For the longest time, I viewed Clapton as far behind other players like Page who I esteemed much more. My views have changed starting with digging into the Beano album and learning songs and perhaps age and refinement. The "vocal" quality and musicality of his playing bring me back again and again. I love your playing, Brian. You are truly great in your own right. Thanks for bringing the magic.
I'm not talking technically. How goid a guitarist is to me also depends on how much his playing can connect to ith me emotionally. Like Jimi a hendrix makes you feel his souls with that guitar. Tone and technique aren't what makes a guitarist great. When a guitarist can make you cry because the music from the guitar they play moves you so much you can't contain it snd just weep. Well that's goid shit. It's a feeling like no other to feel someone's soul that way
Brian is without a doubt the best guitar teacher in all the internet. I've tried every. single. online lesson. Brian blows them all away. And this lesson is why I love him sooooo much. THANK YOU BRIAN!!
To be completely honest I wouldn't say he is singularly the best, but he is right up there in a small group that are really great teachers. Brian is someone whose lessons I always learn from. It's always about the music and teaching with Brian, not any fancy 'cool' stuff. Clearly a very good musician and teacher :)
Everyone plays “blues guitar”, but when you see and hear him live you understand the difference instantly between good and being one of the greatest to ever do it
Hi I'm a huge Eric Clapton devotee. I JUST realized after going through this entire lesson that this is also exactly how Clapton bends into Wonderful Tonight. His lick, starting on 10th fret 2nd string (A) bending up to B and then going back to A, then going down to 8th fret (G) is exactly from that E shape / 4th position major pentatonic. He even later on does a bend or a slide on 10th fret 1st string (D) bending to E exactly as you described in this video. This is exactly the stuff I wish I had been able to learn at 16. Thanks Brian!!!
Brian, I've loved Clapton my whole life. I first tried to play his type of stuff 30 years ago, work and life got in the way and got frustrated by not achieving my goal. You are a genius, you've just unlocked it all in small, biteable chunks, perfect thank you. Now I need to make the time. Looking forward to getting it all down again..cheers mate.
I've been playkg 30 years and love improvisation but have felt stuck sometimes wirh playing things that can sound too similar. This was reallly helpful. THANKS!
This lesson was very helpful in learning to improvise as it helped me to focus on just a few notes and to hear the notes in my head before i play them (rather than move all over the fingerboard). I also found that I paid more attention to technique than I usually do.
Great lesson Brian I worked it out to Southern Rock Allman brothers sound I've been having fun with this today that's the main thing instead working on complex progressions just play the guitar let your fingers make the music have fun , you don't need to be complex to sound good that's rock and roll,
Great lesson, Brian. Love it when you do Clapton-style stuff. That Journeyman style lesson you did, what, twelve years ago was a real breakout lesson for me and I'm sure this will be for others. Thank you!
Clapton was my favorite guitar player among all the greats. His music was purposeful and you could feel the emotion. Others played Hard Rock and that is what it is. I loved BB King and George Harrison for the same reaons as Clapton.
Love these type of lessons that aren't crazy fast. I am still so slow that this is about as fast as I can play. That section in the fourth bar was giving me fits until I realized you are letting the hammer on ring out while hybrid picking the e note.
It hit me that your “triangle” with the root on the second string is the “BB box” and I loved how you were using half and full step bends to incorporate the minor pentatonic into the major (something I’ve been struggling with). Very good lesson!
Hi Brian, I came in a bit late for your lesson, but as always a gem. Loved the last 6 minutes of your Premium members’ video when you get down and personal/sentimental about your guitar, and you remind us that no matter if you heard it before, it’s always good to be reminded of the basics. Again thanks Brian. PS. I also have a weekly one-on-one ‘live’ lesson and this week, my teacher came in with a black Squire!
I’m working on improvisation and this video is straight forward, doesn’t go into a lot of theory and shows how taking an easy approach can really sound good and lets you make some expressive blues. Thanks
Something I’ve known is that it’s quality and not quantity. Ive heard brian say the only scale he knew was pentatonic. So much you can do with that as long as the feeling is there
Thanks Brian, it's always nice in my view to be encouraged to be who we are as unique individuals -- guitar players in this context -- . Your videos always seem to do this. Case in point, Eddie Van Halen was truly talented, but as far as something soothing to my ears, he was not. You're right, sometimes simple is the best. I've spent much time learning a lot of tech stuff, not a waste of time, just part of the journey. Now i plan to try and make more sounds that comfort my ear -- and those around me :) Keep up the good work my good man
Been a long time subscriber but rarely post comments. I just had to say that I have a ‘90 Deluxe Plus in tobacco sunburst that I purchased brand new. It’s my longest owned and most played guitar. It’s seen a lot of action.
