How to play - Layla (acoustic) by Eric Clapton

[michaellouishopkins]

cool! good tutorial, I tend to find other tutorials too long winded like note for note... good song too!

[maracuja10]

Which guitar is this ?

[OzzieZombie]

Chords are thought too fast... Could you write them down? :<

[dermannderskann]

your fingers look funny when you play those powercords^^

[briangunn21]

I love that head shake thing you do

[ptointon]

@JOHNNYG99X please could i have the tabs for this!! i cant understand what yours saying, its too quiet

[rooferhit]

can you give me the tabs please.

[7tiagolopes]

hi thank for the lesson

hi would like if u go to chaneel and see my videos and also give a comment with the critic aspects that u like and that u dont like

[millercork]

great video thank for the upload its VERY helpful! but......are you sure your not nick leeson who brought down Barings bank in the 90's? ;-p

[ulessus]

Great!!! Thanks a lot!!!

[Kommando786]

Awesome vid man, i watched this a couple of years back and it basically got me on a roll in terms of blues and playing guitar. I had just come back to "like" the video. Id like to thank you so much for basically making me a great guitarist, all thanks to this one video.

[sephy2006]

Awesome video, I learned the intro in about 30 mins flat. I left out the high E string for the whole intro, I'm pretty sure that's how it's played on the album. So I play the Dm with just middle and ring fingers, then strum the top 5 strings only for the Bb/C, including the low E (I think A shaped chords sound better with the low E)

[MHRolley]

nice vid !

the trick with the Dm fingering helped me pad out the tab on e-chords .com

to pad out the intro

your fingering and hand transitions helped me loads in learning this song, cheers mate i owe you one ;P

mat

[MrChenze101]

A BIT SLOWER AND ACTUALLY SHOW THE FINGERING

[DaSk8taNeo]

very good playing and nice guitar sound...keep up the good work!

[Sentence4Leeder]

how you shake your head at 0:11, man you make it too easy, this is not easy like you play :D

[sivko23]

Now we know what Randy Couture is doing after retirement.

[pierrotlaguitare]

I don't understand how people can not like this video! It was just perfect! Thanks for this great lesson:)

[montreemtx]

@pierrotlaguitare  AGREE !!! He is ga great player and presenter as well.

Thanks. More would come from him, I hope.

[technonerd100]

Thats awesome!

[Mewsaphine]

Damn bar chords!!! (&#$y&(#@)& I think I broke a finger...lol. If only, if only I had the same dexterity....sigh.

[greengrown713]

This video would be perfect IF you had the chords wrote out in the description...even if only for the verse.

[meprikse]

thank you so much man... you are a good teacher.

[kakmolnia]

Thank you sir.. i like it

[The2ndPuccini]

I've been trying to figure out this song for some time now and i finaly got it thx to you! =) Plz keep uploading your vids, they are great! =D

[pacmanpirini]

nice little professional "sniff" like it was nothing haha lol

[schoarama87]

your guitar sounds great !

[TrendwhoreKiller]

@PainlessTragedy

cmon pussy show how ggod you are

[DarkmageBob]

Just gotta say a big "thanks" for posting this. Jeez did I need it.

[acmeseed]

Very nice, thanks for posting.

For a beginner like me it is a little hard to see where you are putting your fingers, but I guess with some work I can figure it out.

[rikemeister]

thanks, I was really struggling with this one :)

[DarkLionInteractive]

tutorials should be more like this..... it's really direct and kets you know what you need to know..... may be for players that already know their way around guitar, but it's a great tutorial......

[mattyoumz]

could someone please tab this?

[andysqeez]

thanks for show me your play ,every time when I couldn't note or chord then I find your lessen 'cause your play most accurate and sound so clear,

And your lessen is so nice , so please continue that lessen for ever .

[andysqeez]

thanks for show me your play ,every time when I couldn't note or chord then I find your lessen 'cause your play most accurate and sound so clear,

And your lessen is so nice , so please continue that lessen for ever

[kalmus08]

Work out your timing in the Intro!

[SCWINSHAXEN]

Dude, you open up my eyes!!! Since five years i like to play this f...... song, but i dosent can hear it right and nowbody else can show me how it works right!!! But you get it man!!!

