Baby can I hold you (fingerstyle guitar)

TAB AVAILABLE READ ON...while snooping through Naudos back catalouge, I decided to take on a couple of transcriptions that weren't specifically a favourite song of mine, but were something easy to play and sounds good to add to my fingerstyle repertoire. I noticed this one, Tracy Chapmans classic from the 80's, and it seemed pretty straight forward. It was - took me 4 hours to have it pretty much tabbed and learnt.

So if you were interested in trying out a simplified Naudo styled tune, this is it! I mostly left out his signature bah-dum-dum bassline in favour of the treble D/Dsus2 strum , which for me fits nicely with the song and is easier to play ;)

Now some of you who have been following my work will have noticed that I'm playing on my new guitar! Yah, it finally arrived - thanks to Tony Agnello at Soundcentre Morley, and to Brendan from Yamaha Australia - without whom I doubt if it would have been shipped from Japan/China at all.

For those who _haven't_ been following, this is a Yamaha CGX171CCA nylon stringer, more suited to flamenco style than classical - and thus suited to my particular flavour of fingerstyle. It comes equipped with a piezo pickup and an additional inbody condensor microphone which can be mixed on the guitar. I think this can give a very "real" sound to the guitar when plugged in. On the mechanical side the guitar has a truss rod which means that fiddling with neck+nut+saddles to get "the perfect action" becomes fairly straight forward for this tinkerer...

This will be my main work axe from now on, since realising that deep down I am a nylon man. I've got a few more tunes I've been saving up for when it arrives, so keep an eye on your subscriptions...for those who are subscribers that is ;)

I didn't go to my usual effort for the tab this time, just a basic skeleton of the tune. Listen, and play it your own way :)

You can get the tab, mp3 and other resources at:
http://jawmunji.com

Enjoy,
JAW

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[GERBERTH10]

you are awesome dude!! woww i wish i could play like you someday, but my fingers are too shorts, lol !! i have a fender guitar, im practicing every single day, you are now one of my teachers, take care.....

maestro tocas chidisimo(mexican spanish to say you play very very good)

[jawmunji]

@GERBERTH10 Thanks, and glad to help out! Short fingers just means you need to use a narrower neck guitar - you can do it! Good skill to you!

JAW

[philipLOLkim]

nice guitar man...

does it play fine w/o the amp?

[jawmunji]

Not particularly, the bass is a bit wimpy and the overall tone a bit weak. It is definately a guitar for playing plugged in. With that said, it's not bad; I'm comparing it against Esteves and other guitars worth more than twice the price (but guitar without cutaways and pickups...so what's the point of them eh? ;))

[klaustrophobia2007]

hmm i agree with hotdog that this isnt classical fingerpicking, but so what ...?!

i love the sound and in my opinion getting a steel string guitar is the worst thing to do, nylon just sounds better here

... keep it up

[jawmunji]

Some viewers probably noticed that I was originally playing on steel string when I began posting here but swapped over to nylon because it suits my style. The stuff I do is born out of classical fingerpicking but has morphed (and continues to morph) into something less classical...but it is all "fingerpicking" - I am picking with my fingers, not with a plectrum ;)

Thanks Klaust; I think I am still a bit wound up by hotdog, which is unsual because I get far worse comments than that.

JAW

[thumbpickr1812]

really enjoyed your playing, gentle and melodic - thanx :-)

[nickedynoodles]

Beautifully played :)

I may have to give this one a try after watching this and many of your other videos. Thank you.

[21emelie96]

sitting in a workshop playing some guitar, awsome guy ;)

[thalhes]

otimo muito bom cara

[spawnminion]

@hottdog2007 Your an ignorant cunt, please dont waste your time trolling the act of using your fingers to pluck the strings in a none P.I.M.A Fashion is considered fingerpicking.

If what you say is accurate please provide a link of information saying that fingerpicking is associated to steel stringed guitars? What if he decided to use steel strings on a classical?

No Offense is what you say of course? you pretty much made you self look stupid and insult a amazing artist

Cheers Jaw

From Canada

[francis9888]

nice.... lumberjack vest and a garage wall as back : )

[KriTiSs]

very nice man !!!

[claudiosanchezmusic]

What is the brand of the guitar? i have a takamine g120 and it sounds very similar to your guitar

[sarahsouza01]

Can you learn it pleeease ?!