Tutorial: How to play the 2nd solo from Clapton's "Layla" (Part 1/2)

chords over the solo: Dm, Bb, C, Dm

here's part 1/2 of the tutorial for Eric Claptons second solo from his acoustic version of Layla (as heard on Unplugged).

As on my video for the first solo, i urge you to play slowly whilst tapping the beat, and focusing on the notes that fall on the downbeat. And of course, use alternate picking!

JackFFR1846 had a helpful insight for finger positioning at around 0:27 seconds: "after doing the 6 chords and the very first part of the sprawl with your first finger anchored on the 8th fret, you go to the 12th fret/4th string with your 4th finger.  I found that if I fully switch positions hitting the 12th with my third finger, it set the position for the next part staying anchored there (1st anchored on the 10th)"

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[mikevan12975]

hey bro, great video but wheres part 2?

[t00manypuppies]

@mikevan12975 hey mikevan you should be able to find it on the right under "related videos" or under uploads on my page

[leestgeorge69]

your tutorials are great mate. got the 1st solo off up to speed. time for this one. i use your vids along with original recording of the songs coz i just ain't got the time to do them totally by ear. if you play electric-how about eric's Cocaine solo..? i need to nail that.

[t00manypuppies]

thanks man, glad to hear you're enjoying the tutorials. i actually don't have an electric with me at university, but i might be able to pull it off on acoustic, we'll see ;) take it easy

[JackFFR1846]

Excellent again. Got the first part of this. Something that might help people flow the "sprawl" part: After doing the 6 chords and the very first part of the sprawl with your first finger anchored on the 8th fret, you go to the 12th fret/4th string with your 4th finger. I found that if I fully switch positions hitting the 12th with my third finger, it set the position for the next part staying anchored there (1st anchored on the 10th) On to part 2 :D.

[t00manypuppies]

thanks for the tip, i added it to the description, hope you don't mind ;)

[vitichy]

OLE!!!!!!!!! buenisimo, no hubiera conseguido sacarlo sin tu ayuda, GRACIASSS amigo

[SuperRobbielaw]

uuu this is goood . this is really good ! tnx bro ! RNR

[monsieurjjb]

By far the best video showing how to do it. Accurate and effective (actuallly sounds better than the official transcription which I wasted hours on...).

[limjocojeffrey]

it's very hard to play this using Martin's Dreadnought.. Y_Y

[mwatland]

Marty Swartz does the slide lick on twelth fret!

[mike50867]

@JackFFR1846 I find that if you play the sprawl alternatively like this B-12/13--13-13 G-13/14--14-14 (x6)

then your second finger is immediately positioned correctly to go into that really nice bluesy lick straight after

[l58p56]

Excellent attention to detail, you catch the groove. Best on Utube fo sho

[yotamsho516]

good tutorial and awsome playing!!!

i think this is a bit hard for me but i'll do my best

[djbrobro]

Great job. Have been looking for a video like this to get the phrasing right and yours really helped. Have you considered doing `Before you accuse me` as I would love to learn this properly. many thanks.