'Cliffs Of Dover': Demystifying The Iconic Eric Johnson Guitar Melody. Guitar Lesson

Practice Session #1 Learn New Tips and Tricks On The Original Riff!
Practice Session #2 Learn a Totally New Riff So We Can Eric Johnson It Up Later
Practice Session #3 Taking The Riff and Creating An Eric Johnson Melody With It

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[lilschlagen]

I'm in my 2nd year of studying music and this blew my mind to see how expertly this stuff I'm studying is being implemented. I've been really fed up with my theory class because all of the examples are vocal and piano music but seeing this awesome breakdown of a guitar masterpiece has me enthused for this stuff again.

[alterreifen]

On a sidenote: thanks for not drowning the guitar in delay and reverb like most everybody else. We're all guitarists here, no need to sugarcoat the sound, just makes it harder to analyze and hear what's being played.

[KevinIlsen]

This is a fantastic video; great to deconstruct an iconic riff that we've all heard a million times, in order to understand how and why it works! One added benefit of doing this is: you can now "file" that riff away in your mind according to the chord progression that it derives from -- Am - G - D - G - D Em7 is ii - I - V - I - V - vi. Then in the future if you're ever soloing over that same progression, or a significant portion of that progression IN ANY KEY, you can quote the riff and totally blow people's minds. ("Wait! Did I just hear him play part of Cliffs of Dover? OMG!")

[xxstfubmx]

I played this in front of my hs in 08 I just now possess the skill to do it justice, so glad I always played way above my ability only thing that kept me around for the seemingly unprogressive years then I started just gaming with live bands, and backing tracks I've done more in a year than most of the time spent with tabs

[garygibson]

Tone leading is incredibly useful to keep the harshness of thinner string that would change the tonality of the riff. Example would be a wound third string.

[DonTheGuitarGuy]

Finally! after however many years since this song came out, and just as many "lesson and tab' tutorials that I barely got 3 notes from, you're the first to make me go Damn! that's it! I can't wait to delve into this step by step. I have watched your lessons for years and you always teach me something cool, and I've been playing since 1968! Thanks man!

[exxekhan]

I love riff deconstruction. Masterful work here, Stich. This type of analysis makes the song much less intimidating and easier to learn. I did a similar deconstruction for Satriani Always With Me...same technique. Starting to recognize patterns!

[barrettKiwi]

Oooh got that new PRS SE Silver Sky, the dragon fruit finish is amazing! I love the way you break down things and explain your thinking, really helps out a newbie to theory like myself.

[EPCoachTom]

I have been a subscriber for a while. I saw a tab for this song years ago and took a very half-hearted stab at it and went nowhere. Just the other day I was thinking about digging up that tab and trying again. Then I thought, "Hmmmm, maybe there is a video on YouTube of this somewhere". Then I saw this today! It was too good to be true! Thank you! I love

[dannymarchesini]

You are the first teacher on YouTube that identifies positions on the fretboard as chord shapes. I learned the fretboard by the same method calling scales, arpeggios, & chords by the open string chord shape. A G E etc. That method makes it easier for me to follow along and understand exactly what you are talking about. Thank you.

[inlikeflnt]

You’ve explained and showed it so that even I can figure it out, bravo!!!

[martynspooner]

Beautifully worked out and explained, a real eye opener and something i would not twigg by myself in a million years. Much appreciated thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[jeffsaginaw]

Thanks from and older player/EJ lover. Never actually tried to play this and you laid out a path for anyone with chops to actually play this! Muchos Gracias!

[seankessel]

Man that's a really beautiful breakdown there, thanks for putting it out there for free. Really happy to have discovered your content.

[jstnxprsn]

Unlike everyone else here, apparently, not an EJ fan so I didn't know the song. (Now, I'm gonna have to listen to it LOL)
What I found the most interesting was first where you played it on the high strings and said it was too hard that way, to me would have been the way a guitar master would have therefore played it. Also, it sounds the most awesome with the lower string version. If I were to write something like that, I would have based it around the lower string version with occasional accents with the highest string version.
Thanks for this. Obviously, I have to stop procrastinating on your arpegio master class vid.
You know, it's not a competition, but FOR ME, you are far and away the best teacher on YouTube.

[Russell_Optics]

Amazing insight and break down. As always I'm in awe of how you explain things so a simple-minded musician ( like me ) can understand. I've learned more from your free video's than I have from hundreds of dollars spent on online courses in the past couple of years.

[huskynu]

Love this breakdown, it really helps to appreciate the care and detail that masters such as Eric Johnson put into their craft

[tannerpickle]

Dude you're so eloquent and well spoken. I haven't really played guitar in forever but it's pleasant just to listen to you explain it. Subbed 😎

[martymincevich]

Just finished you 2 hour master class so this is very cool to see applied to a song.

[RobertFairweatherMusic]

It's all A, C, D, E and G shapes. All the time, every time. Nice Baskin Robbins!