The RIGHT Way To Play "Who Knows" by Jimi Hendrix Band of Gypsys
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4 жыл бұрынHendrix Forensics! Have you been playing the classic Jimi Hendrix riff from "Who Knows" WRONG this whole time?? Watch and find out!
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#hendrix #guitarlesson #rjronquillo Hendrix Forensics
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
🔴 Check out this recording of the rehearsal (thanks Kevin!) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nt9_grl-uLTdn6s.html
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
Actually, listening to this once, I was finally able to hear the correct riff! And now I can't un-hear it which I guess is a good thing.
@rewtaah 3 жыл бұрын
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@alansilveyra Жыл бұрын
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@richardross9296 4 жыл бұрын
I was at both Friday night Band of Gypsies shows at the Fillmore East.
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@richardross9296 4 жыл бұрын
I panhandled the ticket for the second show. Tickets were $3.50, $4.50 and $5.50. I was fifteen years old at the time. Love your channel.
@jayscanlan2775 4 жыл бұрын
lucky dog!
@Firstneko1 3 жыл бұрын
@@richardross9296 I can't believe you saw machine gun, power of soul and all of the other songs live on those nights. Man that must of been an experience. Did you have a feeling that this was pretty special and did you know they were recording?
@lawrencesprau1935 3 жыл бұрын
Was there a difference between shows? I'd kill to see the recorded version. I was 9, but Jimi is the reason I play guitar.
@kkjhn41 4 жыл бұрын
JImi had definite ideas about intros to songs and drum patterns he wanted played as in the famous drum intro to All Along the Watchtower. There was an album called Loose Ends that was just that, studio out takes and such and part of it was snippets of the rehearsals for the Fillmore New Years shows. They were just jamming on Blue Suede Shoes and Jimi had a high hat intro he wanted Buddy to play and Buddy just wasn't getting it. Jimi was singing the part he wanted and Buddy was trying to repeat it but Jimi kept saying, "no, no man. Like this!" and you can hear the frustration in his voice. And this was for a song they were just jamming and weren't going to play at the gig. That's why Jimi regretted not being able to read or write music, it was hard for him to get across what he was hearing in his head to others and he really wanted to do more structured pieces with lots of players doing parts he wrote, not just jamming along.
@sirstashalot7441 2 жыл бұрын
I love when people go this far into Jimis music
@RhettShull 4 жыл бұрын
Well, my whole life is a lie.
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
🤣 Same.
@jared_z28music42 4 жыл бұрын
Rhett Shull that makes three lives ruined.
@nlumby 4 жыл бұрын
...mine certainly is, I was meant to be a great guitar player ...hey ho
@richmorpurgo5554 4 жыл бұрын
I can’t handle this!!!!!
@javiceres 4 жыл бұрын
Now proceed to watch the video
@Supperconductor 4 жыл бұрын
Hendrix forensics. Nicely done.
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
Hendrix Forensix! I might have to start a series
@metelegerald 4 жыл бұрын
@@RJRonquillo Please do dude!!!
@cantstartafire 4 жыл бұрын
@@RJRonquillo Do it!!!
@steroge 4 жыл бұрын
@@RJRonquillo "The EXP Files - the sounds are out there!"
@leehicks398 4 жыл бұрын
@@RJRonquillo DO IT!!
@rodgergilbert5790 7 ай бұрын
I remember walking around the streets of Berkeley, Ca. on the weekends during my high school days jamming the shit outta this lp on my cassette tape recorder, and people lookin at me like I'm crazy. Especially, Black people, because they hadn't been exposed to Jimi. But, after seeing him and actually having the opportunity to come face to face with him @ Berkeley, I found myself in a different world, far as music was concerned. And, I was enjoying the hell out of it!
