Hendrix Style Chords Guitar Lesson

[xXlopoXx]

What model strat are you using?

[minolezgun]

great tone...strat realy loves blues junior.i play on jcm800..great with strat and beast with humbuckers.but this is cool as it gets.for that blusey crunchy clean or..love it

[aussiesteveable]

VERY helpful lesson . Thank you .

[mojosaur]

These lessons are tweeners.......too hard for beginners and too slow for advanced

[gr8bluesgtr]

@mojosaur The correct term is intermediate, and yes, this is neither for beginners or advanced players.

[danielgitaarles]

Nice SRV feel:-)

[malkdk]

what's the song you play in the beginning? or is it just improv?

reminds me of "gravity" by john mayer.

[leverenz19]

you made me watch ten minutes of what i could have looked up on a chord chart only to tell me to buy your lesson?! come on bro i was wantin to see the good stuff!!!

[gr8bluesgtr]

@leverenz19 Yes, I apologize for making you watch this. My charisma has been known to do that. I cannot help it, I just love to teach, and sometimes people cannot tear their eyes and ears away.

Just so we're on the same page.....are you saying that you're _not_ interested in buying the full lesson, because it sounds like you might be, if it were free, which it is not.

[1234deedeeramone]

im 17 and my hands are too small to wrap my thumb around to hold dwn strings what can i do please help?

[tedrobcool]

@1234deedeeramone youll just have to strech, it hurts but the pain goes

[groverCotman]

Amazing Grace in the key of a flat!

[groverCotman]

you  got a great Strat sound man!

[rad4462]

thumbs up if he looks like seth macfarlane

[r0m12]

Your guitar is exactly the same as mine! Is it a Bill Nash?

[okamasphere]

you definitely got the touch brotha

[jamiefrankie]

This is a great instructional video. Thanks for the tips

[mussie302]

How can a small number of people 'dislike' this video? That always amazes me.

[BeauJames59]

THANK YOU SO MUCH....on behalf of those of us wif better eyes than ears, we can learn this better!!!

[Jimbobgre]

Tom green? Is that you :-D

[yhsdrummerboy91]

I was dying to figure out Hendrix's chords! I saw the video! YES! It's a dream come true! I can finally learn them! Got my guitar. I'm ready to go! .....Then I heard 2:23. I then looked down at my Floyd Rose......... DAMN IT!

[bluesmann8]

can you share what kind of pickups you use, thanks

[fastgroove]

i cant find this lesson on the website??



[gr8bluesgtr]

@fastgroove It's the second lesson in the Original Ballad Series.

[Tibbert67]

I am beholden to you!!

another great lesson!

well done man!!

keep 'em comin'!!

[goggles555]

hi there, great vids, thanks a lot. I love yr sound and was wondering if you use a specific kind of pickup to get it?

[bigdognkat]

gr8?? are you in Phx Az?? Id like to get some lessons if you are?? Im a picker whos stuck in the middle of intermediate, and bored of playing blues in the box? let me know plz bigdognkat@msn.com

[gr8bluesgtr]

@bigdognkat Unfortunately not. Stuck in PA.

[jamessteely]

awsum lesson and talent

[woodie62]

Blues drive, right? One of the best sounds in the world!!!

[xEasySnipesx]

Do I have to tune down half a step or anything?

[groovistic]

@gr8bluesgtr Thank you! I'lll check out your website when I get home from work. Your lesson teasers seem really cool, and you seem like you have the goods. I'll check it out later tonight. What does a membership or whatever on your site cost? To get access to the full lessons?

[gr8bluesgtr]

@groovistic There are no memberships. A lot of free lessons, and the premium lessons are available individually or as complete series.

[groovistic]

This is why I always give up trying to learn from lessons and just go with my ear. Stevie: I'm a left handed player and I play factory left handed guitars. I've been playing that way for twenty years and I'll cut the head of anyone who has anything smart to say about it. If you would just be so kind as to tell me which string in the chord diagrams is the high e, so I have some kind of reference point and I can read the diagrams, maybe I could actually learn something from your lessons.

[gr8bluesgtr]

@groovistic top string in the diagrams is the high E string, guitar body to the right, headstock to the left.

[maplegodx150]

@groovistic im left handed to and i got a left handed factory guitar i cant learn from these stupid lessons either i just do it by ear or tabs

[charliemurphyslaw]

You ever thought about using a mirror set across from your moniter on videos so you can watch what it looks like from a left handed point of view.

[lylr]

Thanks bro

[chest002]

What pisses me off is I can not get my thumb to go arond to pick up the E string. That really sucks. Great lesson!!!

[DynamitRabbit]

What were the amp settings?

'Cause I've got the same amp and I'd like to know how to get the tone here.

