5 Licks to instantly sound like CLAPTON

[@DavidLaFerney]

My light bulb moment in this is that by simply playing the major pentatonic over the root chord and the minor over the other chords you can (relatively) easily slide into 2 more advanced soloing techniques - chord following and mixing major and minor scales. Great insight. Thanks!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Those light bulb moments are great eh! Thanks

[@bobramirez588]

Same here. Great tip

[@davidsilverman6508]

You are spot on when you say it doesn't have to be note perfect. I've seen Clapton in the 60s 70s and 80s. He NEVER plays the same solo twice when he plays the same song. He plays from his soul and how he feels not a musical score

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Great point! Hendrix was exactly the same!

[@martyconroy3786]

Or Santana, or SRV... playing by tab is the wrong way.

[@PR-BEACHBOY]

WOW Tim! I actually get it!! The “A Major” is exactly the same as “F Sharp Minor”. Holy cow I pray I don’t forget it!! THANK YOU!!!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Oh yes!

[@gabrielw7773]

All these youtubers who say "Clapton is overrated and these other guitarists are better." I'd like to see these other guitarists play with a slide, or maybe with an orchestra band, how about some Jazz and reggae and we all know about the blues, rock and pop playing ability of Clapton. Enough with the tricks of these one trick pony speedsters being labeled as better players. Most of them aren't near as lyrical with their guitars. Clapton sings to me with his guitar. Feeling.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yes agreed, and he's done a hell of a lot of stuff!

[@keithbartlett9048]

I would say Jeff Beck could easily out do Clapton when it comes to playing different styles of music and being more imaginative with playing the guitar. By saying that that's not putting Clapton down because Clapton is great in his own right. I wish Jeff Beck was still with us, he is missed very much by us fans.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@keithbartlett9048 It's always a tricky question. The thing is they were both brilliant in their field and that's how you should judge them. Saw Jeff last year just before he passed away and then saw him 20 years ago or so. Incredible musican and I loved his uniqueness.

[@gabrielw7773]

@@keithbartlett9048 Can't say I cared too much for his playing. Talk about not being imaginative. Most of that isn't music but trickery. I never have liked trickery with a wammy bar. Boring with a terrible sound.

[@jeffholliday8304]

I totally agree, bro

[@TheSoundofForgetting]

Your channel was recommended and glad I clicked to give it a chance! Been playing for decades & play on and off for hours everyday and been studying Clapton and watched your video and walked away with ordering your book off Amazon & got a subscriber 🤘 plus the Jimi comments are a good laugh..keep rocking 🤘🎸🤘 can’t wait to check out your book! ( And you are definitely right about other KZbin channels and which was why I subscribed. You are one of the few that goes more in depth and just explains so other musicians learning can actually know why their Guitar Heroes play what they play🤘)

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah super cool you ordered the book and subbed. Thanks! And yes, Big Jim is fun for sure! Really appreciate your comments about my style of teaching, means a lot to me. Always working to get my material as good as it can be. And there is another book in the pipeline!

[@scottmccallum4369]

Great lesson, well delivered! Major pent over the root, minor pent over 4&5. I always liked how Clapton switched between major and minor but didn’t actually realize this was the ‘secret sauce’. Thanks!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Big thanks. Yes, it's quite a common formula and sounds great. A lot of it is because the minor third of the I chord becomes the b7th of the IV chord. So Am pentatonic actually fits over the D7 chord better than it does over the A7 chord!

[@gnawbabygnaw]

Clapton doesn’t even worry about playing like he did before. Someone pointed out he doesn’t play songs the same way twice. He said, “isn’t that the point?”

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Sure, but that's after years and years of developing his style. And yes, I agree, this is the point!

[@dougsmith8430]

Exactly! Playing should be about the feel of the Guitarist at the time… not copying note for note, whether it’s a cover of a song, or you’re playing your own song.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@dougsmith8430 Glad you think so too Doug! I think it's so important to think like that. Thanks!

[@cobar5342]

Great video, thank you. Having listened to this solo from its release I really appreciate a good analysis

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thebluesrockers]

hahaha.. The beginning of this video is comedic gold.. But the lesson is worth even more than gold.. Thank you for teaching these licks.. Peace..

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad you like the humour and the content! Many thanks for the comment!

[@dong1872]

VERY GREAT, MATE. i REMEMBER PLAYING THIS SONG LIVE MANY TIMES, AND DOING IT, BUT NOT REALLY AWARE THAT i WAS SWITCHING BETWEEN MAJOR AND MINOR. IT JUST SOUNDED RIGHT IF I HIT THOSE NOTES. ☺

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah thanks! Cool you played it live loads!