Thanks liked subscribed and look forward to the second part. I am like a lot of intermediate player well use to the minor pentatonic and adding in the odd major or blues note. But doing the opposite mainly sticking to major and adding the odd minor is definitely the part of Claptons style I’ve been missing. It’s not how fast you play it’s the notes you play or avoid and the gaps in-between them that make this style of playing so great.
Hi, from the UK , great lesson, i know Brian isn't featuring a a specific Clapton solo here, but have a listen to Runaway train, Elton John, feat Eric Clapton, and you will hear something similar. I couldn't quiet place the song at first, then it came to me.
Thank you Brian, I love Clapton's style of playing. Listening to you playing, I was thinking about 'No Alibis' (and a little BB King), and then you said it 😄. Wonderful song and it perfectly captures what you're saying about Clapton.
page had seshion players on his album he dident realy play alll the stuf on the albums just the live .. Eric Clapton is a Blues musican . he can stand up to any one and has, he dosent have to pruve any thing..that said Brian outstanding lesson im going to be on this one may be put some vocal to this ... love the QUEST thank you my friend
Seriously, what to do with this train wreck of a comment? If I were you I'd take a break from the Xanny bars before continuing. Page was the session musician. Page played guitar on every single Zeppelin album. He also produced every Zep album. Jeez.
You make excellent lessons. Thank you. But how can you mention emotional playing without talking about Dave Gilmour!!? The absolute master of in-key, emotional playing (and, of course, the black strat …). I love the way he plays over a simple synth chord and really makes it sing. Try the first solo from ‘Coming back to life’ (ideally from ‘Live in Pompeii’). Genius. Lovely man, too. (We do have ‘August, somewhere. Sadly our cds are boxed up in the garage and we lost our vinyl on the path to old age).
That's it ! I'm canceling my Disney Channel and joining your private membership lol. For real though. I swear your lessons are exactly at my level now. I tried learning guitar 10 + years ago and remember your lessons where like what ?!! Way to advanced for me (keywords ) at that time!! Now 10 years later I can hear and see things differently. It's all coming together now so thanks. I'll be joining soon. Seriously though I can't stand Disney don't even know why we have it and I don't watch it anyway lol.
Great stuff Brian! I would ask you to go deeper into pointing out when the M and m scales overlap. Also, when you talked about the "outlier note" on the B chord, isn't that D# note also the 3rd of the B major scale, being played over the B chord (ie playing from pinky on 7th string fifth fret)?
That guitar looks exactly like a guitar I owned from '89/'90 until about '98. I traded it in on a Strat that I still own but I regret selling it. If you ever want to sell it look me up.
Another great lesson. One minor criticism: suggesting playing this piece is not 'technical' - might be a little misleading and possibly discouraging to some? If there's one thing that will depress learners more than anything else it's saying something like, 'here's an easy or simple piece to play' and then they try playing it and it sounds terrible compared to the teacher's version. Achieving good timing, decent vibrato, perfect string bends (including muting other strings) and communicating 'feeling' in a musical way all requires 'technical ability'. For me, doing all those things to an adequate level (nowhere near as good as Brian) required far more time and effort than understanding modes or learning scale patterns across the neck.
For the longest time, I viewed Clapton as far behind other players like Page who I esteemed much more. My views have changed starting with digging into the Beano album and learning songs and perhaps age and refinement. The "vocal" quality and musicality of his playing bring me back again and again. I love your playing, Brian. You are truly great in your own right. Thanks for bringing the magic.
Clapton is certainly up there but if you are looking for the very best it has to be Joe Bonamassa.
Perfection in Tone and Phrasing and technique
@@davidpendry7731 Not looking for the best. I just enjoy music.
Clapton far behind either one? Come on... Derek and the Domino's is true perfection.
