Guitar World's resident Jimi Hendrix authority, Andy Aledort, demonstrates how the legendary, groundbreaking guitarist still influences the modern rock, blues and R&B styles some most admired players.
In this lesson, we’ll explore how Hendrix’s music has inspired the distinct, signature styles of Melanie Faye, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Marcus Machado, Ayla Tesler-Mabé, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Ayron Jones.
In this lesson, we’ll explore how Hendrix’s music has inspired the distinct, signature styles of Melanie Faye, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Marcus Machado, Ayla Tesler-Mabé, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Ayron Jones.
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00:00Hey, I'm Andy Alladort and in this video lesson we're going to take a look at six young guitar players who show a distinct influence from the great Jimi Hendrix that carry on the tradition of Jimi Hendrix's guitar playing through their own very distinct style.
00:30We're going to start off with a phenomenal woman guitar player named Melanie Fay who's so unique and we're going to take a look at her twists, the things she likes to do when she plays Jimi Hendrix's Little Wing.
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01:44Melanie Faye uses a lot of interesting chord voicings and open strings.
01:49In this example, I begin with this E add 9, really nice voicing, and do a reverse rake.
02:01And then this F sharp 7 sus 4, and that just moves up.
02:08So, F sharp, and then this is like G minor 7, but you could also think of it as like an
02:19E 9 chord.
02:22A major 7, sus 2 with the open beat.
02:26And Hendrix does voicings like this in One Rainy Wish, and May This Be Love, a variety
02:35of songs.
02:37Angel.
02:39So, after that beginning.
02:40And then it's this nice switch to A minor 9.
02:50And she loves these fast slide pull-ups.
02:57And then I just play this ascending lick to get back to A major.
03:02And then I'm going to kick off this little wing sort of emulation.
03:12And then.
03:16So, that's the other thing she likes, is these fast hammer pulls.
03:21And then this is a really nice A flat diminished into A minor 7 sus 2, or sus 4s, or A minor 7
03:40sus 4.
03:43And then this is very interesting.
03:44Sort of this E flat.
03:52And then here, E flat.
03:57Minus 7 flat 5.
04:00And another one of those fast slide pull-offs.
04:03So, you got.
04:07And then.
04:10And this is another thing she likes, these quick hammers.
04:14Using those open strings again.
04:19And this voicing.
04:24It's a little tough.
04:25Because you have to.
04:28Get your fingers in there.
04:29And then this moves down.
04:35So, this is a minor 9 sus 2.
04:38B.
04:39Goes down to B flat.
04:40A.
04:42And then kind of your typical Jimmy.
04:44So, Jimmy does stuff like that.
05:02Or.
05:09Another one of those.
05:10And then some more open strings.
05:16That open G stays in there for the D.
05:24Typical Jimmy.
05:25But then this.
05:31This is a diminished lick.
05:33And you can think of that as over the 5 chord.
05:38Like this brief reference to.
05:435.
05:447 raised.
05:455.
05:46So, B7 raised 5.
05:50Sharp 5, I was going to say.
05:51So.
05:51That's how it closes out.
06:00Next up is one of the best blues guitar players on the scene today.
06:04Chris Stone, Kingfish Ingram.
06:06He likes to play Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe in his sets.
06:09And like Melanie, he has very unique things that he adds to the tune.
06:14Really cool, distinct twists.
06:15We're going to get into that right now.
06:17Well.
06:35We're going to get into that right now.
06:35Not unlike Melanie Fede, he likes to change the chord voicings a little bit, make them
06:57a little more interesting.
06:58So instead of a straight C chord, he plays, it's like a C6sus2 or add9, C6sadd9, and then the
07:14same thing like a G6s9, so you're going to have that there, and then Dsus, the, the, the,
07:27the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the,
07:34and then an E minor, unlike E major, which is what Jimmy plays.
07:41One more time.
08:11One more time.
08:41All right, for this guitar solo, I've got a wah-wah pedal here.
08:56It's very Jimi Hendrix-like, blues, typical blues rock style.
09:22And that's how Chris Stone likes to play.
09:26And then this...