@jamproject9 4 жыл бұрын
Hendrix is 🎸 people still trying to figure it out. And this cool cat didn’t bother to play a million notes per second . Just a million feelings and emotions . Way to go man , new sub here 💪👊
@shivasirons8971 4 жыл бұрын
100% correct. - according to Buddy Miles. I only talked to him a few times, but one of my friends who also happens to be a damn good Hendrix impersonator, was a very good friend of Buddy's. We've talked about this riff, and he told me Buddy confirmed it starts on the lower notes
@shivasirons8971 4 жыл бұрын
And if you ever do start a Hendrix forensics series, I'd be happy to put you in contact with my friend. He's spent countless hours talking to Buddy about Jimi
@1dkappe 4 жыл бұрын
The incomparable Buddy Miles.
@ChromaticHarp 3 жыл бұрын
I ALSO HEARD IT FROM BUDDY MILES! After I ASKED HIM WHERE 1 Is, He confirmed it!
@adrianb2066 2 жыл бұрын
100% correct - according to Jimi Hendrix. I have only communicated with him a few times via an ouija board, but during one séance he talked about this riff and he told me it starts on the lower notes.
@jibicusmaximus4827 Ай бұрын
@@shivasirons8971 thats so cool..
@beenderedonedat 4 жыл бұрын
Mindless self-indulgence: having heard this riff (note the drum entry) correctly scored me the job as a fill-in bassist for the great Randy Hansen on his tour of Germany, who certainly never played it wrong. Aaaah, typing while watching, of course you mention Randy. You're the best RJ, tell them!
@marionsmith8707 3 жыл бұрын
Randy Hansen is criminally underrated. Not only an amazing guitar player, but one of the greatest showmen of all time. I’ve noticed though that a lot of people can’t see past the whole Hendrix act, sadly.
@brandonterzic 3 жыл бұрын
@@marionsmith8707 Thats because in the realm of Art authentic/original self expression is first and foremost. Randy is a great guitar player but the guy doesn't have his own vision. The lesson to learn from Hendrix is to do your own thing. Jimi couldn't stand to look or sound like anybody else.
@MysticMonkeyMiracle 2 жыл бұрын
Bitches Love me cause they know I can rock 😎
@jeffreydeuitch2146 2 ай бұрын
Brings me chills to hear this. BOG was my first exposure to Hendrix. Definitely still sounds contemporary and never dated. Awsome!
@digiwaves 4 жыл бұрын
50 years later I still feel lucky and privileged to have seen Jimi at Woodstock. I'll never play like him nor will anyone else.
@kadstro3392 3 жыл бұрын
I’m jealous
@williamoates9887 2 жыл бұрын
I agree, but Randy Hanson comes very close.
@MysticMonkeyMiracle 2 жыл бұрын
Didja ever see the Dead, man? (~)};)
@gatormcklusky5850 Жыл бұрын
Wrong, This dude has Hendrixs play style down like on other ive seen copy and paste his name here on KZfaq look at a handful of his videos. *Julijan Eric*
@totc6196 9 ай бұрын
Curious if you can recall how was his tone life compared to the engineering and recording?
@QuistJam 4 жыл бұрын
TRUTH RJ!!!! Top notch work dude. And so entertaining too, loving the pace and slickness of your format atm!
@shawncallahan5685 4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. This has always been my favorite Hendrix. Billy Cox's simple bass lines are so full of life, and funky as hell. Buddy Miles voice is like butter. BTW, that solo you did with Tim was killer.
@joshscus 4 жыл бұрын
YES YES YEE RJ!!! I’m yelling in my car I’m so happy you did this video! I knew EXACTLY what you were going to say before I even watched it. THANK YOU!! I have never ever seen anybody play this correctly with the G on the 1. And your video on Hendrix string gauge with the slinkier G string was a revelation! You are ace man!
@jsin197835 4 жыл бұрын
I’ve always heard it on the G,and I wish Jimi could come back and play for us all. As with a bunch of other great musicians that we all miss.
@jibicusmaximus4827 Ай бұрын
find the new one, we have access to millions now, to me it's not about technically perfect insta players, it is one in million, something fresh and original, we won't know it till we hear it.. it's imagination..
@ryanhubert9330 Жыл бұрын
Excellent work here! One of my favorite albums. Just bought the guitar book for band of gypsies. Such a fantastic live performance by Hendrix.