You're crazy. Eric Clapton is like one of the the top guitarists. Right up there with Page
I'm not talking technically. How goid a guitarist is to me also depends on how much his playing can connect to ith me emotionally. Like Jimi a hendrix makes you feel his souls with that guitar. Tone and technique aren't what makes a guitarist great. When a guitarist can make you cry because the music from the guitar they play moves you so much you can't contain it snd just weep. Well that's goid shit. It's a feeling like no other to feel someone's soul that way
Brian is without a doubt the best guitar teacher in all the internet. I've tried every. single. online lesson. Brian blows them all away. And this lesson is why I love him sooooo much. THANK YOU BRIAN!!
To be completely honest I wouldn't say he is singularly the best, but he is right up there in a small group that are really great teachers. Brian is someone whose lessons I always learn from. It's always about the music and teaching with Brian, not any fancy 'cool' stuff. Clearly a very good musician and teacher :)
I don’t agree
Love this recent set of lessons focused on improvising and playing by ear… combining a bit of “thinking” with hearing and feeling
Everyone plays “blues guitar”, but when you see and hear him live you understand the difference instantly between good and being one of the greatest to ever do it
After a long , long , long day at work, watching your videos Brian makes me very very happy. Thank You very much !!!
Hi I'm a huge Eric Clapton devotee. I JUST realized after going through this entire lesson that this is also exactly how Clapton bends into Wonderful Tonight. His lick, starting on 10th fret 2nd string (A) bending up to B and then going back to A, then going down to 8th fret (G) is exactly from that E shape / 4th position major pentatonic. He even later on does a bend or a slide on 10th fret 1st string (D) bending to E exactly as you described in this video. This is exactly the stuff I wish I had been able to learn at 16. Thanks Brian!!!
Brian, I've loved Clapton my whole life. I first tried to play his type of stuff 30 years ago, work and life got in the way and got frustrated by not achieving my goal. You are a genius, you've just unlocked it all in small, biteable chunks, perfect thank you. Now I need to make the time. Looking forward to getting it all down again..cheers mate.
I've been playkg 30 years and love improvisation but have felt stuck sometimes wirh playing things that can sound too similar. This was reallly helpful. THANKS!
This video lesson is simply unsurpassed for creativity and simplicity. It almost guarantees that you will solo in this lifetime.
You always mention a light bulb moment. This was one for me. Thankyou Brian
Hi Brian, thank you for opening my eyes to simplicity!!!! Great great lesson. Tk you so much!
Yes, communicating to others what you feel inside, through your guitar. Thats playing from the inside out.
I like the "less is more" reasoning in this lesson.
This lesson was very helpful in learning to improvise as it helped me to focus on just a few notes and to hear the notes in my head before i play them (rather than move all over the fingerboard). I also found that I paid more attention to technique than I usually do.
Great lesson Brian I worked it out to Southern Rock Allman brothers sound I've been having fun with this today that's the main thing instead working on complex progressions just play the guitar let your fingers make the music have fun , you don't need to be complex to sound good that's rock and roll,
Thanks for all the great info and training you give us. My skills have increased a great deal since I have been following your channel.
Great lesson, Brian. Love it when you do Clapton-style stuff.
That Journeyman style lesson you did, what, twelve years ago was a real breakout lesson for me and I'm sure this will be for others.
Thank you!
Clapton was my favorite guitar player among all the greats. His music was purposeful and you could feel the emotion. Others played Hard Rock and that is what it is. I loved BB King and George Harrison for the same reaons as Clapton.
One of the most helpful „how-to“ lessons I‘ve ever seen! Thank you Brian! I’m so glad to be a Premium member! 🎸👌👏👏👏
Enjoyed the vocal character of the phrasing and your 'learning the neighborhood' approach. Very engaging lesson.
Another instructive and inspiring lesson. Every one you put out is valuable and appreciated. Many thanks Brian.
Love these type of lessons that aren't crazy fast. I am still so slow that this is about as fast as I can play. That section in the fourth bar was giving me fits until I realized you are letting the hammer on ring out while hybrid picking the e note.
Love the black strat for this video.
So many great lessons Brian, but this is definitely one of my absolute favorites. Love it.
You truly have the heart of a teacher. Great lesson.
It hit me that your “triangle” with the root on the second string is the “BB box” and I loved how you were using half and full step bends to incorporate the minor pentatonic into the major (something I’ve been struggling with). Very good lesson!
Hi Brian, I came in a bit late for your lesson, but as always a gem. Loved the last 6 minutes of your Premium members’ video when you get down and personal/sentimental about your guitar, and you remind us that no matter if you heard it before, it’s always good to be reminded of the basics. Again thanks Brian. PS. I also have a weekly one-on-one ‘live’ lesson and this week, my teacher came in with a black Squire!
