I find Hendrix easier to learn than GNR.. How many people agree with me?

dsouza said:
There is no such thing as too late. How old are you now?

I am only adding 7 Hendrix tracks to my arsenal. Although U2 I have listened to since teenage years and played for 13 years on the guitar, I don't feel that gives me any more advantage over another talented guitarist whose just starting to learn U2. As a 7-15 year old I was playing lead and the blues. And it was BB King back then. I feel Hendrix can be learned by anyone. Especially those good at lead.

You don't have to prove you're better than him to play his music. I would think with intense practice, it is possible to learn about 7 of his songs very well in 5 years time, and master playing them over the next 15-20 years. Even if you're 50 now by age 55 you could learn Hendrix and by age 75 you could master Hendrix. Some people learn faster than others.

I always thought of guitar playing as a life long pursuit. My father performed until age 85. At age 87 he died. So he performed his whole life, and instilled in me the belief to never quit.
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Playing Hendrix's music is one thing-doing it true justice is a whole nother ball game............
 
As one of those lucky players who have the ability to “do” a lot of different players, Hendrix and SRV-style playing was often more difficult to tap into. Not the feel aspect, but rather the physicality. I came up on Satch, Vai, EJ and Petrucci (among many, many others) and in order to pull off most DT songs, you have to be precise, as with a lot of Vai stuff. With certain kinds of fast Satch lines, there's a fluidness, similar to EJ in that, for instance, you just fly freely for a few beats, note-division be damned, but land dead-on that final beat. With Jimi and SRV, you have to be precise and loose at the same time, so to speak. Whenever I'd go from one to the other, I'd have to spend quite awhile readjusting to nail those certain nuances. Hell, I didn't even understand EJ's until I stumbled upon CtC a couple of years ago, so that's a whole other level of specificity.
 
I decided to ditch Hendrix for now and go with G&R. Simply more universally liked in today's day and age by the audience.

Also I find Hendrix tends to psyche me up. I feel calmer with Slash. I don't know why. Maybe because I grew up listening to G&R and Hendrix was before my time.

Hendrix is very danceable for parties. I find Slash is not as danceable but more women go ga-ga for dick at gigs playing G&R.
 
dsouza said:
I decided to ditch Hendrix for now and go with G&R. Simply more universally liked in today's day and age by the audience.

Also I find Hendrix tends to psyche me up. I feel calmer with Slash. I don't know why. Maybe because I grew up listening to G&R and Hendrix was before my time.

Hendrix is very danceable for parties. I find Slash is not as danceable but more women go ga-ga for dick at gigs playing G&R.
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Seek help
 
Chewie5150 said:
so Little Wing...SRV or Jimi? that's a tough one! both so good
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For me, that’s an easy one. It’s Jimi’s version. I love SRV’s version, but it just isn’t close to Jimi; rhythm guitar, the solo, the vocal, the composition, etc. I don’t just favor it because it’s the original or because I heard it first. For example, I like Joe Cocker’s version of With a Little Help from My Friends over the original.
 
dsouza said:
I decided to ditch Hendrix for now and go with G&R. Simply more universally liked in today's day and age by the audience.

Also I find Hendrix tends to psyche me up. I feel calmer with Slash. I don't know why. Maybe because I grew up listening to G&R and Hendrix was before my time.

Hendrix is very danceable for parties. I find Slash is not as danceable but more women go ga-ga for dick at gigs playing G&R.
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Wow! Seriously?
 
Stratman68 said:
Wow! Seriously?
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No. Last night I took out the tutorial for November Rain, learned all the clean intro portions and intro chords including distorted chords leading up to the first solo. Not too difficult. But when I watched the turtorial for the first solo I realized in the time it would take me to learn all 3 solos I could finish purple haze, and another two Hendrix songs.

So I decided to listen to the tutorial for Hendrix Purple Haze this morning. So far I figured out the intro , rhythm Hendrix chords, and pre -solo leading up to the first solo out of the two solos. It is a nice short tutorial. I can learn to play the whole song in 4-6 weeks. Mastering it on the other hand is a different story.

I think Slash is more of a pain in the ass to learn all the notes but Hendrix has subtle nuances that make his style very technical and difficult to get right in terms of the feel.

I am back to Hendrix and loving it. I am also learning another 7 U2 songs at the same time, and working on another album of original ambient music.

All in all I am doing everything on the Strat. I may just say bye-bye to my Slash GB LP if I don't use it for a year, pocket the $4k CAD , and pickup a second strat with 1969 Woodstock Noiseless Pickups.
 
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Chewie5150 said:
so Little Wing...SRV or Jimi? that's a tough one! both so good
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There’s few who can do Hendrix and not drift too far from its beauty. SRV was very concerned with doing it justice and I think he does a heck of a job.

David Torn does a version of Voodoo Chile on his “Door X” album that takes the song pretty far out there, but keeps the spirit of the song true. At least IMO.
 
While pondering this thread I went to listen to Spanish Castle Magic and ended up spending 4 hours going through all sorts of his catalog. Especially the songs that don’t get mentioned all the time. It’s actually amazing how prolific he was with the musical and lyrical output in such a short time. On top of that it’s important to consider how the industry was driving him to complete exhaustion the whole time. Anyway, a lot of great music.
 
dsouza said:
No. Last night I took out the tutorial for November Rain, learned all the clean intro portions and intro chords including distorted chords leading up to the first solo. Not too difficult. But when I watched the turtorial for the first solo I realized in the time it would take me to learn all 3 solos I could finish purple haze, and another two Hendrix songs.

