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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix Tab

Hey guys,

It’s been almost two months I think since my last tab, which I posted on the blog. So I figured I’d do something you guys would really enjoy. Today’s tab is Jimi Hendrix’s Little Wing complete with the solo. This is the album version (around two and a half minute song). It’s not as hard as you may think it is. Even if it is, you’ll be glad you learned this beautiful song by the great guitarist Jimi Hendrix. The guitar fun fact awaits those who learn it below! :p Good Luck!

Gtr I

|-------x-12\-|------------------------|------3h5p3-3---------------------|

|-------x-12\-|----x-x--------------5\-|------3-----3---3-(3)-3-3---------|

|-------x--x--|----x-x------0-----5-5\-|----0---------0-4h=5--5-4-5-4-----|

|---------12--|----x-x--------5---5-7\-|------------------------------5---|

|----------x--|----x-x--0h2---5h7------|----------------------------------|

|---------12\-|-0----------------------|-/3-----------------------------3-|

|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|------------5---5-------------------|-----8h10p8-----------------------|

|--------5---5h7-5-------------------|-----7------7--------7-7---7--7-7-|

|------------------5h7-5---5---------|--------------9----7-7-7h9-7--7-7-|

|----5-7---7-----------5h7-----------|---7----------7-7-10---------10-7-|

|-5--------------------------5h7-(7)-|-0--------------------------------|

|-----9-10-9----7-7-------------|--------------------------|

|-----7-10-7-7h10-7-7-----------|--------------------------|

|---7----7-7--------7-------7---|---5-5-5-5-----5-5-5------|

|---9---------------9-------8s7-|---7-9-7-5-5-5-5-7-5------|

|-------------------------8-----|-----------8-7------------|

|-7-------------------7-6-------|-5-------------------5h7\-|

2/4 4/4

|-----5s7-5---5s1-------------|-------------------|---------------------------|

|-----3s5-3---3-3-1---1-------|---------1-3p1---0-|-------------7---7-7-------|

|---0---------0-0-0---0---0---|-----2-2---2-------|-----------7-7---7-7--7-7--|

|---5-5s7-5---5s3-----3---3---|-----2-2-----------|---7---7---7-7h9-7-7--7-7--|

|---------------------3---3---|-0h3-----------3---|-5---5---5-----------10-7--|

|-3---------0-------1---1---1-|-------------------|---------------------------|

1st Verse

|---------12\-||----------------------------------------------|

|----------x--||----0-----------------------------------------|

|-7--------x--||----x-----------------------------------------|

|-7--------x--||----2p0h2p0-(0)-----2---2-0h2p0-0h2p0-0-------|

|-9--------x--||----------------2-----------------------5h7p5-|

|---------12\-||-0----------------0---0-----------------------|

|------------------------|--------------------------|

|--------3---3-3-2---3---|--------------------------|

|--------2---2h4-3---2---|------5-5-5-------5-------|

|----------5-------5-5---|------9-7-5-5---5h7p5h7p5-|

|------------------------|------------5h7-----------|

|-3-3--3---------------3-|-5------------------------|

|---------------------------|----7-9-7----------------------------|

|----10p8----------8--------|----------10-7-7---------------6-----|

|-----7--------------7------|---------------7-9p7-----------8p7---|

|---------9------------7----|---------------------9-8-(8)-8-----8-|

|-----------7--(7)-------10-|-------------------------------------|

|-0-------------------------|-7-----------------------------------|

|-------------------------|----3------3-3-------------|

|-------------------------|----3------1-1-------------|

|---5---5-5---5-----------|----4h5--------0-----------|

|-7-7-9-7-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|------4-5\-------3-(3)-3-3-|

