how to play "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles Eric Clapton - guitar solo lesson


Published on 23 February 2016
Please help support my lessons by donating here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=G47MZ9YL8F38C Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shutup... An electric guitar lesson on how to play the guitar solo to "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" by The Beatles George Harrison Eric Clapton. Another classic solo this time played by Eric Clapton. The notes are not complex in this one but getting the bends and vibrato right and playing it with feel will be the trick for most guys. These kinds of solos are really easy to play badly! Again, you're likely to sound like a dieing cat if your bends aren't right on the money. Clapton was a master at bending and had one of the best vibratos around and like all great players he makes it look and sound easy! It's also another great example of his really nice phrasing, there's lots of space, almost like he's having a conversation with the listener... Learning this solo will really help with all of the above and like I've said before, many times playing slow, hitting your bends at pitch and with solid vibrato, with feel, can be much more difficult than playing fast! I hope you enjoy the lesson and have fun learning the solo. I get a lot of questions about my sound so here's what I'm using: My amp is an Egnater Renegade head through a Marshall 1960b cabinet. I use a TC Electronics Nova System through the loop for effects. I also use a BB preamp on some lead tones and sometimes (rarely) a Boss CS-3 compressor.The reverb is from the amp. My wah is a Dunlop MC404 CAE Dual Inductor, REALLY great pedal! I also use a Polytune tuner which is fantastic. For this one I just ran the amp at about 1/2 gain and kept the delay to a minimum.It's just the amp and guitar with no pedals except the delay and a bit of reverb. The amp volume was really low, you could talk over it! My guitar is a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. I have Suhr Aldrich pickups on it. I have them coil split, but for this video they were in full humbucker mode. Folks may be surprised at how much time and effort goes into creating these videos. If you're getting something out of the lessons and can afford to contribute, I've setup a Paypal link. If you can't afford it no worries, but if you can, any amount is appreciated and will help me to continue to make the videos. PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... Thanks for all the comments, and questions and of course for subscribing. A special thanks to all of you that have contributed financially by making a donation! I really appreciate the support. Good luck to everyone with their guitar playing. cheers