Attempt to play one of the best guitar solos ever + a little improvised part.
Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe
Dec 19, 2010 legato
Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. Hendrix often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback. Hendrix was one of the musicians who popularized the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends and use of legato based around the pentatonic scale. He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King, and Elmore James, rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by some modern jazz. In 1966.
Carlos Santana has suggested that Hendrix’s music may have been influenced by his partly Native American heritage. As a record producer, Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects for rock recording.
Duration : 0:3:41
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‘Stairway to Heaven’ for Solo Bass, Zander Zon
Apr 9, 2010 amazing classical guitar solos
My solo album – Sonorous – is now available on CD Baby:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ZanderZon
(Also available on iTunes.)
I’ve heard several excellent covers of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on guitar, piano and cello, and I was really inspired to try to do a version on the bass. Quite randomly, I found a tuning that worked nicely: A F# C# E…
Originally, I had pretty much the whole tune worked out (except for the solo), but I just didn’t think the fast parts sounded that good. So, I decided to arrange this piece around the slower parts that I found most beautiful. Hope you enjoy it!
Duration : 0:2:45
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Led Zeppelin Black Mountain Side COVER DADGAD Acoustic Zep Blackwaterside
Jan 2, 2010 hybrid picking
Led Zeppelin Black Mountain Side COVER Wheew! A very difficult cover of an acoustic number by Mr Page paying tribute to an old Irish folk tune, Blackwaterside. Many have attributed Mr. Bert Jansch with this tune but it is a twist on a called Blackwaterside. The song by Mr. Page was recorded on Led Zeppelin’s first album from 1969. This is in a DADGAD style tuning but 1/2 step lower to match the album which would make it a D flat. Mr. Page calls this his “CIA” tuning…Celtic, Indian and Arabic. What he did with this song and the arrangement and production with tabla shows how ingeniuos he really is…transforming an old Irish tune into sort of an international piece by bringing the connection of Celtic and Indian music together. Remember he did this in the late 1960s when the Beatles and the Stones had featured the Sitar and classical Indian instruments on the songs “Within you, without you” and the Stones “Paint it Black” I believe.
I made several attempts to play this in its entirety and correctly. It is a variation on a theme and is not exactly the way Mr. Page arranged it. I think the hybrid picking and fingering technique is more in line with what Mr. Page did in the studio then just fingerpicking or flat picking the song.
Sorry I do not have any tabs for this song. I learned it by ear. I made an attempt to also show both hands during the taping of this so you can get an idea of how its played.
When I get it closer to 99% I will repost.
I hope you enjoy it and can learn something from it. It is very difficult to learn and play, one of the most challenging of Page’s acoustic numbers. Remember, have fun with your playing !
Duration : 0:1:58
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