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Day 5 – Jimi’s Chord
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timing and practice will nail it can do it sounds sloppy
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Honestly, not a favorite. I work at the technique, but won’t be playing this one anytime soon. Maybe when it crosses back I will feel differently. Who knows? Appreciate all the different approaches to playing guitar that Tony has introduced me to and seeing improvement.
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Humbling 1 year anniversary 😉 11 December 2024 was my first TAC session. Can’t believe how much fun (and how far I have come) in one year. Still amazed at how much more there is to learn/play. So looking forward to year 2. The TAC Family is amazing. Hang in there for those just starting. Just keep showing up.
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Looks, and sounds great! Have to practice it!
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if the idea was to feel like I was learning a skill set that was completely new to me, that was a success. really was frustrating at 1st. but when taking it one piece at a time and slow, it wasn’t awful, not great and tough to string together but not awful.
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Got the chord – couldn’t quite get the timing down. BUT – still good for me. The more stuff I try with getting the timing down, I think is helping me.
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Well, I can play it my way with some modifications. I just slap the 2 e & and it sounds basically the same. The timing in the slap, thumb pluck was frustrating so i modified. I really like the sound of this. Course I got to see Jimmy play often at the Seattle Center.
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Best week ever! What a door opening ride. YaHoo!
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Not working yet , will be practicing this weekend. Having a hard time with the slap, want to use thumb right after the slap, instead of third move? Think I’m dyslexic or something.
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It was a fun piece
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another dang it. Some frustration and then maybe getting it a bit. Love all the lessons and stuff I’m learning. Peace and love to y’all. Cheers!
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fun to try and figure this one out. I only focused on getting the pluck slap rhythm down on the first line of measure only. once I get it to fall in the right time I’ll try the chord changes. this seems to work for me.
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So I really liked that Tony spent time showing the strumming. It was very useful to me. Thanks.
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Lots of fun! Trying to get the slapping down. More practice.
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Oooh, gonna have to figure out that Purple Haze eventually! Love the chord and its potential!
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Finally figured o9ut the percussion piece although it’s not very even rhythmically. Sounds better though. If memory serves, this technique is also used in Aint No Sunshine so I think that will be better next time that song rolls around.
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I had a hard time with the slapping but very fun to play.
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This is fairly easy, the chord shape is nice and compact, though a bit stretchy for me at the lower frets. I can even do the “pluck and thumb” but I cannot get the slap. My fingers fall between the strings. So I do a dead strum over the chord shape. If there’s something about the slap I’m not understanding I’d love to hear it!
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The slap doesn’t work for me, either. So, I cheat by plucking dead strings twice, then the thumb on the dead string.
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Cool!! I love finger picking. Now I have to consciously work on flat pick use. Not that great with that yet.
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I am not sure what I played was what Tony did but I think I got something that sounded like the blues. The last two days were difficult to say the least.
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Another difficult challenge for me but cool and interesting. Finger-picking is not my forte-yet!
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Nope, unfortunately just couldn’t get it. Just wish I could ask questions. 🙂
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One of my favorites.
Have a great weekend!!
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A bit of trouble getting my fingers between the strings after the slap. Needs works, but when I get it… it sounds pretty good.
Thank you for another good week.
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Is anyone else having trouble with the video window over the tab? It used to work for me, and then all of a sudden the icon for it disappeared from my video screen. Thanks, Tom
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Just my second week and found both weeks difficult. I know I’m learning something new everyday but I need to keep at it so I don’t get discouraged. Great fun trying though! Problem is I have no rhythm!
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I was having a lot of trouble with D string until I went back to the learn video and saw how Tony positioned his fingers. Once I did it the same way the muting disappeared. After going through this several times I got to where I could do a halfway decent job on it, even the percussive parts. Lots of fun with the 12 bar blues this week. More so than the last time we did this. This is session 498 and streak 200 for me today. My small win was showing up every day and giving each challenge my best shot and having fun doing it.
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I’m really enjoying all these new techniques and of course Jimi’s chord. I’m surprised how difficult it is to keep my pinky in the correct position as I move the chord up and down the neck. I also appreciate the comments below, it helps to know we all have our own struggles.
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That was fun to learn, but I do need to work on it some more, I have really enjoyed this blues lesson. It was not easy, but nothing in life is easy, so we just have to keep playing and that is my big win for the week!
