This listing is for Eric Clapton - Unplugged Deluxe Edition (Recorded Versions Guitar) Paperback.  

Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: Hal Leonard; 1st edition (December 1, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0793520843
ISBN-13: 978-0793520848

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Matching folio to his best-selling acoustic album. 14 songs, including: Tears in Heaven * Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out * Layla * Alberta * Old Love * and more. This is the one you want if you're looking for accurate music plus tabs that match the album. However, having said that, just a few notes to add:

• There must be several versions of the book because some have mentioned intro notes to the songs, etc., and mine didn't have that.

• This book is really not for beginners. If you are a beginner at guitar, you'll just get frustrated and set the book aside. It's also not for someone who just wants to play the chords. Again, you'll become frustrated and hate this book.

• It really helps to know how to read music and not just tabs if you want your playing to sound like Clapton. You need to know the timing, where to rest and for how long, etc.

• Clapton is an amazing guitarist, and no one is going to pick up this book and "get a song down" to sound like Clapton in a day. It's not like learning "Proud Mary" or "If I Had a Hammer". These are difficult songs and to sound anything like the song on the album, you're going to have to put in a LOT of time and practice. If you can learn a bar or two at a time, and have a song mastered in several months, you're doing good. Treat this as a project for a year and you'll feel a lot less frustration. I've been playing for 50 years and these songs are still a challenge to get perfect.

• Clapton doesn't always finger his chords/notes the same way. Sometimes he uses the thumb-over on the 6th string for the bass notes, sometimes not. He'll also play differently depending on who he is playing with. So don't compare the book to a YouTube video of Clapton. It's his right to play his own song anyway he feels like it on any particular occasion.

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