[@tcro5880]

I recall reading in old guitar mag interviews where EC,Beck and others saying they worked in and around chord shapes and trying to emulate who they dug....Clapton said that he had "wood-shedded" a whole lot after his Yardbirds stint.He also said that his fab version of Freddie Kings's "Hideaway" was just his attempt at it.... great vid this btw!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks so much! And yes playing around chord shapes is a great thing to do, I love playing like that. Hendrix did it a lot as well.

[@mayito714]

Excellent explanation of a music concept that had eluded me for years. While my ear grasped it it was not till this lesson that I understood it.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thank you so much. That's great to hear!

[@dougsmith8430]

Just subscribed. Great insights Tim! Look forward to diving into your posts.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

That's great, thanks! Super glad you like the channel!

[@MsMusicman56]

Thanks man simple with no dirt which to me just stuffs it up. Great!!!!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

No problem 👍

[@trevorclarey3336]

Good advice that mate .

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad it helped bud

[@patrickbarr6398]

Great info man!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pengyuhe2715]

Concept matters!

[@rick00770]

awesome, you got it. subscribed. great lesson there. I don't read music so this helps a lot. I improvise and play in the style of the song and player. phrasing is a great point.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ah thank you, and cheers for the sub! You can't underestimate phrasing!

[@waynegram8907]

Often Clapton Cream era would play ROOT-less V7 chord triads for the "closing notes" or cadences like M3-5-b7 = Tritone. He does this in the guitar solo of Strange Brew when adding in the M3-5-b7. The Root less V7 chord has a diminished triad. Ritchie Blackmore will using the harmonic minor scale over the V7 chord which the harmonic minor scale is the same as the mixolydian b9 b13? 1-b2-3-4-5-b6-7b. I'm confused about how to play the harmonic minor scale that will be a mixolydian b9 b13 when played over the V7 chord?

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Harmonic minor over the V chord is really Phrygian Dominant. E.G if you played a minor blues in Am, the V chord would be E7. You would play A harmonic minor over that, but really it's E Phyrgian Dominant.

[@waynegram8907]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 The V Chord is E7 you should START on the A note and play an A harmonic minor over the E7. The A note is the 4th scale degree or 4th chord tone?

[@waynegram8907]

TIM DALEY, when resolving the lick or phrase on the 5th chord tone rather than the root note which is what Eric Clapton does often is always ends on the 5th instead of the root note. What is the mode of the pentatonic when ending on the 5th?

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

BB often went 5th to root. But resolving on the 5th is fine as it's very similar to the root. You can also resolve on the 3rd. It doesn't change the mode when you end on a chord tone other than the root.

[@waynegram8907]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 David Gilmour mostly starts on the 3rd chord tone and ends on the 3rd chord tone, There must be a musical term for doing this? as well there must be a musical term for ending resolving on the 5th chord tone like what Clapton does because it give a more darker dominant tonality. It changes the "totality"

[@5150show]

Cheers from New Zealand

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Cheers from the UK!

[@Blinki18284]

That''s exactly what I needed. I don't want to be a Clapton clone, but a better blues player. Thank you so much!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Exactly! Great stuff, glad it helped!

[@Nicholas-dreamlove]

Thank you very much for sharing this mate.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

My pleasure

[@robbyron769]

Thanks for this -its the way to cretivity and not going for the note-to-note approach-for some reason many guitarits look for this- so lets recognize influences as useful but not be obsessive about it!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Well said!

[@jeffholliday8304]

Historically, Clapton is one of the top three guitarist of all time without a doubt people need to know their musical history and to know something about playing guitar before they judge Eric Clapton

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

I agree. Clapton is massively influential and has been going such a long time with different aspects to his playing.

[@neilmatthews2527]

Tim Pierce is not just awesome - its also his joy ! whilst hitting the spot ! .

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yeah Tim Pierce is brilliant. Love his playing!

[@davidmacleod9313]

8:25 I got that da da da (sht! Here we go again!) You say Clapton but I got it from Gilmour. Did David Gilmour nick it from Eric Clapton? (Yes, I said “nick” because I watch way too much Britbox! Go Vera!) 😊

[@5150show]

So good , I had to sub

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Your comment is music to my ears! Thank you!

[@liaa5655]

hi tim nice vid thx! where can i buythat lilhendrix statue looks so cute !!! :)

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Send me an email to [e-mail] and I'll send you a link!

[@liaa5655]

nice, thx for the answer@@timdaleybluesguitar101

[@ildarrrr2]

As for me, Clapton's distinctive moments are his vibrato, his beboppish explosive lines and syncopes even in slow blues and his 3-note legatos as mordent for examle a-c-a instead of just playing A

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yep his vibrato is very distinctive indeed! There is also a lot going on with his playing over the years, so lots to learn from.