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Rythm, where are you when I need you? I’ll get there 🙂
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Fun Fingerstyle Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze Friday Jam session, love it Tony. When I was living in the Dorms at Michigan State University, on Friday the second floor guys would play Purple Haze on their stereos and the girls on the 3rd floor would play I want to Go Crazy on You by Heart as part of the Friday stereo warz, took me back, never knew how to play it on guitar though until today! (I lived on the first floor nerd floor!)
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Heard Jimi Hendricks encouraging me to keep on it, as I struggled with rhythms. But I slowly got it . Slap, pick, pull muted strings, repeat! Patience, determination, and consistent focus required for this one.
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Good comment, I was inspired. Tks.
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Interesting.. but to me this is perfect for the pick, not fingerpicking (and my first love is fingerpicking vice the pick). So I was curious that you chose not to use the pick. Did my 20 minutes, now on to fingerpicking “Scarborough Fair” by Paul Simon!!! Have a good weekend!!
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This seemed so discouraging to me because of the darned pinky finger’s inability to reach SO I decided to simplify the chord, dropped the pinky finger out of the equation and plucked 3 strings rather than 4 and suddenly it all came together and actually sounds great. I’ll keep working on stretching the pinky but this work-around made me much happier than the struggle I was going through.
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learned it…played it along with the video…don’t really think this is going to be added to my blues repertoire yet…it’s kind of awkward for me…but I appreciate learning the Hendrix chord!
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This was a little like trying to eat an elephant in one bite. I decided to take a smaller bite by getting the full pluck and “slap” without the the muted plucks. At this stage, that works better for me as it feels like I am not trying to eat the whole thing at once.
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Jimmi Hendrix must be looking down laughing.
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Small win was getting better at timing on a song I’m working on. Starting slowly without strumming and working up to it. Tnks Tony!
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That went alright. But a little work needed in last measure – my rhythm gets throw off with percussion first followed by pluck
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I honestly expected to struggle with this one but got it quickly and cleanly, even at full speed. Feels like a major win! Small win, I persevered, trusting the TAC process, and finished a week with lot’s of “outside” demands and distractions. I seriously love TAC.
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@Noiseman I see that you live in Riner, VA which is off I-81. I drive by there on I-81 once or twice a year when I go down to the Abingdon area for family reunions. Good to hear that there is another Virginian on TAC.
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Yes, it’s a beautiful area and there are some good guitarists around here! I’m loving TAC and hope you are as well! Thanks for corresponding.
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Enjoyed this week. I’ll work on this over the weekend (right hand work needed) Have a great one!
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My small win this week was working a Christmas list along with this 12 bar blues review.
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Pretty neat we learned the Hendrix chord and the Neil Young chord. I need to keep practicing the percussive beats. Those are just as important as the singing strings. I remember we started that on “I can see clearly now.” Have a great weekend everyone!
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I struggled until I seperated the triplet and just worked that alone. I am so conditioned to “slap, bass, pluck that reversing the order of bass and pluck took a beat (or 50) to lock in.
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I like it but I am not at that level yet. Something to aim for.
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interesting chord shape
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I love the smell of my guitar when I open the case in the morning! A fun lesson today.
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To misquote Robert Duvall in “Apocalypse Now”, “I love the smell of my guitar when I open the case in the morning. It’s the smell of victory.” LOL
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Exactly what I was thinking! @PrettyFootBailey_77
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Inspiring, but something to aim for, I’ll keep practicing the Jimmy H Chord Shap and moving it around for my little win and start getting the hang of the knock tap percussion
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Great week of guitar practice and knowledge building. I enjoyed the entire week of playing. I hope everyone is doing well, and I can’t wait to read the comments. Have a Great Weekend.
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Stevie Ray used this chord a lot also. Twice through at .50 speed, twice through at.75 and twice at 1.0. This is another good weekend project.
I did find that my thumb position was directly behind the 7th fret, 12 fret and the 2 fret for the different chording positions. If my thumb wandered from this position my pinky wasn’t as stable. Actually I do use this chord mostly in the B, C, D, and E 7th forms. But the muting is adding something to the progression and the way Tony plucks the strings does make it easy to do if you finger pick any. I started a forum thread about this muting style a few days ago if you want to check it out.