This is not an electroacoustic guitar, right? You know an other cool guitar from Yamaha with Electric?

Sorry for my bad english...

greetz from Germany

Thorsten

[AvivCMusic]

Amazing vid.

God, you are an amazing guitar player. Can I ask how many years are you playing this instrument?

[arashk1996]

thanx, u r awesome

[P2ak47]

never mind that spasticated tool. thanks 4 taking the considerable amount of time to put these great songs(you've a great taste; cream maybe hence the 'spoonful' of blues, srv, jimi, hotel cali (witchy woman would be a gr8 song 4 ur band to play and mayb a tutorial 4my dumb/lazy ass) ah and i think ur missing out on a few rory covers (with the band) u know million miles or crest of a wave. but seriously thx u seriously are in my opinion the best on youtube at playing/check out jun626@JOHNNYG99X

[themartwest]

Thank you! Great lesson! This is one of the lessons that got me going again after a 20 year guitar hiatus. Appreciate your work!

[cincodemyo]

omg ur good!

i've trying to get passed the first three notes for 2 days haha

*im just a begginer btw*

[hkasko]

thank you my friend!

[jaydjosey]

single word: D@mn.

[Dagobert1234]

Good afternoon Johnny

Great idea to post this, I have seen Clapton and Winwood playing "Layla" live in Berlin. I will start to learn how to play this great song.

thanks again and carry on , mate

cheers

[mph66]

Nicely done. I'm playing this with root position chords (mostly) but that's just my laziness talking.  Thank you for making this so easy to understand, and for sharing your knowledge and talent.

[Ghostasss]

Tadeusz Clapton , mawhahhawhawhaw!

[Mahym]

Very nice fast tutorial for the advanced beginner. :) Thank you very much.

[Testes1717]

is this std tuning?

[locomotiff2009]

o. you realy help me!

[KalEl1747]

can you help me out with a tabulator for this one? the ones i find around the internet always seem to be a little wrong. and i often find variations for the same chords. can you tell me for what chord what strings are pulled down? i cant really see the single strings on the video so its hard to figure out by myself. thanks in advance

[TheRockCaster]

i love this song

[341ben]

just wanted to say thanks mate

[musicgu7]

After tha A maj, then whats the fingering you are using for the C major?

Thanks!

[SuperDasman]

youre good

[Zowek]

Good job man. A little bit to hard lesson for me, but you played it perfect.

[747DaveR]

Thanks for the help. You helped a novice play a facsimile of a great song!

[Ikkishorty]

Marvellous......

[aaaaaaaabbbbbbbb77]

cheers man very good tutorial took me 10 mins very clear

thnks

[matrixgonzo]

Whats the name/model of your guitar?

[guitarnoobie07]

no offense but you look like Eric's main rhythm guitar! Merry Fairweather Low!

[hemlei]

fuk ur as beter then him ffs lol

[atourdeforce]

i liked this alot your very good, i do a version of this too maybe you might like to check it out if you have the time, be well mate.

rob!

[PrckoTheCrazy]

nice done man...

look at his fingers on 1:13... look like .!. xD

[KINGofkings49er]

I can't stop laughing you make that so easy looking

[adller99]

yep im taking like 3years off the work and starting learning this masterpiece

[Guitarfollower22]

man acoustics sound amazing, does anyone know a good sounding one round 300-400 U.S. dollars?? Perhaps sold at guitar center?

[9ihsanp9]

Washburn or Tanglewood perhaps.

[hdem12]

Manuel Rodriguez

[guitarjunkie2009]

@Guitarfollower22 Dont buy from guitar center. LoL, washburn sells solid tops great quality for that price

[corvettels9]

much less. Gibson Maestro, runs from 89-150 depending on where you go. Just change the strings (the factory strings suck, to be honest) to C.F. Martin & Co. (or just "Martin") lights and it's like a whole new guitar, sounds so much better.

[squid4brain]

it would really help if u get a close up to the guitar.

[BLUEWIZARD40]

hey just wonderin gdo you hav ethe tabs for this song

[Rickycatpa]

I love this song, you are fantastic

[06gergexplorer]

nice one.