[@Ivor912]

Really enjoyed this lesson. Very informative and well written/performed. Thank you. Could you pleas tell me if you are using any FX or is your sound coming from the amp/guitar. Thanks again.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks very much, really appreciate the comment. Re my sound it's all coming from my AxeFxIII. It's super easy to get a great recorded sound from. Live I always play through tube amps (mostly my Kool amps) but for recording I just find it super easy and convenient to use the Axe.

[@Ivor912]

Hi Tim,Thank you. I'm not sure of the AxeFX111, is it an amp modeller? I have a Tonex and I can't seem to get anywhere near your clean, yet distorted sound. Is it based on a particular Amp where I could get a sort of clue as where to start with my pedal.@@timdaleybluesguitar101

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@Ivor912 Hi Ivor, yes it is an amp modeller. Do a quick Google to have a look, they are amazing machines. But you should be able to get somewhere close with your Tonex. As I remember I was using a Princeton Reverb amp in the settings. And I like a big reverb so was using a 'Cathedral Reverb' setting for that. Hope that helps.

[@Ivor912]

Thanks for your help, again, after some more research I have found the Tonex models of 59 Bassman to be very close. Just got to do some more practice. Cheers1 @@timdaleybluesguitar101

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@Ivor912 No worries, glad you are getting close! We all need to practice! cheers

[@GrahamHorsewood]

Clapton also had a distinct vibrato technique that helped to give him his style of playing.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Great point, very true. I often think of BB as fast and narrow and Clapton as wide and slow.

[@derekclacton]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101Eric’s ‘hand off neck’ vibrato is definitely important 👍

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@derekclacton Yeah, these guys often had quite unique ways of achieving vibrato. Not textbook at all a lot of the time.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@derekclacton Sure thing!

[@kristijansudra3727]

Very helpful lesson!!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad it was helpful!

[@christopherandrews6865]

Great lesson!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad you liked it!

[@fred3893]

This is very interesting. I was wondering, however, what he would play over an E Chord in order to highlight the change from E to D.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

You've got a couple of options. Easiest is play A minor pentatonic over the E and D chords, which is more what he would have done. However, you could play E major pentatonic over the E and D major pentatonic over the D.

[@fred3893]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 Thanks for responding so quickly. I really appreciate it.

[@Avim111]

Very good

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thank you!

[@kenjones7081]

very good new player

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Thanks

[@metta8917]

Very nice. Good ears, Tim.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Big thanks!

[@joerye6271]

What about the V chord (E)?

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Good point, I cover the V chord in other vids, was just concentrating on the first 8 bars in this vid. Cheers

[@neilmatthews2527]

Massively exciting - such a refreshing presentation - particularly regards Jimmies comments/contribution ! . But ! . . dun , dun duhh . . I cringe at the idea that someone can imagine what another is "thinking" . . That can be left to Noel Harrari and the cranky bst'ds that are planning to put chips in us . . Have you personally met " GOD " ? . I was once in the same room as him and , due to atrocious sound issues he could have been . . You fill in the blanks - - I Love the way that you play - I always wished that I had a mate that plays so well .. Guitar pilgrim to me is as good as it gets ? . I am grateful to be able to subscribe - thank you ! . Glancing across my screen here , I am looking toward your window " 5 licks to instantly sound like J Winter . . I wonder ? . . My most cherished ( without any reserve or doubt ) " lick " is during " Last night " I lost the best friend I ever had . . Can you , Would you teach this one ? .

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Glad you are enjoying Big Jim's contributions! Not met Clapton no, but i've seen him live. One of my students used to know him pretty well. Thanks for the compliment on my playing, very much appreciated!

[@tobylking]

Great lesson...I like to know why players play what they play. I don't understand why play A minor over D major

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Great point, I always want to know what players are thinking when they play. I think that is the most important thing. Re A minor over D major, do you mean over an A Major Blues when you are playing A minor over the IV chord ie D major?

[@azbluesdog]

The flatted 7th (C note) in a D7 chord is also the minor 3rd of A. If you land on that C note over the A7 chord it will sound terrible, unless you bend it slightly sharp, like Clapton and other blues players do.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@azbluesdog Absolutely! That 1/4 tone bend on the b3rd is sweet!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@azbluesdog Yes for sure! You need to give it that 1/4 tone tweak! Super cool!

[@minnixmusic]

Man, your guitar tone sounds so rich and creamy. It's like eating a big piece of triple layer chocolate cake.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Great comment love it! I do like a good chocolate cake!

[@michaelpadan6375]

he would set the tone low on one end and high on the other

[@cmdrlt.evildead5328]

loving those licks, my ears are picking up a few i know :-)

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yay, great stuff!

