That Frank, is probably one of the best lessons that I've ever seen! Love the multiple options you give us for each song part....outstanding; and so very useful for us mortals who strive to improve and vary our repertoires. Thank you so much!
One of my favorite Clapton songs is called. Let it grow. I would love to learn that on the guitar especially the last section on the solo that’s played. That is so good.
Superb. Your explanation of the "riff" on Lay Down Sally is perfect. The thumb-over makes it work. I've been trying to figure this out for years. Thank you, thank you.
Loved the lesson. I am trying to build up my acoustic guitar set list and these are some great recommendations. Now I need to go shopping for a good looper
Love your videos Frank. Your humour has a menacing quality to it, which is almost unnerving but cracks me up. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 Keep up the good work.
Great lesson👍 I haven't picked my guitar up in over two years (just life stuff). Your video really inspired me to pick it up and enjoy it again😃 Thank you❣✌
HEY. . BTW FRANK...MAY I CALL YOU FRANK? IM AN 65YR DUDE BREAKING BACK INTO PLAYING OUT. JERZY GUY IN PA SUBS. SOLO MUSICIAN, HARP/GUITAR/MANDO SINGER. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT motivator to me to get back out there and do the things I love to do and interact with the crowd through music. I just wanted to thank you thank you thank you for taking the time in you're busy schedule to assist us Troubadours in entertaining and giving folks a detach...many many blessings to you good sir keep up the great work and when I do the Clapton stuff I will dedicate it to my good friend Frankie p thanks Again my Paisan for all you do and all you share be safe out there and you rock BRAH
Your teaching method has helped me out tremendously. The way you explain and play through each section of a song is invaluable and your taking the time to explain how to use the looper pedal makes it seem like your are trying to prepare us for performance. Again, thank you for taking the time to help so many people.
I just played the triad solo using the A as the base and the g as the melody on a classical. Sounds great. FYI. A great idea of yours for the solo on this one. Great content again.
All great choices, and these are songs I've been debating on. Thanks for the affirmation! I'm a huge Clapton fan, and my concern has been having too much Clapton to choose from. Not sure why I had such an ignorant thought. haha! Right now, I'm playing "Rock n' Roll Heart," because it is one of my favorites that I think gets forgotten. I hit the looper on the second chorus and jump into the solo right after. I've got a backing track for "Forever Man" that I'm working on. I also play a couple of songs that Clapton covered ... "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" and "Tulsa Time," which both seem to go over well at most venues I play. I added "Heart Full of Soul" by The Yardbirds last year to my list, but that's Jeff Beck era, so that doesn't count. Loving your videos!
Excellent choices. May I also suggest Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out. I was able to play this in a simplified form and used a pick. It's and great, fun song. Very interesting chords.
Good points and demonstrations, the Entertainer! Enjoyed the loop strategies. The last one is a cringer,but,since it’s always about the Woman,we need to bring it home and close the deal. Imagine she’s been talking away and only tacitly engaged up to that point. Let’s make it interesting. Well done.
Great songs from a talented icon, equally interpreted in such a great way. I love the fingerstyle demo of "Wonderful Tonight" I aspire to be more of a fingerpicker and so I would love it if you could do more. Looking forward to your interpretation of "Say it ain't so Joe".
I was close again; but one off of your picks. Layla (Check) Wonderful tonight (check) But I switched out Lay Down Sally, With I've got a Rock& Roll heart. They're on the same album I think? I mean .. .. Lay Down Sally and I've got a Rock& Roll heart. Sometimes I switch Wonderful tonight with Let it Rain.. Depending on the vibe in the place. LOL
@@FrankPersico Seems like.. I play electric sometimes. But acoustic & solo is so much less hassle.. But the down side is with the oopsie daisy's. No one else to blame. You just have to convince the audience how it wasn't a mistake; and how they just don't understand "Jazz" .. LOL
when i was on the road, we used to play a joint in panama beach called Ms. Newbies. ( great venue ). the owner hung a huge do not play list above the stage behind the drummer. 1) some kind of wonderful 2) mustang sally 3) brown eyed girl 4) margaritiville 5) free bird.. we always loved it. Beverly the owner is the real deal and very good to traveling acts. although whats wrong with free bird?? lol
Thank you for this. As a working solo artist myself I am learning to use the looper so this really helps. Plus these are the three Clapton songs I do. Great job! Oh, also, what model Gibson guitar are you playing there? It sound great.
Another enjoyable tutorial Frank, I have tried playing Wonderful Tonight but my voice doesn't like it! Sometimes I think we have to accept our limitations and despite yours and other tutorials I am a rubbish looper user. What I wondered though is if i use my looper with preloaded loops to play along with so that I can do some lead runs and some in between vocal lines twiddly bits would that be considered cheating!
