 Hello everyone and welcome to Blackstar Potential. My name is Lee Fuge and I'm here today with MusicTeacher.com and in this video we're going to be learning the classic riff from the track Layla by Derek and the Dominoes. The guitarist in this track was played by Eric Clapton who was going under the pseudonym Derek and the Dominoes at this point in his career. He recorded the original on a strat so I'm using my early 80s talk I strat for this in the second position which is the bridge and the middle pickup on together and the guitar tones you're hearing are coming from the Blackstar Silverline Standard. I've got this set to the crunch channel. The actual original version of the track was recorded with a small tweed style amp so to replicate this I've got it on the crunch channel with the six V6 response and everything is dimmed so the gain, the channel volume, all the EQs are all dimmed and the ISF is in the American side. You're also hearing the amp mic'd up with a Lewitt Audio LCT 440 condenser mic so here's the riff in full and then we'll break it down. So this riff has a few tricky moments but it should not be anything too daunting that would stop you from learning it so we're starting off with this simple hammer-on and pull-off phrase you're using the open A and D strings and the third frets. So to play this I'm playing the open A and doing a hammer-on to the third and I'm playing the open D doing a hammer-on and pull-off playing the third of the A and then the open D again. Then I'm doing this descending power chord run starting at the fifth fret of the A string. That was the fifth, the third and the first. So once we're in that first position power chord this is the bit that some people do find a little bit tricky. So what I'm going to be doing here is taking my first finger off playing the third fret on the D with the open A string playing the third fret of the low E string with my third finger and then jumping to a third fret power chord on the A string. You may find it more comfortable to play it this way and actually move your entire hand for that change but the way Eric Clapton would play this is by taking the first finger off and using the third finger to play that G note. Once I'm then in that third fret power chord position I'm taking my index finger off once more playing the open A with the fifth of the D playing that third fret on the E string again and then jumping to this fifth fret power chord on the A string. So there are a couple of tricky little moments in that but like I said it's nothing that should stop you too much. So here's the full riff played slowly and here it is once more at full speed. So there you go guys there is the intro riff from the Eric Clapton, Derek and the Domino's track Laila. Hope you guys have enjoyed that riff let us know down below in the comments if there are any other riffs you'd like to see us break down in these videos. Don't forget to check out Blackstar Amplification on YouTube there's a bunch more riffs and other free lessons that we've broken down for you guys to enjoy and if you're looking for a guitar teacher please check out MusicTeacher.com and check out the Music Teacher Database there's a great network of teachers all around the country waiting to help you guys out. Thanks so much for watching and I'll see you soon.