In The Mind of: Eric Clapton Guitar Lesson

[@AM2PMReviews]

Imagine Clapton watching this and being like “damn, that is what I do!” 😂

[@zardeh63]

The Claptonic Scale!

[@rick00770]

Iv played over 50 yrs but don't read music just improvised and jammed a lot, learned from others. This really helped and gave me some fresh viewpoints. Great video , thanks. I'm subscribed and will be watching more.

[@azmike3572]

Love your sense of humor: "If I can actually teach guitar that would be fantastic." and "[Clapton's] the number one supporter of this method... not MY method, but...

[@Weedbandit12]

My favorite Clapton tone was when he was playing Gibsons through a blues breaker. Thanks for this!! Loving that LP also haha

[@kevinfitzgerald4561]

Thanks so much. I learnt more in 10 mins here. Great teaching, great playing and a warm personality. Really appreciated.

[@rcolang1]

one of the best lessons ever......more usable content in 13 minutes than most hour long tortures, gonna go watch his videos and see it in action, this gives reason to phrasing, I'm the guy, Robert BTW, who asked for phrasing work a while ago...this, page etc.... is it......thank you , love your channel....

[@theyoungupstarts1243]

Congrats - you have this promoted on my YT feed and it’s actually useful! I wasn’t a Clapton fan going into this, but a bit more now. The nuances got me and i learned something. Gratzi!

[@drwfan2009]

this is one of your best vids yet !!.....very on-target.....and to the point. Your lesson bullet-points were well conceived and I learned something awesome. The little mess-ups with the looper and such are just the way your process works - no worries. This is the 7th vid I've seen of yours - I have sent you emails about lessons and stuff. I will continue to watch more from the stich method.

[@davetrux]

Fantastic insights. Been reading about Clapton forever and have never seen such a clear explanation. Good job!

[@hothempire]

Just found your channel a few days ago and have been watching everything I can. Thanks for the way you put your lessons out there, Ian. Packed full of guitar goodness in a way that's easy to put to use and practice!

[@adamwilson3477]

How does this have less than 200k views? Guy's like the guitar teacher everyone wishes they had

[@sleevelessace]

i just found your channel! i love how thorough your videos are, and just really descriptive! u got a new subscriber from me

[@buzzstankos8532]

Ian - I know you put this out a long (long) time ago, but it is pure Ian Gold... thanks

[@ErGoyoTV]

Made my day, landed here thanks to being a Clapton fan and love his tone. Thanks for those excellent tips laid down in just 13min. My respects, that is how you need to study electric guitar, knowing your intervals and scales, knowing really what is in the phrase you are playing.

[@farmdogmusic2365]

Cool deal that was a slick and a sick lesson I feel a lot better now about traveling from the 5th string route to the second string root it's very slick how Eric steals a note in the pentatonic with that four to five slide and lands on the major 3rd instead of home Bass.... thanks

[@jjiacobucci]

Always loved early Eric Clapton especially c Cream. You hit it so clearly! You are head and shoulders above other instructors. Awesome. John from Michigan

[@GLehmanTegLS]

Hey man, I just wanted to send you a quick props! Your videos are very informative and have a cool perspective, without trailing on and on. Really impressed, your charts/diagrams and lessons are helping me past this plateau. Thank you!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

You are very very welcome, and thank you for the kind words.

[@TheKiteless]

I've been watching Marty Schwartz and Jake Lizzio for a few years now, and both have expanded my knowledge both in terms of tunes to play and solid music theory. But.........your vids have been popping up on my "suggested" YT links, and your style is relaxed whilst teaching stuff that's relevant to me (even after 30 years of playing). Subscribed.

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Awesome to have you here!

[@supernoah71]

Thanks so much for the excellent lessons! I've been a boxed pentatonic player for years and always had difficulty making those positions work nicely until I came across your "never lost" system. Brilliant!

[@jimforgrave6365]

Do you realize that you're about the only instructor that consistently talks intervals in your videos? Outstanding lesson. You just got a new subscriber

[@urago69]

Such a great lesson for those who try to emulate Clapton's phrasing. Excellent step by step tutorial. Keep up the good work!

[@starstart23]

Well done! You’re delivery and demeanor make it a pleasure to learn.

[@ebisu8824]

*your

[@ABCgita]

Nice guy :) You are awesome in presenting and and understanding any famous guitar players!

[@canuckteach4315]

Great lesson... 3 basic blues concepts, played & explained clearly., . tnx muchly!

