Jimi Hendrix - Jungle (cover by a beginner)

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Hi everyone!

It’s been 9 months since I started playing guitar. A week ago I decided to learn my first Jimi Hendrix song from start to finish.

Took me a few days to get it down part-by-part and then a few more to be able to play it from start to finish.

It’s not that great, there is a few quite obvious mistakes in the timing at the end where the rhythm picks up and a few wrong or muted hammer-ons, but it’s still a work in progress and I’m sure I’ll clean them up eventually.

I tried learning it by ear, but some parts were quite difficult for me so I had to learn them via a YT lesson.

It’s not exactly the same as the original song, I’ve changed some minor stuff on the go, but I think that’s fine, given the song is a Hendrix jam in Am and he probably never played it again haha.

This is the first time I ever share myself playing, so any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Jimi Hendrix - Jungle (a beginner cover)

Guitar is a Fender Player Series Stratocaster on the neck pickup

Amp is Boss Katana gen 3 (“Pushed” channel, with UniVibe on and 25w setting)

Mic is, well, my iPhone 15 set right next to my amp, recorded via voice memo :sweat_smile:

I know it’s not that big of a deal, but given that in July 2024 I couldn’t hold a Dm open chord and now, not even an year later I’m able to cover an entire Hendrix song from start to finish by memory is a massive achievement for me.

I can’t wait to look back to this recording and think “oh god it’s so bad, I can play it so much better now” :rofl:

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Hi Teodor.
Kudos to you for making your first share of a recording … and just one year in attempting Hendrix.
No critique from me today as I just want to say well done and keep up the good work. You’re obviously working hard and doing good things to help you learn.
:slight_smile:

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Hello Teodor,

great job learning whole song from beginning to end. I think it sounded good. :slight_smile:

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Thats pretty dang good for a beginner! Good job!

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Very impressive work Teodore! It’s clear you have some buit-in musicality. Solid rhythm. At 9 months, I imagine most of us were stumbling through chord change exercises and learning scales, not covering Hendrix. :+1:

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Teodor

An excellent job: even in the latter part of the piece your rhythm is still quite steady. The hammer-ons will improve; do practice getting them right at a slower pace. Well done.

Brian

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Nah, you shouldn’t won’t!
It’ll could be more like,

Hey, I really pushed myself hard and it shows. I managed to go from not knowing a D chord to a skill set and played a complex song that sounds good---in only nine months. I'm doing pretty well--I'm so glad I began this journey

You’re an inspiration to a fellow 9monther! Thanks.

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That is absolutely incredible for 9 months of guitar playing. Very well done Teodor, keep going! Great tone as well.

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Absolutely amazing. I can’t believe that you have only been playing for 9 months, that gives me hope and pushes me to go and practice more.

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Hi Teodor, learning and recording a song at that level after just nine months is fantastic progress. Well done!

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Thank you all for the nice comments guys, this motivates me so much to keep learning & I’m glad you like it!:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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Most impressive, esp. for just 9 months?? Holy cow. Jimi, move over! Let Teodor Tsanov show you how it’s done

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Teodor, I tried the link and got ‘file not found’?

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Same here

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It seems like the audio hosting site deleted it after a few days…

I uploaded a new link, you should be able to hear it now :slight_smile:

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Thanks for re-uploading, Teodor. That sounded great, excellent Hendrix-esque tone.

For sharing, perhaps consider a standard cloud-based file share like Google Drive or DropBox. Alternatively, you can use SoundCloud and upload an audio there which is how I started before switching to YouTube.

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Yeah, I dunno why I didn’t think of that :sweat_smile:

I’ll use these in the future, thanks for the tip.

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That’s amazing. I’m 2 years in and no way near that level yet.

Great playing.