Friday, January 6, 2012

I Won't Give Up by Jason Mraz Guitar Tutorial
by Alex Maldonado


Info:


Tuning - Drop D
Capo 2nd Fret
Strumming patter - D UDU


Order of the song
 Intro - Verse 2x - Chorus - Verse - Chorus - Bridge - Chorus




Intro
Play all parts once


Part 1
    Dsus2                   Dmaj 
E|-----------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------
G|-----------------4--------2--------------------
D|--0--0--0--2--4--5--5-----4--4--------4--------
A|-----------------------------------------------
E|-----------------0-----0--0-----0--0-----0-----

    F  F  F  F  F  M  F  T  M  F  T  T  F  T
                   F        F
                   T        T


Part 2
    Dsus2             Dmaj
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-----------4--4-----2-----------
D|--0--2--4--5--------4--4--------
A|--------------------------------
E|-----------0-----0--0-----0--0--

    F  F  F  M  M  T  M  F  T  T
             F        F
             T        T


Part 3
    Dsus2                   Dmaj
E|--------------------------------------------
B|--------------------3-----3-----------------
G|-----------------4--------2-----------------
D|--0--0--0--2--4--5--------4--4--------4-----
A|--------------------------0-----------------
E|-----------------0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--
    F  F  F  F  F  M  R  T     F  T  T  F  T 

                   F
                   T


Part 4
    Dsus2   Asus4                   A                                                      
E|-------------------------------------
B|----------3-----------3-----------2--
G|----------2-----------2-----------2--
D|--4\2--0--------2-----------2--------
A|----------0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--
E|-------------------------------------

    F    F  R  T  F  T  R  T  F  T  R
            M           M           M
            T           T           T


Verse
The verse is pretty much the same as the intro except you start off part 1 like this. Playing all the parts once equals playing the verse once. 



Part 1
                   Dsus2    Dmaj
E|-----------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------
G|-----------------4--------2--------------------
D|-----------------5--5-----4--4--------4--------
A|-----------------------------------------------
E|-----------------0-----0--0-----0--0-----0-----

                   M  F  T  M  F  T  T  F  T
                   F        F
                   T        T



Part 2
    Dsus2             Dmaj
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|-----------4--4-----2-----------
D|--0--2--4--5--------4--4--------
A|--------------------------------
E|-----------0-----0--0-----0--0--

    F  F  F  M  M  T  M  F  T  T
             F        F
             T        T


Part 3
    Dsus2                   Dmaj 
E|--------------------------------------------
B|--------------------3-----3-----------------
G|-----------------4--------2-----------------
D|--0--0--0--2--4--5--------4--4--------4-----
A|--------------------------0-----------------
E|-----------------0-----0--0-----0--0-----0--
    F  F  F  F  F  M  R  T     F  T  T  F  T 

                   F
                   T


Part 4
    Dsus2   Asus4                   A                                                     
E|-------------------------------------
B|----------3-----------3-----------2--
G|----------2-----------2-----------2--
D|--4\2--0--------2-----------2--------
A|----------0--0-----0--0--0-----0--0--
E|-------------------------------------

    F    F  R  T  F  T  R  T  F  T  R
            M           M           M
            T           T           T


              
Chorus



Gmaj7 /// /// Dsus2 /// /// Bmin7 /// /// Asus4 /// ///

Gmaj7 /// /// Dsus2 /// /// Asus4 /// /// Amaj 


*Play this after the second chorus before going into bridge


  *Gmaj7 /// /// 2x


Chorus last time


Gmaj7 /// /// Dsus2 /// /// Bmin7 /// /// Asus4 /// /// 3x 


Gmaj7 /// /// Dsus2 /// /// Asus4 /// /// Amaj Let ring


Gmaj7 /// /// Dsus2 /// /// Bmin7 /// /// Asus4 /// ///


Gmaj7 /// /// Dsus2 Let ring

Bridge

Emin /// /// Emin /// /// Asus4 /// /// Amaj /// /// 2x


Cmaj /// /// Cmaj /// /// C#min7 /// /// C#min7 /// /// 


Cmaj /// /// C#min7 /// /Crotchet rest alt plain-svg.svgCrotchet rest alt plain-svg.svg Dsus2 /// /// Dsus /// ///


Chord Chart/ Fingering


Chords used in intro and verse


Dsus2 chordDmaj chordDmaj for the 3rd part of the intro and verse is Dmaj chord

Rest of the chords used in the song

A chordAsus4 chordBmin7 chordor  Bm chordC chordC#min7 chord

D chordEmin chordGmaj7 chordopen high E string is optional.


Gmaj7 chordyou can also play it like this. Might be easier for some people.



Wednesday, January 4, 2012

(7th Fret) Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift Guitar Tutorial


Video Here!


Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift
Tab by Alex Maldonado

Info:

Capo 7th Fret


Chord Chart at the bottom of the page

Right hand fingering shown under tabs 
T=Thumb F=First finger/Index M=Middle finger R=Ring finger


Order of the song:


Intro - Verse - Pre Chorus - Chorus- Intro - Verse - Pre Chorus-Chorus(2nd)- Bridge - Chours (3rd)- Outro


Right Hand Resting Position


My basic right hand resting position is with the thumb on the D string my first finger on the G string my middle finger on the B string and my ring finger on the high E string and in most cases those fingers play the strings that they rest on. The thumb also plays the A string and Low E string. There will be many cases where a finger will play a note it normally does not rest on so this is just a rule of thumb! (Ha! No pun intended)

Intro

Part 1
    Dmin          Amin     Fmaj          Cmaj       C/B

E|--------1p0--------------------------------------------------
B|--------3-------------1-----------------------------------1--
G|-----2----------------2--0h2--2--2--0----------0-------0-----
D|--0----------0-----2-----3-------3-----0h2--2----------------
A|----------------0----------------------3----------0h2--------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
    T  F  R    T  T  T  M  F    F  F  F  F    F  M  T    F  M
          M             F  T       T     T

Part - 2
    Dmin          Amin     Fmaj           Cmaj
E|--------1p0--------------------------------
B|--------3-------------1--------1--------1--
G|-----2----------------2--2-----------0-----
D|--0----------0-----2-----3--3-----3--------
A|----------------0-----------------------3--
E|-------------------------------------------
    T  F  R    T  T  T  M  F  T  M  T  F  M
          M             F  T              T

VERSE 

PART 1

    Dmin                  Amin          Fmaj          Cmaj        C/B
E|--0h1--------1p0----------------0-----------------------------------------
B|--3----------3----------0h1-----1--------------------------------------1--
G|----------2----------0----------------0h2--2--2--0----------0-------0-----
D|-------0----------0----------2-----2--3-------3-----0h2--2----------------
A|------------------------0---------------------------3----------0h2--------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    R    T  F  R    T  F  M    T  R  T  F    F  F  F  F    F  M  T    F  M
    M          M          T       M     T       T     T

PART 2
    Dmin          Amin     Fmaj           Cmaj

E|--------1p0-----------------------------------0--
B|--------3-------------1--------1--------1-----1--
G|-----2----------------2--2-----------0-----------
D|--0----------0-----2-----3--3-----3--------2-----
A|----------------0-----------------------3--------
E|-------------------------------------------------
    T  F  R    T  T  T  M  F  T  M  T  F  M  T  R
          M             F  T                    M


* The order of parts for the verse is Part1 - Part2 - Part 1 then it goes to the Pre-Chorus

PRE-CHORUS
    Gmaj                       Fmaj
E|--------------------------------------0-----
B|--------0--------1-----3--------1--3--------
G|-----0--0-----0--------------2-----------2--
D|-----------0-----2--2-----2-----------------
A|--------------------------------------------
E|--3-----------------------------------------
    T  F  M  T  F  M  T  M  T  F  M  M  R  F
          F        T

CHORUS
    Fmaj                          Cmaj          Gmaj
E|-----------------------0--------------3p0--------0--------
B|--1-----1--------3--------------1----------1--3-----3--1--
G|--2-----2-----2--------------0----------------------------
D|-----3-----3--------3-----0--------2----------------------
A|--------------------------------3-------------------------
E|----------------------------------------------3-----------
    M  T  M  T  F  M  T  R  T  F  M  T  R    M  M  R  M  M
    F     F                       T             T


    Fmaj                            Cmaj          Gmaj
E|-------------------------0--------------3p0--------0--------
B|----------1--------3--------------1----------1--3-----3--1--
G|--0h2-----2-----2--------------0----------------------------
D|--3----3-----3--------3-----0--------2----------------------
A|----------------------------------3-------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------3-----------
    F    T  M  T  F  M  T  R  T  F  M  T  R    M  M  R  M  M
    T       F                       T             T


    Fmaj                            Cmaj          Gmaj
E|-------------------------0--------------3p0--------0--------
B|----------1--------3--------------1----------1--3-----3--1--
G|--0h2-----2-----2--------------0----------------------------
D|--3----3-----3--------3-----0--------2----------------------
A|----------------------------------3-------------2-----------
E|------------------------------------------------------------
    F    T  M  T  F  M  T  R  T  F  M  T  R    M  M  R  M  M
    T       F                       T             T

    Amin7       Amin7/G      D/F#
E|--------0-----------0--------------0-----
B|-----------1-----------1-----1--3--------
G|--------------------------2-----------2--
D|-----2-----------2-----------------------
A|--0--------------------------------------
E|--------------3--------------------------
    T  T  R  M  T  T  R  M  F  M  M  R  F


Chours (2nd time)

Fmaj 8x | Cmaj 4x | Gmaj 4x |Repeat 3x

Amin 4x |Gmaj 4x | D/F# 8x


Bridge (oooh oooh ooooh part)

Fmaj 8x| Gmaj 8x| Amin 8x| Gmaj 8x| Repeat 2x


Chorus (3rd time)
    Fmaj                          Cmaj             Gmaj
E|-----------------------0--------------3p0-----------
B|--1-----1--------3--------------1----------------3--
G|--2-----2-----2--------------0----------------0-----
D|-----3-----3--------3-----0--------2-------2-------- Repeat 2x
A|--------------------------------3-------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------3--
    M  T  M  T  F  M  T  R  T  F  M  T  R    T  F  M
    F     F                       T                T 

Fmaj 8x| Cmaj 4x| Gmaj 4x

Amin 4x |Gmaj 4x | D/F# 8x

Outro

Fmaj 8x| Cmaj 4x| Gmaj 4x| Repeat as many times as needed

Chord Chart/Fingerings


Amin chordAmin7 chordAmin7/G chordC/B chordCmaj chordDm chord
Fmaj chordD/F# chordGmaj chord




The End