How to play Little Wing

Jimi Hendrix

Eight chords, Em, G, Am, Bm, Bb, C, F and D, strummed 24 times at 62 BPM. The record is in Eb standard, so tune every string down a half step to play along. Each shape is drawn out below with the whole sequence, then how to practice it with Lark.

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62BPM at full speed
24chord strums
8chords
Advancedlevel

The chords

Eb standard

The big names are the chords in the order you strum them. On the six lines below, each chord sits on the string its lowest note is played on. Tune every string down a half step first, so the frets sound like the record.

Little Wing tab, 24 strums, eb standard. The same tab is written out chord by chord in the list after it.
Read it chord by chord
  1. Em strum (sounds Ebm), lowest note on the open low Eb string
  2. G strum (sounds Gb), lowest note on the low Eb string, fret 3
  3. Am strum (sounds Abm), lowest note on the open Ab string
  4. Em strum (sounds Ebm), lowest note on the open low Eb string
  5. Bm strum (sounds Bbm), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 2
  6. Bb strum (sounds A), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 1
  7. Am strum (sounds Abm), lowest note on the open Ab string
  8. C strum (sounds B), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 3
  9. G strum (sounds Gb), lowest note on the low Eb string, fret 3
  10. F strum (sounds E), lowest note on the low Eb string, fret 1
  11. C strum (sounds B), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 3
  12. D strum (sounds Db), lowest note on the open Db string
  13. Em strum (sounds Ebm), lowest note on the open low Eb string
  14. G strum (sounds Gb), lowest note on the low Eb string, fret 3
  15. Am strum (sounds Abm), lowest note on the open Ab string
  16. Em strum (sounds Ebm), lowest note on the open low Eb string
  17. Bm strum (sounds Bbm), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 2
  18. Bb strum (sounds A), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 1
  19. Am strum (sounds Abm), lowest note on the open Ab string
  20. C strum (sounds B), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 3
  21. G strum (sounds Gb), lowest note on the low Eb string, fret 3
  22. F strum (sounds E), lowest note on the low Eb string, fret 1
  23. C strum (sounds B), lowest note on the Ab string, fret 3
  24. D strum (sounds Db), lowest note on the open Db string
Plain text tab
Eb standard

Em  G   Am  Em  Bm  Bb  Am  C
G   F   C   D   Em  G   Am  Em
Bm  Bb  Am  C   G   F   C   D

The shapes

  • EADGBe

    Em

    4 strums, sounds Ebm

  • EADGBe

    G

    4 strums, sounds Gb

  • xEADGBe

    Am

    4 strums, sounds Abm

  • xEADGBe

    Bm

    2 strums, sounds Bbm

  • xEADGBe

    Bb

    2 strums, sounds A

  • xEADGBe

    C

    4 strums, sounds B

  • EADGBe

    F

    2 strums, sounds E

  • xxEADGBe

    D

    2 strums, sounds Db

Tuning
Eb standardTune every string down a half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
Chords
Em G Am Bm Bb C F Deight shapes, sounding Ebm Gb Abm Bbm A B E Db
Chord changes
23in 24 strums
Strummed most
Em4 times
Tempo
62 BPM31 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every chord.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (31 BPM), 0.75x (47 BPM) or 1x (62 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of strums and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: strums 1 to 4, the busiest stretch in this tab (Em, G, Am, Em).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic for each chord as you strum it. Every chord turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

Play it with LarkTune down to Eb standard

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