[lospepes14]

Is anybody else incapable of fretting with there thumb?

[serloinz]

@lospepes14 ya i always have trouble doin it..not sure if ma hands r abit on the smaller size or i jst cant do it yet ;p

[educassiano]

What are your guiar pick ups?

[TheJuliusJT]

love your tone... what guitar and amp do you use? im looking for a new guitar and amp myself.. got any suggestions?

[kingofskateop]

what a beautiful strat sound! Chunky!

[MARTINBENITO]

Hendrix o SRV style?

[educassiano]

Very close to each other, if you want to play like SRV, you gotta understand what goes on with Hendrix.

[guitmotar]

GREAT! What tone settings on the guitar & amp? Nailing the tone!

[FreeGuitarLicks]

Great, thanks a lot.

[douker]

you're the closest thing i've had to a guitar teacher. And I couldnt be happier. Thank you.

[dzjc01]

Great job!

[VoD74]

i tried to find this lesson on your site but i cannot locate it...??

[gr8bluesgtr]

It's the "Chords" lesson in the Original Ballad Series.

[VoD74]

greta got it! thx

[dhabs93]

i know im probably never gunna get your rediculous tone, but do you know what setting i can use to get a hendrixy SRV like feel?

[ffguru15]

the best thing you can do is use little to know distortion/overdrive/gain, use REALLY thick strings ( im talking 12-60 gauge) and turn the bass and midtone up on the amp while turning the treble down. thats what ive always done, but you should also change it enough so its original to you. =)

[five6giant]

thanks a lot steve i thought my smaal hands pwould handicap me from playing like my hero but im gettn better. ill get ur dvd thnx man

[five6giant]

hey gr8 im trying the riff at exactly 0:17 and it looks like your doing the hammer on on fret 13, but it sounds right on my guitar at fret 12 and yes i am tuned down and intonated correctly..can you give me the secret to that riff?

[gr8bluesgtr]

I'd like to help but at :17 I'm playing an E-Form shape down at the 5th fret, so I'm not sure what you're referring to...

[FXVG]

@gr8bluesgtr he meant the hendrix style hammer on chord just before that

[gr8bluesgtr]

Ah.. I see now... I am hammering on at the 12th fret, but I'm using my middle finger. The video makes it look like I'm using my ring finger on the 13th fret, but it's actually my middle finger at the 12th fret that's making contact.

[SaintCarloman]

Ok, actually it's because he does a rake at the same time.

[SaintCarloman]

Why don't you use your pinkie as Jimi when you do a Ab sus 4 ?

[StratMatt777]

Maybe he's not Jimi?

[ooJDMoo]

wow that little bit you did in the begining was sooo awesome man, sounds so trippy and cool

[nebukanezer73]

Thanks for the great lesson. After following your lesson I recorded a version and posted it as a video response. This was really helpful!!! Rgds from Norway

[thegreatpumpkin1313]

What pickups do you have on that strat? I have 2 strat plus guitars with the lace sensors on it but that sound comes nowhere close to that sound you've got there even on the rhythm pup. I tried out a 62 strat reissue in Guitar Center and it was the best sounding Fender I ever played. Now I either spend 1900 on that or just replace the pups in one of my strats, it's the same guitar seems silly to pay so much just for the pick ups. Thx.

[gr8bluesgtr]

In this video I'm using a mexican strat with Rocketfire Guitars pickups in it. Any high-end pickup like Fralins/Lollars/Rocketfire's and others will make your strat sound like a completely different guitar.

[popomczowzow]

This lesson has maybe the best thumbnail for any guitar lesson ever.

[retsknil]

Guns n Roses OG, Velvet Revolver ,SRV and Jimi all did the half step down Jimi using 9's,Stevie 13's

[valdezzzzzz]

does it have to be tuned a step down...does it make a big difference if it isn't

[lespaulloon]

its because stevie ray used size 13 strings you tune them differently, it does make it sound better if you use size 9 strings.

[Katana221985]

No it doesn't, the intervals will stay the same and you really shouldn't hear a difference. Love and Peace.

[blayze101]

watch the video? he tells you

[KiraPlaysGuitar]

not huge, but tuning down (if i'm not mistaken) gives you a thicker, warmer tone on the guitar, particularly when playing lead..

[bubbah12345]

not a great difference but yea it makes a difference better with a half step down though

[lewars1912]

valdezzzzzz If you are really into Jimi's style of playing then you'll learn much more if you tune down a half step,and whenever you would like it back to normal tuning just put a capo on the first fret. There's nothing bad about using a capo,and especially when needing to switch like this back to normal tuning. It's the sound that matters not what you use.

[josipml5]

dude, do you have a band and where can you be heard?