That guitar has a fabulous tone, sounds almost like its plugged into a distorted amp. Beside the great technique and tight muting. What make and model is it?
Nice playing. Just a comment: playing the F major scale with D as the root note is the same as playing the D minor scale. So what you say (17:55) is misleading!
Thanks. A D natural minor scale is the same notes as an F major scale. A D minor pentatonic scale is the same notes as an F major pentatonic scale. Only difference is the starting note. Sorry if I wasn’t clear about it. Thanks for commenting:) cheers
@@FrankPersico Of course, you are correct - both scales share the same notes. My point is different. If F is not the tonal center, then I think there is no need to invoke the "F major" scale, unless there is a key change in the passage. Eg, coincidently, in Layla, the key changes from Dm to C#m. If such a reference is made, it would be better to call it playing a certain F major scale pattern/position, with D as the root note.
@@gorimus good point. I know what you mean. I just find whenever I get the chance to drive the point home that the 2 scales are the same then I do it because students get confused. I like to remind them that they already know the scale (because they usually know the major scale). But you are totally right i could have been clearer in that point. sometimes very hard to get it all in in a short lesson.. covering 3 songs in one video while trying to not get too theoretical. if you do that people burn you in the comments for being long winded. lol.. its a no win game.
@@FrankPersico Thanks for your reply. This is not to take away anything you are doing - in fact, it's a great service giving free lessons. Years ago I got confused in such matters, and being self-taught (pre-internet), I learned it the hard way. Patterns or shapes are what we guitarists learn faster. Eg, A friend had only learnt the C major pentatonic scale (starting G string 5th fret). I asked him to jam over an Am blues progression and said he could use the C major pentatonic scale. However, he looked confused. But the moment I told him that C major and Am pentatonic scales share the same note and he should just play the "shape/pattern" of C major pentatonic and hit the A note as often as he could, it clicked. Of course, later in a few weeks, he could connect it all.
Lol to this comment. You picked the right jams, Frank. Nothing says “I’m enjoying the afternoon breeze in this beer garden” or “I really like the vibe of the live music in this bar” like a song about a 3 years falling out of a window to his death. Know your venue, OP.
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Love the energy and how you incorporate the loops. Sooooo helpful!!!!
Happy to hear this! Cheers
You just let it look so easy. One can see: FRANK just LOVE doing what he is doing!! ⇉ NO filler! ⇉ STRAIGHT to the point! ⇉ Keep it up! √√
Oh wow. Thanks so much.
@@FrankPersico Not to mention! ⇉ Thank YOU!! ⇉ PLEASE keep it that way √√
That Frank, is probably one of the best lessons that I've ever seen! Love the multiple options you give us for each song part....outstanding; and so very useful for us mortals who strive to improve and vary our repertoires. Thank you so much!
I appreciate it. Thanks for commenting and supporting the channel!! Cheers
One of my favorite Clapton songs is called. Let it grow. I would love to learn that on the guitar especially the last section on the solo that’s played. That is so good.
Hmmm maybe I will do a vid
Superb. Your explanation of the "riff" on Lay Down Sally is perfect. The thumb-over makes it work. I've been trying to figure this out for years. Thank you, thank you.
I’m happy to hear that you got it! Thanks for commenting.
Very cool to see the many different ways to play Wonderful.
Thanks. Enjoy
I like what he has to say and what he teaches. Awesome video.
Thank u
Loved the lesson. I am trying to build up my acoustic guitar set list and these are some great recommendations. Now I need to go shopping for a good looper
Thanks so much. Let me know how u make out … good luck
@@FrankPersico Ditto
Excellent suggestions, thanks for another great lesson Frank.
My pleasure!
Love your videos Frank. Your humour has a menacing quality to it, which is almost unnerving but cracks me up. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪 Keep up the good work.
Hahaha oh wow. I don’t wanna stress u lol. Thanks my friend! Cheers:)🍻
@FrankPersico Ha ha! Not at all Frank. It's good to use a bit of humour when teaching.🍻
Great lesson👍 I haven't picked my guitar up in over two years (just life stuff). Your video really inspired me to pick it up and enjoy it again😃 Thank you❣✌
Hearing that it inspired you is the best thing I could hear and the REASON I do this channel. Thank you for telling me. Now go play! Lol
He's one of my favorites thank you for the great lessons!!
My pleasure!
Thanks again Frank! Always enjoy your lessons!
My pleasure
HEY. . BTW FRANK...MAY I CALL YOU FRANK? IM AN 65YR DUDE BREAKING BACK INTO PLAYING OUT. JERZY GUY IN PA SUBS. SOLO MUSICIAN, HARP/GUITAR/MANDO SINGER. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT motivator to me to get back out there and do the things I love to do and interact with the crowd through music. I just wanted to thank you thank you thank you for taking the time in you're busy schedule to assist us Troubadours in entertaining and giving folks a detach...many many blessings to you good sir keep up the great work and when I do the Clapton stuff I will dedicate it to my good friend Frankie p thanks Again my Paisan for all you do and all you share be safe out there and you rock BRAH
Thanks so much. Glad to hear you are back out there doing it. Life is too short not to share your gifts
Great 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice job man 👍
Thank you kindly
Thanks! 👍
Thanks. Great teacher.