You made my Friday night even better, so a big thank you , and have yourself a wonderful weekend, Brian! 👍 🎸 🇨🇦
To me, this is the top lesson !! I will get back on premium soon as I can .
great lesson. it cleared up a lot of things in my head! plus your a good teacher Brian!!
I thought that was a great lesson, Eric Clapton is one of my favorite guitar players.
Thanks
I’m working on improvisation and this video is straight forward, doesn’t go into a lot of theory and shows how taking an easy approach can really sound good and lets you make some expressive blues. Thanks
Great lesson today 😎
More Saturday morning magic where does it all come from. Glyn UK.
Brian, thanks! This lesson also has a strong Dickey Betts Allman Bros. sound, too. Looking forward to the jam tracks. Fun stuff.
Something I’ve known is that it’s quality and not quantity. Ive heard brian say the only scale he knew was pentatonic. So much you can do with that as long as the feeling is there
Great lesson! Thank you and happy playing.😊
Awesome! Love it
Great lesson
Thanks Brian, this was super helpful for learning, understanding and playing better. I'm putting your name up for Guitar Teacher of the Year! 👍
Thanks Brian for another wonderful lesson . You are an awesome guitar player and teacher. I hope you have a blest weekend.
The B.B box never ever fails
I've always struggled with playing lead part and improvising. This is a huge breakthrough. Great lesson. Thanks
Thanks for giving me Hope!!!!😊🎸
As always a great lesson. These ideas also work if you move them up to g which is where alot of the materials my band does.Thanks Brian
Always great lessons to improve my playing, thanks Brian! :)
Thanks Brian, it's always nice in my view to be encouraged to be who we are as unique individuals -- guitar players in this context -- . Your videos always seem to do this. Case in point, Eddie Van Halen was truly talented, but as far as something soothing to my ears, he was not. You're right, sometimes simple is the best. I've spent much time learning a lot of tech stuff, not a waste of time, just part of the journey. Now i plan to try and make more sounds that comfort my ear -- and those around me :) Keep up the good work my good man
Been a long time subscriber but rarely post comments. I just had to say that I have a ‘90 Deluxe Plus in tobacco sunburst that I purchased brand new. It’s my longest owned and most played guitar. It’s seen a lot of action.
Great stuff! Less is always more.
Feel is much more memorable than speed.
Thanks liked subscribed and look forward to the second part. I am like a lot of intermediate player well use to the minor pentatonic and adding in the odd major or blues note. But doing the opposite mainly sticking to major and adding the odd minor is definitely the part of Claptons style I’ve been missing. It’s not how fast you play it’s the notes you play or avoid and the gaps in-between them that make this style of playing so great.
Love that Strat Plus! I have one that I bought new in 1990. Great guitar. Nice lesson too!
i bought this new in 1990 as well (well, my parents did for Christmas that year).
Hi, from the UK , great lesson, i know Brian isn't featuring a a specific Clapton solo here, but have a listen to Runaway train, Elton John, feat Eric Clapton, and you will hear something similar. I couldn't quiet place the song at first, then it came to me.
Thank you Brian, I love Clapton's style of playing. Listening to you playing, I was thinking about 'No Alibis' (and a little BB King), and then you said it 😄. Wonderful song and it perfectly captures what you're saying about Clapton.
Love this - and it is like Clapton - but also like BB King in the track 'Better Not Look Down', which is not a bad thing at all!
page had seshion players on his album he dident realy play alll the stuf on the albums just the live .. Eric Clapton is a Blues musican . he can stand up to any one and has, he dosent have to pruve any thing..that said Brian outstanding lesson im going to be on this one may be put some vocal to this ... love the QUEST thank you my friend
Seriously, what to do with this train wreck of a comment? If I were you I'd take a break from the Xanny bars before continuing. Page was the session musician. Page played guitar on every single Zeppelin album. He also produced every Zep album. Jeez.
Good lesson for me. Getting more at applying pentatonics.
Wow, that intro got me ❤
New subscriber here
Another great place to focus for a lesson.
You make excellent lessons. Thank you. But how can you mention emotional playing without talking about Dave Gilmour!!? The absolute master of in-key, emotional playing (and, of course, the black strat …). I love the way he plays over a simple synth chord and really makes it sing. Try the first solo from ‘Coming back to life’ (ideally from ‘Live in Pompeii’). Genius. Lovely man, too. (We do have ‘August, somewhere. Sadly our cds are boxed up in the garage and we lost our vinyl on the path to old age).
