Clapton Unplugged Series (San Francisco Bay Blues)

ERIC CLAPTON UNPLUGGED – SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES

Eric Clapton’s Unplugged version of San Francisco Bay Blues is particularly good for high beginner guitarists because it sounds impressive and energetic without requiring lots of advanced lead technique. It’s a great example of getting more music from fundamental guitar skills.

WHY IT’S GREAT FOR DEVELOPING GUITARISTS

• Builds chord confidence – lots of useful chord changes in a proper song rather than isolated exercises.
• Fantastic rhythm practice – the upbeat feel encourages you to develop steady strumming, timing and groove.
• Introduces richer chords – a natural way to move beyond basic open major and minor shapes and discover more colourful sounds. You’ll use non-diatonic chords.
• Develops faster chord changes – the song keeps moving, making it an excellent workout for coordination and fluency.
• Accents & dynamics – learn how variations in strumming strength and emphasis can make simple rhythm guitar sound musical.
• Great for singing and playing – once the chord sequence is comfortable, it’s an excellent song for developing the independence needed to sing while maintaining a rhythm part. You will get the vocal melody and lyrics as part of your score.
• Sounds great without being overly technical – you don’t need advanced scales or flashy solos to create a convincing performance.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

We’ll break down the important rhythm guitar part from Sanfrancisco Bay Blue, looking at the chords, rhythmic patterns, picking approaches and techniques that create its infectious acoustic feel.

You’ll learn techniques and rhythmic ideas that you can take into countless other songs and styles.

Because this lesson is now available in the Guitar Weekends Shop, you’ll receive the original lesson recording and accompanying materials, allowing you to pause, rewind and work through everything at your own pace.

WE’LL HELP YOU MAKE IT PLAYABLE

There’s plenty in Signe to challenge an intermediate guitarist, but you don’t need to be able to play everything before you begin.

The lesson starts with the song structure, chords and rhythm before building towards the full groove. There are 3 main parts to the song that repeat so we focus on those first. From that we will build the whole song

WHO’S IT FOR?

This course is aimed primarily at Beginner Plus players, but developing beginner players can still gain a great deal from it.

Because you have the complete lesson video and accompanying materials, there’s no pressure to keep up with a live class. Pause, rewind and revisit sections as often as you need.

As a general guide, it will help if you’re reasonably comfortable with:

• Open chords and basic barre chords
• Strumming with a plectrum

Acoustic guitar is recommended, but electric guitar is absolutely fine.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

Originally recorded as one of our live online classes, this course includes the complete Zoom lesson recording together with all accompanying lesson materials. The video retains the informal, interactive feel of the original session and allows you to pause, rewind and work through everything at your own pace.

Purchase Options

• Buy the series for £46
• Purchase individual lessons for £15 each. 

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HOW IT WORKS

Purchase the course and we’ll send you access to the lesson video and accompanying materials.

The lesson video is provided via a private YouTube link. Course videos and PDFs are for your personal use only and should not be shared or uploaded elsewhere.