"BAND OF GYPSYS" Who Knows ! This is a cool tune from Jimi Hendrix - When they played ! New Year's Eve (69-70) at Fillmore East in New York. This album ! had been out of print for ages, but all of a sudden, BOOM! It was ! remastered. So you can probably find it now. This is the opening tune, ! WHO KNOWS. ! Tune Down 1/2 Step (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb) ! These are just bits, from memory, so don't pillage and burn ! me if this is wrong: ! Main/Opening Riff [ ~~ ~~~ E---------------------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------10----------------------------- D-12-12-12-10-12-10---------------------------------------------- A-------------------12-11-10-(10)-------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------] ! Eventually, after the band kicks in, the whole riff is played ! down an octave lower, like this: [ ~~~~~ ~ E----------------------------------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------3------------------------------------------- A-5-5-5-3--------------------------------------------------------- E---------5-4-3(3)(3)---------------------------------------------] ! This is a really cool lick, becuase there are MANY variations you can ! make on it! Listen to all the variations hendrix made. ! The solo is in Db (10th fret) on the minor petonic scale. Tabbing it out would ! be rather pointless, its a great solo, but its just not a good solo to copy. ! Listen and make an improv on it. This can be a great excercise for your ! lead skills. Listen to the story jimi tells with the solo, and then try ! to tell your own story with it. At first, its just plain guitar, then ! guitar with WAh, and after the vocal cameo, is that guitar wah and octavia? ! I think it's guitar wah and octavia. Then there is also some cool harmonic ! stuff. I'm not sure how hendrix did it, but you can do it with tapped picked ! harmonics. (Hold your finger one octave above note, and pick with free fingers.) ! Here's a few lyrics: ! 1= vocal one (Jimi) ! 2= vocal two (Buddy Miles?) 1: They Don't know 2: They Don't know 1: Like I know 2: Like I know 1: Do you Know? 2: They Don't know 1: I don't know 2: I don't know 1: Well my baby's 2: Well my baby's 1: Puttin Down(?) <------ I don't know if this is right 2: Puttin Down(?) <------ Puttin out?? 1: Well my baby 2: Well my baby 1: Puttin Down things 2: Puttin down now 1: Just came back from 2: I don't know ! Anyway, this will get you star |
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