Jimi Hendrix Style Licks

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   Hey there GMC players! Today we have some Hendrix licks to learn. We know what kind of legacy Jimi left for future generations. His famous riffs and licks are played all over the world. I have tried to combine a number of his most interesting and famous licks in one piece, so that we can together learn it easily.

Jimi was a great player, but also a great songwriter - he had very good worked-out chord progressions in his playing, and his chord embelishments made his distinctive style.

In this lesson we have two main tonalities. The first is based around E blues intro riff, and for that we use good old dorian mode, involving some blue notes required to play some blues licks that Jimi was famous for (he was influenced strongly by the blues). The other is plain and simple Emajor scale, and we are using that in Part 4 of our lesson where we go into C#minor-Bmajor brake. After that it`s dorian chords again.

It is important to write that Jimi was a master in moving through voicings and playing melodies at the same time. Also he used a lot two or maybe three different tonalities in songs, and that really add the flavour in them. This shows that his chord (and theory - although he didn`t know formal theory he must have been VERY familiar with what rules to apply when composing etc) technique must have been flawless, as he could connect chords in such beatiful manner.

Although it is not too dificult to play, this licks requre a special attention , as we use two, and sometimes three fingers together playing some of the parts. Try to play it as slowly and cleanly as you possibly can. This is slow riffin at 85bpm, so you should have no problem getting it.

This lesson involves:

- chords
- chord embelishments
- interval using
- Hendrix style licks

For this lesson I used:

- neck single pickup
- marshall plexi (crunch preset) line6 emulation
- some reverb



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     Lesson Questions, Feedback & Comments



Kristofer Dahl
post 14th December 2007


GMC Founder & Rocker


Oh my! This is rocking, very tasty and very Hendrix... and very well done Ivan!! biggrin.gif
silentkap
post 14th December 2007


Member


wow man very nice
nickmarx12345678
post 14th December 2007


Member


oooo nice im gonna learn this one for sure
fgdvir
post 14th December 2007


Member


Nice man.. you rock!.. love it.
I wish I had time to try and learn it..
The Uncreator
post 14th December 2007


Fire Up The Blades, Moderator


Awesome man, you got the feel of it perfectly!!
Kizaze44
post 14th December 2007


Member


Top shelf once again Ivan! Got to learn this.
P.S. Thanks for the advice on the pentatonic sliding - just about got it!
Davide
post 14th December 2007


Member


WOW original, did Jimi´s soul got in touch with you?
very nice
David Wallimann
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


This excellent man!
Great tone and feel. Sounds very Hendrixy. Thanks for this lesson.
David Wallimann
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


Are you using 2 differnt cameras to shoot these lessons? Or do you film seperately?
Ivan Milenkovic
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


Thanks guy, coming up soon, the lesson in the style of BBKing smile.gif

@Wallimann
I dont have two cameras so I record two different videos using a metronome.
ZakkWylde
post 14th December 2007


Member


you nailed his style perfectly
Unleash-The-Shred
post 14th December 2007


Member


Ahh, this is great.
Arrival
post 14th December 2007


Member


Perfect.
krudtaa
post 14th December 2007


Member


Great Hendrix style there. thanks.
Pablo Vazquez
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


That`s so Great!! Love hendrix
TheClansmanDK
post 14th December 2007


Member


Great Hendrix style Ivan!!! Could here all Jimi's good soloing and rhytm in this nice piece! Very good written and played!

