\---Song:-Ecstacy-of-Gold-------------\ \---Composer:-Ennio-Morricone---------\ \---Transcription-by:Christian Liang--\ /---E-Mail:christian.liang@gmail.com--/ /---http://www.chrisliang.com---------/ /---Enjoy!----------------------------/ [see below for Notes and Legend] ========================================================================== Ecstacy of Gold by Ennio Morricone (1928-) ========================================================================== [1] poco rit. 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E|-----7h107-------7-----10--------|-7-------7-------7---------------| B|-----0----10p8-10--0-----8---10--|-----0-------0-----------7-------| G|---0-----------------0-----0---0-|---0---0---0---0-------8---8-----| D|---------------------------------|---------------------9-------9---| A|-10=============-10=============-|10==============---9-----------9-| E|---------------------------------|-----------------7==============-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 1 R p i a a m m a m i a m i m i a i m i a i m i a p i m a m i p m p p p [11] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|---------0---------------0-------|-3-------0---------------0-------| G|-0-----------0-------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------0---| D|-----2-----2---2---2---2---2---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-| A|---2---2-------------------------|---------------------------------| E|-0==============-0==============-|-3==============-3==============-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 R a i m i a i m i p i m i a i m i a i m i a i m i p i m i a i m i p p [13] E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| B|-------0-----0---------0---------|---------------------0-----------| G|-----2---2-----2---------2-----2-|---------------0---0---0---0-----| D|---2-------2-----2---2-----2-----|-----2h4-2---2---2-------2---2p0-| A|-0================-0========-0---|---3-------3---------------------| E|---------------------------------|-0==============================-| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | L 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 R p i m a m i a m i p i a m i p m p i m m p i m i m a m i m i [15] II............................... 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A great song that has a Romance de Espana plucking feel. Plucking exercise with arpeggios. A couple of barre chords: B Major on the 2nd fret and 7th fret. Pluck the song uniformly in mostly pimi pattern. There are times you will need to play the same string twice with same finger. You may want to use pull offs instead to keep plucking smoother. You can undulate the volume for emotions. Keep in tempo (better to go slow than fast and lose the beat). I finished the song with harmonics on the 12 fret. Equally nice would be Em Chord strum. ====== Legend ====== Left Right p = pull off p = pulgar = thumb h = hammer on i = indice = index / = slide m = medio = middle = = suspend/hold Note a = annular = ring V = Barre at fret 5 Poco rit. = slow down gradually