Anyone have a source either online or in print for the guitar tab of "El Gato" by the Chandelles? My surf music books don't have it and I've had no luck online.

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ElBirkerio wrote:

I have a gross version once written down. surprised to hear Ralfs comments on it. In my opinion, it is simply a I - IV - V progession in F# minor ...
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What is a I - IV - V progression in F# minor???
I do not know anything about such complicated music theory…
Ok, I have heard there is a F# minor in music.
But El Gato is in E my friend. If you play something different, do it. Be creative with this nice surf song.

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Last edited: Dec 26, 2013 07:12:30

HallmarkSweptWinger wrote:

What is a I - IV - V progression in F# minor???
I do not know anything about such complicated music theory…

Not sure how useful this will be since English is not your first language, but here's a pretty simple explanation of what people mean by I - IV - V. This stuff, even the basics, is rarely seen as useful by people who are self-taught ear players, but for those of us hacking our way through it it's a good way to start to understand things while we try to develop an ear. I also like the number system as a way of communicating about it.

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Last edited: Dec 26, 2013 09:34:27

You can put tabs in a forum post if you use the code block. But it's probably better for longer pieces to upload it to the file section.

I'm with Ralf, from what I remember that song is either sped up or slowed down or something making it a bit hard to figure out by ear if you are trying to play along with the recording.

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hi!
just a suggestion - neither accurate nor verified. the chords are also just a guess; the youtube - video I used is this one - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zti4Wxit48

The Chandelles – El Gato
F# minor key
138 bpm

E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--4--2-----1--2--4--2--------------4--2-----1--2--4--2------------
A|--------4--------------4--2--------------4--------------4--2------
E|-----------------------------5--2-----------------------------5--2

F#m
E|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------1-----1-----1-----------
D|--------------------2--4-----4-----4-----4--2-----
A|--------------2--4-----------------------------4--
E|--2--2--2--5--------------------------------------

E|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------1-----1-----1-----------
D|------------------2--4-----4-----4-----4--2-----
A|------------2--4-----------------------------4--
E|2--2--2--5--------------------------------------

Bm                                                   
E|---------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------6-----6-----6-----------
D|---------------------7--9-----9-----9-----9--7-----
A|---------------7--9-----------------------------9--
E|--7--7--7--10--------------------------------------

F#m
E|------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------1-----1-----1-----------
D|------------------2--4-----4-----4-----4--2-----
A|------------2--4-----------------------------4--
E|2--2--2--5--------------------------------------

C#m                             Bm 
E|--10--8-----------------------8--6--------------------
B|---------10--10--8--10--8-----------8--8--6--8--6-----
G|---------------------------9-----------------------7--
D|------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------

F#m
E|--2-----------------------------------------------
B|-----5--2--2-----2--------------------------------
G|--------------4-----4--2-----2-----2-----2--------
D|--------------------------4-----4-----4-----4--2--
A|--------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------

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Last edited: Dec 26, 2013 12:22:35

Number 9 & El Birkerio: Thank you very much, El Gato is a difficult tune to decipher.

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The arpeggiated chords in the intro and breaks have added notes – not just Major/minor triads. This makes the tonality ambiguous and 'floaty'. I haven't tried to figure it out (it hasn't grabbed me just yet) but if I were to figure it, I'd start with chorus and work back from there, as it's less ambiguous; once you get that figured, the logic of the intro/break will be clearer.

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