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Jimi Hendrix was a composer who used musical overlays to create the songs on his albums. Many musical tracks were combined to form the final product. These overlays are evident in this songbook. Reading the guitar tab parts is like trying to read the musical score for an orchestral arrangement. The tabs for the guitar parts are layered so you can follow the note arrangements for a particular part, but if you are trying to re-create the musical flow, you have to "jump" from tab line to tab line. This can be difficult if you are not fluent in reading tab signature for guitar. The learning curve for technique can be difficult for all but the more advanced guitarist.I have learned a number of the songs in this book to where I am happy with the results, but the amount of time that it took to get there may have been better applied to books that teach blues method or lead guitar methods rather than to try to pick them up from this book.That said, this book shows the mastery of technique over a wide range of musical style. One of my favorite albums... one of my favorite music books.Remember that Jimi Hendrix played a right handed guitar with his left hand. This makes a big difference in attack form, hammers and rolls on the strings.