Congratulations, !
Challenge complete
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timing and practice will nail it can do it sounds sloppy
Honestly, not a favorite. I work at the technique, but won’t be playing this one anytime soon. Maybe when it crosses back I will feel differently. Who knows? Appreciate all the different approaches to playing guitar that Tony has introduced me to and seeing improvement.
Humbling 1 year anniversary 😉 11 December 2024 was my first TAC session. Can’t believe how much fun (and how far I have come) in one year. Still amazed at how much more there is to learn/play. So looking forward to year 2. The TAC Family is amazing. Hang in there for those just starting. Just keep showing up.
Looks, and sounds great! Have to practice it!
if the idea was to feel like I was learning a skill set that was completely new to me, that was a success. really was frustrating at 1st. but when taking it one piece at a time and slow, it wasn’t awful, not great and tough to string together but not awful.
Got the chord – couldn’t quite get the timing down. BUT – still good for me. The more stuff I try with getting the timing down, I think is helping me.
Well, I can play it my way with some modifications. I just slap the 2 e & and it sounds basically the same. The timing in the slap, thumb pluck was frustrating so i modified. I really like the sound of this. Course I got to see Jimmy play often at the Seattle Center.
Best week ever! What a door opening ride. YaHoo!
Not working yet , will be practicing this weekend. Having a hard time with the slap, want to use thumb right after the slap, instead of third move? Think I’m dyslexic or something.
It was a fun piece
another dang it. Some frustration and then maybe getting it a bit. Love all the lessons and stuff I’m learning. Peace and love to y’all. Cheers!
fun to try and figure this one out. I only focused on getting the pluck slap rhythm down on the first line of measure only. once I get it to fall in the right time I’ll try the chord changes. this seems to work for me.
So I really liked that Tony spent time showing the strumming. It was very useful to me. Thanks.
Lots of fun! Trying to get the slapping down. More practice.
Oooh, gonna have to figure out that Purple Haze eventually! Love the chord and its potential!
Finally figured o9ut the percussion piece although it’s not very even rhythmically. Sounds better though. If memory serves, this technique is also used in Aint No Sunshine so I think that will be better next time that song rolls around.
I had a hard time with the slapping but very fun to play.
This is fairly easy, the chord shape is nice and compact, though a bit stretchy for me at the lower frets. I can even do the “pluck and thumb” but I cannot get the slap. My fingers fall between the strings. So I do a dead strum over the chord shape. If there’s something about the slap I’m not understanding I’d love to hear it!
The slap doesn’t work for me, either. So, I cheat by plucking dead strings twice, then the thumb on the dead string.
Cool!! I love finger picking. Now I have to consciously work on flat pick use. Not that great with that yet.
I am not sure what I played was what Tony did but I think I got something that sounded like the blues. The last two days were difficult to say the least.
Another difficult challenge for me but cool and interesting. Finger-picking is not my forte-yet!
Nope, unfortunately just couldn’t get it. Just wish I could ask questions. 🙂
One of my favorites.
Have a great weekend!!
A bit of trouble getting my fingers between the strings after the slap. Needs works, but when I get it… it sounds pretty good.
Thank you for another good week.
Is anyone else having trouble with the video window over the tab? It used to work for me, and then all of a sudden the icon for it disappeared from my video screen. Thanks, Tom
Just my second week and found both weeks difficult. I know I’m learning something new everyday but I need to keep at it so I don’t get discouraged. Great fun trying though! Problem is I have no rhythm!
I was having a lot of trouble with D string until I went back to the learn video and saw how Tony positioned his fingers. Once I did it the same way the muting disappeared. After going through this several times I got to where I could do a halfway decent job on it, even the percussive parts. Lots of fun with the 12 bar blues this week. More so than the last time we did this. This is session 498 and streak 200 for me today. My small win was showing up every day and giving each challenge my best shot and having fun doing it.
I’m really enjoying all these new techniques and of course Jimi’s chord. I’m surprised how difficult it is to keep my pinky in the correct position as I move the chord up and down the neck. I also appreciate the comments below, it helps to know we all have our own struggles.
That was fun to learn, but I do need to work on it some more, I have really enjoyed this blues lesson. It was not easy, but nothing in life is easy, so we just have to keep playing and that is my big win for the week!
