If 6 was 9 - Jimi Hendrix | Guitar Lesson

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Learn how to play If 6 was 9, as performed by the Jimi Hendrix experience released as part of his Axis: Bold as Love record in 1967. A definite favorite of mine and one where we see Jimi employing a mix of rock/blues riff-o-rama with very clever jazzy sounding chord voicings with soaring beautiful fluttering guitar solos overhead.

The lesson covers the rhythm and lead guitar parts and approaches that Jimi uses on this song and there's a surprise (at least it was to me) with those jazzy chords that you should tune in to find out about.

00:00 Introduction / What to expect
01:35 Tuning and gear
03:27 Lesson - Intro riff
06:36 Lesson - 6/9 chords
09:15 Lesson - Verse chords
12:06 Lesson - 2nd verse
12:58 Lesson - Bridge? jam
13:51 Lesson - Guitar solo chords
18:30 Lesson - 3rd verse/intro riff variation
19:38 Lesson - Outro chords
23:08 Lesson - Guitar solo and approach
29:12 Lesson - Outro solo approach
29:54 Final thoughts

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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.

MrTb

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.

mikeberg

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.

davidharding

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.

gregs

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 🙇🏻‍♂️👍🏻🙋🏻‍♂️🎸

Gimi.Endrics

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

soldanovht

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.

Earthshaker

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

Nuker

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.

brucehelppie

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

daltondhamilton

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

Crinkle

Really great Lesson. Really good. Appreciated very much

LawHunterSound

Tremendous effort to help us understand JH!

williamandersen

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

MegaTubescreamer

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

WmLJohnson