@samclemmons5373 4 жыл бұрын
This video felt like a magic eye painting, and I had no idea what you were saying until all of a sudden I did.
@jibicusmaximus4827 Ай бұрын
great analogy!
@brandonterzic 3 жыл бұрын
The hippest thing about this tune is how it oscillates between a swing feel and a straight 4/4 and also his phrasing on the solo breaks has an eerie hue to it and has all these strange black panther/Vietnamese/Indian qualities. Miles Davis said "Jimi was playing all these funny Indian melodies" Also worth noting that the performance of this song and machine gun from the 2nd night of the Fillmore shows came after Bill Graham critiqued Jimi on the first night, telling him that he shucked and jived but didn't really play. Jimi asked him if he'd would be around for the second show, and the following night he opened with those tunes back to back. After he got off stage he walked up to Bill and said "satisfied, mutherfucka'?" Bill said, and I paraphrase here: " What followed, with respect to Carlos, Duane and Clapton and all the other greats, was the single greatest performance I have ever heard. He just stood there stock still and played and played. It was emotionally devastating and I don't ever expect to hear it equaled." Good work RJ. You are digging into the subtleties of Jimi's playing.
@Rick-ov5rp Жыл бұрын
True story and after blowing Graham away and seeing his reaction he went out for the encore feeling super validated and did.nothing but the tricks. guitar behind head.with tongue teeth hump ing the strat.....
@talesfromthejundlandwastes5498 Жыл бұрын
Thank You. Brought me straight back to the magic of hearing Jimi for the first time and then slowly it becoming it my favourite Hendrix guitar piece.
@fviannaval 4 жыл бұрын
I must be a genius because I've always heard the riff starting from the G : )
@RJRonquillo 4 жыл бұрын
Tell me your secrets
@fviannaval 4 жыл бұрын
@@RJRonquillo I think I just heard it from the wrong bar and everything clicked, hahhaha. BTW, big fan here, cheers all the way from Rio de Janeiro!
@ashwinvishwakarma2531 3 жыл бұрын
Same. Either I misinterpret smthn because I don't think its that hard to hear either since I've been only playing for 9 months lol
@jibicusmaximus4827 Ай бұрын
@@RJRonquillo he's literally the OG :D
@jibicusmaximus4827 Ай бұрын
@@ashwinvishwakarma2531 been playing decades but only just recently heard this say 3 times? we should compare notes lol, also i think certain exercises, if a person does them could help too? you know, even if they had heard it a million times as starting in wrong place, i like devising exercises that sort of trip me up ya know?
@davidf8749 4 жыл бұрын
Really interesting area. When a song starts, it can have a certain beat/feel, and your brain seems to fill in the rest - but then it switches and your brain goes "WTF" and then you sync to the new beat etc. What a great way into a song. :)
@potterman83 2 жыл бұрын
It makes sense RJ!!! Thanks for the video ;)
@hdkk33 4 жыл бұрын
Omg, This blew my mind.... 😩 My brain keeps changing the one when I listened to it just now. Nice video! And nice arguments haha
@MirurImage 4 ай бұрын
Excellent forensics work on the riff. All I can say is thank you for the lesson, love the riff
@TheZooropaBaby 4 жыл бұрын
That new compilation of all the New Years performances are very much godsend to all of us fans it’s so great to hear everything, warts and all
@888jimm 4 жыл бұрын
I remember the day that album came out we listened to it over and over and over again ... happened to be on acid at the time...I vowed I would NEVER defile this music by learning it......week later I knew every song by heart...😎🎼🎸
@trashman751 3 жыл бұрын
I love Hendrix over 30 years. He talk with his guitar and made every note Alive. He was a speaking person who knows talking to the people in there soul 😊
@maryanneweldon8040 Жыл бұрын
Thanks brother. Band Of Gypsies were fantastic. I absolutely love Buddy's playing. Jimi,Billy and Buddy were insanely awesome together.
@tmitz73 4 жыл бұрын
Great Video RJ, Long Live Jimi!!!
