Can anyone play Voodoo Child?

Thoughts_Arrive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlFIz86lNKY

I am trying to learn this, never had guitar lessons, wish me luck.

Learning from the video and this:

http://www.guitaretab.com/h/hendrix-jimi/8138.html

ScrapeMySky

Good luck! That's a fun tune to play.
Shouldn't be too hard to manage.

Thoughts_Arrive

ScrapeMySky wrote:

Good luck! That's a fun tune to play.
Shouldn't be too hard to manage.

Thanks.
I've sort of got the intro happening but not perfect.
Any tips?
I find it easier to go off the video/by ear than the tabs.
It looks hard to manage to me.

savman

This vid is tuned a half step down so make sure you tune to it

ScrapeMySky

Thoughts_Arrive wrote:

ScrapeMySky wrote:

Good luck! That's a fun tune to play.
Shouldn't be too hard to manage.

Thanks.
I've sort of got the intro happening but not perfect.
Any tips?
I find it easier to go off the video/by ear than the tabs.
It looks hard to manage to me.

Ok. This is NOT a joke or anything, but I would recommend turning the guitar up as much as possible and try to be as loose as possible when playing that. Especially your right hand/arm. (Of course after you get the basics of the song down...) I always feel that doing that while playing Hendrix-style stuff helps immensely with the feeling.
To get the basics of the song, start off by just playing along with the chords and fill in all the shenanigans later.
Practice and it will come to you!

canvas_adam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MaZmqC_JBA

there is a video of me playing it during soundcheck at a hollywood show back in december.