If 6 was 9 - Jimi Hendrix | Guitar Lesson

[@MrTb172]

About the tuning..I met Noel here in Pittsburgh with his band at the Decade lounge some time ago. Honored to shake his hand. Asked him about Jimi..He pointed to his thumb saying Jimi's thumb could span the width of the neck. After the mastering sessions for that album, Jimi took the masters to a party that night for preview. Upon returning to the studio, Jimi realized he must had left one of the tape boxes in a taxi he had taken. They then attempted to remix If 6 was 9, to their dissatisfaction. But, Noel said he had a copy on a 3 inch reel 7.5 ips at his flat. They found Noel's wrinkled copy of the original, literally ironed the tape out, transferred it to 15 ips, and that is what we hear. So the speed of the tape was slowed down a bit during the transfer.

[@12footchain]

What a great story!

[@elantric]

Changing the tape speed to fit a "groove feel" was common practice in 1950s, 60's,70's - which also imho throws out the strict adherent arguments of the =440Hz, vs A=432Hz crowd. Often we all just tuned to the venue house Piano night to night

[@mikeberg5003]

First heard this on the Easy Rider soundtrack in 1970 or 71. Still have my original vinyl copy 50+ years later!. Love it. Great job.

[@stanleykostrzewski7222]

Me too.....

[@mikeberg5003]

@@stanleykostrzewski7222 LOL hello fellow old timer.

[@glennhecker4422]

That's where I first heard the song -- and Jimi. Early 1970's (probably about 1972). Our dad had the album.

[@Earthshaker1965]

Awesome 👍😎 6/9 chords, that makes total sense. Just another astonishing thing that Jimi left us to marvel at and learn. Thank you so much for redirecting me to this awesome lesson.

[@gregs2466]

I really did not fully understand how great of a guitarist he was. Back then, I had no idea what he was playing, only that it sounded so cool! I knew nothing about playing and I still know very little but enough to understand how good he was. Wow and thank you for doing this for us.

[@daltondhamilton]

Your teaching style feels like an in-person lesson, super conversational. Love it. Keep it up!

[@soldanovht]

Great job. 69 chords. Didn't know that.

[@brucehelppie6119]

all of your lessons are great. i really appreciate that you showed us the tuning in advance of the lesson. no need to play the solos exactly like the record. jimi was the type of artist who played them differently every time out. 6/9 chords...cool.

[@davidharding200]

6/9 chords. I didn’t know that. In addition to 99% of everything else you talked about. No sarcasm. Enjoyed this. Love this song. Thank you.

[@jessethomas6694]

Amazing lesson Thanks for the very doable insights on that super mysterious solo! Can You do Castles Made of Sand?

[@LawHunterSound]

Really great Lesson. Really good. Appreciated very much

[@Nuker54]

6/9? Who knew?? Thanks. How you figure all this out is amazing but much appreciated!!👍🎸

[@Crinkle65]

You are doing great dude. Been watching since the beginning. I’ve Learned a lot. Thanks

[@WmLJohnson]

Thanks for your expert level transcribing. I so appreciate having a condensed version to reach for. What a tremendously inspired player Jimi was. 😊

[@Savior.Mountgreen]

Your teaching is truly outstanding. Your skill in playing by ear adds a depth and richness to your performances that is truly admirable. Thank you for sharing your knowledge 🙇🏻‍♂️👍🏻🙋🏻‍♂️🎸

[@12footchain]

thank you!

[@williamandersen5920]

Tremendous effort to help us understand JH!

[@BradRocker]

Always amazing lessons my man. Can't wait for the next one.

[@elantric]

Awesome Job!

[@sterlingmcvay2469]

Woo-Hoo!!! Always wanted to be able to Play this!!! THANK YOU!!!!

[@autk]

Nicely done 🎸

[@Stuart68-s6f]

Brilliant ..thank you .

[@JamItJohn]

Great song choice.

[@thomasmccullagh1300]

awesome!

[@marvinnorstrom2636]

Always on point!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a great video have a good weekend ❤😊

[@johndodson4527]

Tonetonetoneand nailed it

[@MegaTubescreamer]

damn good nut and bolt stripdown to capture that essence from those darker tones into major moods ..fantastic work.😇👍

[@doug941]

Wow you learn something new everyday! Great lesson thanks for that! Subscribed with the bell!

[@12footchain]

Thanks for the sub!

[@swatprof]

I believe 6/9 chords are common in bossa nova. Never realized this song used them!!

[@kram21]

Great timing and has the JHx Tone

[@fredfloyd68]

Great stuff...Be great to do any tunes in the Crash Landing album...Fun music.....especially Captain coconut...

[@ZPX945]

Really cool! I always loved this one. Could you please consider doing "In From The Storm" by Hendrix?

[@GaryBook]

I remember hearing it near the end of “Easy Rider.”

