Eric Clapton - best live blues licks #01 (guitar-lesson)

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In this new series I show you the greatest licks from the blues-masters played live.
This is lick #01 from Eric Clapton. Enjoy and subscribe for more weekly content
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[@paulh9277]

These 32 licks and explanations are the best I've seen. Great job.

[@kcussrebutuemos4815]

Oh FYI just subscribed. Just found you. I was surprised you’re using a helix. I always go back to my amps and just one pedal. A distortion, overdrive or fuzz. But you really sound great. I play the helix thru a regular 1x12 guitar cabinet. Actually made by line6. It’s a good cabinet tbh. G12-75 watt. Anyway. Was curious what amp block your using and what if any pedal in front? I use a real pedal in front of the Britt45brt block. Anyway, thank you if you should see this.

[@DizzyKrissi]

Currently I am using the Helix just for teaching and practice through a H&K Nano-PA and 2 8"-cabs. The latest videos are produced with an H&K Black Spirit 200 through line out. For Amplification I use different small Amp-Pedals: Hotone loudster, Mooer Baby Bomb, Quilter 101 Reverb... live I used to play a cheap Boss GT-1 through one of these amps - I am tired of lugging around heavy stuff. I have different cabs: 1 Nanocab, 2xV30 and one Palmer with a greenback. Currently I do not use any pedals at all.... thanks for checking out and subscribing.

[@kcussrebutuemos4815]

Great stuff. Clapton is the main guy I borrowed my licks from. If you just took Have You Ever Lover A Woman, Five long Years and Tore Down and a few more songs, made the licks yours. You’d have quite the arsenal of licks to work with.

[@DizzyKrissi]

Same here - just like with "Red House" from Hendrix where I got most of his licks from. Eric played best when playing the blues.

[@nigil7386]

These are by far the best tutorials on the tube...please continue doing

[@DizzyKrissi]

Thank you very much - I will soon continue...

[@philjones8693]

Thank you for this - these are by far the best blues licks tutorials I've seen! I love the on-screen tips you add to the videos.

[@DizzyKrissi]

Thank you very much, Phil - I try my best to present the licks in the best fashion I can imagine.

[@philjones8693]

@@DizzyKrissi Clapton and BB are my favourite blues artists. Just lucky that they seem to be your favourites too!

[@DizzyKrissi]

@@philjones8693 : I studied Eric's licks for years just like BB's - in this series I present all the blues greats from whom I think that they influenced blues guitar the most. This is of course subjective. I am still struggling to properly present Albert King stuff since some licks are unplayable for normal humans.

[@nigil7386]

Dizzy Guitar May be it is because of Albert’s wide bendings?

[@youtubeuser2894]

Just discovered your channel! Absolutely beautiful stuff; can't wait to look into it more! I have a couple of questions if you don't mind: 1. When you first bend the minor 3rd and then bar the B and E strings, do you bar both strings OR do you roll from the high E string to the B, I do the later but I'm afraid it's a bad habit, can't tell what you do. 2. When playing over a slow blues I find it hard to tap my foot like if you would over a shuffle and don't really think over what beatI am in the bar (when playing lead), I'm only conscious of the chord changes. Is this bad? What do you think of rhythmically when you play something like this? Thanks a lot!

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hey. 1. I usually bar both strings when I use my index-finger and need to jump from one note to another one the same fret on different strings. Notes where I use the 2nd or 3rd finger of my fretting hand can differ - just watch Clapton play. Playing over 12/8 slow blues you count triplets. over beats 1-2-3-4 you count: trip-e-let. Just listen what the ride-cymbal is playing on the drums - this is the basic groove (4*3=12)... I hope I this was helpful? Cheers.

[@DizzyKrissi]

A little correction: of course I only have pressure on one of the strings so "roll" from the e to the b-string. Only when playing extremely fast I barre them both.

[@louisbelanger8792]

Just subscribed, lot of cool stuff you have here! Tks

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hey Louis - glad you found something useful here.

[@paulh9277]

It helps to listen to the tune. I'm pretty sure the lick starts in the 2nd chorus' 6th measure (F7) and ends right before the 3rd beat of the 7th measure (C7). There's 31 notes in 7 beats. I'm not a notation expert; tricky stuff to transcribe.

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hi Paul - it's been awhile since I made this lesson but you are right: F7 back to C7. I wrote F7 or C7 above the tabs since this lick works on both chords.

[@paulh9277]

I think it’s great that you respond immediately to comments. It makes for community!

