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ERIC CLAPTON/CREAM - ST Y L E AN A LY S IS

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General NotesDuring his spell with Cream, Eric Clapton became one of the greatest guitarists of all time, taking his incredible blues skills from the

Bluesbreakers and working with a more freeform rock style involving elements of psychedelia and even jazz. Like all explosive relationships,

Cream was short-lived, but without their infl uence, rock music would simply not be the same.

Verse

There are two guitar parts in the verse... one plays the relatively simple chord progression, while the other (with wah-wah) plays a

complementary single-note line. Notice that this line doesnt just follow the root notes, though. The third note is a B, which is the 3rd of the

underlying G chord. Using little details like this can help your riffs sound less predictable and more interesting.

Chorus

The lead guitar takes control here, playing riffs based on the verse part, but with a more open feel.

Bridge

After a second verse, we change the pace a little. Using a Univibe pedal for the gentle wobble, a clean guitar sound plays the repeatingarpeggio pattern. To create a thicker sound we doubled this part, but itd work perfectly well with one guitar, especially in a live situation.

Solo

Back to the verse progression for the solo. Were mostly using the D minor pentatonic here (D F G A C) with the addition of the B (the major 6th)

in one lick.

ERIC CLAPTON/CREAM - STYLE ANALYSIS

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ERIC CLAPTON (CREAM)As recorded by jamtrackcentral.com

(From the 2010 Album GUITAR HEROES 1)

D5xx x

Cadd9x x

G5x

F Cx

G/Bx

Am7x

A Verse 1

I1

TAB

e 44

I

TAB

e 44

Gtr I

P = 110

P

H

10

zGtr II

D5

V

0

V

12

V

0

V

3

V

2

V

0

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

Cadd9

V

3

V

10

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

}

x

}

x

}

x

}

x

G5

V

3

V

9

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

0

V

9

}

x

}

x

}

x

F

V

1

V

2

V

3

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

V

10

V

10

V

12

C

V

1

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

V

10

V

12

P

H

10

z

D5

V

0

V

12

V

0

V

3

V

2

V

0

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

Cadd9

V

3

V

10

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

}

x

}

x

}

x

}

x

F

V

1

V

12

V

1

V

1

V

2

V

3

V

3

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

G5

V

3

V

0

V

0

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

C

V

1

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

BChorus 1

I5

TAB

eGtr III

P

H

10

z V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

V

10

V

12

k VMFull

12

u V

(12)

V

10

V

12

V

12

V

10

V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

V

10

V

12

I8

TAB

e k V MFull12

u V

10

V

10

V

10

V

MFull13

W

(13)

P

H

10

z V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

V

10

V

12

k V MFull12

u V

(12)

V

10

V

12

V

12

V

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

I11TAB

e V

12

V

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

V

10

k V

10

V8

k V

12

c V

(12)

V

11

g V

10

f V

10

V

8

V

10

V

8

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C Verse 2

I13

TAB

e

I

TAB

e

Gtr I

D5

P

H

10

zGtr II

V

0

V

12

V

0

V

3

V

2

V

0

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

Cadd9

V

3

V

10

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

}

x

}

x

}

x

}

x

G5

V

3

V

9

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

0

V

9

}

x

}

x

}

x

F

V

1

V

2

V

3

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

V

10

V

10

V

12

C

V

1

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

V

10

V

12

D5

P

H

10

z

V

0

V

12

V

0

V

3

V

2

V

0

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

Cadd9

V

3

V

10

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

}

x

}

x

}

x

}

x

I16

TAB

e

ITAB

e

F

V

1

V

12

V

1

V

1

V

2

V

3

V

3

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

G5

V

3

V

0

V

0

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

C

V

1

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

D5

P

H

10

z

V

0

V

12

V

0

V

3

V

2

V

0

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

Cadd9

V

3

V

10

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

}

x

}

x

}

x

}

x

G5

V

3

V

9

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

0

V

9

}

x

}

x

}

x

F

V

1

V

2

V

3

V

3

V

H

10

V

12

V10

V

10

V

12

C

V

1

V

0

V

2

V

3

V10

V

10

V

12

I19

TAB

e

I

TAB

e

D5

P

H

10

z

V

0

V

12

V

0

V

3

V

2

V

0

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

Cadd9

V

3

V

10

V

3

V

3

V

0

V

2

V

3

V

10

}

x

}

x

}

x

}

x

F

V

1

V

12

V

1

V

1

V

2

V

3

V

3

V

12

}

x

}

x

}

x

G5

W

3

W

0

W

0

W

3

V

H

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

V

H

10

V

12

W

(3)

W

(0)

W

(0)

W

(3)

W

(12)

VVVV

V

Gtr IV

V

H

0

V

H

0

Gtr V

V

2

V

2

V

0

let ring

V

0

let ring

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D Bridge

I22

TAB

3xeGtrs IV, V

C

V

3

V

2

V

0

G/B

V

2

V

0

V

0

V

3

V

0

G5

V

3

V

0

V

0

Am7

V

0

V

2

V0

VVV

V

H

0

V

2

V

0

C

V

3

V

2

V

0

G/B

V

2

V

0

V

0

V

3

V

0

G5

V

3

V

0

V

0

Am7

V

0

V

2

V0

VVV

V

H

0

V

2

V

0

let ring

E Solo

I26

TAB

eGtr III

D5

P

H

10

z

V

12

V

12

Cadd9V

10

V

12

V

12

G5

V

12

V

10

V

M1/212

V V

10

V

12

V

12

FV

10

C

V

12

D5V

10

V

12

V

12

Cadd9V

10

V

12

V

12

V

12

V

12

I29

TAB

eFV

M1/212

V

M1/212

V

P

12

V

12

V

10

V

10

V

P

12

V

12

V

10

V

10

V

12

G5V

10

V

10

V

12

V

12

CV

10

V

10

D5W

MFull13

Cadd9W

MFull13

G5V

MFullO13

V V

10

V

MFull13

FW

(13)

C

I32TAB

eD5

V

sl.

14

V

13

V V

14

V

13

Cadd9V

13

V

13

V

14

V

13

V

13

V

13

V

14

V

14

FV

H

13

V

15

V

13

V

H

13

V

15

V

13

V

H

13

V

15

G5V

13

V

15

V

13

V

15

CV

13

V

15

F Final chorus

I34

TAB

e P

H

10

z V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

V

10

V

12

k V

MFull12

u V

(12)

V

10

V

12

V

12

V

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

V

10

V

12

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I37

T

AB

e k V

MFull

12

uV

10

V

10

V

10

V

MFull13

W

(13)

P

H

10

z V

12

P

H

10

z V

12

V

10

V

12

k V

MFull

12

u V

(12)

V

10

V

12

V

12

V

10

V

12

I40TAB

e V

12

V

10

V

12

V

10

V

12

V

10

k V

10

V

8

k V

12

c V

(12)

V

11

g V

10

f V

10

V

8

V

10

V

8

V

12

V

10

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