a million for upgrading my playing. These licks are where I’m at!!!!

  57. Dennis R says

    Good Lesson. I think sometimes people don’t realize that you are giving “guitar lessons” online. It would be easy for you to just say “here is the song for this week, play it like this”. Instead, you are giving us insight into why we are playing the song a certain way, and how we can use that information and apply it to other music. I applaud you for that. Also, I really appreciate learning a song that has both rhythm and lead. That way you can sit down and play it for people and it truly sounds like a great piece of music. I hope that you give us more of the same.

  58. Alexandre F says

    This one I liked a lot on how to use the harmonize 3rd and 6th or 6th othe 9th triads on the second half using the same shape pentatonic pattern 1 in the key of E 3 frets ahead we find the major scale therefore besides all these thecnical aspects the whole song is so fun to play like the 303 and I can imagine someday with 12 to 56 gauge strings I think it will do better
    By the way this is a good exercise in overall

  60. Michael S says

    Hope you’re feeling better! (I’m a few weeks behind) ….This was an awesome lesson! Even when you’re feeling bad you top the charts as the best!
    Thanks for sharing your talent!
    Michael S.

  61. Karl C says

    Hey There! i just recently joined up and am absolutely thrilled with your approach. I am working on 305 and have a question. I am banging out the repetition of the 1 chord with the slide riff and tapping my foot and alls well except when i try to adapt that together with the opening part , the 1chord rhythm doesn’t jive. I have to play the open E at the same time as the second note of the slide in order to get the timing right. Does that make sense to anyone. Now when i do the same thing with the 4 chord ,and hit the open A string after the slide it works perfectly. Then i noticed when you actually play the piece all together you might be playing what i’m suggesting above, but it is a bit to quick for me to really tell. Somebody help me out here.

  63. Brian F says

    Brian, keep teaching BOTH the actual note per note song AND the theory behind it, and how to incorporate it in my playing. I haven’t quite fully employed the application of these “licks” into my “song writing” or improv, but I can sense that it will “click” at some point. Great content. ty ty ty, B.

  65. guy m says

    303 and 305 are so much fun to play and learn. Runs, licks, lead trills, lead-ins, turn arounds, so much gold! Then how it relates to understanding keys.
    Great teacher that gets it! I recommend you all the time.
    All the Best Brian.

  67. Mark H says

    That Tony Joe White E chord with two fretted notes and all the open strings (muting only the 5th string open A) is the bomb, can’t believe I’ve never stumbled across it before. So simple, so cool, so useful, I’ll be using it a lot. I realized you can fret the 5th string at the 5th fret to make it a full 6 string chord, but I love the sparseness of just the two fretted notes. The Martin 0-17 has a great sound for this kind of material, a small body all mahogany Martin is on my bucket list.

    That E chord is not the only takeaway, there are several great moves in this lesson.

  70. Mark says

    Don’t ever Take Away the Take Aways!!! That is what separates you form all the other teachers online. If anything include more. More Theory, more explanations, more take aways. If we want to learn what fret / string to put a finger on and have no syntax, you can get that from anyone online, or read some tabs. I wasted half my life playing tabs and learning songs, but now I can make my own music! Its the context you provide that ties it all together and has made me 200% better in the last two years. Don’t change a thing!

  71. Mark says

    The Blue Note from the minor pattern you mention at 7:45 part 2 (flat 5) – when you hit that in the major pattern is the flat 3, So you are adding a flat 3 to a Major pentatonic and getting the Minor to Major bluesy dissonance. All ties together my friend.

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