[@ferpirata76]

Excellent. Thanks a lot! Congratulations from Spain

[@paulhicks3595]

Great. What a goldmine. Thanks.

[@PhilipStephenCarr]

Analysis, analysis and straight to the point. Thanks for this excellent breakdown

[@PhilipStephenCarr]

Just to say that I've been looking over some of your other videos and I'm hugely pleased by the learning concept you have of fostering understanding as opposed to learning by rote. For me the music theory you describe is just right in supporting the lessons. It's only by looking at the work of others and building on that that we collectively progress in any sphere and I think you are adding to that. Thanks again.

[@benjaminpope2909]

Dude. This video is golden AF!!! My band is playing our debut in a few days and as the singer/rhythm guitarist I've been finding it hard to improvise. We're coving Cocaine, and this will definitely sort me out for F#m, Thank you!

[@alanmosedale6126]

So good. Thank you. You are a natural teacher.

[@diegodc3312]

Great lesson ! Thanks!

[@Mikeshawtoday]

Thanks, I really enjoyed it. Followed it 100%. I've been playing along with Clapton for the past few weeks, and this lesson brought it all together. Now I can go back to playing with Clapton in a more focused way. Great explanation, a perfect lesson my friend. Thanks so much!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Awesome to hear mike. Make some vids of you jamming , love listening to your playing. Rock on

[@OldTroubadour]

Superb! Clearly and quickly explained. Just enough content to absorb and put into practice immediately! Subscribing!

[@BbYyTtOo]

Thank You so much!!!!!!!!!!!! Best lesson ever on Clapton's sound !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@samrandalll]

Watched an old video you posted today and then this, the new camera is rocking man! What a great upgrade!

[@dominicgagnon217]

That tone. Such beauty!

[@tomblaze2]

Stitch is the revolution maaaaan

[@bryanbaer8284]

I love your approach and how you laugh at yourself whenever you flub something. Your style fits my style and approach, as I’m a big Deadhead/Phishhead too. Been learning a lot of awesome techniques from your channel! Thanks, Ian!! 25+ years at it for me, and still a mountain of information to learn and take in 🤙🏻

[@Alamor77]

Great lesson, Ian. Im still pumped about practicing and being enlightened by the NEVERLOST system. Time to practice more stuff now! Great instruction man :)

[@musicletters7214]

the same for me :-)

[@Alamor77]

The pleasure is by far all mine. Such a great approach to something that can sometimes be very very intimidating.

[@bstephens44]

Another gem Ian - I found this really helped to bring home to me the Power of the 5 thing

[@jameslee2943]

Incredibly useful, thank you. Really helped me make sense of the G minor shapes he uses in the "I Shot The Sheriff" solo (2010 Crossroads version).

[@Steve.Dennis]

Not sure if stumbling over a few words can be classified as a “technical difficulty” but this was a great lesson!!! Easy to understand and put into practice. Thanks.

[@james-gang]

very cool lesson, thanks for sharing

[@StichMethodGuitar]

So glad you liked it

[@dangermandave67]

Thanks for this. I also notice that Clapton sometimes slips into a major pentatonic or Mixolydian mode momentarily then back into the minor pentatonic. It's also a signature sound of his.

[@chriskalifornia7333]

Mixing minor major pentatonic common in SRV's playing too.

[@nigil7386]

Super useful lesson 👍👍👍

[@rhllnm]

I thought this sounded familiar. Listen to "Born Under a Bad Sign" on the Crossroads album. I forgot how good that album was. These all make a lot of sense in open E tuning by the way.

[@edoardodardi57]

Just Fantastic!😀Eye opening!Thank you so much!🙏

[@ggman946]

you just earned a subscriber. Good job. Thanks man. very helpful

[@PaulKirtley]

Really nice video. Clear, personable teaching with some great takeaways I can start using straight away. Thanks. You have a new subscriber :-)

[@allenwilliams630]

Im excited to say that im a new subscriber. I lucked across stitch one while trolling thru the crap that is free KZbin guitar lessons. Don't get me wrong i appreciate EVERY ONE of those guys. From Marty to Brett to Steve with countless others. I am so glad to have discovered you. I've not been to your patreon page yet but im comin. I've been playing only a year and im at that stage where nothing makes sense. If that makes sense lol. Not any more dude you are awesome. Plus you're a Dead fan. Like you i never got to see em either but i love em. One thing tho, i think.you should take a shot every time you mention a "wild mustache hair". LOL! No but really, you are a Pearly Baker among wines. Thanks for everything. And please think about the shot idea lol. Thanks dude.