|-----------8---8-7-8-7h8-|---------------------------|

|-------------------------|-3------3\-------------1-1-|

2/4 4/4

|--------|--------------------|

|------1-|---3-3---3----------|

|------x-|---2---2-----2---2--|

|---2--2-|-0---------0---0-0--|

|-0h3----|--------------------|

|---3----|--------------------|

2nd Verse

|-2-------x-x-||-------0-----0--------------------|------------------------|

|-3-------x-x-||------12h14-12-----0--0-----------|----3s5s3s5-3s5s3-3-----|

|-2-------x-x-||---------------14-12--0-----------|----2s4s2s4-2s4s2-2-----|

|-0-------x-x-||---------------------14-12----12\-|------------------------|

|---------x-x-||---------------------------12h14\-|------------------------|

|---------x-x-||-0--------------------------------|-3------------------3-5-|

|---------------------|---------------------------------|

|---------------------|----8h10p8-----------------------|

|---------------------|-------7-------------------------|

|------------5-5------|-------9---9-9-----9-(9)-7-7h9-9-|

|----------5-7-5------|---------------7-7---------------|

|-5----5-8-5-----5h7\-|-0-------------------------------|

|-----9-10-9-7---------------|-5--------------------------------------|

|-----7--7---7-------------6-|-5h7p5---------5------------------------|

|--------------7-----------7-|-------7-(7)-5-5-5-5-----5-(5)-5--------|

|--------------------------8-|-------------7---7-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5----|

|----------------9-------8---|---------------------5h7-------8-7-5h7\-|

|-7----------------6-(6)-----|----------------------------------------|

2/4

|----------5s7-5s3-(3)---------|-------------------|

|---0------3s5-3s1-(1)---------|-------------------|

|---0h2--------0-0-(0)---------|-------------------|

|--------3-5s7-5s3-(3)---------|-5-(5)-5-------5-5-|

|------------------------------|-3-(3)---3-(3)---3-|

|-3------5-------------1-1h3s5-|-------------------|

4/4

|-------------------------------------|

|-7-(7)-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-(7)-7-7---|

|-5-(5)-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|

|-------------------------------------|

Gtr II

|--------------------------------------------||

| Gtr I

| \0.5______\1_____\1.5

|--<12>-(<12>)----(<12>)-(<12>)--(<12>)------||

|--------------------------------------------||

|---------------------------------------15s0-||

Outro-Guitar Solo

|-----------------------------------------|------------------------3-----------------|

|--0----0-0-0-0---------------------------|------3-------------3---3----3------------|

|--0----0-0-0-0-----------------0----0----|--0-0-0---------3---5p4-5p4--4------------|

|--2----2-2-2-2--2----2---2--2--2----0----|--0-0-0----------------------5------------|

|--2----2-2-2-2--2----2---2--2----2--0----|----------------5--------------------0----|

|--0----0-0-0-0--0----0---0--0----0--0h=3-|--3-3-3---------3------------------3------|

| ~~~~~

|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|-15b17---------15b17r==(15)---12---12h15-|-12-----15b17r(15)----------------15------|

|-----------------------------------------|-------------------12-------14b16---------|

|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|-------------7---5---------------------------------------|

|-------------5---5--5-------7---5------------------------|

|-------------5------5-------7---5---5----5-5-5-----------|

|--------------------7---------------7----5-7-5------5----|

|-------7-7---------------------------------------5h=7----|

|--5----5-5-----------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|-14b16r====(14)----12-14b16r==(14)-14b16r======(14)---12-|

|----------------14---------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------|

|--7-7--7-------7--7--7-----7--7--------------|

|--8-8--8-------8--8--8-----8--8--------------|

|--7-7--7-------7--7--7-----7--7--7--7-9-7----|

|--9-9--9-------9--9--9-----9--9--9--9-----9--|

|--7-7--7-------7--7--7-----7--7--------------|

|--0-0--0-------0--0--0-----0--0--------------|

| ~~

|---------------------------------------------|

|------12-14b16---12-14----12-14-12s14--------|

|-14--------------------14--------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|

|----------7--9-10-9--7---------------------|

|-------7--7--7--7-7--7----7----------------|

|-------7--7----------7------------7------7-|

|-------7------------------9-------8------8-|

|-------9--------------------------8------8-|

|--7-------------------------------6------6-|

| ~~ ~~ ~~

|-------------------------------------------|

|-12s14---14s16------14s12---14b16r==(14)---|

|-------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|--5-----------5--5--5--5----1----1-0---3--3--3-3-|

