Eric Johnson's Perfect Pentatonic Lick!

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[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Who would you like to see in the next super short lick lesson?

[@dreedolt1145]

Foghat

[@stevegarner]

Alex Lifeson

[@metalmig]

a little Zakk Wilde maybe?

[@OleZ-BGuitar]

I’d love some hairy 80s alternative picking runs!

[@adambluming8569]

How about a classic Beatles lick?

[@sonoftheredfox]

Eric's tone makes even wrong notes sound amazing.

[@sagvjc2525]

Nah. Its not the tone. You can play a wrong note, it's what you do AFTER that counts. And EJ is great at sticking that landing

[@psychonautpupildiallater7734]

@@sagvjc2525 Yep,.. EVH called it "falling down the stairs, and landing on your feet."

[@sagvjc2525]

@@psychonautpupildiallater7734 yup.

[@Happylink75]

No it's not his tone it's his jacket

[@guidorussoheck2100]

@@Happylink75 100% the jacket, i saw a dude making an awesome cover of cliff of dover and guess what? he was wearing the fucking jacket.

[@psychonautpupildiallater7734]

Eric's phrasing in 5 note runs is also a part of his unique style. The man also has impeccable touch,. doesn't make any "finger noise" even when he's shredding.

[@joshuagriffith7904]

Probably the only way I'll be able to learn Eric Johnson licks....2 minutes at a time! :D

[@markshalvey7358]

Me too

[@tallpaul1020]

Love that tone and that lick. Love the short and sweet lessons. Keep up the great work. More Arpeggios soon please🤘🎸

[@sixstringfun]

Great breakdown of this lick. I agree with this approach on how diving into one small lick can change our entire perspective of something we hear. Well done.

[@honkingdonk3981]

Such a great lesson! That Eric Johnson tone is something special. Thanks!

[@PaulKirtley]

Nice short and sweet lesson. Thanks. Yet another little building block in connecting triads and scales (and making them musical). Thanks.

[@johnhart2861]

Yes keep ‘em coming. I could practice this everyday for a while. Thanks!

[@FoolsGames]

I have always been firmly convinced that the final note of this run was intended to be a pinched harmonic to end the riff an octave higher, thus completing the arpeggio-style run.

[@bryannash53]

Woahhh. Because the E becomes a B. Brilliant!

[@Halenrocks5150]

Great lesson Robert! Short, sweet and to the point!

[@corymartin6091]

I have been wanting ideas on breaking up the pent-box thanks for sharing this nugget of gold.

[@cb-cj2ke]

Love these shorties!

[@tennisracketguitar1659]

I love this lick! It was probably my favorite little lick in Cliffs of Dover

[@LewisShieldsUS]

So good! EJ inspires, I find his choices hopeful. Thank you; simple, straightforward.

[@dreedolt1145]

Man i love Eric Johnson he is so inspiring 🤩

[@sigsfast]

I love these lick lessons! More please!

[@stevesither7270]

I agree

[@stratdx]

“He’s Eric Johnson he does what he wants”

[@bandpassmess]

Want to watch Eric Johnson play something that made my HEAD EXPLODE 🤯 WHATCH HIM PLAY “ARE YOU EXPERIENCED “ by J.H live . He does the backwards solo That was the most insane thing I ever seen a musician do live .

[@briannelms158]

Cool lesson! Thanks Robert!

[@blkjakk]

Years ago you made me appreciate Eric Johnson @Robert Baker ☺️

[@AutismRocksOfficial]

We got tickets to see Eric live in March. Can't wait!

[@foesfly3047]

Excellent observations on some awesome guitar playing I enjoy immensely but assumed I could never understand. Thank you Brother Robert!

[@Breathemusic4202]

Maybe a lil breakdown of Rhodes Mr Crowley 1st solo of the lick he does after the 1st big bend on 20th fret is pretty interesting. When he goes into that longer run.

[@scorpio1710]

Love these mini lick lessons!

[@BryanDenham]

i loved the lesson nice and simple please many more EJ lessons like this .thank you

[@jimmyjams1974]

Great lesson and insight! I’m going to work on this!

[@henkzeven9516]

Very nice explanation! Thanks my man!

[@dongonzulman6478]

love these! thanks RB

[@Jeff_H_the_Guitarist]

Can definitely use this! Thanks!

[@russk1971]

Awesome, thank you God bless you and your family

[@jcburger733]

Cool, thanks for showing us the Perfect Eric Johnson lick!!!!!

[@edwardv4546]

Nice. Will definitely be adding to my arsenal.

[@sirjoshuapaul]

Good one, bro. You could make a series called 2 minute Tricks or something focusing on specific artists or just take us all over the place. You rock! Keep it up.

[@MrChopsticktech]

Great idea!

[@FranciscoGarcia-sk8sy]

Sweet break down, love it!

[@cap9041]

Ok! I see you! Probably my favorite "End it bluesy" riff yet!

[@ron3676]

Thanks Rob,,,one cool explanation of Eric's tricks. SIMPLICITY ❤IT.

[@martinlicht1969]

Tanks always man!

[@Dave_Sacca]

That's an E minor 7 arpeggio. I can't believe I've been playing it wrong for years!!!!.... I started 1 note later (D) and ascended an E minor pentatonic. Thanks Robert !

[@Breathemusic4202]

Perfect lesson

[@ROKZLEON]

Short and sweet!!!! Cool lick!!!

[@jackschijven8219]

Short but beautiful. Thanks a lot.

[@steevkelly]

i pick almost of 'em - starting with an up stroke on the first note. this lines you up to sweep/economy pick everything else.