[@sharpy53]

Nice lesson Ian, great insight, thanks a lot

[@esteban1487]

Always moving into the chord tones!

[@parkestanley2436]

Very helpful, thanks!!

[@ricofivekay6562]

Everyone should watch these lessons. Thank you so much.

[@Geotubest]

Great morsels of knowledge here. Well done.

[@TheJayhawkPharmD]

Is it important to note the 4 to 5 slide, done carefully, will sound the blue 'flat 5' in the middle of the slide? Is that why this slide works well here in the pentatonic and not between other notes?

[@WysteriaGuitar]

You got into half of Eric's mind which is great - can you do a part two and show use the rest of his mind? like the hammer on's and pull-off he also love to do? Thanks.

[@Drumbone71]

Dude. Glad I found this. I love Clapton. Learning The Fretboard so this is awesome. Yeah ya can teach!

[@bryanwilliams3524]

I love this lesson

[@AM2PMReviews]

I’ve been paying for Pickup music and still find your free lessons better!

[@eat-study]

1. clapton pentatonic 2. the 5. 5:00 3. IVdom7 chord tones 7:00 4. BB box on IV , after V 9:00 recap 10:50

[@bedroomshow]

Best guitar teacher in youtube!

[@philcrandlemire]

I always enjoy watching your lessons -- you are very knowledgeable (even if you can't count or know all the notes on the guitar -- ha -- kidding). I think you have so much you want to say you just get ahead of yourself -- I think you are great -- thanks for helping me to become a better guitarist. Also, you play a good straight man to Sean Daniel's videos.

[@N_B_123]

Do you do premium master classes and if so, where can one find them...these lessons are absolutely incredible

[@seancarson6481]

hoping this will help me as I am trying to learn the solo to sunshine of your love.

[@jasonleija7066]

These lessons have been so helpful with filling in the gaps in my playing. Is there anyway you can do an In the mind of: Michael Bloomfield, specifically his solo material after PBBB? There is very little lesson material for this underrated guitarist.

[@arthurgraham3356]

Nice. Keep up the excellent lessons.

[@Jameskeith1972]

Awesome! Great lessons!

[@bertclark5046]

Very Nice! Wish you would elaborate just a bit more on the Clapton BB Box out of A minor! Thank you! You have a new student.

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

Deft sliding between major and minor pentatonic scales defines his playing, imo. That, and his hammer on and pull offs, which everybody does yet Eric seems to do them better.

[@thethirdeye5850]

great lesson thank you

[@gnalbob]

great lesson.

[@DouglasTavaresB]

Great class. Congrats from Brazil!!!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Hello Brazil!!!

[@mickr.9170]

This is really great 👍👍

[@mairinger80]

great lesson! That "4 bend to 5, release to minor 3rd, land on the root" thingy is also a Peter Green signature move I think - wrapped within silence, for emphasis :-)

[@arthurgraham3356]

Jam packed full of helpful and interesting observations. Great lesson thanks. Is the Les Paul a new addition to your guitar family? Cheers.

[@meanevilconservative]

Way, way, way cool lesson. Very helpful. Thanks a bunch.

[@meanevilconservative]

Another cool thing about this Clapton Scale is that it's very easy to slide up to the Major Pentatonic for the root note. Useful for those of us who spent too many years not making music out of the scales we were shown -- notice I didn't use the word "taught". ;-)

[@photosuperb5129]

Amazing vid. been a clapton fan all my life from bluesbreakers to his latest album with the magical song catch the blues, I have red all the books about him and his guitar playing and now for the first time I have the feeling everything is falling in to place. so thank you for that and what amp are you using ( And pedals )? because it sounds really good

[@realRonPetersen]

Weapon number one is the riff of Born Under A Bad Sign

[@tommyandersson7702]

you are a real maestro sir

[@sixty4rainy]

Awsoom lesson video man! Helps me a lot 🙏🙏🙏 Auto subs!

