Habang Buhay by Joel Malit

I transcribed and arranged the fingerings of this piece on tablature last September 2010 based on an audio mp3 from the album that was given to me by Mr. Mar Mendoza.

The junk guitar that I used here is an antique japanese guitar (probably made in the 1960s or even earlier), which I spotted in one Japan surplus shop in Cavite. The guitar was very dirty and has some broken tuning pegs. It costs only P1,500. I posted in my Facebook account some photos of this guitar before I cleaned and polished it, replaced with the new tuning machines, and filing down some frets. Finally, I made some adjustments on the bridge bone and nut to get rid of some little buzz.

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• Pedro Concepcion
• Joel Malit
• Habang Buhay - guitar solo

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just arrived today from a 1-week trip to Istanbul, Turkey.

I recorded this in just one attempt without practicing the piece, so some mistakes are unavoidable and had to be removed that part. This is just a demo of how this junk guitar sing in a natural ambiance.