[sheafy69]

i dont get the beggining how many times do you pick the A string

[eeriebadfish]

solid skills

[TheBeSTxiki12]

really good :)

[Waterman117]

you should try playing the Dminor with your first three fingers and do the slight bend on the A string with your second finger this is how clapton does it and how people who play blues approach many of their licks, for example in many solos a minor pentatonic run is done with the first two fingers not one three like most are taught, many gifted players figured this out, and not only in blues if you think this is weird I can tell you Clapton does this, as well as some other like Django Rheinhardt

[jack41714]

HA WHAT A TOOL!

[Guitarfollower22]

fuck u bitch this guy is good

[ShaltNot07]

dshut up

[lespaul110]

lol! at the end its funny how u said "have a good day"

[twalton2386]

Very well taught!

[BMrhawk77]

Gracias!

A zoom on the left hand would help, but this makes me work for it more!

[R2Guitar]

Great video many thanks.I would however second the suggestions of more information on the fingerpicking part. Tab or a video lesson dedicated to the more intricate fingerpicking part would be hugely appreciated I think by many of us?

[markthompsoncpa]

Very nice and sharp cover, However

you say you are playing dm, but you

what are U really playing at 0.11 ??

[epicworld]

At 0.11 he is still going to be going back to playing the dm but instead of picking with his ring finger he is using his middle. ^^

[Clumpfy]

LOL you flip off everyone when you do the b-flat :)

but anyways nice lesson, good job

[Rav0n]

Good instructional video. right up to the point where you use fingering in the verse and don't explain any of it whatsoever. had to look at your fingers and improvise to learn it. oh, whoops, thats the way you learn stuff :P

[mattyoumz]

can someone tab the finger picking section at 1:57??

[conjonsilver12]

great thanks for the simple version

much easier than the other lol

now try to learn how to do the electric version in the correct timing it is nearly impossible lol srysly tho thank you

[zenitebluap]

I've always wanted to play this song!!

Thanks mate, great video. Keep up the excellent work. You are great teacher.

Cheers,

A student

[SHOWBIZOLLIE]

The guy plays it perfectly.

Its ok having the chords but the little bits inbetween it whats been getting me.

Cheers mate.

[your11tomy7]

Excellent video!

[matinee310]

Excellent Johnny Thanks very much!!!!

[Mikespyke]

this song fucking sucks but the riff is kind of cool 0-3-03-3-0

[jer6212]

This song is a classic! There's an electric version as well that's a little more upbeat. But I suppose you and your infinite talent could write something better. =/

[MST800MS]

thanks man. could use it a lot =)

[Atkinsfan]

This is a great help with what I was doing wrong. Thank you for sharing your skills!!

[stanleyknif]

Thanks this is brilliant. Been looking everywhere for the chords.

[theutey]

thanks man i can play much better thanksagain!!

[gutocardoso1977]

I get confused when it gets to G#m... Went a bit too quick for me from there on... Tabs would help...

Great video anyways, thanks

[everettcraig17]

very good video.nicely explained and slowed down to learn.thanks pal!im off to practice!

[BrettRut]

yeah man you got a nice tab for this?

[rightdroite]

has this been tabbed somewhere?? that would help some a lot!!

thanks

[mdmanny]

Thanks for the help man! Now I can play It because of your videos!

[qix1t]

those are some real damned hard chords. Trying to sing it and play it at the same time is impossible!

Great vid tho, best one on this song.

[SkiLxD]

it is possible don't call it impossible when YOU can't do it just think about those guys who's singin and playin it , u'll be able too with more practice :)

[noasi13]

very nice:) thx for the inspiration . hehe im not that good on the chords so if u could send me them:) thx

[Kerawilsonn]

great playing mate! It's a Yamaha LL6, isn't it? Fantastic guitar!

[JOHNNYG99X]

That's right a LL6.. lovely guitar !

[Kerawilsonn]

yes! I got the LLSB (sunburst coloration), so sweety! Thanks again for all those videos, you are a perfect teacher!

[hurtchow]

helpful. thank you for posting

[bullpies]

e major!

great job mate very helpful vid

[fefopincha]

geniooooooooooo!!!!

gracias por este tuto, me ayudo mucho ;)

[spongbobrockpants]

nice style and proper licks . very informative. thanks

[cbuddy812]

no solo?

