Vocabulary pack · the style, not the songs
Original licks built from his actual moves — the pentatonic "curl," thumb-over R&B double-stops, the 7♯9 chord, sliding 6ths and chord embellishments. In E and A, where he lived. Tap to hear; the bends and curls glide.
The ♭3 nudged a quarter-tone toward the major 3rd — the blurred "blue" note between minor and major pentatonic. His whole melodic signature.
Thumb frets the low root, freeing the fingers to embellish the chord — hammering sus/add9 ornaments and double-stops while the chord rings.
The "Hendrix chord" — a dominant 7 with a ♯9 (the major/minor clash in one grip). Stab it, then answer with a bluesy lick.
Two-note 6ths slid along the top strings — the soul/R&B sound that turns rhythm into melody.
Both pentatonics at once over a dominant — the major 3rd for sweetness, the ♭3 for grit, sliding between them.
Tap to strum. Stab them, then answer with the runs above.