[@kaspafischer]

how fitting that Jimi did indeed use 6/9th chords for "If 6 Was 9"... 😅

[@raoulduke8382]

Nice job on this one. If you’re staying in the Hendrix category, I would request you do more deep cuts like this one. Literally any of the other tracks on Electric Ladyland ASIDE FROM Voodoo Child and All Along the Watchtower would be great.

[@PonziZombieKiller]

Great tune 👌

[@tomayres5336]

Thanks a lot - very helpful.

[@johndodson4527]

Wow.vibe.

[@m12652]

Excellent... how about One Rainy Wish please... 👍

[@gustavogonzalez8303]

Hell yeah!!!!!!

[@thepirhomancer9745]

Two big thumbs up! 👍👍 If you haven't done Marseille by the Angels (aka Angel City), that might be a fun one.

[@williswet]

The chord at 15:00 and beyond is a typical Jimi E7#9. Your middle finger is your root note,

[@frodo261]

Great lesson...any chance of maybe doing another Guess Who lesson....would love to learn Dancin' Fool song, esp. the solo (which is kinda hard, and there are no official tabs online that I know of)

[@KKMcK1]

Come On (part one) Let the Good Times Roll. Hey Baby, Pali Gap, Villanova Junction (Woodstock), Rainy Day, Still Raining, etc, etc, etc. Jimmy Page Prelude, Tommy Bolin everything from James Gang to the end. Mystery. Alexis, Teaser. The Grind, The Strut, Montrose We're Going Home, Rock Candy, BAD Motor Scooter.

[@jeffreyhall76]

Nowice!!!

[@robertshirley3422]

"Your mysterious mountains I wish to see closer May I land my kinky machine.." 🎶🎵🎶🎸🎸 Wow!! You picked a rather obscure Hendrix tune; very cool...wasn't this on Smash Hits, only and not a studio LP??

[@ragnadrabinowitz7629]

nope...

[@ragnadrabinowitz7629]

axis: bold as love

[@Weshopwizard]

Gonna let my freak flag fly!

[@waynegram8907]

I think Hendrix had to use the Major Pentatonic because of those 6/9 chords have the major 3rd? I'm not sure why Hendrix is switching between C major pentatonic and E major pentatonic? because this are two different tonal centers, not related keys

[@12footchain]

I think because that first 6/9 chord on the solo on the 8th fret could be interpreted in 2 ways, either a Bb 6/9, or you could look at it like a C7sus2. Same notes in both, C, Bb, D, G, C. So if you play C major pentatonic, that has C, D, E. G, A, and zip guess they all work over that chord.

[@waynegram8907]

@@12footchain Aren't all 6/9 chords can be looked at as Dom7sus2 chords?

[@12footchain]

@@waynegram8907 yeah exactly, just by adjusting whatever you consider the root note

[@muddyruckus]

sweet guitar! what is it?

[@12footchain]

85 strat, MIJ

[@Reedc16]

Can you do overkill by men at work

[@12footchain]

Oooh, good one! Really good one. Yes I will get to that

[@Andykey-d7w]

Why did he tune down all the time ? Right pain .

[@garyvanremortel5218]

Apparently all the hippies didn't cut off all their hair.🤣🤣😂😂 I don't care...

[@DannyHood-j]

This is NOT tuned to the Record. I just came from axis bold as love 6 was 9? Im tuned to little wing and I jammed with 6 was 9 in tune very close. I hate playing out of tune, even just little. Your tuned half step lower D

[@12footchain]

I disagree. I was going off of whatever is on spotify, and it's in tune with that. Are you playing it on vinyl or digital?

[@WarrenAndrews-w5x]

I can't see the strings. 🤔

[@Becker333]

Roy Buchanan…cover not shabby…

[@michaelsteven1090]

Love this, but why tune to Jimi when your not referencing the original audio?...this makes no sense when were all tuned to standard and trying to learn the song..Keep up the great work..Sincerely.. a great channel...

[@beisimon6967]

If you’re listening to the original track to learn how the artist is playing it, then it goes without saying that you want to be in the same tuning.

[@mikemcconville2495]

He gave us permission to still tune in E. That goes for you too

[@michaelsteven1090]

@@beisimon6967 what? We’re not listening to the original track watching this video..do you not get my point or are you that weak having to defend everybody..if he did the video in standard tuning would be complaining about not tuning down? Give me a break..

[@michaelsteven1090]

@@mikemcconville2495 me? I can still tune to E because I have permission but need to tune down to Eb to learn the song?..your lost on my point..have fun tuning down..smfh

[@thepirhomancer9745]

Yeah, retuning is incredibly difficult! 🤭

[@Mangoshake2021]

Made it through 10 minutes of the video and still no play through. No idea what this song sounds like. By that time I’ve lost interest.