The song is called "Fantasy Serenade", it is on "Just a Game" by Triumph. It's one of those wild and wonderful Rik Emmett acoustic pieces that make you realize just how tough it can be to play guitar.
There are probably some mistakes in this; it's been years since I lifted the song so I may have misremembered something :) If someone has a better way to play some of these parts (either alternate fingerings, or voicings that are closer to the original) I'd like to hear about them.
All in all this is a fun song to play... even though after years I still can't do the party I marked 'nasty' that well.
Enjoy, Dean
This song is played with the 6th string tuned down to a D. You probably don't want to use a pick for this.
\ / \ Indicates that the chord should be strummed from low to high strings. / Only chords marked like this should be strummed -- the rest should \ be fingerpicked. /
The rest is just heavy strumming with lots of open strings. You will have to listen to the song to get the rhythm. I use the top of my nails, and rake them across the strings. Where I place a 'u' above the tab I rake just my thumb nail up the strings (high to low). Where I place a 'd' I rake my middle and ring finger nails down the strings (low to high). I generally hit the strings really hard here; so the open low strings should resound through the entire passage even where I don't explicitly mark them. I'm not sure if this is the right way to do it; but I'm self-taught and this works for me.
d u d d d d u d d d d u d d -|--2--2--3--0--2-----5--5--6--5-----5--7--7--8--7-------------------| -|--3--3--3--3--3-----6--6--6--6-----6--8--8--8--8-------------------| -|--2--2--2--2--2-----5--5--5--5-----5--7--7--7--7-------------------| -|--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-------------------| -|--0--0--------------0-----------------0----------------------------| -|--0-----------------0-----------------0----------------------------|
At this point I pretend I'm holding a pick between my thumb and index finger, and use the top of the nail to strum the strings. 'u' and 'd' just represent strumming directions now.
d d u d d d u d d d u d d d d d -|--10--10--10--10-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---| -|--11--11--11--11-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---| -|--10--10--10--10-----9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9---| -|--0---0-------0------0--0-----0----0---0-------0---------0--0--0---| -|--0---0-------0------0--0----------0---0-------0-------------------| -|--0---0-------0------0--0----------0---0-------0-------------------|
d d u d d d d d d d u d ad lib ududud... -|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| -|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| -|--11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| -|--0---0-------0---------0--0--0----0---0---0---0--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--| -|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------| -|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|
finish up with heavily accented chords:
d d d -|--10--10-----------------------------------------------------------| -|--10--10--5--------------------------------------------------------| -|--11--11--2--------------------------------------------------------| -|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------| -|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------| -|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
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