Bass Lines: Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze Bass Line

Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze Bass Line…

Hello bass players and fans of bass playing! In this issue, we are going to cover Jimi Hendrix – Purple Haze Bass Line.

“Purple Haze” is one of Hendrix’s best-known songs and appears on many Hendrix compilation albums. The song featured regularly in concerts and each of Hendrix’s group configurations issued live recordings. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and is included on lists of the greatest guitar songs, including at number two by Rolling Stone and number one by Q magazine.

The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Eastern modalities, shaped by novel sound processing techniques. Because of ambiguities in the lyrics, listeners often interpret the song as referring to a psychedelic experience, although Hendrix described it as a love song.

Artist: Jimi Hendrix
Song: “Purple Haze”
Genre: Psychedelic rock, hard rock
Songwriter: Jimi Hendrix
Producer: Chas Chandler
Album: “The Jimi Hendrix Experience” (1967)
Label: Track (UK) – Reprise (US)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Purple Haze:

Fig. 1 – Intro

Fig. 2 – Verse 1

Fig. 3 – Verse 2

Fig. 4 – Guitar Solo

Fig. 5 – Interlude

Fig. 6 – Verse 3

Fig. 7 – Outro

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