|--5--------5--5--5--5--5-0--0----0-----2--2--2-2-|

|--7--------7--7--7--7--7-0--2----2-----0--0--0-0-|

|--7-----------7--7--7--7----3----3-----0--0--0-0-|

|--5-----------5--5--5--5----3----3---------------|

| ~~~~~~

|-------------------------------------------------|

|-12h13p12-13p12-13p12------15b17r====(15)---12---|

|----------------------12-------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|--0-----0--0--------3s=1--------1-1--1--------0---1-|

|--0-----0--0--0-----0-----------0-0--0----0---0-----|

|--0-----0--0--0-----5s=3--------3-3-------3---------|

|--------------5-----------3-----3-3-----------------|

|--3-----3--3--3-----------1-----1-1-----------------|

|-------15-15-------15----13-------------------------|

|----------------------------13------10-----------13-|

|-14b16-------14b16----12-------12---12b14r==(12)-12-|

|----------------------------------------------------|

2/4 4/4

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|-1------1-1------1-|--7-7-----7-----7--------7-------7-7---7--7--7--|

|-0------0-0------0-|--7-7-----7-----7--------7-------7-7---7--7--7--|

|-2------2-2------2-|--7-7-----7-----7--------7-------7-7---7--7--7--|

|-3------3-3------3-|--5-5-----5-----5--------5-------5-5---5--5--5--|

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|-8--------8--------|---------10----10-------10------10---(10)-------|

|-7h9p7----7h9p7----|----------9----11h12p11-11p9-----9----(9)-------|

|-------10-------10-|-12---12----12---------------12-------------12--|

|-------------------|------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

|--7----------------|--0------0------8---------8------8------------------|

|--7----------------|--0------0------7h===9p7--7h9p7--7h===9p7--7--------|

|--7----------------|--2------2---------------------------------7h9p===7-|

|--5----------------|--2------2------------------------------------------|

|--5----------------|--0------0------------------------------------------|

| \2/

|----12-------(12)--|----------------------------------------------------|

|----12-------(12)--|-15b17--15b17--15b17-----15-------------------------|

|----12-------(12)--|--------------------------------14b16-----14p==12---|

|-12-12-------(12)--|----------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

|--------x--3-3-3--3--x--------------------------------|

|--------3--3-3-3--3--3--------------------------------|

|--------4--5-5-5--5--5p====4--4-----------------------|

|--------5---------------------5-----------------------|

|--x---------------------------------------------------|

|--3------------------------------------3--------4-----|

|-------15-15-----15-------15-------15-------15--------|

|------------------------------------------------------|

|-12b14--------------14b16----14b16----14b16----14b16--|

|------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------7p=5---------------------------------------------|

|----------------5-----5--5---------5-----------------------------|

|---------5---5--5-----5--5--7----5-5-----------------------------|

|---------5---5--------7------------7-5-7-5-----------------------|

|--7------7---7-------------------------------7--5----------------|

|--5--------------------------------------------------7--6-5----3-|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-14b16r(14)-12-14----12----14b16r==========(14)---12h==14p==12---|

|------------------14----14---------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------7----------7---7------7---7------7-----------*|

|----8--8-10p8---------(8)--8----------8----------8---8------8---8------8-----------*|

|----7--7--7----------------7----------7----------7---7------7---7------7-----------*|

|----9--9--9----------------9----------9----------9---9------9---9------9-----------*|

|--------------------------------------7----------7---7------7---7------7-----------*|

|--0-----------------------------------0----------0---0------0---0------0-----------*|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|

|--------------------------12-(12)-12---------12-12-(12)-12---------12--------------*|

|-14---12------------------12-(12)-12-14-(14)-12-12-(12)-12---------12-14-(14)-14---*|

|---------14---(14)-14--------------------------------------14-(14)-----------------*|

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*|

The guitar fun fact of the day,

After the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean in 2004, many musician joined hands to raise funds for relief. They auctioned off a Fender Stratocaster with the signatures of many famous musicians for 2.7 million dollars. It’s the most expensive guitar to date. Bryan Adams, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Brian May, David Gilmour, Tony Iommi, Mark Knopfler, Angus Young were among the 19 famous artists.

