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Post subject: Soloing with the Hendrix chord
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2015 8:23 am
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Hi there,

If we want to go straight to the point, the question is : what scale do you prefer to improvise/soloing with the E7#9 chord?

More explanation : I'm a casual player for many years now, I do enjoy a lot my Strat Plus and what I like is to find new sounds mainly in the pentatonic (major or minor). The blues is mainly and by far the style I prefer to play, but I don't understand some technicalities about scales and progressions.

So what I would do with a E7#9 - G - A7 progression is soloing in pentatonic Em, now it's easy with the G since its pentatonic is the same as the Em one, then going on the A one when hitting this chord... but should I play A or Am pentatonic? Because the 7th is minor (dominant) but the third is Major. I'm confused right there.

I do read on the web that with the E7#9 you can pick the pentatonic you prefer, E or Em (if you're not in an Em tone, as my example) but still, with this chord you can choose what you prefer when improvising.

Is it true, is it to complex to explain here, or what is your preference when the Hendrix chord is playing?

Thanks many times,
Ben.


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Post subject: Re: Soloing with the Hendrix chord
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:01 pm
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The Hendrix chord is actually a movable chord with the root on the 5th string. If you're playing it at the 7th fret, then the root is E and the 1st and 6th strings can be part of the chord. Otherwise just mute the 1st and 6th strings and move it up and down the fretboard as you wish.

Steppenwolf's version of Sookie Sookie is a good example - the driving guitar during the verses is playing the Hendrix chord in D at the 5th fret (so a D7#9); toward the end of the song, the key changes to E (so, 7th fret) and guitarist Michael Monarch starts letting the open 6th string really ring out. A really cool use of the 7#9 chord...

So solo in whatever key you are playing, but a mix of minor and major pentatonic should work well with this chord.


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Post subject: Re: Soloing with the Hendrix chord
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:41 am
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Good question...good answer! .......very interesting to me as I love that Hendrix trademark sound! I've got so much to learn!


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Post subject: Re: Soloing with the Hendrix chord
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 2:46 am
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Dorian E should work, because of the major third(C#) in the A7.


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