09:30This sort of 16th notes.
09:32That kind of thing.
09:37That kind of thing.
09:46And then second.
09:54So it's all firmly just right up here in E minor pentatonic.
10:12With the blues scale.
10:17And then those high bends.
10:22So the combination of Albert King, BB King, and Jimi Hendrix.
10:33Another great and very distinct player is Marcus Machado.
10:37He's more rooted in a classic R&B, contemporary R&B and soul style.
10:44But there's definitely a Hendrix vibe happening in his soloing.
10:48Mixed with that Curtis Mayfield rhythm part.
10:51So let's take a look at that right now.
10:53Okay.
10:54So this Marcus Machado example is sort of rooted.
10:58It's very classic R&B, soul.
11:28B of E, but we're starting on 3 minor, so G sharp minor, to C sharp minor, 7.
11:38And then what would be the 2 chord, F sharp minor 7, back to G sharp minor, to A major
11:457, and then A9 with a B bass, or A9 with a B bass.
11:53And you can do your classic Jimi Hendrix Curtis Mayfield little single string embellishments
12:02within the chords.
12:03So when you're holding the chord, you can play these.
12:07So when you're holding the chord, you can play these.
12:22Hendrix does it all the time.
12:29And then for the solo over that, you really just play E major, which I'll demonstrate now.
12:49How w is it?
12:50I become a critic and I love you.
12:51I know I always remember your timing.
12:52I knew it was for the solo to a pole that I don't know, but I was blue.
12:53I know.
12:54We were like a境界 of the chord.
12:55I know.
12:56guitar solo
13:26guitar solo
13:37The solo begins over G sharp minor
13:39And as I said, most of the licks are based on the E major scale
13:43So I start right on that G sharp note
13:45And then get to a C sharp
13:52When the C sharp minor 7 chord comes in
13:55And then
13:57And then with my melody
14:03I'm just going to follow that chord progression
14:05Of F sharp minor, G sharp minor
14:07A major 7
14:09By going
14:10And just straight up
14:20Pretty much the E major scale
14:25To get to this bend
14:27Up to C sharp
14:30And then this fast ascending
14:33Marcus likes playing things like that
14:40And Hendrix does that on
14:42Here Am I Trying to Come
14:43And on Made This Be Love
14:45All kinds of songs you'll hear him do that
14:47And then over
15:00When we get back over C sharp minor
15:03I take advantage of C sharp minor
15:10Pentatonical minor
15:11And then another thing he likes is this octave thing
15:23We know Jimmy loved using octaves for all kinds of solos
15:34You hear it of course
15:35A third stone from the sun
15:37That's sliding
15:38And I kind of wrapped it up with E major pentatonic
15:53Which will work over all the chords
16:08Another terrific young player is Ayla Tesler-Mabe
16:12She has such a cool style
16:14Very unique
16:15Again it's in this contemporary R&B style
16:18Her music
16:19But the soloing
16:20It has a heavy blues
16:23A lot of feeling in it
16:24So I'll play some examples
16:27That are along the lines of her style right now
16:50Alright for this Ayla Tesler-Mabe example
16:57We're in C sharp major 7 at the beginning here
17:00And then it switches to
17:05What's really like C sharp minor 9
17:08Even though there's no third in the chord
17:10But it's implied
17:11So major 7
17:14Then 9
17:16Then F sharp minor 7
17:20Or minor 9
17:22And then to B9
17:27Which is major
17:28Just one more time
17:29Like
17:29And then for soloing
17:51Most of the soloing
17:52Is C sharp major pentatonic
17:53And major scale
17:55And there are definitely Hendrixisms
17:57And also just sort of blues
17:59B.B. King
17:59So I'll show you what I mean
18:25So as I said
18:38The soloing over this
18:39Is mostly C major pentatonic
18:42Very bluesy
18:50And then she does the school thing
18:57Over that
19:01F sharp minor 9
19:03So that's right on
19:06F sharp minor 9
19:07And you can see it as
19:09A major 7 too
19:10And then I went more to like
19:16C sharp major scale
19:18And that's where that sort of
19:24B.B. King thing comes in
