Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing" guitar lesson
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The following part illustrates how Mr Hendrix uses the pentatonic box (in this case Am) to do his rhythm-solo thing. Try to improvise around this concept.
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e|----------------------------------|
b|------------5---5-----------------|
g|--------5---5h7-5-----------------|
d|--------5---------5h7-5---5-------|
a|----5-7---7-----------5h7---------|
e|-5--------------------------5h7---|
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In this next segment, Jimi plays the E note in the bass, thereby evoking the tonality of E minor. The double- and triple stops (two or three notes played simultaneously) add rhythmic flavour to the melody.
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e|-----------------------------------|
b|------8h10-8-----------------------|
g|------7------7-------7-7---7-7--7--|
d|----------------7-7--7-7h9-7-7--7--|
a|----7-----------7-10---------10-7--|
e|-0---------------------------------|
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In this segment Jimi adds some "extension" notes over a B minor chord. By adding the different notes of the B minor scale (B - C# - D - E - F# - G - A) the B minor chord gets different tonalitys such as Bmadd9, Bm7 etc. This part is ended with a chromatic descent.
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e|-------9--10-9------7--------------|
b|-------7-------7h10----7-----------|
g|----7--7---------------7--------7\-|
d|----9------------------9--------8\-|
a|------------------------------8----|
e|-7------------------------7-6------|
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