From there, it’s a 12 bar blues progression with tight (in the pocket) licks intertwined. The actual introduction of this piece is pulled from the intro of Before You Accuse Me. Some of my favorite moments are watching a master just “noodle” around on the guitar.
The notes of that phrase were accumulated from watching Clapton warm-up right before his performances. I began with a solid blues lick based in an E position blues scale. I compiled a bunch of my favorite Clapton licks into a single, instrumental fingerstyle piece for guitar. Please subscribe to my YouTube channel, or click here to be updated on all of my latest guitar tabs.)įor Fingerstyle (Clapton) Blues I wanted to create a personal ode to Eric Clapton’s guitar playing. You can find a current list of my gear here.
The C7 sounds warm and dark - while still retaining the highs of the trebles. Gustavo Santaolalla: Dearest + TAB (from the Eric Clapton doc: Life In 12 Bars)įor Fingerstyle (Clapton) BluesI used my Cordoba C7 Cedar. It’s a finger-style that’s effective for playing blues but was never intended to translate to classical guitar. I sometimes favor an upward swiping motion with my middle finger, and a downward strum with my thumb. I think the first “classical” song I learned was Tears in Heavenwhen I was 14 or 15.īecause I emulated every nuance of his movement, my right hand is typically slung over the bridge area of the guitar. With regard to my nylon-string playing - my casual right hand, and right knee positioning are non-traditional. Having Eric Clapton as my central focus in my formative years is still affecting the way I play guitar even now. I quickly tuned out of all of the music happening at that time, and committed to learning all of Clapton’s material. I still believe that performanceat Royal Albert Hall is the pinnacle of Eric Clapton’s guitar playing. In the midst of all the new music of 1991, I received the VHS of Eric Clapton’s 24 Nights for Christmas - which I then proceeded to watch 500 times. U2 had reinvented pop music with Achtung Baby. Metallica had just released their Black Album (which was huge among guitarists). When I started playing guitar (at the age of 14) in 1991, revolutionary music was happening in all directions: Nirvana’s Nevermind was released.
His style is the way guitar should be played at its most basic level: soulful and in the pocket. The counterweight has always been Eric Clapton. Over the past 70 years, the guitar has had it’s fair share of experimentalists - from Jimi Hendrix to The Edge. Having watched dozens of his live performances over the past 23 years, it is amazing that he never seems to play a wrong note. From when I was 13 years old, I have been enamored with the movement of his left hand. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man’s example would be my life’s work.”Įric Clapton is truly my favorite guitarist of all time. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. “At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man (Robert Johnson) made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play.
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