Key and BPM for Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix.

Key: G. Author Jasmith [a] 480. Recommended by The Wall Street Journal Mix some blues with some straight up major lines. Get DJ recommendations for harmonic mixing. The cords are all major cords C, G, D, A, E, E, E, E. It's a major blues with a country/folk twist.stayed out of this for a while, I think I can be more concise and inclusive.Actually, this is one of the more ironic posts I've read in a while. Just say it, you cant do it, because its minor. Both the B7 and F#-7b5 are the dominants to the E maj7 tonic, no? Now its semantics.I wasn't aware their political views were so obvious...For what's It's worth, the C is a very common blues device over E.I was talking (and tried to isolate in the video) about the part that, to my ears, sounds like descending double stops of 4ths, d-g, c#-F# to the E major (is there an A bouncing between them? Sheet music arranged for Piano/Vocal/Guitar in G Major (transposable). He better not run to far south or he may fall off the edge.Read it again, there are two of you saying something is one way versus the empirical evidence observed and provided by others.I am providing an ironic analogy that insisting it is Em is equivalent to you insisting the world is flat.I already provided along with many others compelling information contrary to your opinion. And the Cmaj7 borrowed from E minor.Do you envy those, with little or no theoretical knowledge, write such beautiful music.+1 to kimock in his last post. Hey, I have no problems with that. Hey Joe Chords by Jimi Hendrix. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Get DJ recommendations for harmonic mixing.

:) Lol!!! Heck, I might even play a line that includes both a G and G# note on the E chord.I can think the tune is technically in E major, but that doesn't mean I'm going to play the E major scale on a C, G, and D chord. The Gear Page is the leading online community and marketplace for guitars, amps, pedals, effects and associated gear.JavaScript is disabled. 4 contributors total, last edit on Aug 11, 2020. Official. Jimi was a huge fan of Lightnin'.Dude, you're either being deliberately obtuse or really not paying attention.Let's count Hey Joe's tri-tones, or if you prefer to thing of it just as "chromaticism" let's take stock.You must log in or register to reply here.Found a nice surprise inside my new (old) Strat pickup cavity. SKU: MN0055234 I can think the tune is technically in E major, but that doesn't mean I'm going to play the E major scale on a C, G, and D chord. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.Overall question (perhaps rhetorical) to the thread lurkers: does knowing (or perhaps believing) this song is in a particular key change, alter or otherwise dictate how you approach this song? Do you even play Hey Joe in any performance setting or musical context? The chords do not fit diatonically into any single key.You must log in or register to reply here.Found a nice surprise inside my new (old) Strat pickup cavity. SKU: MN0055234 "Hey Joe" is an American song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard and has been performed in many musical styles by hundreds of different artists. I understand the dancing banana, but what on earth is a "trotone". Print and download Hey Joe sheet music by Jimi Hendrix. If I'm not mistaken this is one of the points typically made by the flat earth society.Except it STARTS with two measures of E. So.I would say thats an introduction. More Versions. Key and BPM for Hey Joe by Jimi Hendrix. I'm gonna use the minor pentatonic. It just means that I hear the resolution point as E major. I will freely play E minor pent, chord tones and arpeggios that outline the chords, chromatic lines, and play a G# note sometimes when the E chord comes up. I'd also offer that the opening lick is textbook Lightnin' Hopkins, Jimified, to me it broadcasts "Here's some Blues for ya!" / C. BACK TO SCHOOL OFFER: 80% OFF ON ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP OF ULTIMATE GUITAR PRO Try Now. That must be some heavy duty, deep theory I don't know about. We have an official Hey Joe tab made by UG professional guitarists. If so, it's that little descending riff that leads to the chordal embellishment you detailed that I find somewhat intriguing as one of the ways this song establishes the tonic, melodic and harmonic variables at play...as if to alert the listener's ears to what will follow. Sign up Log in. Seems like "it's in the key of E major" and "play the E major scale over the whole thing" is being conflated again with Tag's quote above. Search. Hey Joe Tab by Jimi Hendrix with free online tab player.

Do you even play Hey Joe in any performance setting or musical context?The tune is mostly C dropping to B (over C to G cords) A (over the D to A cord change) dropping to G sharp on the E cord... like someone bending down blues notes but that ain't minor, more a country "cry" (in major key). :aok Its so deep, even I, who usually thinks he knows everything, does not understand it! :) Lol!!! The Gear Page is the leading online community and marketplace for guitars, amps, pedals, effects and associated gear.JavaScript is disabled. View official tab. right outa the gate. HEY JOE Chords by Jimi Hendrix. But when people are playing a regular 12 bar blues in E, with dominant 7th chords, we don't say that it's in the key of E minor just because minor intervals are being used over the chords.First part fine.