Acoustic Clapton

Hi Tom,

Would you consider doing a lesson on how you play the backing track for the acoustic Clapton artist study. Or maybe just give me some tips/hints in your reply. That backing track sounds great and I'd love to get it right.

Thanks,

Gary

Hi Gary, I'm glad you dig the acoustic backing track for the Clapton study.

It is a "quick change" 12 bar blues and I am using 3 voicings for a moving E7

They are 2/5 1/3, 4/5 2/3 & 5/5 4/3 treat these like a classic moving bass blues pattern!

For A7= 2/4 2/2, 4/4 3/2 & 5/4 5/2

For B7 I don't walk it, I just pivot between the B on the 5th and the F# on the sixth while keeping the uper chord stucture 1/4, 2/3, 0/2 & 2/1

I hope this helps. It is a very nice way to get some bass movement while also maintaining the fullness of open chords!

Good luck & have fun, Tom~

PS 2/4 = 2nd frett 4th string

Tom where ya been?? I smell some blues lessons coming...

Thank you, Tom!

Hi Tom,

Would you call this backing track a blues shuffle? I've run into some blues rhythm guitar material that they referred to as a shuffle and I must confess that the blues shuffle might be the most fun thing I've tried since I've started playing. Thanks for the great instruction and awesome playing!

Gary