Tears In Heaven Guitar Lesson – Eric Clapton

Tears In Heaven Guitar Lesson – Eric Clapton – Acoustic

Uploaded by Jake on January 13, 2020 at 12:44 am

Tears In Heaven Guitar Lesson – Eric Clapton – Acoustic

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Released in the early nineties, "Tears In Heaven" not only became the most successful single of Eric Clapton's career, but also one of the most beloved acoustic guitar songs of all time.

In this Tears in Heaven guitar lesson video I will demonstrate how to play all the fingerstyle guitar parts, fills and solo.

The version of "Tears In Heaven" that I am working from here is the live version from his massive selling Unplugged album.

Even though there are two guitars playing on the track, I think you can very comfortably and convincingly play Tears In Heaven with just one guitar. I will demonstrate how to put all of those guitar parts together in the video lesson.

I am using a nylon string acoustic like he does on the recording, but as I mention in the video, don't let that stop you if you don't own a nylon string acoustic of your own. Tears in Heaven can be played on any guitar you choose and still sound great.

For the actual playing of the song, Eric Clapton uses a pretty standard fingerstyle technique throughout. If you don't have any experience with fingerstyle guitar it may take a little getting used to but will be well worth the effort.

I suggest first getting the chords down. That will enable you to then focus on the fingerstyle patterns with minimal distraction from the fret hand. Eric Clapton uses one main fingerstyle pattern throughout much of the song with just slight variations on it. The bridge section being the only exception.

I prefer playing "Tears In Heaven" by sticking with the chord progressions until one of the four main fills comes along. I then jump into that fill and as soon as it is finished jump right back into the chord progression at whatever point you are now at. It create a very convincing one guitar version of the song.

Even the solo can be played that way if you wish. It will take a bit more effort, but at the end of every phrase in the solo you have time to jump back and play more of the chord progression.

So stick with it and you will be playing this gorgeous and haunting smash hit in no time! Enjoy!

Carl..

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Released in the early nineties, “Tears In Heaven” not only became the most successful single of Eric Clapton’s career, but also one of the most beloved acoustic guitar songs of all time.

In this Tears in Heaven guitar lesson video I will demonstrate how to play all the fingerstyle guitar parts, fills and solo.

The version of “Tears In Heaven” that I am working from here is the live version from his massive selling Unplugged album.

I am using a nylon string acoustic like he does on the recording, but as I mention in the video, don’t let that stop you if you don’t own a nylon string acoustic of your own. Tears in Heaven can be played on any guitar you choose and still sound great.

For the actual playing of the song, Eric Clapton uses a pretty standard fingerstyle technique throughout. If you don’t have any experience with fingerstyle guitar it may take a little getting used to but will be well worth the effort.

I prefer playing “Tears In Heaven” by sticking with the chord progressions until one of the four main fills comes along. I then jump into that fill and as soon as it is finished jump right back into the chord progression at whatever point you are now at. It create a very convincing one guitar version of the song.

Even the solo can be played that way if you wish. It will take a bit more effort, but at the end of every phrase in the solo you have time to jump back and play more of the chord progression.

So stick with it and you will be playing this gorgeous and haunting smash hit in no time! Enjoy!

Carl..

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Comments

Paul the Fun Traveller says:

Supper bro 👍

LH05 says:

You're the first person, who plays the right thing

Paul the Fun Traveller says:

Nice bro I am of your big fan 👍

Zigreuchka says:

I finally find good lesson….

Lucas Testoni says:

should i be playing this cus ive only been learning the guitar for 2 months and im having a little bit of trouble whit the barre chords but i am not going to give up cus i wanna play it for my dad who died of a heart attack almost 3 years back when i was 13 and he loved this song and i just wanna play it at his grave stone on halloween.

jimyplayeshendrix says:

The least a can do is hitting the like button…thank you

Jordan Bueno says:

I will practice this dedicated of the cat i pet in street almost a month, giving food everyday in street. That cat living in street. My mom dont like pet on our house. So i give that cat food everyday. That cat passed away 3 days ago. Hit by the motorcycle. That cat is only my friend. I dedicated my practice for that cat..

Idk says:

I'm playing this for my teacher who passed this week and her funerals next Saturday

roland francisco says:

i like the guitar… what brand is it?

anonymous solver says:

I think the key of this is E minor.correct me if im wrong.

Kael Avilo says:

Is the tabs available?

kade nickel says:

What kind of guitar of that? It sounds amazing

Renzo Campana says:

Anybody knows what brand of the classical guitar he used to play this song? I will really appreciate anybody’s help.

Thanks!!

Ps. Amazing song by the way. 🙌🏽

Mark Daniel Sampilo says:

Please do a tutorial of terminal by rupert holmes please

corey wiley says:

Just wanna put some of my own bookmarks here to help me learn this
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Shahryton says:

Whats that for an guitar?

Mad World says:

9:17

rojan kc says:

Why doesnt this man has a million subs?

jiffyware says:

Excellent lesson my friend … EXCELLENT!!!! … This is dead on accurate. Even if you prefer the thumb over neck, it's perfect. It brings tears to my eyes that you would share such a wonderful lesson. It may be a little fast for the beginners so beginners should refer back and forth to some tablature when attempting. For most guitarists of any level there should be no problem following along, it's very fun. Peace and Happiness.