[@ben-t-zikguitarlessons]

Nice channel too ! Good jod ! 🎸🎶👍

[@DizzyKrissi]

Thank you

[@MusicWorldKaraoke]

Great video my dear friend! have a nice weekend 4 ;-)

[@DizzyKrissi]

Thank you very much. Are you on facebook?

[@AnaGastarova]

This is amazing

[@DizzyKrissi]

Thank you very much

[@stefanocharles1974]

i love ur sound ,,what gear ur using...apart form the fender start

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hi Stefano: at home for producing I use the Line 6 Helix LT, a Zoom L12 Mixer and recorder and a Yamaha Mixer. Thank you very much.

[@gatlar28]

Thanks, you are doing God's(Clapton) work!

[@DizzyKrissi]

I just try to explain how god works :D - thank you!

[@nigil7386]

Is it you phrasing in the second part of the video? Great playing 👍 I would suggest you for doing a video covering the live solo of running on faith. To me it’s one of his best performance.

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hey, thank you. Do you want to send me a youtube-link to the "running on faith" solo you are mentioning? I guess there are a lot of versions floating around on youtube. Cheers.

[@nigil7386]

Dizzy Guitar kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWi3pZl-oNurl9E Thank you very much

[@nigil7386]

Referring to the second part of the video, It would be really nice to have the tabs 🙂

[@DizzyKrissi]

@@nigil7386 : you refer to the 2nd solo or the first one? Both are nice - I will take a 2nd listening and put it on my "to do"-list- Thankx.

[@nigil7386]

Dizzy Guitar Hi, I refer to all three chorus you play starting after the tutorial, about at 1:00 to the end of the video. I’m trying to break it down by ears but it’s not that easy 🙂

[@bluesmaster9896]

Love these live licks series . i have a bit of trouble with the timing . Are they all 9 notes per beat or a mix of 6 and nine . I have the lick under my fingers and try to count where to start .On your lick I start counting 123456 over 1 and a , and start the lick a flam after 4 but it just descends into mush lol .Any guides on articulation, oh great one ?

[@DizzyKrissi]

Hey - to be honest: when I started transcribing I had serious trouble to get the rhythm correct - it is getting better but compared to e.g. jazz it is way more difficult to get the rhythmic flow right in blues. This one is fairly easy since most of the notes are in triplets. Look at the tabs and you see a 8th note rest at the beginning. Don't overthink: just start on the "and" because the first note is a pickup note. You can practically start this lick everywhere as long as you start on a "and". Suggestion: take the first measure with the repeating-figure and play it over a blues backing track in C until it feels right. Approach each part of this lick like this instead of trying to play the whole thing at once. If you still have trouble with the timing then just take a backing track and count along the track "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and" - when counting in 12/8 you count the first 8th note of the triplet as "1" and the third note of the triplet as "and" - it gives you the "swing"-feel. I hope I could help you with this?

[@bluesmaster9896]

@@DizzyKrissi Thanks I understand all the terminology .But i get lost with it . I'm fluid with the first lick I can start it on all beats and play at double and treble time with it ,it's a great lick .I'll persevere .swing time as far as i can make out is treating beat 2 and 4 as 1234 1234 etc .? thanks for your help especially with the lick series .I'll keep trying .I'm so tempted to move on to your Hendrix licks .But I 'm determined to master some Clapton first .You play fantastically by the way that outro solo is divine

[@DizzyKrissi]

@@bluesmaster9896 : you don't have to care about the 2 and 4 that much though accenting them won't hurt since it relates to the snare-drum - it's just always 1 and 2 and 3 and 4. Don't be afraid of Hendrix - some licks are very easy to play. Personally Clapton feels harder to play most of the time. Before I record I sometimes need to practice the licks for a while - Johnny Winter drove me insane because of the sheer speed :D - keep it up and thanks for appreciating.

[@paulh9277]

What tune is this?

[@DizzyKrissi]

It's called "Have you ever loved a woman" - you should check out many of his versions here on KZbin - you can learn a lot!!! The original song is from Freddie King.

[@paulh9277]

@@DizzyKrissi Thanks. Your lessons are great!

[@pitchoun7385]

Hi Thanks Merci 👌😉👉🎸

[@DizzyKrissi]

No problem - thanks for watching... more is coming soon :D

[@pitchoun7385]

@@DizzyKrissi 😀👍

[@MauFerrusca]

YEAH! Thanks!

[@DizzyKrissi]

Thank you