[@paulcooper-n2v]

Tim could you do some stuff on mick taylor great vid btw.🎸

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

I'll have a look at Mick Taylor, not massively familiar with his style if I'm honest.

[@paulcooper-n2v]

Mick taylor is deffinitley blues he played with the rolling stones in the late 60's early 70's and john mayall blues breakers in the 60's if you listen to he's live shows plus hes album a stones throw is a great one to listen too hes a great blues player@@timdaleybluesguitar101

[@PeerasetKeereeneramit]

I love your guitar what’s guitar looking good.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yeah it's a cool guitar for sure. It's a Fraser, made in the UK

[@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252]

Sound like Clapton?.........and immediately we're into Crossroads............so we know we're thinking about his time with Cream and the 60s generally. For the tone, he didn't use the neck p/up much at all. He mostly dialled all his tones in on the bridge p/up using the tone control - even the "woman" tones. He himself (unusually) described this as using the tone control to "Put the bass on" rather than the way most of us think of it. For the style - Clapton was and is a very stylish player of the kind that is usually a phrase player. He doesn't go in for extended passages much, it's paused and punctuated almost "conversationally" (it's a "blues" thing). His style and distinctiveness comes from decent sustain on the sound and the left-hand vibrato. Between Blues Breakers and Cream, we can hear on recordings that he's working on this. To imitate him, you have to work on the fretting hand taking the time to "work the string" rather than speed. It's........quite....difficult. The same goes for players such as Paul Kossof - you need to take hold of the string with your finger and control it, not just shake your hand/wrist/whatever, and practice slowly on the easier strings (G, middle on the fret scale) until you can bash in a screaming, climactic vibrato on a high note on the top string, way up the 'board. It's muscular - to watch someone do it, you see forearm muscles at work, you need to have your hand well based around the neck, the "thumb behind" thing won't provide that - you have to grip, push and pull with pitch control through the whole note. It's precise. "While my guitar gently weeps" is (effectively) Clapton practising vibrato over the whole fretboard. "Come together" is Harrison concentrating like f*ck to get the same effect and not quite making it on the higher notes. It's not something that depends on notes, speed etc - it's a valid technique for playing electric guitar and it doesn't come overnight. Clapton dumped all this to start singing and playing at much lower volume using Fender guitars. This vibrato doesn't work so well on briefer notes at lower volumes and Clapton then played more economically and concisely, even on solos such as "Cocaine". Hendrix used to homage/mock Clapton by playing "Sunshine of your love" and doing exactly that sort of polished vibrato on the well known solo but..........that was Hendrix. He did similar on Noel Redding's "Little Miss Strange" from Electric Ladyland.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Yep, he was definitely super stylish! And yes he had many different facets to his playing over the years which makes him super interesting to look at as a guitarist. And yes, control is always massively important I totally agree.

[@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252]

@@timdaleybluesguitar101 Yeah, super player. He also knew how to pick a drummer. Always the best, locked into exactly what he was doing at the time, and always a beautiful drum sound.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 A great drummer is just so important, agreed!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 Always helps to have a brilliant drummer!

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 Great drummers are essential!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Eric does not understand nor read music . So therefore its " perfect pitch " ability . 🎸☮️🏄‍♂️

[@BluesyVibe]

My advice would be to listen to Claptons songs as much as you can. Use your ears.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Always great advice that!

[@martyconroy3786]

It's about his tones, not the notes.

[@scottkeeler2306]

Little Jimi should know that he still blows away Clapton… He just does it as Morgan Freeman

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Haha I agree! But Hendrix would never have said that, such a modest guy.

[@jonathanhines2441]

I prefer Clapton to everyone else I have heard I get why people prefer other players such as Hendrix, but I like Clapton as much for what he doesn't choose to play as what he does. His playing just sits right where my tastes are. I think the versatility of the guitar makes it the most interesting instrument to me. Lots of people play lots of ways and are all quite good.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@jonathanhines2441 He is a super tasteful player for sure and the cool thing is that he has many different sides to him as his playing matured.

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

@@jonathanhines2441 And there is a lot of variety in his playing over the years which is cool.

[@sidewaysrain7609]

LOl. This is not a unique concept to Clapton this is a concept to to the blues that every single guitar player on the planet has their tool. You still do not know what is going on in Clapton's head and he's not noodling he's playing off the chord which is indicative of what jazz guitarists do! Peace

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

We can't ever know exactly what is going on in Clapton's head but we can make a pretty good guess, which helps us with our playing. Peace.

[@robertinogochev3682]

Damn, those are great. Now do "5 racist statements to say in public to sound like Clapton".

[@timdaleybluesguitar101]

Ooh careful! I think it's best to separate the artist from the art!