
In this "In the Style of" series, Brendan Burns discusses and demonstrates the stylistic traits of the iconic guitarist Jimi Hendrix
Lesson 1
Brendan discusses how Jimi Hendrix used muting and slides in his playing.
Length: 12:45 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 2
Brendan Burns discusses and demonstrates how Jimi Hendrix used trills in his playing.
Length: 4:25 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 3
Brendan Burns discusses Jimi Hendrix's use of power chords and chromatics in his playing.
Length: 9:03 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 4
Learn how Jimi Hendrix used unison bends and octaves in his playing.
Length: 12:26 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 5
Brendan Burns explains how Hendrix used the major and minor pentatonic scales to add lead fills to his rhythm playing.
Length: 17:36 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 6
Brendan Burns discusses how Hendrix comped his rhythmic sequences.
Length: 4:43 Difficulty: 1.5 Members OnlyLesson 7
In the final lesson of the Hendrix series, Brendan discusses some of the chord voicings that Jimi Hendrix liked to use.
Length: 7:36 Difficulty: 0.5 Members Only
About Brendan Burns
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Brendan has been passionate about music since childhood. He began his studies on trumpet, in elementary school, and then moved to guitar as a teenager. He holds a Bachelor's Degree from Berklee College of Music, and has studied with Norm Zocher, Joe Stump, Bret Willmott, Bob Pilkington, Jay Weik, Tim Miller, & Charlie Banacos.
While at Berklee, Brendan was a member of the Music Mentoring Program, teaching private lessons to gifted high school students. He is currently teaches, and is chair of the guitar department at Brookline Music School. Brendan also teaches guitar for Tune Foolery & privately at his home in Cambridge, MA.
Along with educating, Brendan plays out often as a Solo Guitarist, performing standards, pop, and classical repertoire. He has recorded and played with the chamber-fusion band Ra Quintent, and as well as Vessela Stoyanova's Eastern Stories Under Western Skies Project. Brendan also performs as a leader, director and sideman for various Boston art-rock projects, and is former member of MIT's Gamelan Galak Tika.
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Member Comments about this Lesson
Discussions with our instructors are just one of the many benefits of becoming a member of JamPlay.Excellent teaching method. You really took a complex style and broke it down enough to make it feel achievable to a novice such as myself.
Brendan , just a note to say Thank You for presenting the Jimi Hendrix material in such a detailed way. Excellent!
Thanks Erik!
Brendan great series but why does "Castles Made of Sand" supplemental page 5 not load up ?
All is good , you must have done something Brendan ! got it now, thankyou.
Excellent Question! I'll alert "Tech Support"
Thankyou Brendon i am trying to learn Little Wing and this has brought a whole lot of things togther for me! Cheers
I'm glad to hear that! Little Wing is such a great showcase of so many of Hendrix's skills. If you haven't already, check out some videos of him playing it. They can be a real eye-opener.
Thanks Udoc!
Amazing lesson set Brendan, there is days of practice material here. I'll have to take a week off work ! Many Thanks, Jayson
Take a month!
Brendan - thanks so much for sharing what you have learned over the years. This was a really valuable, fun lesson set. Worth the annual subscription right there!
Thanks Glen!
This Hendrix series is absolutely awesome! As long as Brendan Burns keeps coming out with new tutorials I will stay subscribed to JamPlay. This is the good stuff ...