Space Oddity (fingerstyle guitar)

TAB AVAILABLE READ ON...I was inspired to arrange this one after seeing Matt Pochak and Uncle Parsnip play it. It comes together quite well, but like a lot of Bowie songs there are many different chords you'll need to get in touch with ;)

Not much to say about this one, I'm sorry about the clicks and pops, I was using different video capture software and I didn't notice it was realigning the audio to match the video until I'd finished, packed up and ready to post. Don't you hate that!

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

Enjoy, JAW

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Entertainment

Tags:

• space
• oddity
• david
• bowie
• fingerstyle
• guitar
• acoustic

[ironmonger100]

Hey Jason, Life On Mars brought me here ..superb atmosphere you created with this one, just right, love it. And a bass F# with the LH thumb on a Classical neck!!, you're more of a man than me lol :-)

[jawmunji]

@ironmonger100 Ha, hey Shaun, you know I could even wrap to the 5th string on that guitar, it's a narrow neck "crossover". These days I play on a full width 52mm neck - I can't grab the 5th but thumbing out F,F#,G I do as a matter of course...bad habits from my steel string days.

Interestingly my standard choice in F chord is 103211 thumb bass, index bar top two. It's often quicker and easier to change from other open chords than a barre version, but is still a full 6 string chord.

JAW

[Kingpin0072001uk]

Oh wow, I was just about to try and arrange this song, thought I'd run up a search on Utube to see what the others attempts were like.... I feel now like I wont be able to even come close to to the sheer perfection that this is!

It's my first attempt at trying to arrange a song so I'm not expecting much anyway, have you got any advice by any chance? Would love some, lol.

Great video, inspiring 5*'s, or... thumbs up as it seems

[jawmunji]

@Kingpin0072001uk  Thanks KPUK! I borrowed most of this from other arrangements I'd seen - that's the trick, don't re-invent the wheel! I sometimes write about arranging on my blog, follow the link on my channel to it.

JAW

[daveseckmusic]

Awesome, great minds must think alike :)

[jawmunji]

Ha, yeah, snap :) We've gone down two separate paths though, which is the beauty of nylon stringers, well I guess "other types of guitars" as well. You can take the same thing, inject it with your own touch and have it quite different to anyone elses. I wish youtube was around when I was playing the guitar in my youth, who knows what may have happened with all the inspiration now to be found out there! ;)

JAW

[sublimechick571]

best ive ever seen...thank you

[milan0]

unreal.

Gave me shivers

[Bazgann]

no way im gonna learn this.. even tabs dont help

[ohmygoshwhy]

This is really awesome. Favorited, and after seeing about 3 of your videos, I'm subbing. :) Thanks!

[glaskern]

Well, man... That sounds personal and warm, I do like your adaptation, my classical guitar will say thanks to you... as soon as I learn it ;o)

[bombaymatt]

Its great, im learning this for sure!!

[KobraKid95]

Also dude, please? any chance you can do a version of the song golden brown-stranglers? it would be SO good but know one has done it! pretty please? x

[KobraKid95]

i LOVEEEE that bass slide that you do, sounds so good,XD

[xJaypuzzlex]

i dont like you video.... because it makes me feel bad about myself -_-

i wish i could play like that lol

[Kingpin0072001uk]

@jawmunji I think I will! Thanks for the reply!

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