5 Levels of "Hey Joe" by Jimi Hendrix

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I’ve been playing for 40 years and, if I don’t say so myself, I’m a pretty good guitar player. I started watching these videos to see what advice she is giving to beginners. But now I’m watching because I’m learning new things. Nice job!

5 levels should be a series. Very helpful with my progression. Thanks!

Thank you for including the Delta Blues influence on Jimi. Once you hear and understand the Delta Blues, you suddenly realize how much influence it had on rock. Thanks for this great video.

This is honestly one of the best tutorials I have ever seen. Clearly explained, adding complexity as you go along. Brilliantly played. Subscribed.

I just want to say that as a beginner trying to move into the intermediate level, I really appreciate this approach to learning a song. Thanks!

My teenage self: SKIP TO LEVEL 5 My adult self: SKIP TO LEVEL 5 I think I learned that from Jimi... pedal to the floor. In all seriousness, amazing lesson on a classic song, Ayla!

I’ve never seen this song broken down like this. Fantastic job! Please do more lessons like this.

I am consistently impressed by your approach to lessons. You give us the "how" of things, but you also give us the "why", and you do it in a clear and succinct fashion. You don't just tell us how to play the different chord voicings, you explain why they augment our performance. Thank you!

This video just jumped up my game almost immediately. It showed me some little creative tricks that really help me add a little soul to my playing. Thank you!!!!

Ayla, I love how you teach! You take an intimidating song from a master and show brick by brick how to build it for yourself. Incredible!

I' was a teenager when Hendrix became famous, so I've listened to Hendrix for a long time. This is far and away the best tutorial on Hey Joe that I have ever viewed, and I have looked at lots and lots of them. One of the very best, most authentic covers of the song too, with drive and intensity that invokes the spirit and sound of the original. Ayla is not only a superb guitarist with fantastic touch and feeling for the instrument, but having viewed other of her videos, I know she is also a wonderfully gifted and generous teacher. Ayla is so clear and straightforward in her approach that we can't help but learn from her. This, I know, has been to state the obvious, so it is perhaps just a way to say ""Thank you, Ayla!"

As an advanced beginner who's literally spent decades trying to cross that Intermediate threshold, this is one of the best guitar tutorials I've ever seen (and I've seen many!). That Hendrix blend of rhythm and lead is what drives so many of us to attempt to deconstruct his style, but one thing that often gets ignored is the groove. I love the clear and concise breakdown of how to attack the strumming pattern, and how to incorporate the licks while always maintaining that rhythm. Hey Joe is one of the first songs I ever learned almost 40 years ago, yet I feel like I'm learning it for the first time. A brilliant lesson by a truly gifted teacher. Thank you for this, Ayla!

I once had a book Jimi wrote on playing lead (my ex stole it with almost all of the song books I ever had, I got the book when Jimi was still alive, grrr...) and one of the things he emphasized in his book was the blues scale with extra "coloring notes" he called them which basically switched between major and minor pentatonics and became the basis of almost all the lead solos I played since then. I love your style of teaching, keep it up!

This is the best format for guitar lessons, period. Start simple, learn the changes, build from that. Great stuff.

The fact I keep coming back to this tutorial says everything. The tricks plus the way you breakdown the song is amazing. Your tone is superb!

A superb "jump in whatever level you are" lesson. Less about stifling technical accuracy, more about groove, feel, and sneaky bits. Thankyou for making this content.

Okay so I’ve been diving into Hendrix for the last year and I have to say you are literally the best instructor of this that I’ve seen! So patient, articulate and just an overall great attitude! Thank you so much!

The intro to this lesson shows just how awesome you are! IMO this is the most eye opening lesson on this song I've seen. I've been working on this song off and on for some time. This has really connected some things for me. Thank you!

The best Hey Joe lesson I've ever seen. You really get to the heart of Jimmy's genius which was that lead/rhythm meld on a foundation of groove. When you lock in on that groove you can throw in just about anything and it will work...total freedom on the instrument which, to me, was Jimmy's legacy.