[Daragh1000]

Nice one -- thanks alot !!

[erikch1]

love the 2 sniffs at the end of the introduction..very cool!!l::))

[surfmusicjamweedgirl]

Just like the man himself

[spliffffffff]

nice and easy lesson, thanks do you have any more work on youtube

[ephguitar]

It is close... Clapton plays a C#m7 to a G#7. it sounds a little bluesier (if thats a word, Lol).

[frazordelta]

thanks! Bravo! Ciao from Bologna, Italy!

[ZEKING2342]

can play the intro but im lost after that!?

[claredowling]

very helpful thankyou

[arxcode]

very nice lesson. thanks.

[Nordman15]

whats the second chord he says b flat major wtf is that

[MiguelGNU]

Isnt that a Bb?

Its like an A#.... just slide the B chord up a fret.

Cheers!

[ephguitar]

Bb and A# are the same chord...

[correctopinionator]

good job johnny. u corrected a lot of bullshit tabs in the internet. thank u.

[dahmer666]

thanks man

[jazz1fan]

Great video -- can someone help me out with the G#7 with augmented 5th? Can't quite tell what's going on with that.

[AghanGuitar]

@jazz1fan

i need help with that to

[villukka121]

Nice job!

[prolistener11]

thanks mate nice of u

[ZeAkaPLundeR]

Howdy, can someone please write down the chords in order, I can't understand some of them :s

[T4lented]

any tabs?

[rkolk]

Please more light on the guitar. Thank you very good

[msond1]

jest ok

[kooba147]

do you use a pick?

[crguitar411]

He puts his pick down at about the 1:55  mark.. the rest he plays finger-style

[edmondj03]

god teacher but please improve your background. Maybe a poster of Eric Clapton

[lexvogel1]

tahnk you very much..

you were a really good teacher...

but a better image quality would be great..

I appreciate it...

good job

[metareborn]

good job =)

[NURSQA]

thanks for the lesson. 5 stars

[manojkpanicker]

Most accurate one on you tube ..thanks very much

[FXVG]

Bb = thickest to smallest 113331

[marrashel]

b flat major:

bar first fret.

3rd and 4th string on the 3rd!

-shel

[rightdroite]

what is a B flat major with an A shape??

sorry you confused me...a close-up would have been great...

[Shelbones01]

yeah if anyone knows the shape of this chord post it to me lol

[JavaMava]

bflat major is shaped like a B, a half step lower. Just move your hand down a set of frets.

[gerryiam]

-1

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-1

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[godummy413]

nice vid man

do you think you can do 3's and 7's

by Queens of the stone age

[AllinMyGuitar]

thank you

[buuodimus]

tab please

[byers979]

you sound like youre from london!

[snowballman3]

He's british.

[mralst]

London is in Britain :o

[SMPFILMSROX101]

thatnk you so much I was getting frusterated today trying to learn this song until your vid

[SenseiWarren]

thank you for getting me practicing again. I enyjoy playing my guitar and I learned fairly quickly with this. Especially since I know all the chords. :] Thank you for the awesome video. :3

[Dejrion]

nice one, but i prefer to use pick actually, so I play it slightly different... but thanks for that hint with A and C in the bridge between verse and chorus...

[VIChucklesIV]

I'm so glad you posted this, man. I just don't learn well off tabs.  I need visuals. Thanks a bunch, brother.

[cmacmuiris]

you're an excellent teacher. tip of the cap to you sir

[TertiusOculusOris]

I hate my acoustic :(

[remzremzdeshi]

Thats Amazing :)

Well Done!

[Breadstick1234]

Great video man. Picked the whole thing up in 15 minutes. This is now my current favourite video to play on acoustic :)

[spankystrat49]

you did a really clear and concise video way to go ....AND PLEASE KEEP IT UP . Also the guitar sounds great although I must admit I love my Hummingbird for playability more than my D28

[treloloko]

i have a yamaha L-5

[annemarieke]

Nice lesson! Love those Yamaha LL guitars. I've got a LL16 myself :)

[gexxy47]

thx i just need to sing it now lol.

[Warnhammer]

I wish i knew all the chords. Please write them down, man!