Learn How To Play "Sunshine Of Your Love" by Cream On Guitar !

In this lesson, we'll learn how to play Sunshine Of Your Love by Cream. This is an all-time classic riff. Of course, this features the great Eric Clapton on guitar! There are many awesome riffs in this song that are perfect for intermediate players!

We'll explore the riffs one by one, the techniques needed, and how the transition from one to the other on the fretboard. The basic structure is pretty straightforward, but it takes time and practice to get all those tasty variations!

🚨 If you're a beginner guitar players, check out the easy version of Sunshine Of Your Love's guitar riff. It's a bit different from the original, but it gets the job done if you're only starting your guitar journey!

Main Riffs

The main riff plays around the D barre chord - so this is where you'll start. At one point, you'll be transforming your grips into power chords. At another, you're jumping up your guitar neck and playing around the G chord for one of the riffs. You'll be playing all-down picks for some of the riffs, then alternate picking for others.

Throughout the rest of the song, Clapton mixes up the different bits and adds slight variations. You'll want to explore this idea once you learn the main riffs!

Keep in mind - you'll need loads of different techniques for this song - this includes slides, string bending, power chords, and vibratos. There's a lot going on, so take your time, and learn the riffs in sections before combining them. For the vibratos, feel free to keep them as heavy or light as you want.

Make It Your Own!

This is a fantastic tune to have under your belt and make sure you make it your own by adding your own special sauce to it. These kinds of songs are not necessarily about playing the same exact notes as the original recording. It's more about knowing where to start, the structure, and then you can really have some fun improvising it!

The solo has fantastic material and loads of tasty licks to steal! Although we don't cover it in this lesson, a great exercise is to use your ear training, listening out for the licks, and trying to figure out the solo on your own. It's a great solo to improvise the D minor pentatonic blues licks! Transcribing and learning by ear is the best way to grow your vocabulary and soloing.

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