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Old 01-17-2022, 06:32 PM
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Can you sing the lines you're trying to play? You don't have to be able to sing well, but truly hearing the sound in your head, which singing will help verify, is a first step.

It's hard to say without hearing/seeing you, sometimes there are technique or mechanical issues. I've seen things as simple as people lifting their fingers too far off the fretboard, disrupting the flow. But without hearing you or knowing how you play, the first step I'd suggest would be making sure you truly "hear" the phrase you're trying to play. Take one of Clapton's phrases, loop it and sing along with it until you know it by heart and can sing it by yourself. Then play along with it. Try to get to where playing it is like singing, and not so much about what string/fret to play.

There is something unique about many players, and Clapton is one of those who can usually be identified with just a note or two, so you may never sound exactly like him, but you should be able to come close and at least do something equally musical.
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