Hope you liked the lesson. Cheers boys and girls,

Visal.

How to Keep Your Guitar in Tune

Hi guys,

A common problem with many guitarists is staying in tune. Many guitarists often complain about massive tune drops after a few chords etc. Many attribute this problem to the guitar thinking that the tuning keys are loose or the guitar is just bonkers. But the truth is that most of the time, the problem is with the strings as opposed to the guitar.

THE MAIN REASONS FOR TUNE DROP

- -Old strings hold tune VERY BADLY! Even if the strings have been installed recently, if you sweat more when playing (which causes the strings to rust), the strings can be considered unfit for use. The only remedy is getting new strings. Having said that, you can prevent rusting (to a small extent) by wiping strings after playing.

- - Sadly this is not the main reason as to why many guitars fail to stay in tune. The MAIN REASON is due to bad installment of guitar strings. Due to this, one yank on any string will cause it to drop profusely. More on that below in the remedies section.

- -Other times it may be due to a faulty guitar or other reasons which are very uncommon.

QUICK AND EASY REMEDIES

- -For old strings, the remedy is quite obvious. Getting new strings. Preventing rusting in strings will also help you use strings longer. Cleaning them after playing with a dry cloth will help. Depending on how much you sweat while playing, you have to change strings.

- -Now addressing the main issue with installing strings. After actually inserting them tune it. After that, YOU MUST pull each string (directly perpendicular to the fret board because pulling sideways will damage the nut of the guitar). This will cause the tune to drop as it is a new string set. Then you tune it back. You have to do this numerous times till the tune does not drop after each pull on the string. Failing to do this when inserting new strings will cause tune problems.

- -For problems actually caused by the guitar, you must consult an expert. Terminal measures are rarely needed.

ALSO NOTE

For you to keep a guitar in tune, you need to have a guitar that you can bring to tune and keep it that way (intonated guitar). This means that all chords from the 1^st to last frets must be in tune. For this you must have the distance from the nut to the 12^th fret equal to the 12^th fret to the bridge. An easy way to do this is to play the open string and then the 12^th fret harmonic, which must both, be equal in note. If they are not same you can adjust the distance from the bridge to match. You can do this to strings individually, but some bridges (in steel string and classical guitars) don’t have the feature. Also remember that if your tremolo guitar doesn’t have a double locking feature, you must be very cautious of tune. They must usually be always kept in one specific tune. Also frets and pickups play a part in tune troubles once in a while. Action (distance of the string from the fret) is also a factor. If it is too far, the open string and the 12^th fret harmonic will not match.

Sorry I can’t explain in detail regarding all of these problems. If you think you have an action or fret or pickup or tremolo or nut or any problem which I couldn’t explain in detail, mail me and I’ll find you a solution.

Hoped this helped. Take the advice and prevent your guitar from dropping it’s tune. This had been a major problem for me too. Cheers guys,

Visal.

I almost forgot. Here is the guitar fun fact of the day!

In 2001, an Englishman named Chris Black married his Fender Stratocaster.

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Guitar Quiz and Trivia

Hey guys,

On my blog, all I did till now was putting up posts on lessons, cool guitar and gear reviews, exercises and tips. It’s a pretty stereotype thing. So I thought of changing things up a bit and having a bit of fun today. Today I’m putting up a quiz for you guys to test your knowledge about guitar. It’s not all lesson related. I’m really excited to be putting this up. The answers are at the bottom. No peaking!

Take your pens and pads out kids!!!

GUITAR QUIZ 1

- 1)Can you name the notes in the note cycle?

- 2)Who is the guitarist behind the great solo from ‘Stairway to Heaven’ by Led Zeppelin?

- 3)Can you name two bands, which the world-famous guitarist Slash was a part of?

- 4)What are the notes of the strings from highest to lowest?

- 5) Can you name 5 of the 7 guitar modes?

- 6)What are humbucker pickups?