You are most welcome!
Nice work, Serpico! Another keeper.
Many thanks!
Your teaching method has helped me out tremendously. The way you explain and play through each section of a song is invaluable and your taking the time to explain how to use the looper pedal makes it seem like your are trying to prepare us for performance. Again, thank you for taking the time to help so many people.
My pleasure. Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate it
That is one enourmous guitar, great video 👍🏻
Thanks so much
I just played the triad solo using the A as the base and the g as the melody on a classical. Sounds great. FYI. A great idea of yours for the solo on this one. Great content again.
Thanks so much for sharing. I appreciate it
Ok Damn fine guitar work. I love your content. These are some of my go to songs.
Thank you kindly. Gotta love Clapton
Thanks for your work
It’s my pleasure. Thanks for the comment:)
Excellent, thankyou 😊
My pleasure! Thanks for the comment
great work dude
Thanks for the visit
This was great, totally enjoyed it Frank
Thanks so much
Great lesson
Thank you 🙏
All great choices, and these are songs I've been debating on. Thanks for the affirmation! I'm a huge Clapton fan, and my concern has been having too much Clapton to choose from. Not sure why I had such an ignorant thought. haha! Right now, I'm playing "Rock n' Roll Heart," because it is one of my favorites that I think gets forgotten. I hit the looper on the second chorus and jump into the solo right after. I've got a backing track for "Forever Man" that I'm working on. I also play a couple of songs that Clapton covered ... "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" and "Tulsa Time," which both seem to go over well at most venues I play. I added "Heart Full of Soul" by The Yardbirds last year to my list, but that's Jeff Beck era, so that doesn't count. Loving your videos!
Thanks so much and I appreciate you sharing your Clapton tunes. Cheers!!
Amazing! Already do Wonderful tonight with a looper, and flip lead thru tube screamer.
Now you’re talking!
subbed/liked. thanks man
Awesome! Glad you have you aboard!
Lay down Sally has that old country bluegrass twang strumming
For sure … great tune and fun to play
Another good video, helping a lot. My biggest issue playing out now is my singing is often out of key
Keep working at it. You will always improve little by little
Excellent choices. May I also suggest Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out. I was able to play this in a simplified form and used a pick. It's and great, fun song. Very interesting chords.
Great suggestion!
good vid
Thank you
Good points and demonstrations, the Entertainer! Enjoyed the loop strategies. The last one is a cringer,but,since it’s always about the Woman,we need to bring it home and close the deal. Imagine she’s been talking away and only tacitly engaged up to that point. Let’s make it interesting. Well done.
Thanks brotha!
Great songs from a talented icon, equally interpreted in such a great way. I love the fingerstyle demo of "Wonderful Tonight" I aspire to be more of a fingerpicker and so I would love it if you could do more. Looking forward to your interpretation of "Say it ain't so Joe".
Thanks so much. I will try for sure
I was close again; but one off of your picks.
Layla (Check)
Wonderful tonight (check)
But I switched out Lay Down Sally, With I've got a Rock& Roll heart.
They're on the same album I think?
I mean .. .. Lay Down Sally and I've got a Rock& Roll heart.
Sometimes I switch Wonderful tonight with Let it Rain..
Depending on the vibe in the place. LOL
You and I are on the same page:)
@@FrankPersico Seems like.. I play electric sometimes. But acoustic & solo is so much less hassle..
But the down side is with the oopsie daisy's.
No one else to blame.
You just have to convince the audience how it wasn't a mistake; and how they just don't understand "Jazz" .. LOL
when i was on the road, we used to play a joint in panama beach called Ms. Newbies. ( great venue ).
the owner hung a huge do not play list above the stage behind the drummer.
1) some kind of wonderful
2) mustang sally
3) brown eyed girl
4) margaritiville
5) free bird..
we always loved it. Beverly the owner is the real deal and very good to traveling acts.
although whats wrong with free bird?? lol
That’s great! I mean of course. Nothing is wrong with them but I guess you could say they are a victim of their own success
Bellissimo Frank love the octaves In wonderful tonight dude I am enjoying and learning so much no bs love to have jam if ever you’re in Australia
Thanks so much. I may take you up on that!!
Thank you for this. As a working solo artist myself I am learning to use the looper so this really helps. Plus these are the three Clapton songs I do. Great job! Oh, also, what model Gibson guitar are you playing there? It sound great.