So I decided to listen to the tutorial for Hendrix Purple Haze this morning. So far I figured out the intro , rhythm Hendrix chords, and pre -solo leading up to the first solo out of the two solos. It is a nice short tutorial. I can learn to play the whole song in 4-6 weeks. Mastering it on the other hand is a different story.

I think Slash is more of a pain in the ass to learn all the notes but Hendrix has subtle nuances that make his style very technical and difficult to get right in terms of the feel.

I am back to Hendrix and loving it. I am also learning another 7 U2 songs at the same time, and working on another album of original ambient music.

All in all I am doing everything on the Strat. I may just say bye-bye to my Slash GB LP if I don't use it for a year, pocket the $4k CAD , and pickup a second strat with 1969 Woodstock Noiseless Pickups.
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I would look at things as an “all” proposition instead of an “either, or”. Keeping in mind time restraints and what you enjoy the most. Also, it’s not a bad idea to consider who your audience will be and what they will respond to more positively. I wouldn’t worry too much about what guitar you have to play the songs.
 
GitGuy513 said:
While pondering this thread I went to listen to Spanish Castle Magic and ended up spending 4 hours going through all sorts of his catalog. Especially the songs that don’t get mentioned all the time. It’s actually amazing how prolific he was with the musical and lyrical output in such a short time. On top of that it’s important to consider how the industry was driving him to complete exhaustion the whole time. Anyway, a lot of great music.
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At 3:20 in Power To Love from Band Of Gypsys, he plays 2 of my favorite notes that have ever been played. I love most, if not all, but that bit in particular…. Goddamn!!
 
dsouza said:
There is no such thing as too late. How old are you now?

I am only adding 7 Hendrix tracks to my arsenal. Although U2 I have listened to since teenage years and played for 13 years on the guitar, I don't feel that gives me any more advantage over another talented guitarist whose just starting to learn U2. As a 7-15 year old I was playing lead and the blues. And it was BB King back then. I feel Hendrix can be learned by anyone. Especially those good at lead.

You don't have to prove you're better than him to play his music. I would think with intense practice, it is possible to learn about 7 of his songs very well in 5 years time, and master playing them over the next 15-20 years. Even if you're 50 now by age 55 you could learn Hendrix and by age 75 you could master Hendrix. Some people learn faster than others.

I always thought of guitar playing as a life long pursuit. My father performed until age 85. At age 87 he died. So he performed his whole life, and instilled in me the belief to never quit.
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Please post a video of one of your hendrix covers....................
 
Do people know the story of how purple haze was created? Hendrix said when he was in NYC a voodoo priestess put a voodoo spell on him.

He mentions returning to his faith since that day. In the song purple haze he sings “She put a spell on me….”

I don’t know if he believed in voodoo but he also came up with voodoo child. I don’t know if that track was created after his experience in NYC?
 
One last point I want to make. Listening to Hendrix I realized a pattern. When it comes to ending his solos or songs he tends to repeat the same sequence of notes over and over , with a lot of soul , string bending, whammy bar use, or wah pedal use. Sometimes his guitar sounds like a corvette's racing V8 starting up! How many people notice the comparison of Hendrix's soloing sound to a revved up sports car's engine at times?
 
dsouza said:
Do people know the story of how purple haze was created? Hendrix said when he was in NYC a voodoo priestess put a voodoo spell on him.

He mentions returning to his faith since that day. In the song purple haze he sings “She put a spell on me….”

I don’t know if he believed in voodoo but he also came up with voodoo child. I don’t know if that track was created after his experience in NYC?
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That seems unlikely. What's your source?
 
That's a "source" that doesn't cite its sources. It's just full of speculation about what the lyrics might mean and guesses about Jimi's inspiration. It might be interesting to read, but it's short on supporting facts. Interpreting anything in the lyrics too literally probably isn't helpful ("spell" or "voodoo", for example).

All that aside, it can be fun to guess what Jimi meant. But, I don't think there's a way for us to really know.
 
secondwindow said:
That's a "source" that doesn't cite its sources. It's just full of speculation about what the lyrics might mean and guesses about Jimi's inspiration. It might be interesting to read, but it's short on supporting facts. Interpreting anything in the lyrics too literally probably isn't helpful ("spell" or "voodoo", for example).

All that aside, it can be fun to guess what Jimi meant. But, I don't think there's a way for us to really know.
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I tend to agree with you it's speculation even on the media's part.
 
dsouza said:
Do people know the story of how purple haze was created? Hendrix said when he was in NYC a voodoo priestess put a voodoo spell on him.

He mentions returning to his faith since that day. In the song purple haze he sings “She put a spell on me….”

I don’t know if he believed in voodoo but he also came up with voodoo child. I don’t know if that track was created after his experience in NYC?
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You DO realize Purple Haze is/was a type of LSD, right? Jimi was most likely tripping balls when he wrote much of his music. I wouldn't put too much importance on any of his lyrics.
 
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