[@40pianos]

I know this isn't what's intended in this lesson but, if you were to take this one step further, you'd see how easy it is, using the the five notes of the pentatonic scale to orient yourself to all the "outside" notes that begin to really sophisticate your blues soloing and elevate it to jazz. For instance, that slide move from 4 to 5... change the 5 to a b5 and repeat it a couple of times and suddenly you sound like Kenny Burrell. Works beautifully over the IV chord where the b5 of E becomes the b9 of A. Take one single note from outside the pentatonic scale then experiment with it alone in your regular pentatonic and you'll begin to develop your ear for each and every outside note. Before long the pentatonic scale is, for all intents and purposes, a 12 tone scale. Having that at your fingertips means you can colour your sound however you like. Stitch this might an interesting set of lessons. Because, as we all know, the pentatonic scale can become a trap for guitar players. The simple fact of great soloing is knowing how to use every note possible such that everything is available at anytime. Nevertheless, using a b9 or #5 has to be deliberate. There are other ways to get to know the "tensions" but I found that using the pentatonic scale as my comfort zone then experimenting with adding the b9 really made it easy for me to appreciate how that tension affected a blues solo. Sorry for going on like this.

[@darrengately6935]

Brent Pulford please carry on this is interesting stuff. Years ago i read an interview with EC and he mentioned a playing template, that i think came about when he disappeared with Ben Palmer. Its been like the search for the holy grail. I think this guy found it.

[@fmellish71]

If I'm not mistaken, he often puts a good amount of vibrato on that 5 as well

[@justinbramwell2434]

Omg stitch your the best 😀

[@simonsmith2642]

I saw a video where he explains he plays the BB box differently. So he has a fatter tone and better bending for the way he plays. Enjoyed this diddy!

[@Mikeshawtoday]

Wonderful. Totally got it. Thanks!

[@jmufkinr]

Bruh.. nice behind the curtain analysis!

[@davidbrown2806]

What a great video. It would be very interesting to see more Clapton style, ie riffs, patterns with examples using the actual songs. Probably more than. one video, but it would be awesome.

[@dannyhart4210]

What a great lesson! So useful thanks so much! Subbed

[@jamesomodeo3792]

Thank you thank you thank you. I love it.

[@vvblues]

I teach learning his first solo in "Crossroads" focusing on the individual licks. It pretty much contains all the people he stole from. Freddy King, Albert King, B.B. King, and Buddy Guy.

[@jamesnisly9537]

Do you think there is any benefit to practicing scales over a simple chord progression to help learn how the various tones in a scale interact with chords in that key?

[@embreesmith7613]

of course target chord tones on the changes

[@GavinMorris1]

Yes indeed. And that little thing just reminded me to bounce off the third more. Helped with a little tune I've been fiddling with.

[@ralph4233]

Dude that was fun to see stuff I can't see, then I have a little seeing. Give me the finger anytime.

[@Subucubus]

Hey man, you are the best teacher ever. Quick question, and it might be a dumb one but i keep accidentally playing the A# on the 8th fret of the D string between the 4 and 5 of the Clapton pentatonic. Does he avoid these blues notes in his method or am I totally goin down the wrong path with this idea? Again, sorry for the silly question, i'm a trumpet player just tryna figure out your crazy world. - one love

[@JPTill]

Have you done anything with the counterintuitive George Harrison walkdown bridge on Badge? Never actually nailed it for years, when all it really needed was an afternoon.

[@Randy-qz5bx]

first of all, thanks for all the great lessons. second, how many different guitars do you have! Seriously, you need to do a video walkthrough of your gear. if you already did, let me know which video it is please.

[@loushky619]

Good lesson 👍🏼

[@looneyinkproductions-eduard]

I've played the guitar for over 40 years, now. I do have musical education as I play trombone as well, but when it comes to guitarplaying, I've learned everything by ear and by just playing along with records (Clapton, Gallagher, BB King - too many to mention) anyway, It's been a long discovering journey (which still continues). About a year ago I've started watching KZbin videos too and found out that all those techniques and things and scales actually have been analysed and do have names. Finally all the pieces of the puzzle have come together. No doubt, it's nice to discover I've been on the right track, but, on the other hand .... all this theory in my head takes away some of my freedom. First I just played, without thinking, going with the flow (rest of the band), but now I often catch myself wondering during playing if the things I play make sense. And I find that quite frustrating, to be honest... I wonder if Mr Clapton ever analyses his playing like that or if he just plays what he discovered? But still, your videos are very educational so, thank you! I'll be watching more...

[@tonyy5482]

Love it! This sort of insight is so helpful & interesting. Also like that you played it on a Les Paul :) Would have found it easier to follow in Am tho ;)

[@darrengately6935]

Tony Y yes about the Am thing. It would save a bit of translating of the concept.