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Nick325
post 14th December 2007


Member


cool
Hisham Al-Sanea
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


very Hendrixy ivan . good licks
Dejan Farkas
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


Nice and fluid biggrin.gif
Juan M. Valero
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


great lesson Ivan, Hendrix lives in you wink.gif
Jerry Arcidiacono
post 14th December 2007


Instructor


Cool licks and playing Ivan smile.gif
Ben N
post 15th December 2007


Instructor


wow great Ivan I really felt Hendrix on this one!
good job my friend smile.gif
Marcus Lavendell
post 15th December 2007


Instructor


Absolutely brilliant!!
Muris Varajic
post 15th December 2007


Instructor


Wonderful!!
DeepRoots
post 15th December 2007


Member


i love it! Id really like to see more lessons like this- and also the funk lessons!
Thanks for your great lessons smile.gif
PacmanProductions Reborn
post 15th December 2007


Member


absolutly PERFECT!!!! if you close your eyes, you would think its Hendrix himself!
Ivan Milenkovic
post 16th December 2007


Instructor


Thanks guys, I was influenced by hendrix in earlier days, and still love his work. I`m glad you like it smile.gif More in the style coming up soon smile.gif
Andrew Cockburn
post 16th December 2007


Theory Instructor & Moderator


Excellent Ivan smile.gif
Bogdan Radovic
post 17th December 2007


Bass Instructor


Great lesson !! Very in the style! wink.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 17th December 2007


Instructor


Thanks smile.gif
teksmith
post 18th December 2007


Member


In section three the tab shows

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------7-7-7-----
-7----7-9-7-----
-7h-9--------9--
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but it appears to me that you are up on the 9th fret not the seventh. Is the tab wrong or am I just not seeing what you are playing properly?
Ivan Milenkovic
post 18th December 2007


Instructor


You are correct man, and i`m sorry for the mistake. smile.gif


So the accurate riff would be:

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---------9-9--9------
-9-------9-11-9------
-9h-11----------11---
-----------------------
-----------------------

Thanks for noticing it. I do try to keep the tas the accurate as possible, but once in a while a mistake occurs. Keep rockin smile.gif
Toni Suominen
post 19th December 2007


Instructor


Very nice lesson mate! smile.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 19th December 2007


Instructor


Thanks man smile.gif
JukeboxHero
post 21st December 2007


Member


I wouldn't know the difference between you and Jimi had I not been looking at the screen.
shammy
post 25th December 2007


Member


what kind of tele is that?
Ivan Milenkovic
post 25th December 2007


Instructor


Thats a Peavey Generation EXP with ACM.
ace_frehely
post 31st December 2007


Member


One of the best ive seen!!!!!!!!
The effects are just the same...excellent!!!
Danny
post 1st January 2008


Member


I could have sworn that was mr. Hendrix playing himself - Awesome lesson
steelavenger
post 2nd January 2008


Member


That is amazing stuff Ivan - I love it! This I have just got to practise. Thank you very much for a superb bit of Hendrix.
Ivan Milenkovic
post 2nd January 2008


Instructor


Thanks guys, means a lot smile.gif
albino
post 27th January 2008


Member


You make it look so simple but its very hard to get my head and fingers around this. I keep coming back to it and gradually improve but maybe in a few months I'll get it. This piece you have constructed is addictive!! Thanks.
speezy
post 9th February 2008


Member


Thanks Ivan. Really like your lessons
Mars
post 15th February 2008


Member


I love this lesson...but where are the tabs for section 5?
al christie
post 16th February 2008


Flamenco Instructor


Great authentic hendrix feel.
Ice cream headache
post 17th February 2008


Member


Great! Sounds exactly like Hendrix smile.gif

I noticed that in the 3rd section the tab looks like this:
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---------0---------
---------1h-2-1----
-------2----------2
-----2----------2--
--0----------------

But the video shows that you are playing it like this:
-------------------
---------0---------
---------1h-2-1----
-------2--------2--
-----2------------2
--0----------------

Am I right? tongue.gif
Ivan Milenkovic
post 17th February 2008


Instructor


Hey man smile.gif

Glad you noticed that, you can play anyway you want it, maybe I improvised a little on that wink.gif
Carlos Carrillo
post 28th February 2008


Instructor


Absolutely brilliant!!!!
adam1302
post 25th March 2008


Member


great lesson sounds like hendrix


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