@thevoodoogarden 3 жыл бұрын
All your points are correct, and I’m SO GLAD somebody is finally with me on this one!
@christopherbethea2344 Жыл бұрын
Great observations and extremely cool video! You have a smooth singing voice too, Bro! Now onto trying to get used to that riff the way that James Marshall Hendrix so clearly wrote it, as you've shown us.
@7MazzaMia7 Жыл бұрын
Ooooh!! Fabulous!!! Thank you!!! You are so right!! You sound just like the original. Oh God, I LOVE Jimi!!! I love his guitar, his voice, his songs - him - everything!!!
@eojeda1375 9 ай бұрын
This is a surgical analysis of the facts... being a Jimi fan I can say that this video honors, in a very memorable way, two people... Jimi and R.J. for your excellent analysis. Cheers!!!
@AndyDemos 4 жыл бұрын
Very enlightening and I’ve listened to this for 25yrs! Makes sense once you mentioned where the singing starts.
@grgaln 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah.your one hundred percent right,when they start the lines singing it all falls into place,thank you R.J.
@stevenbeecheymusic Жыл бұрын
Ayyy great vid!
@kapildrums 4 жыл бұрын
Finally someone did it! THANK YOU! I've hearing it THIS way, since the very first time i listended to the BOG record.
@nildaweiss4287 Жыл бұрын
Love your videos
@ruthiesbbq 4 жыл бұрын
reminds me of Kid Anderson "things people play wrong", very cool! a new way of hearing the song after 50 years. Now i have to go back and listen to it.
@Ruefus 4 жыл бұрын
There's another crazy thought....this is 50 years old and we're still figuring out what Jimi actually did. "Before his time" is an understatement.
@frankgrocholski 4 жыл бұрын
Nice!! Never looked at it like that, makes sense. Totally agree with you!
@toneseeker4968 4 жыл бұрын
Ah, very interesting! I agree with you... I've been starting it on the D, and NEVER thought it was actually on the G note. I wonder what even had you doubting it in the first place. You're like the Indiana Jones of music Archaeology. Good Job researching this, R.J.!
@ChromaticHarp 3 жыл бұрын
Finally! Someone got it right! I met Buddy Miles in LA and I ask him where 1 is, and he confirmed it’s where people think 3 is!
@Skypie61 4 жыл бұрын
RJ, loving the 2020 channel features, and your axe tone is great. I see 200K subs this year. Let's make it happen, You Rock...👍🎸🎶🎵🎼
@dball5243 4 жыл бұрын
Bravo! And no, none of us could ever hear it the way Jimi did because he was from another dimension! He was not of this world. Thank you and thanks to Jimi for expanding our conciousness.
@johnwasha6594 4 жыл бұрын
Buddy Miles: Hey man, where's the one? Billy Cox: *Shrugs* Who Knows?!?
@BillAltman 3 жыл бұрын
Great content man! I think you are spot on
@chrisbirch92 4 жыл бұрын
Always nailing Hendrix songs!
2 жыл бұрын
I found out myself before i saw your video and i totally agree. Great explanation, it`s 100% my opinion too.
@-J80- 10 ай бұрын
Great vid!
@Johnny1.0 4 жыл бұрын
The man comes with cold hard evidence! I love it. Rock on!
@roryyerama5496 4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff RJ!
@jeffbenson6102 4 жыл бұрын
Actually I saw 'Band of Gypsys' live in Albuquerque, N.M. where he did a double concert, back-to-back in one night. The only time I got to see him.
@vicvalente4874 4 жыл бұрын
yes, by all means do more Hendrix content! i think all playrers should study him, and you have really nailed his sound RJ. I could listen to you play all day man, I am so impressed with your knowledge, and that one thing you can't really teach, feeling
@millstap 3 жыл бұрын
Great Jimi'ism RJ! Happy New Year!!
@mbrenneman0411 2 жыл бұрын
hey, youre right! i dont think i can change the way i hear it, but i bet whoever is able to change the way they hear it would be able to improvise with a whole new level of creativity over that riff
@jazzhead335 4 жыл бұрын
awesome sounds dude
@ronaldst.martin796 4 жыл бұрын
Makes a big difference playing it the right way. Thanks R. J.!
