- Blues Rhythm and Lead Guitar Lesson
- The Double Stop: A Blues Rhythm / Lead Guitar Lesson
- The Turnaround
- Create Your Own Fingerstyle Compositions On The Guitar
- Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson in the key of E
- B.B. King Guitar Lesson - Understanding His Approach
- Eric Clapton Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson - Part 2: Advanced
- Eric Clapton Rhythm Guitar Lesson
- Reggae Guitar Rhythm Lesson
- Keith Richards Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson
- Bo Diddley Style Rhythm Guitar Lesson
- Blues / Rock Rhythm Guitar Lesson (Key of A)
- Slow Blues Guitar Lesson - Just Guitar
- Play an Easy Guitar Solo with Just 2 Notes
- Albert King Blues Guitar Lesson
- Simple Lead Played in the Major Pentatonic Scale (Key of E)
- How To Create a Solo Using Only 3 Notes - Using Both Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales
- Understanding The Major and the Minor (Blues) Pentatonic Scales
- Simple Blues Guitar Lick - 1 (Chuck Berry Style)
- Mark Knopfler Style Guitar Lesson - Lead Guitar
- Eric Clapton Style Blues Guitar Lesson
- Robert Cray Blues Guitar Solo Lesson
- BB King Blues Guitar Lesson
- Steve Cropper Funk Blues Rhythm Guitar Lesson
- Chet Atkins Fingerstyle Lesson: Very Basic
- Bending Strings: How To Bend Guitar Strings
- Beginner Guitar Course (FREE!)
I've been looking forward to creating an Eric Clapton style guitar lesson because I'm such a huge fan, although I had a really hard time trying to sum him up in a simple lesson because he plays so many different styles. He's best known as a an electric blues guitar player, yet throughout his career he's played country, reggae, rock, jazz, delta blues, you name it. So I ended up creating a guitar solo that was a little bit rock and a little bit blues (some would argue there isn't much of a difference), but I think this sums up what he does the majority of the time. I'm using my old 1990 Fender Stratocaster with Lace Sensor pickups (playing on the bridge pickup) to get that classic Clapton Journeyman tone. Overall, this lesson is intended for intermediate / advanced guitar players. The first half of this solo might be suitable for a beginner, but the last half might be bit challenging if you're just getting started. As always feel free to post questions / comments here or in the forum and I'll respond.
It’s on YouTube, split into 2 parts (because YouTube only allows videos to be 10 minutes). Part 1: Eric Clapton Blues Guitar Lesson and then the second part, Part 2: Eric Clapton Blues Guitar Lesson
I realy like your teaching It’s wright to the point and easy to pick up thanks
You rock Brian ! Thankyou very much from an Argentinian Blues Girl.
JazmilaGuitar.
I am trying to move away from the traditional area at the bottom of the fretboard. Your series of lessons higher up the neck has been very helpful and is getting me out of playing in just one position. It is also good to see how the various pentatonic scales “fit” together and become so versatile.
Thank you very much.
Trevor
Nice lesson. Lessons like this prove that blues is one of the hardest styles to play right yet one of the simplest. So many notes are repeated and bent, etc so you would think it would be easy until you start attempting to play it!
Just need to inform you of a mistake that really threw me off during the lesson (thank goodness for the tab!)... During the second part of the solo, you completely forgot to add in the part where you slide from 5 to 9 on the 4th string, hit 7 on the 3rd string, then slide 7 to 5 on the 4th string, then hit 7 and slide off on 5 on the 5th string.
if that didnt make sense let me know, just figured i would throw that out there incase anyone is confused!
The tab for Eric Clapton Style Blues Guitar Lessons part 1 and 2 (journeyman)is not the same as the original one part lesson. Will you be posting the updated tab?
Yes, laxkid227 is correct. I was just learning the solo piece by piece but something wasn’t adding up as I went back to watch Brian play it at full speed. Thanks laxkid for pointing that out. Good thing for the tab!
Excellent site Brian,
Your really encouraging me to play more Blues.I`m having trouble downloading your Jam Tracks!It kinda corrupts my page into “Jumping”! Can you use a different format,please?
Dave.
@Davelynn, what is specifically happening when you down the Jam tracks? They’re just MP3 files so they should play fine on any computer. Are you unable to download them, or are you just unable to play them after they have been downloaded?
Just discovered this site from YouTube - really excellent instruction Brian - very clear and at a pace that’s easy to follow. One suggestion - perhaps you could show your right plectrum hand so we can see how you’re hitting the strings for different styles etc.
Hi Brian, i accidently came across your site as i was looking to understand the E minor pentatonic scale as i was confused. I have been playing the guitar for just over a year and deeply love the blues. Your teaching methods are great and easy to understand and in my view the best on you tube . What’s best is i can now understand why certain notes are played between certain scales etc. Love your work Brian and this is by far my favourite site, Cheers Ed from NEw Zealand.
I just joined the site yesterday, Its awesome, fits my genre perfectly,Im excited about playing again thanks…...T Russ \m/
Great lesson- I m a huge fan of old Eric ,one of Englands finest exports.
Please keep the Clapton stuff coming .
Thanks .
just found your site and think its great, will be a frequent visitor from now on thanks a lot
Hi Brian,
Awesome site just found and have picked up several tid bits to add to my limited BUT EXPANDING ARSENAL.
Thanks
They’re up now - I had an issue with the server I was using but you should be able to access them now.
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