It makes anything you play stand out..

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• JU

  @jude2235 · 3 years ago

  I really hear this in Mark Knopfler’s playing. He doesn’t waste any notes!

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• JO

  @joeydupre6153 · 3 years ago

  I call Eric's music "Funky Falling Water".  His notes flow seamlessly up and down the scale like water flowing over rocks in a stream with no harsh transitions.  Every note fits and NEEDS to be there.

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• PA

  @pathway777 · 2 years ago

  SWEET. EACH NOTE HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY.

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• DO

  @donovanhowardmusic · 3 years ago

  A older player told me long ago. It’s not the notes but the space in between them. Lots of value in that statement. I’m a true Clapton fan. Style and tone for days….

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• SW

  @Swampfox612 · 3 years ago

  I've played with some fantastic musicians who were incredibly precise and fast. But I never got into that. I wasn't fast, and I could never be fast, because injured my hands when I was a sailor and just didn't have the speed or dexterity to do that. I adapted by tending towards more emotive playing. Guys like Clapton and Gilmour gave me hope. I still play, and I still love it.

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• OL

  @olderendirt · 3 years ago

  As a singer first that makes total sense. It gives it emotion and personality. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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• WI

  @winstonsmith8240 · 3 years ago

  The intro to 'Sitting on Top of The World ', from Goodbye Cream, still kicks ass.

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• KE

  @kellysooth602 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d615jTg46ys&amp;t=209">3:29</a> every note has dynamic.<br><br><br>There, saved you minutes of waffling

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• MB

  @mbmillermo · 3 years ago

  This is something that most people miss (judging from what I hear from YouTube). &nbsp;I think the way to get it is to try to play solos <b>exactly</b> -- so that they are indistinguishable from the originals, and do that with solos that aren&apos;t blazingly fast. &nbsp;A good one to work on would be George Harrison&apos;s solo on &quot;Something&quot;. &nbsp;This is what classical musicians are doing <b>all</b> the time -- the notes are all given to them, so the only thing that distinguishes one performance from another is exactly how each note is played. &nbsp;It&apos;s all about the details.

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• OZ

  @ozlanden · 3 years ago

  On the same vain, gilmour once said he can play a note 100 different ways. It’s the little things, the attention to detail, that have placed both Clapton and gilmour in my Mount Rushmore.

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• TM

  @tmcche7881 · 3 years ago

  I bought the first 3 Cream albums, vinyl, when they were released. Loved Clapton the first time I heard him.<br>Fresh Cream (1966)<br>Disraeli Gears (1967)<br>Wheels of Fire (1968)

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• JA

  @James-i6h · 2 years ago

  My favorite since the 60s. Slowhand.

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