Thanks so much. Let me know how you make out with the looper. The guitar is a Gibson Songwriter
Brilliant!! Thank you. . . and . . What model Gibson accoustic is that? It sounds awesome
Thanks so much. The Gibson is a Songwriter with Ovangkol body
Another enjoyable tutorial Frank, I have tried playing Wonderful Tonight but my voice doesn't like it! Sometimes I think we have to accept our limitations and despite yours and other tutorials I am a rubbish looper user. What I wondered though is if i use my looper with preloaded loops to play along with so that I can do some lead runs and some in between vocal lines twiddly bits would that be considered cheating!
Definitely worth giving it a shot and you will see how it works out. Let us know how u make out
That guitar has a fabulous tone, sounds almost like its plugged into a distorted amp. Beside the great technique and tight muting. What make and model is it?
Cool, thanks! It is a great axe I got lucky. It’s an 07 Gibson Songwriter
HEY FRANK. FAV CLAPTON IS.. NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOUR DOWN
Thanks for sharing. Cheers
Nice playing. Just a comment: playing the F major scale with D as the root note is the same as playing the D minor scale. So what you say (17:55) is misleading!
Thanks. A D natural minor scale is the same notes as an F major scale. A D minor pentatonic scale is the same notes as an F major pentatonic scale. Only difference is the starting note. Sorry if I wasn’t clear about it. Thanks for commenting:) cheers
@@FrankPersico Of course, you are correct - both scales share the same notes. My point is different. If F is not the tonal center, then I think there is no need to invoke the "F major" scale, unless there is a key change in the passage. Eg, coincidently, in Layla, the key changes from Dm to C#m. If such a reference is made, it would be better to call it playing a certain F major scale pattern/position, with D as the root note.
@@gorimus good point. I know what you mean. I just find whenever I get the chance to drive the point home that the 2 scales are the same then I do it because students get confused. I like to remind them that they already know the scale (because they usually know the major scale). But you are totally right i could have been clearer in that point. sometimes very hard to get it all in in a short lesson.. covering 3 songs in one video while trying to not get too theoretical. if you do that people burn you in the comments for being long winded. lol.. its a no win game.
@@FrankPersico Thanks for your reply. This is not to take away anything you are doing - in fact, it's a great service giving free lessons. Years ago I got confused in such matters, and being self-taught (pre-internet), I learned it the hard way. Patterns or shapes are what we guitarists learn faster. Eg, A friend had only learnt the C major pentatonic scale (starting G string 5th fret). I asked him to jam over an Am blues progression and said he could use the C major pentatonic scale. However, he looked confused. But the moment I told him that C major and Am pentatonic scales share the same note and he should just play the "shape/pattern" of C major pentatonic and hit the A note as often as he could, it clicked. Of course, later in a few weeks, he could connect it all.
What is that on your guitar located by the nut? It’s green
That’s his hair tie in case he needs to ponytail up while he’s riffin’ 😂
Rotfl!!!
It’s something my friends daughter made me out of pipe cleaners lol. A bracelet but I put it in my guitar
How about old love ?
Aaaah I’ll look into it… future video perhaps
What is the guitar are you playing?
This is my Gibson songwriter
Step your game up! Learn three Dickey Betts tunes. Then you will have accomplished something tangible and challenging!
Alright 👍. You all heard the man … lol
#TRUBADORS
Yesssirrr 👍
I know EC made it famous but isn’t “Lay Down Sally” a JJ Cale tune?
I believe it was written by Clapton and perhaps some co-writers.
@@FrankPersicoWritten by Eric Clapton, Marcy Levy, and George Terry.
Nope…can’t talk about Claypton and leave out Tears in Heaven…shame on you…they are crying in heaven about this.
That’s gonna get its own video. I wanted to do it here but would have made this video way too long. :):)
Don’t be unfair.. Tears in Heaven is not an easy song, it takes its own tutorial of the different parts of the song.
Lol to this comment. You picked the right jams, Frank. Nothing says “I’m enjoying the afternoon breeze in this beer garden” or “I really like the vibe of the live music in this bar” like a song about a 3 years falling out of a window to his death. Know your venue, OP.
@@tylerhuffman this is one of the best songs ever written, and he understands the spirit of my jest
You can give an extra credit assignment to turn Wonderful Tonight into Promises!
Hahaha 🙌 yesss
Shtrumming Shturings 😅
😂
@@FrankPersico Frank, your guitar playing is actually very inspiring. I enjoyed every second of it. :)
@@s.b.2450 thanks so much. i really appreciate it
He's known to rip off work. Not a fan of the narcicist.
AND... GUYS WIFES. THEN MAKES A TON OF MONEY WRITING HER A SONG.
Oh wow. I didn’t really know that. But I did know the story about Harrison’s wife
Why so much talking?
🤔
It's called teaching...
@keenOrNOkeen Why r u so dull? I thought u were supposed to be keen 🤡