[@vinivola]

Sweet little lesson

[@The_Macaroon]

That's pretty clever. Nice

[@waynegram8907]

ROBERT BAKER, Do a lesson on how Steve Vai and Joe Satriani use the lydian scale because they use a minor aeolian scale so many frets away from the root note of the chord but its a lydian mode. Instead of playing a lydian mode they use a minor aeolian scale just starting off I think on the lydian scale degree.

[@rishabhbose29]

Eric Johnson is Eric Johnson. He does what he wants. Hahaha. Will remember that.

[@SDesWriter]

That's so funny. I always played that as part pentatonic/part sweep skipping the 17th fret note on the B string. Not sure if I can go back and fix it after playing it that way about 5000 times trying to get the song up to speed. Makes more sense now....

[@jakemf1]

There is no disguising that scale it’s sound is instantly recognizable even by casual players

[@Brianpedrozaofficial]

How'd you get that tone? Great stuff as usual, keep up the good work!

[@Deadhansome]

Man that was cool!

[@carsgunsandguitars]

Great vid

[@superbeast4287]

Dude....your to cool. Thanks.

[@willrobinson4089]

Thanks! Great examples and explanations.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

Wow thank you very much Will

[@willrobinson4089]

@@RobertBakerGuitar 👍

[@logangrzesiek8749]

That tone doe! Any tips on how you got there? Or any commentors want to spread their tone-chasing insight?

[@DeathByFishing]

Nice....smooth and sweet.

[@greenfly1264]

Cool Short Lesson..Thanks. Cool Short Comment..Ace.

[@azcharlie2009]

Eric Johnson is the master of arpeggios.

[@GeneSchmidt]

Awesome!

[@burakunlu150]

Ok, nice. Where is the Eric Johnson signature guitar giveaway? Giveaway guitars what am I living for.

[@ginoames]

Fantastic

[@RobertMJohnson]

Robert, I come to your channel to become happier. I'm going through a tough divorce right now that is tough on my kids, and your great work and efforts make my day better. Thank you, Sir.

[@RobertBakerGuitar]

So glad the videos help man. Sorry you're in a tough spot in life. I really hope you get to the other side of it all soon buddy.

[@mrc0917]

ty

[@kurtisr2339]

Rad! How about something wacky from Roy Buchanan?

[@coregeek]

Sweet tone, sweet lick, what’s not to love!?

[@jordancarpenter676]

It’s a G6 arpeggio that resolves to e minor. I was taught a long time ago how cool it sounds to play the relative major arpeggio over the minor or vice versa for lots of purposes. If you play the major over the minor it implies a min7, if you use the minor over the major it implies the maj6 chord. It makes you sound magical for simply playing chord shapes you already know . I also enjoy using like Andy Timmons does a lot using the pentatonic of the 5th chord over the 1 to make a killer maj7 sound such as D pent over G.

[@guitarzzzz1]

Beautiful wow

[@andrewbettis4247]

Awesome

[@Harlan1956]

Is the giveaway done

[@samstamos427]

Like that!

[@ericcain3613]

Do a video on the tone lol

[@georgeshaw8925]

I don’t know how that does not sound pentatonic, that is the most pentatonic thing I’ve heard all day.

[@user-qi2ce3qc9p]

Nice

[@Superjet113]

Erictonic

[@Stevo_Drums]

That was actually 50% Johnsony and 50% Bakery. Great job! 🤟🏼

[@sharpshooterslax7361]

What pedals did you use to get that tone?

[@HerrSchnabelewopski]

It's always so fluent, like water haha

[@turbomoogle]

Diagonally. Pretty sneaky.

[@justingerber2218]

You gotta lawn de chords

[@darlenemcmillan5802]

Smoother than donkey snot 👍👍👍

[@dl9151]

EJ uses down strokes where most players would do alternate. It's a really uncomfortable thing to get used to, but when you use down instead of alt, it hits the mark. Try replaying the lick and pick it using down strokes

[@Ra-gv6lx]

Leave that 👍

[@thseed7]

🤘🎸

[@stevegarner]

Now imagine playing it in Diagon Alley.

[@stevescontriano860]

Are you a musician in a band

[@martinlicht1969]

Maybe some Steve Howe please

[@fuzzboxBBQ]

Does this remind anyone else of one of the licks in Sanitarium by Metallica?

[@mrk4510]

Boy that one feels really akward. I'll have to do this for a while to get it locked in. Thanks. 👍

[@CHRISTIANREDOBLE20]

👍❤️

[@samhill2484]

Eric J

[@Headcrab-bz1tk]

You’ve done this before

[@justingerber2218]

There are no wrong notes 🎶😹

[@Glensully]

do i have to wear a military jacket

[@thearkhamhero11]

What happened to the 80s metal on this channel?

[@maxt4803]

One thing which you missed which makes this lick extra special is this the final note is often pinch harmonised. You can hear this near the end of the desert rose live in austin solo

[@shailendranathgospelguitar]

👏👏👏👏👍

[@jasondolinger150]

Awesome lesson, awesome tone! EJ does pick it all actually, combination of alternate and economy/sweep with his typical downward pick slanting. Down-Up-Down-Up on the A and D strings. down on the G string sweep to the B string, for a Down-Up on the B, then Down-Up down on the E string. Thats how to get this the most EJ fluid sounding (although I don't even think he does this anymore, he hammers on everything these days).

[@wurzlgaming]

lets talk about your guitar :)

[@PR-BEACHBOY]

Just for fun why don’t you demonstrate this lick nearer the middle of the neck or the headstock? You’re right (by the way) it is an amazing sounding lick!

[@chrischoir3594]

Eric Johnson plays this same lick in every bar of every song on every one of his albums.