How to learn to play Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton with free video lessons online

Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton is a great song to play as it is not too difficult for an acoustic guitar beginner and a classic to all music fans. This article will get you started in finding the free lessons, and tabs.

Things You'll Need

• Acoustic guitar

Instructions

1. Print out a copy of the guitar tab for the Tears in Heaven at ultimate-guitar.com, which is a popular site where you will find tabs for most songs. If you can read guitar tabs and play off them, you can skip the other steps.

2. The tabs will help you follow along during your lessons. To find free guitar lessons proceed to youtube.com where you can do a search for "Tears in Heaven acoustic guitar lesson." (For more specifics check out my article on finding free guitar lessons online.)

3. After following with the lesson, search for the song being played by Eric Clapton himself. There will be videos of him playing live where you can get a better idea of how the song matches with the words of the song.

4. Practice. You must do so at least 10-15 minutes a day. You may not notice much of an improvement initially, but don't give up. You will improve gradually and make a big jump unexpectedly if you persevere.