[gr8bluesgtr]

No band, I just make lessons. However, there are artifacts of my last band at HolySmokeBlues (dot) com.

[diazcamille]

what size string do you use? does that affect the punchy crunchy tone you get?

[gr8bluesgtr]

.11 - .49, D'addario EXL115. The heavier gauge combined with the 1/2 step down tuning has a lot to do with it.

[diazcamille]

cool! thanks man.

[KiraPlaysGuitar]

I might get some heavier gauge strings (i use 9s or 10s).

[gaelkuo]

beautiful~~~

[viewman1]

what guitar effects to you use? tube screamer? I have a blues junior, too and would like to replicate the sound. Thanks!

[eduardoschinfo]

fender amplifier?

this sound is perfefect!

[gr8bluesgtr]

Blues Junior.

[diazcamille]

thanks so much for this lesson anthony!!!! ive been wondering how to do this stuff, and this is awesome and really helped!

[gr8bluesgtr]

Awesome.

[tylerdwells]

i liked how you described the fat barr chord

"turn it into a fat sounding soulful... chorded ...solo ...style ...sounded... mess

[gr8bluesgtr]

I am a master of the english language :)

[chris0186]

That Db7 at 5:20 is the same chord shape that SRV uses in Tightrope near the beginning.

[Kapernakus07]

This lesson taught me more in 10 minutes, than I've learned in a year, great lesson cheers!

[SRVisthebest]

Did you buy your guitar like that or did you put that pickguard on it?

[gr8bluesgtr]

This guitar is kind of hacked together, it was originally a '96 super strat or something with a humbucker in it, and now it has 3 single coil Rocketfire guitars pickups in it, so the pickguard is not the original.

[SRV11111]

nice

[slimshady1111]

amazing tone dude

[Daniel9308]

Awesome man! but for the hammer ons when doing thumbover bar chords, use your pinky finger! Its kinda hard to learn but thats what Jimi did ;)

[gr8bluesgtr]

I respectfully disagree. Unless your ring finger is occupied, I believe that it is a more natural choice for hammer on chords where the hammer on happens 2 frets above what's being held down. For playing licks where you need to hammer on 3 frets up, the pinky is very useful. That's not saying it can't be done, but if you've got bigger sized hands, it's not a very natural movement to cram your pinky in to hammer on 2 frets up from the notes being barred.

[Daniel9308]

Yes mate, i see what you mean. Though, Jimi had monstrous hands (check his thumb out), and he used the pinky finger. But i think it was because he mainly strummed the whole rythm chord while playing the leads. But when listening to your playing without looking at the video, you can't really hear the difference between you and Hendrix (except guitar tone). So soundwise there isn't any difference, and thats what its all about, the soul, the sound, the music.

[gewerh43]

amazing, wish I could watch the whole lesson :(

[gr8bluesgtr]

And I wish I didn't have a mortgage to pay and could afford to spend 6-8 hours on each of these lessons and give them away for free :)

[gewerh43]

I guess you got a point XD, then, wish I could pay for this lesson :P

[Xion100z]

These lessons are really really cool. Never payed for one yet (i already take guitar lessons that's why, and they are expensive but i watch the previews often)...if you really can't afford them i would suggest justinguitar who provides lessons (different) for free (you pay for quality though)

[gr8bluesgtr]

Glad you enjoy the free lessons, that's why they're here.

[Xion100z]

I usually take good ideas from them and try to develop them on my own or with my teacher...i find them very sueful cause you're specialized in texas blues which I love! :D

[Jimimarshallhendrix2]

Cool... Real cool

[guiterry]

Very nice. LOVE the tone!!!

[lawrence1781]

brilliant

[blues4jesus]

Stupendouse Anthony

[RazorWindNPPL]

Hey man you've got some great videos, I really love em. One question about your equipment though, thats a Mexican Standard right? If so how do you like it? I'm a strat guy all the way but i've never played a standard series. I am looking for something to buy thats not going to set me back more than 500 bucks that's going to sound good and that im not afraid of learning to do my own guitar work/changing pickups and such. What do you think?

[jonnyjamesblues]

2nd :D

great as usual Anthony

question:

when you go to the Db7 and the F#9

that is basically like going to the 4th and 5th in the 1 4 5 blues progression right?

[gr8bluesgtr]

Since this is not a standard 1 4 5 progression it uses some unusual chords. Here's how I believe the chords map out in the key of Ab (and this is really stretching what I know :)

Ab - 1 Chord

Ab7 - still the 1 chord

Db7 - 6 chord

F#9 - 6 1/2 chord (don't know exactly, it just sounds good :)

Bb7 - 2 Chord

Eb - 5 chord

[prompen3]

Great as always Anthony!