- 7)What is the most commonly used wood for the fret board of a guitar?

- 8)What is an arpeggio? (A very simple definition will do.)

- 9)What is the most popular and most copied model of guitar?

- 10)What is the octave range of an ordinary guitar?

- 11)Which year did Gibson make guitars without serial numbers?

- 12)What is the name of B.B. King’s guitar?

Fun Fact of the Day,

Most toilets flush in E flat.

B.B. King and his guitar

Answers

- 1)C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B. (C# is also Db, Eb is D#, F# is Gb, Ab is G#, Bb is A#)

- 2) Jimmy Page

- 3)Velvet Revolver and Guns n’ Roses

- 4)E, B, G, D, A, E

- 5)Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian

- 6)It is a type of electric guitar pickup with two coils which reduce interference or hum which is produced by single coil pickups

- 7)Rosewood (ebony is also used but not as common as rosewood)

- 8)It basically is the notes of a chord played separately/ A broken down chord

- 9)Fender Stratocaster

- 10) 4 octaves

- 11)1952

- 12)Lucille

I’m going to be doing more of these in the future. Hope you liked it,

Visal.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Chord Tone Soloing Lesson

Hey how’s it going guys,

Before we begin, I'm interested to know what you guys think of the 2014 Gibson Les Paul Studio. Comment or mail :)

Today’s lesson is honestly a lesson that I should have put up at the beginning of the blog. It’s the kind of VERY IMPORTANT guitar lesson that could be the turning point of your soloing journey. It can turn ordinary solos into more melodic and awesome solos. Today I’m teaching you how to solo using chord tones.

INTRODUCTION

As I have mentioned in numerous instances in the past. Chords are the gateways to soloing. Also taking the arpeggios into consideration (a comprehensive lesson on arpeggios is on the blog so be sure to check it out in the archives section on the right of the screen), it is clear that the notes that directly come from the chord sound amazing over the same chord. For the player who is familiar with arpeggios, soloing with chord tones is an added benefit as it is easier to access than arpeggios. It is way easier to learn to solo using chord tones than arpeggios for the player unfamiliar with either.

WHAT ARE CHORD TONES??

Most chords are made out 3 notes. Can you guys name the notes in the C chord? If you thought C, E, G then you’re right. These are chord tones (basically notes of the chord). Then if you resolve your solo mostly around these notes over the relevant chord (in this instance C), you can guarantee a melodic solo. In this manner if you can identify the notes of the chords that the backing track is made out of, and then mostly utilize those notes, it will be more melodic and basically BETTER.

FINDING CHORD TONES

How to find these notes in different places might be slightly tougher. There are 8 notes in a scale including the higher and lower root. All the notes from the chords or chord tones are included in these notes. Therefore by generally resolving to these notes a bit more, it is the better. Another method of doing it is finding triads (three note chords like things which consist of the three chord tones) along the fret board and experimenting a bit, like bending into those notes with unison bends or an ordinary bend or sliding in. Having said that, don’t only use triads; mix them into your solo.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT USAGE

THE MOST IMPORTANT USE OF THESE CHORD TONES, ARE AS A SAFE LANDING NOTE. I’ve often told you that for a successful solo, small spaces or gaps in between licks are required. For that, you need to play your stuff and then land on a final note prior to the pause or space (Don’t forget vibrato). If you’ve attempted this method of leaving gaps (which you should!), then you might have noticed that most notes that you finally land on, sound out of place or basically wrong and doesn’t match with the music. Even so, when you need to find a safe landing note, you can be sure that the chord tones will work. You might be able to find good notes other than chord tones occasionally, but you can always rest assured that chord tones will work. Each and every chord tone will seem different when it comes as a landing note, but it will always work.

SUMMARY

So all you guys have to do to be more melodic in soloing style is to,

- -- Play the chord

- -- Identify the notes (chord tones)

- -- Resolve most of your notes to these chord tones, which are basically scattered in patterns all around the fret board.

Hope you guys enjoyed this lesson, be sure to use this technique of chord tone soloing, as it is awesome and relatively easy to master. Cheers,

Visal.