Just saw this post in the Tech Talk section about the 7#9 chords - http://www.fender.com/news/index.php?di ... rticle=500 I use them quite frequently - learned the fingering as a lad playing to the definitive non-Hendrix Hendrix chord song, "It Better End Soon," by Chicago (Chicago II). Terry Kath (RIP) used that chord a lot as well. Jimi was quoted as saying Terry was "better than me."

I always though Jimi was being generous. There's no way Kath was better than Jimi. Aside from his wild stage antics, Jimi was said to be shy and polite.

I use that "Hendrix" chord when I play (or try to play!) Cream - Outside Woman Blues on electric. I usually play that song on my acoustic so I play it use the chord

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--3--------
--1--------
--2--------
--2--------
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whatever chord that is. I haven't figured out how to play the riff part yet using the Hendrix chord so I stick to my acoustic version.

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I always thought that E7#9 was as close to a Jimi trademark chord.

E7#9
|---|
|--8|
|--7|
|--6|
|--7|
|---|

It's used prominently in "Shoot To Thrill" by AC/DC.

Tune to Eb and then :

eb----------------
Bb---8------------
Gb---7------------
Db---6------------
Ab---7------------
Eb----------------

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Mike got it right.

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i didnt know you had to tune down, i always played it in standard tuning, i will have to try that tonight and see how it sounds as I havent messed around with a lot of tunings.

Mike any idea what the name of the chord I posted above is or is it even a chord? Sorry, newbie question..I think it has to be some kind E and 7? not sure.

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Hmmm... have you guys been reading Total Guitar mag?

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I can't believe this gigantic error in TECH TALK:

"From low strings to high, you have an open low E (the root), your middle finger on the seventh fret of the A string (octave E above the open low E), your index finger on the sixth fret of the D string (a G#, which is the minor third), your ring finger on the seventh fret of the G string (a D, which is the dominant 7th) and the kicker, your pinkie on the eighth fret of the B string (a G, which is the major third), followed by an open high E."

Isn't it OBVIOUS those are BACKWARDS????

In the key of E, G# is the MAJOR 3rd and G is the MINOR.

Q: How musically stupid do you have to be to miss THAT??? Then put it in print and sent it to a zillion amateur musicians who don't know any better and rely on PROFESSIONAL advice to bolster their knowledge... bummer.

And BTW: The E7 #9 chord was used in the song "I'm A Man", written by Steve Winwood of the Spencer Davis Group prior to the summer of 1967, although it is said that Jimi wrote Purple Haze in 1966. The album release dates were so close that it's hard to tell who 'stole' the chord from whom. I'd expect that it is attributed to Jimi because he used it more.

Sadly, when I first became aware of the chord and wanted to know what the proper terminology was, I heard some uneducated guesses like "an E7 Major/Minor" which might be close and convey the idea, but even though the G note is the Minor lower, inside the chord, in reality, against the lower G#, G is (being in the higher position) the raised or sharped ninth, period!

Sorry people the 7#9 was a staple jazz chord long before Jimi landed on the scene. He popularized into rock music, nothing more, he didnt invent it.

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I was thinking Wes Montgomery probably used that chord more than once

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I call it an Eb7#9....if playing without dropped tuning E7#9.
Its an “E” Chord with both major and minor 3rds!
The major 3rd is just a 3rd but
The minor 3rd is actually a #9 – no really!
Jimi would use this as a root chord (in the key of E)
Stevie Ray would play it as a dominant 7th (in the key of Am)
Get jazzy! ..add a Bb in the bass between the E7#9 and the Am.

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You kind barely see it used in this clip...but you can hear the notes :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPTP_JyQ ... re=related

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BlackCatBone, your chord is a standard 9th chord if I'm reading what you're trying to convey correctly. It's the most common extension to a 7th chord, and can be used freely wherever a 7th chord is found (unless the music explicitly calls for a b9 or #9).

1 E----------------(7)---(9)----(5th), (13th)
2 B-----------------7-----------9th
3 G-----------------7-----------7th
4 D-----------------6-----------3rd
5 A-----------------7-----------Root
6 E------------------------------

This would be a common way to play E9, with your third (ring) finger taking the notes on the G,B, and E strings in a half-barre. That leaves your pinky free to add the note at the 9th fret, resulting in E13.