Always gold; thank you!
Great Show !nice tome and phrases
That's it ! I'm canceling my Disney Channel and joining your private membership lol. For real though. I swear your lessons are exactly at my level now. I tried learning guitar 10 + years ago and remember your lessons where like what ?!! Way to advanced for me (keywords ) at that time!! Now 10 years later I can hear and see things differently. It's all coming together now so thanks. I'll be joining soon. Seriously though I can't stand Disney don't even know why we have it and I don't watch it anyway lol.
💪😁👍🎸 Big smiles here, Thanks Brian.
Great lesson Brian trying other keys was fun
Looks simple..... but is Power and beautiful
Backing track has a last train home (j mayer) vibe ......which goes full circle as that song was inspired by Clapton
Thanks i the tone of your guitar
And the feeling so gréât
This what i love in music.
Not the technical approach
Great lesson Brian. If I had a blindfold on, I'd swear I was listening to EC.
I’d love to see your warm up routine bro
Keep up the great work
Nice feel
Awesome video
Legend, thank you🎸
Great playing
Great stuff Brian! I would ask you to go deeper into pointing out when the M and m scales overlap. Also, when you talked about the "outlier note" on the B chord, isn't that D# note also the 3rd of the B major scale, being played over the B chord (ie playing from pinky on 7th string fifth fret)?
Good stuff
Hi how are you dude rock on l am learning to play guitar basic power
That guitar looks exactly like a guitar I owned from '89/'90 until about '98. I traded it in on a Strat that I still own but I regret selling it. If you ever want to sell it look me up.
Very cool
The lick at 0:27 sounded a bit Mark Knopfler
Yes!! Absolutely, what an ear!! 👍
Wow what a lesson man. Is there anyway I can purchase the backing track without a subscription?
Just fantastic, Brian! What you learned from EC, I am learning from you - the way you make playing so accessible to the "average" folks ✨💕
Great lesson as always. Fun to play with. Just wondering...What is the nut on your strat?
Please give a link to that strat. Love the color! Thanks Brian.
@@vincejohnson5462 that’s a 1990 Strat Plus - the color is something like black pearl burst
That guitar ... the strat plus .. I had the same guitar for years and i should have been jailed for selling it back then . I missed ever since !
@@alkmaarsegitaarschool7896 it’s still my go to electric!
i bought one on E- Bay lately , 30 years old and mint condition!; Same colour ( pewter burst ) . I am so glad ! @@activemelody
Is that the Clapton strat, I have lace sensors in my strat as well.
Looks more like a Jeff Beck Strat with the Wilkinson Nut.
Lace Sensors are a giveaway as well. Wondering if Brian’s has the TBX potentiometer in the tone position?
not a Clapton Strat - this is a 1990 US Strat Plus
@@activemelody Nice, mine is a 1991 US Strat Plus
❤
That's why we call him slow hand!
just a question.....what type of strings do you use...ultra lights to get full bends or do you tune your
guitar down
Always 10 gauge
You really need a good vibrato to do this. I struggle so much with vibrato.
Can I download the soundtrack? I follow you but not a premium member.
Allman Brothers similar.
Awesome brian is eric clapton your favourite guitarist btw.
He’s one of them for sure 👍
I have a badge (button) that says ..keep it simple..and it never lets me down.
Another great lesson. One minor criticism: suggesting playing this piece is not 'technical' - might be a little misleading and possibly discouraging to some? If there's one thing that will depress learners more than anything else it's saying something like, 'here's an easy or simple piece to play' and then they try playing it and it sounds terrible compared to the teacher's version.
Achieving good timing, decent vibrato, perfect string bends (including muting other strings) and communicating 'feeling' in a musical way all requires 'technical ability'. For me, doing all those things to an adequate level (nowhere near as good as Brian) required far more time and effort than understanding modes or learning scale patterns across the neck.
first comment!
O Ok Xanny Son never cared for Zipper poof .. dont even have one of there albums
Dude, go away. Permanently.
Hold part 2 captive.....BYE
I can tell you've never been self employed. smh
Boring, too slow, dry as vermouth.
Totally overrated. Seriously overrated to the point of embarrassment.
nah - his career says otherwise.