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The Hendrix Chord<< Back to FREE Lessons
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The Hendrix Chord
Jimi Hendrix has influenced nearly every famous guitarist in the world, not just with this chord but with his innovative chord style and musical arrangements. The Hendrix chord - written E7#9 and spoken E7 sharp 9 - as shown in Example 1 is so named because Jimi Hendrix made it popular by using it in many of his songs. A good example is Purple Haze from the album Are You Experienced.
Jazz guitarists had been using the chord long before Hendrix, but it had never been used much in the rock repertoire until Hendrix began using it and that is where guitarist’s fascination for the chord began. For you theorists, it is a regular dominant 7th chord made up of the root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th, with the addition of the raised (or sharpened) 9th. However, in the following examples the 5th is left out........You can download the full lesson (pdf file - for your own personal use) from here.
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