Rythm, where are you when I need you? I’ll get there 🙂
Fun Fingerstyle Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze Friday Jam session, love it Tony. When I was living in the Dorms at Michigan State University, on Friday the second floor guys would play Purple Haze on their stereos and the girls on the 3rd floor would play I want to Go Crazy on You by Heart as part of the Friday stereo warz, took me back, never knew how to play it on guitar though until today! (I lived on the first floor nerd floor!)
Heard Jimi Hendricks encouraging me to keep on it, as I struggled with rhythms. But I slowly got it . Slap, pick, pull muted strings, repeat! Patience, determination, and consistent focus required for this one.
Good comment, I was inspired. Tks.
Interesting.. but to me this is perfect for the pick, not fingerpicking (and my first love is fingerpicking vice the pick). So I was curious that you chose not to use the pick. Did my 20 minutes, now on to fingerpicking “Scarborough Fair” by Paul Simon!!! Have a good weekend!!
This seemed so discouraging to me because of the darned pinky finger’s inability to reach SO I decided to simplify the chord, dropped the pinky finger out of the equation and plucked 3 strings rather than 4 and suddenly it all came together and actually sounds great. I’ll keep working on stretching the pinky but this work-around made me much happier than the struggle I was going through.
learned it…played it along with the video…don’t really think this is going to be added to my blues repertoire yet…it’s kind of awkward for me…but I appreciate learning the Hendrix chord!
This was a little like trying to eat an elephant in one bite. I decided to take a smaller bite by getting the full pluck and “slap” without the the muted plucks. At this stage, that works better for me as it feels like I am not trying to eat the whole thing at once.
Jimmi Hendrix must be looking down laughing.
I miss my pick.
Small win was getting better at timing on a song I’m working on. Starting slowly without strumming and working up to it. Tnks Tony!
That went alright. But a little work needed in last measure – my rhythm gets throw off with percussion first followed by pluck
I honestly expected to struggle with this one but got it quickly and cleanly, even at full speed. Feels like a major win! Small win, I persevered, trusting the TAC process, and finished a week with lot’s of “outside” demands and distractions. I seriously love TAC.
@Noiseman I see that you live in Riner, VA which is off I-81. I drive by there on I-81 once or twice a year when I go down to the Abingdon area for family reunions. Good to hear that there is another Virginian on TAC.
Yes, it’s a beautiful area and there are some good guitarists around here! I’m loving TAC and hope you are as well! Thanks for corresponding.
Enjoyed this week. I’ll work on this over the weekend (right hand work needed) Have a great one!
My small win this week was working a Christmas list along with this 12 bar blues review.
Pretty neat we learned the Hendrix chord and the Neil Young chord. I need to keep practicing the percussive beats. Those are just as important as the singing strings. I remember we started that on “I can see clearly now.” Have a great weekend everyone!
I struggled until I seperated the triplet and just worked that alone. I am so conditioned to “slap, bass, pluck that reversing the order of bass and pluck took a beat (or 50) to lock in.
I like it but I am not at that level yet. Something to aim for.
interesting chord shape
I love the smell of my guitar when I open the case in the morning! A fun lesson today.
To misquote Robert Duvall in “Apocalypse Now”, “I love the smell of my guitar when I open the case in the morning. It’s the smell of victory.” LOL
Exactly what I was thinking! @PrettyFootBailey_77
Inspiring, but something to aim for, I’ll keep practicing the Jimmy H Chord Shap and moving it around for my little win and start getting the hang of the knock tap percussion
Great week of guitar practice and knowledge building. I enjoyed the entire week of playing. I hope everyone is doing well, and I can’t wait to read the comments. Have a Great Weekend.
Stevie Ray used this chord a lot also. Twice through at .50 speed, twice through at.75 and twice at 1.0. This is another good weekend project.
I did find that my thumb position was directly behind the 7th fret, 12 fret and the 2 fret for the different chording positions. If my thumb wandered from this position my pinky wasn’t as stable. Actually I do use this chord mostly in the B, C, D, and E 7th forms. But the muting is adding something to the progression and the way Tony plucks the strings does make it easy to do if you finger pick any. I started a forum thread about this muting style a few days ago if you want to check it out.