Crossroads

Crossroads guitar lesson! Learn how to play Crossroads by Cream, featuring Eric Clapton’s iconic blues-rock riffs, bends, and licks. This lesson breaks down the intro, turnaround, chords, and phrasing that make this jam a classic. Want to keep building your chops? Grab my FREE Ultimate Guitar Guide with every chord, scale, triad, and arpeggio diagram you need to build a rock-solid foundation: 🎵 https://www.martymusic.com/the-ultimate-guitar-guide-ebook This is also a great lesson to pair with my free pentatonic exercises course—link below! → https://www.martymusic.com/pentatonic-scale-exercises-signup Marty here with one of my favorite blues rock songs to teach—packed with Clapton’s classic bends, phrasing tricks, and that mix of major and minor pentatonic that gives it such a killer feel. Whether you’re working on rhythm or lead, this one’s loaded with great takeaways. What you'll learn in this video: ⦿ How to play the Crossroads intro riff and turnaround ⦿ The Chuck Berry-style blues lead licks Clapton used ⦿ When to mix A major and minor pentatonic scales ⦿ Boogie rhythm techniques and two rhythm position options ⦿ Clapton-style phrasing: bends, pull-offs, and slides that sing