19:25So very bluesy
19:42Very melodic
19:43A lot of feeling
19:45And a heavy attack
19:48And then this jazzy
19:52And then into that
20:02B.B. King style stuff
20:03One of the top blues guitar players
20:05On the scene today
20:06Is Joanne Shaw Taylor
20:07She recorded a video recently
20:09From Jimi Hendrix's flat
20:11His apartment
20:11In London
20:12And she did this blues thing
20:14This shuffle
20:15Kind of with a canned heat
20:17John Lee Hooker vibe
20:19And this example
20:21This next example
20:22Is going to be in that style
20:23And show
20:24Demonstrate
20:25Some of the soloing
20:27Things that she likes to do
20:28And you can hear the connection
20:30To Jimi Hendrix
20:30So this rhythm part
20:51Is just this little vamp
20:52In A
20:54It's a shuffle
21:03One and two
21:04And three and four
21:05And one
21:06It's kind of
21:09Very much
21:09John Lee Hooker
21:10Boogie kind of a thing
21:12Candy
21:12Going up the country
21:14And it kind of emulates
21:23An open tuning
21:23Like John Lee Hooker
21:24Would do
21:25Because it's all A
21:26So you're going
21:33Between the A string
21:34And that A note
21:36And then you pull off
21:38And then
21:40So those are the pieces
21:44And then the solo
21:57Over it that John Lee plays
21:58Is just this very bluesy thing
22:00That shows the influence
22:03Of T-Bone Walker
22:04And Chuck Berry
22:05And the things that influence
22:06Jimi Hendrix
22:06So it's Hendrixian in a way
22:08And it has the same influences
22:10But you'll see what I mean
22:40As I said for the solo
22:45It's really this sort of
22:46Strayed blues thing
22:48You get over this
22:49And Joanne likes to start with this
22:55This Chuck Berry
23:01Chuck Berry T-Bone Walker
23:04These you know
23:05You bar and band two strings
23:08At a time
23:08It's also very Billy Gibbons
23:20You know
23:20If I take this shape
23:30Move it up
23:31And then that quick
23:40And she likes doing that
23:43Quick slide down
23:44Hendrix did that
23:45Steve Ray Vaughn
23:46Love to do that
23:47And then back to the
23:52That rhythm part
23:56Last up is a great guitar player
24:16named Aaron Jones
24:17This is a very Hendrix-y groove
24:19On a song called Emily
24:21This is along the lines
24:22Of that song
24:24And what he plays
24:24Let's get into that right now
24:26And what they call
24:28And let's go
24:30To thousand people
24:35With her
24:35To hose
24:36With her
24:36And she
24:38To
24:39And
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24:53This is a very Hendrix-y rhythm part, off E. It's almost kind of Buddha Child-y, but
25:16the groove, one, two, three, and one, two. It's not like Buddha Child, but you know, a heavy
25:26riff off the open low E, that's something Hendrix did all the time.
25:36So that's what I'm playing, it's along the lines of Aaron Jones' lick.
25:58And then when you sing on the verse, so playing these little two note chords on the A and
26:08the D string with the open G in there, something Hendrix did all the time.
26:15You know, he did it in Hey Joe, and Hear My Turner Comin', and Buddha Child, all kinds
26:23of songs. It's something that Hendrix did often. So it's pretty simple. You just have that
26:37to the other part, and then back to the first lick. So here is some soloing in Aaron Jones'
26:56style, and that is also very Hendrix-y in terms of sort of heavy blues moving around, you know,
27:04that Jimmy ramped up blues rock style.
27:34Let's go over this solo, you have the lick. And Aaron likes these oblique bends, very Hendrix-y
27:59there. So that very dramatic slide down and then back up the one string thing, something
28:15Hendrix did on Buddha Child. Hear My Turner Comin'.
28:22So it slides and pull-offs moving quickly. And then back to the chest. So that type of soloing,
28:51a quick hammer pull. And then straight to this blues. That type of thing. So, but if I try
29:15to do it slow, sometimes it's hard to do it slowly.
29:17I'll see you later.
29:19I'll see you later.
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