Jimi Hendrix Information Page

Name	Jimi Hendrix
Full Name	James Marshall Hendrix
Occupation	Guitarist, rock musician, singer
Birthdate	November 27, 1942
Birthplace	Seattle, WA, USA
Obtained from	a- Various biographies b- Jimi Hendrix, The Essential Jimi Hendrix double LP (Polydor, 1978?)
Posted by	1- Austin Prichard-Levy [a] 2- Totte Willén [b]
Comments	"- When he first started learning guitar he couldn't afford a tuning fork, so he went to the local music store, ran his fingers over the open strings, then went home and tuned up. Because the guitar has 4ths in its intervals between strings, which are much less 'friendly' than the violin's 5ths, only someone with perfect pitch could have done this. - Although Hendrix never learned to read written music, early in his career as a sideman he could learn a new band's entire repertoire in an hour or two by just hearing the songs once. Again, this would be beyond someone without PP. - Hendrix's creation of soundscapes (e.g. 'Moon Gently Turn the Tides' on Electric Ladyland, etc) and mastery of sound effects and feedback came from the ear of someone who knew EXACTLY what they were doing in their head before its execution, which is also indicative of PP. In that sense, he was much like Mozart." [1] "In an interview, famous bassist Chuck Rainey gives praise to Jimi's musical and technical abilities: he was able to play in a lot of different styles, he was ambidextrous and had perfect pitch." [2]