Applying A Jimi Hendrix Approach To Improvising On 'Rollin Stone' With Andy Aledort

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In Deep by Andy Aledort.  DEEP WATERS Over the course of the last few columns, we’ve been exploring different ways to improvise around the main themes and melodies played by Muddy Waters on his classic track, “Rollin’ Stone.” Jimi Hendrix recorded a few incredible versions of this song, under the title “Catfish Blues.” Three great versions can be heard on The BBC Sessions, Blues and the Jimi Hendrix Experience box set. Andy Aledort looks at some ways to add Jimi-like ideas to interpreting and improvising on this song.

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00:00 [music]

00:07 Hey, I'm Andy Ollidore. In this edition of "In Deep" we're going to continue looking at ways to

00:19 improvise

00:20 on the Muddy Waters Blues classic, "Rolling Stone."

00:23 Last time we were looking at different ways to use thirds,

00:26 combinations of two notes. This time we're going to expand that to the use of sixths.

00:32 Another thing you do on that, I'd have all you pretty young women.

00:36 So let's say we're going to play the melody.

00:39 [music]

00:54 That's nice. But then instead of this, you could go...

01:00 Kind of like "Voodoo Child."

01:07 So that's nice too.

01:17 [music]

01:24 So these double stops...

01:34 Very useful. Hendrix did that stuff all the time. If you wanted to

01:40 play that whole sequence, you'd have... It's all on the A and the G string.

01:44 Second fret first, fourth second, fifth fourth,

01:48 seventh sixth, ninth seventh,

01:52 eleven nine, twelve eleven, fourteen thirteen,

01:56 sixteen fourteen, seventeen

01:59 sixteen, nineteen eighteen,

02:03 twenty one nineteen.

02:10 And I like doing those where you go like...

02:17 So what I did there was if I play this one...

02:24 I'll do a hammer pull on the G string.

02:31 [music]

02:38 And when I get to that one, it's fun to make it minor.

02:45 It's like A minor.

02:52 [music]

02:57 (upbeat music)

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