@_Agustus 4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Amazing ... Thank you Sir ✌
@RJD18437 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! This is awesome! And my all time fav Jimi song!! Could you do one on message of love too?!
@ultraparadoxical7610 4 жыл бұрын
Well-argued and persuasive!
@darrellkelly7614 4 жыл бұрын
I've played it since 72 and I agree Rj Good going
@boldstrike 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds spot on. Master class.
@bluessax5089 2 жыл бұрын
Word up! I always kind of wondered about this!
@michaelshearer3559 Жыл бұрын
I think it's a very cool discovery, and makes sense.
@rainbowchild31 2 жыл бұрын
HI RJ it's funny but I had the same thoughts all my life about this riff. You're completely right and I have the same difficulty to keep on singing my first phrases on the G note while playing. This is the proof that Jimi came for outer space :)
@sorenledet 4 жыл бұрын
You are a genius :-) love your channel...
@iagobroxado 4 жыл бұрын
Has always been G to me. I might have seen someone play that way though (other than Jimi), before I actually picked the guitar to play it myself for the first time. Nice video RJ. This guitar forensics thing is pretty cool.
@bigalb8935 2 жыл бұрын
Hot one Jr great tune
@Spaffdaddyblues 2 жыл бұрын
I actually played it right, nice video bro
@tommytacoma8247 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed ! Love your tone !!
@888jimm 4 жыл бұрын
U right man can't unsee it!!!!
@edved796 4 жыл бұрын
This is excellent, as always, but can we also get the low-down on that strat?!
@kirk-b-patrick 2 жыл бұрын
I had the Band of Gypsies live at the Filmore East on vhs when I first was learning guitar in 97'. I totally agree with you here. The thing that drove me (drives me) nuts with that incredibly amazing recording is that his guitar is tuned like right in the middle of standard tuning and e flat tuning. So I would always jump back in forth not knowing what he was tuned in. Of course years later I've long figured that out but to the beginner, back before KZfaq, its very confusing.
@mikegogel78 3 жыл бұрын
I've always thought this way💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
@antarcticorb9197 8 ай бұрын
Trivia...just a bit of this song was played in one of the Sopranos episodes at the Ba-Da-Bing.
@joshuacase4927 9 ай бұрын
I love this kind of stuff what an awesome video! It’s the video I saw first of yours and it made me way to subscribe!! Nice work!!! I llove this: “you’ve all been playing it wrong!!!” So good man! It’s a super killer sound you have on your guitar!! Since I subscribed and will tell everyone I know about you, would you please be kind enough to tell me how you’re getting that guitar sound? Like pedals, amp or settings that make it work? Thanks in advance my good man!
@grgaln 3 жыл бұрын
Wow,that's beautiful R.J.,I always wondered why Jimis riff sounds backwards,he must have been doing Jazz,Ive been listening to this record since 1979,had a hard time picking up on this on the guitar,I appreciate your insight,another thing is the astonishing octavia riffs and his half step down part of the solo.thank you.this lesson is so cool.
@danaparsons854 3 жыл бұрын
I always thought the feel of this Tune was weird. Lol. Thanks for figuring this out.
@valentin80 4 жыл бұрын
Nice playing man... you have good ears for Jimi :) He was the man. He had so many "flowers" in his playing. Not many people hear those things :) Randy Hansen is one of those people.
@WeekendWarriorGuitars 5 ай бұрын
Bro - I'm gonna go play this NOW!
