How to play Layla (Intro)

Eric Clapton

This tab has 34 notes, across the A, D, B and high e strings, open strings up to fret 13, at 116 BPM. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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116BPM at full speed
34notes
0 to 13fret range
Advancedlevel

The tab

Each line is a string: high e on top, low E at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes.

Layla (Intro) tab, 34 notes. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. A2 open A string
  2. C3 A string, fret 3
  3. D3 open D string
  4. F3 D string, fret 3
  5. D3 open D string
  6. C3 A string, fret 3
  7. D3 open D string
  8. A#2 A string, fret 1
  9. C3 A string, fret 3
  10. D3 A string, fret 5
  11. A2 open A string
  12. C3 A string, fret 3
  13. D3 open D string
  14. F3 D string, fret 3
  15. D3 open D string
  16. C3 A string, fret 3
  17. D3 open D string
  18. A#2 A string, fret 1
  19. C3 A string, fret 3
  20. D3 A string, fret 5
  21. A4 B string, fret 10
  22. C5 B string, fret 13
  23. D5 high e string, fret 10
  24. F5 high e string, fret 13
  25. D5 high e string, fret 10
  26. C5 B string, fret 13
  27. D5 high e string, fret 10
  28. A4 B string, fret 10
  29. C5 B string, fret 13
  30. D5 high e string, fret 10
  31. F5 high e string, fret 13
  32. D5 high e string, fret 10
  33. C5 B string, fret 13
  34. D5 high e string, fret 10
Plain text tab
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------0--3--0-----0-----------------|
A|-0--3-----------3-----1--3--5--0--3--|
E|-------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------10--13--|
B|-------------------------10--13----------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-0--3--0-----0---------------------------|
A|----------3-----1--3--5------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

e|-10------10----------10--13--10------10--|
B|-----13------10--13--------------13------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: C3, A string, fret 3, 6 times.

Strings
A, D, B and high efour strings
Frets
0 to 130 is an open string
Lowest note
A2open A string
Highest note
F5high e string, fret 13
Open strings
8of 34 notes
Tempo
116 BPM58 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (58 BPM), 0.75x (87 BPM) or 1x (116 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 20 to 23, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 5, 10, 13, 10 across the A, B and high e strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

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