Hi Efe!
Here’s what to look at this week.
Jimi Hendrix
You could say his creative ideas on guitar were ahead of his time. No one was doing such things on the guitar yet. He brought them to the world of guitar, where they are still alive and well, and always will be.
- Listen to this: Video 1. It’s Purple Haze, the song we discussed in class.
- See this picture. It’s of the famous “Hendrix chord,” as we talked about. — It’s officially called E7#9, but everyone knows it as the Hendrix chord, haha. See how he uses it in Purple Haze. He always knew how to play rhythmically. You, yourself called this riff catchy. See what you can do with this chord and some additional chords you wanna play with it. No particular order required. — Just have fun with it. This is a creative game for you to make your own catchy chord song :) It doesn’t have to be anything super challenging. In fact, I encourage it to be rather simple. One idea: G, G G, G G, E7#9, E7#9 E7#9, E7#9 E7#9 — This, repeated, might sound cool. Strumming Pattern: Down, Up Down, Up Down. Technically, you could do this at any speed, but I will push you to do it more slowly. I want you to be accurate when playing the guitar.
Enter Sandman
Check out the whole song on YouTube so that you know how the riffs sound.
- The same riff as last week.
- The newest riff we covered. G5, (E5 F#5 E5 F#5 G5 F#5) E5
— Everything in brackets is palm-muted.
— Strumming Pattern: Down, Up Down Up Down Up Down Down — Everything bolded is supposed to sound stronger (that is, louder).
Here is your latest video to work with. Video 2.
I’ll soon sort out all the communication issues. Aside from this: The recital is at 1pm on June 13th, at the school’s Oakwood location. I’ll see you and your family then and there!