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CS-001 • Crossroads - Eric Clapton
« on: October 21, 2011, 02:41:24 pm »
« Last Edit: January 25, 2012, 12:32:12 am by Indigo »
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Re: CS-001 • Crossroads - Eric Clapton
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 05:13:06 pm »
Hey Justin,
You asked the rhetorical question, "was this too fast". The answer for me was fast, yes, too fast no. I'm attacking it in segments and transcribing as I go. I've finished with the first 12 bars and am half way through the second. Transcription in the second 12 is a little more difficult, you are moving a little faster and the phrasing is more complex. So, its more challenging but it should be. I admit to capturing the audio and using it in Capo to slow you down a bit and work out the timing more than the notes you are playing. For me getting the timing right is the big issue and writing that correctly is the challenge. Anyway, thanks for the lesson, its great, and it dovetails with the intro lesson you did earlier. Don.

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Re: CS-001 • Crossroads - Eric Clapton
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2011, 09:37:23 pm »
Hello,

I have a question:
now me and some friends of mine are playing this tune and now i kinda faced myself a dillema, what should i do, should i transcribe the whole original solos and play them, or maybe it would be better to write my own solos for this song (i can easily do it)? which way would be the better thing to do in terms of becoming a better player?

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Re: CS-001 • Crossroads - Eric Clapton
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2011, 12:52:04 am »
Both.  Nail the solo to learn what you can from it.  Then start improvising over it yourself.

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Re: CS-001 • Crossroads - Eric Clapton
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2011, 10:39:36 pm »
Lot of really nice licks and pieces of licks in there.

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Re: CS-001 • Crossroads - Eric Clapton
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2012, 08:45:34 pm »
Did not watch the whole lesson, but thought it was good and the pace was good.
Too be honest you could speed things along, this is close to advanced stuff here so the pace should advance as well.
I have but 2 thumb up if I had 3 this would get 3.


This was a good solo to learn some the the major and minor scales combined.
If you said the below stuff in the lesson it may help

The basic theory is too play major on the 1 or one chord, so A major then play A minor on the 4 or fourth chord back to major on the one.
The 5th or five chord play the major of that chord in this the E chord