Chi Mai (fingerstyle guitar)

TAB AVAILABLE, READ ON...This is a nice kinda classical kinda fingerstyle arrangement of a movie theme by the Italian composer Ennio Morricone (Good Bad Ugly/Fistfull of dollars/etc). A clever chap called Rene Puchinger tabbed it up in 2002, I started hacking it further in 2005 to make it a bit more playable for me. There are several people on youtube playing it all with a slightly different touch.

It is rather hard to play cleanly on the acoustic steel string - too much barring - so I piked out and played it on the electric instead. Well, it is the first time I've used the electric on youtube, a change is as good as a holiday...

I added a bit of after effect reverb and graphic to make it sound a more roomy. Yeah, there is a video cut'n'shut about halfway through; I didn't play it cleanly enough in one take so I spliced a bit out. Sorry - there are plenty of mistakes everywhere else so it's not too bad ;)

Give it a try; it will probably be the only 12/8th tune you will ever play!

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

Enjoy,
JAW

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• chi
• mai
• ennio
• morricone
• acoustic
• guitar
• fingerstyle

[OiOiSkinhead89]

Am i right if i say that your using EMG-HZ Single/Single/Humbucker?

Your the first guitarist i see that uses the same combination i have installed in my Dean Custom. Brilliant clean sound, on wich pickup do you play?

[jawmunji]

Not sure what brand the pickups are, I got that guitar twenty years ago. I don't play it much, when I do it is normally on the humbucker.

JAW

[Qinguana]

I have been trying to learn from you for a while now, thanks man for showing me that with practice and your tabs nothing is impossible, you are a great guitarist and I consider you my teacher, though I still strugle with some the songs it does not matter, because it's when I look at you play it is then that I am inspired, thanx. Always in your debt

[jawmunji]

Excellent, it makes me happy to hear that I inspire people to keep going with the guitar. There is a lot of personal enjoyment to be found in such a simple old instrument :)

Keep the effort going, and aim to record a video of yourself playing this, and post it!  It's good to have a goal, and you have to start somewhere. Enjoy!

JAW

[cryptblood1986]

man this song is retarded hard on guitar... it's full of weird barred chords...

[jawmunji]

yes; yes it is ;)

[lettherebeart]

nicely played great choice of music

[amc9702]

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[nubeoxinh]

I'm Vietnamese :D:D glad you like this song

[sanyok12855]

Талантище!

[joegasgano]

@PatonPL fingering

[PatonPL]

Hi, can u tell me what means these numbers under Tab line?

[julanenova]

Very beautiful! I first heard this in orchestral style... Great interpretation!!

[csl316]

Very nice, glad there's a tab available. Good work!

[Razorman75]

Something is wrong with the website! I cannot get there! Could you send me the tabs mind_hunter@bk.ru Thank you!

[ArtificalSoldier]

@RossSicily1 lol, it's actually vietnamese language.

[theelectkickenass]

very well done ...

[zcbmkhfs100]

amazing