@jaybreen1010 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting how this eludes our ears as listeners. To me the reason is how anchoring the D is as the root, and it too lands on a strong beat (3 if we are to take your perspective from the video), pulling our ear to it as though it was beat 1. In that way the song's meter is almost in 2 rather than 4. This reminds me of the question of which chord is tonic in a two chord vamp like on Fire on the Mountain by the Dead. It comes down to the phrasing of the melody in time, to me. And applying that here, as you did, we arrive at the G being the start, the 1, of the Who Knows riff. Well done. These musical puzzles are kind of holding it in your music in your hand like a three dimensional object - to examine the facets from different angles. One viewer sees chaos in a room-sizsd 3D diorama while another one sees a composite picture from disparate elements. That viewer is the one seeing the piece from the perspective intended by the artist. ;)
@mateorivera9979 4 жыл бұрын
More 👑Hendrix🖤💯👍🏽‼️
@luisalextorres 3 жыл бұрын
great video. every time i played this on guitar it always felt off for some reason. like when you listen it sounds basic pentatonic like playing black keys or something...which subconsciously felt off in a way i couldn't explain. this answers the question i didnt even bother to think to ask haha
@prkeene 4 жыл бұрын
I've never played this wrong, because I just learned it today!
@CP-kb1du 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ,,,,,,,,lesson learned ...........
@8153max 9 ай бұрын
Yeah you are correct ❤
@big_time9484 Жыл бұрын
...I agree "Genius Guy"...Thank you very much ☮️🕊️🎸😉...✨🎇
@nildaweiss4287 Жыл бұрын
Love videos!!!!!!!!!!!!
@theloniouscoltrane3778 Жыл бұрын
I trust RJ. This guy is a music college grad & takes music seriously. I wish he offers an online guitar course. I'd love to enroll. God bless you RJ!
@md14rh27 4 жыл бұрын
Musically it makes sense.Like a one and,two and play beat.I never noticed it.But it totally fits the intro.
@jakollee 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video! I always had a feeling there was something a little weird going on with the beat placement in this riff! As you said, even when you know where the "one" should be, it's still hard to feel and hear it in the riff. Reminds me of the intro of Hendrix's version of All Along the Watchtower - I know where the measure should begin, but it's really hard to feel and hear it until Jimi's guitar solo ends on the intro! (Much easier to hear it on the live version of Watchtower at Isle of Wight.) Can I ask what effects you're using in this video? You really nailed Jimi's tone on Band of Gypsys!
@thesoundpurist 4 жыл бұрын
My favourite album of all time!
@nunoandradebluesdrive 4 жыл бұрын
Hey mr. Great to learn that one. To be honest, I think most guitarists don't do a second tought on it, because it's sutch a simple riff and most of us just say: "oh I got it". Well, playing it like you said made the whole thing more interesting, and proves once again how cool hendrix was. The band weird timming is just debunked my friend. Great job. Thank you.
@johnnyboo8243 3 жыл бұрын
now you mention it it sounds much better withe the G first and works better :) Good job RJ...btw your tone!!! wow you got it man
@mainzelmannchen5073 3 жыл бұрын
Almost fifty, the band of gypsys cd is still my nr.1 cd, untouchable
@MasterBassNow Жыл бұрын
I 100% agree with you @RJRonquillo and am very happy that you made a video about it. I wouldnt say that cover bands are playing it wrong when starting on D but i also wouldnt say that this little detail is little. I think it completely changes the feel of the song with drum fills landing on G and it also make the song great and so fun to play when done as it was intended. And me as a bassist always wondered, why this detail about where the ONE is is so unintuitive for the drummers and hard to explain as even if they know that its on the G, they will start good but sooner or later they start landing the fills on D (or D♭) again xD
@edbur1 3 жыл бұрын
Yup- you are so right. I noticed the same thing from listening to Jimi's solo phrasing on BOG's- he starts every phrase on that down/up beat riff that starts with the G note. You can take it even further by isolating that one particular bar and not playing the descending note riff starting with the D that starts the next bar. It gives the song a whole different dynamic and actually makes a lot of sense, even if it's hard to wrap yer head around it. It's kind of a different take on the "Dolly Dagger" groove.....
@FTStratLP 9 ай бұрын
On the Live At The Filmore Album Hendix plays it alternating between the two versions.
@thejoshbtv 4 жыл бұрын
I saw Randy Hansen a few months ago. Awesome show and must see if you're a Hendrix fan.
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