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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00:00Hey, I'm Andy Alledort in this edition of Indeed. We're going to continue looking at ways to

00:19improvise on the Muddy Waters Blues Classic Rolling Stone. Last time we were looking at

00:24different ways to use thirds, combinations of two notes. This time we're going to expand that

00:29to the use of sixths. Another thing you do on that, I'd have all you pretty young women,

00:35so let's say we're going to play the melody.

00:38That's nice. But then instead of this, you could go

00:57kind of like Voodoo Chow, I'd have all you pretty young women.

01:10So that's nice too. I'd have all you pretty young women.

01:19So these double stops, very useful. Hendrix did that stuff all the time. If you wanted

01:40to play that whole sequence, you'd have, it's all in the A and the G string. 2nd fret 1st,

01:464th 2nd, 5th 4th, 7th 6th, 9th 7th, 11 9, 12 11, 14 13, 16 14, 17 16, 19 18, 21 19.

02:07And I like doing those where you go like. So what I did there was if I play this one,

02:22I'll do a hammer pull on the G string. And when I get to that one, it's fun to make

02:45it minor. It's like A minor.

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