Saturday, April 28, 2007

Eternity Memory Of Light Waves

The song for this week is called Eternity Memory Of Light Waves, an OST from the anime Final Fantasy x-2. Had a bit of a problem learning the song because the melody is a little off beat from the rhythm. Was intentional by the composers, Noriko Matsueda and Takahito Eguchi.



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ETERNITY MEMORY OF LIGHTWAVES – Matsueda Eguchi
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Tabbed by: Graham Choo
Email: da_tweens@yahoo.co.uk

Tuning: Standard (Capo 3rd fret)

Verse 1:
   C9      D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----3---------3-0-------3---------3-------------------------|
G|-0---0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2---------------------------|
D|-2-2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0-----------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------0-0-----------------------------------------| 
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2-------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
Verse 2:
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2-------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2-------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
Verse 3:
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2-------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2-------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2-------------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
   C         D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---------3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2---0---------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0---------------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------------------------------| 
Chorus:
   C9         Dsus         Em          Bm
e|-3---2-------3---2-----------2-2---0-2-------------------------|
B|-3-----3---0-3-----3---1-0---0-0---0-3-3-------3---------------|
G|-0-0-----0---2-2-----2---0-------0-------4---4-----------------|
D|-------------0-----------2-2---------------4-------------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------2-------------------------|
E|-------------------------0-------------------------------------|
   C9         Dsus         Em
e|-3---2-------3---2---------5-5\3-3-5-7-------------------------|
B|-3-----3---0-3-----3---1-0-7-7\5-5-7-8-8---8-------------------|
G|-0-0-----0---2-2-----2---0-----------9---9---------------------|
D|-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------0---0-----0---------------------------| 
   C9         Dsus         Em          Bm
e|-3---2-------3---2-----------2-2---0-2-------------------------|
B|-3-----3---0-3-----3---1-0---0-0---0-3-3-------3---------------|
G|-0-0-----0---2-2-----2---0-------0-------4---4-----------------|
D|-------------0-----------2-2---------------4-------------------|
A|-3-----------------------------------2-------------------------|
E|-------------------------0-------------------------------------| 
   C9         Dsus           Em
e|-3---2-------3---2------8--7-8--10\7-7-5-7-3-------------------|
B|-3-----3---0-3-----3/10-10-8-10-12\8-8-7-8-5-5-----------------|
G|-0-0-----0---2-2-------------------------------4---------------|
D|-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------0----0------0---0-------------------| 
Verse 1
Bridge:
       C9             G/B      Em  
e|-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-0h1-3-3-------3-0h1-3---1-0---0-------------------------------|
G|-----0-0---0---------0-------2---0----0-2---0---0--------------|
D|---------2-------------0------------4-----4---4---2------------|
A|-----3---------------2-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------0---------------------------------| 
  D/B                   A/C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3-0-------------------0-------------------------------------|
G|-2-------0-2---0---0---2---0---0-2---0---0---------------------|
D|-0-----4-----4---4---2-2-----4-----4---4---2-------------------|
A|-2---------------------3---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
   C9                    D
e|---0-------------------0-2-2-2-2-3-3/5-------------------------|
B|-3---------------------3-3-3-3-3-5-5/7-------------------------|
G|-0---0---0-2---0---0---2-2-2-2-2-------------------------------|
D|-2-----4-----4---4---2-0---------------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
   D
e|-----------2-----5------10-------14-17-------------------------|
B|-----3---3---3/7---7/10----10/15-------------------------------|
G|---2---2-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
Chorus
Verse 4:
   C9      D         Em        D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----3---------3-0-------3---------3-------------------------|
G|-0---0---2-2---2---0-----0---2-2---2---------------------------|
D|-2-2-----0---0-----2---2-----0---0-----------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------0-0-----------------------------------------| 
   C         D         Em
e|-------------------------------0-------0-----------------------|
B|---------3---------3-0-------3---3-----3-----------------------|
G|-0-----0---2-2---2---0-----0-------0---0-----------------------|
D|-2---2-----0---0-----2---2-----------2-2-----------------------|
A|-3-3-----------------------------------2-----------------------|
E|---------------------0-0---------------0-----------------------|
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
at

47 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 28, 2007 at 3:04 AM

    you are awesome!!my dream is to play like you man!!

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  2. UnknownAugust 5, 2007 at 12:16 AM

    heyyy bro do u hv this in Gp5? guitar pro 5?

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  3. Graham ChooAugust 5, 2007 at 8:01 AM

    Sorry aaron, I don't. Have seen the program before and tried it, but i can't use it because I'm not musically trained, so I don't understand scores and how to express timing and beats in numbers. Sorry

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  4. UnknownAugust 29, 2007 at 10:15 AM

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  5. UnknownAugust 29, 2007 at 10:29 AM

    hey graham? for this song arent all the notes 3 frets higher? because i tried that way and it didnt sound right and i moved it up 3 frets and it worked. also on your video your playing on the 6th and 5th string for the begginning. Thank you :D

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  6. Graham ChooAugust 29, 2007 at 10:35 AM

    Yeah, you're right, it's 3 frets higher. That's why it's indicated in the tuning that it's standard by Capo on 3rd fret. The Capo is the black device you see on my guitar's neck. It raises the guitar's tuning according to the fret it's clipped on.

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  7. UnknownAugust 29, 2007 at 12:12 PM

    oh i apologize. i did not know what a capo was. is there a way to play it without a capo? God bless :D

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  8. Graham ChooAugust 29, 2007 at 4:57 PM

    You can play it without a capo, but that just means you can't play along with the midi file. The tabs will still work out fine if you play it as it is

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2007 at 2:32 AM

    e|---------------------
    B|---------3---------3-
    G|-0-----0---2-2---2---
    D|-2---2-----0---0-----
    A|-3-2-----------------
    E|---------------------
    <-----I---->

    hi did u tab it wronge or
    i dont see u play the 2 on the video O.o or is it just me?

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  10. Graham ChooSeptember 21, 2007 at 8:23 PM

    Thank you so much for that. I did make a mistake in tabbing that part out. Have made the corrections already. Thanks once again :P

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2007 at 11:19 PM

    hm... so it wasnt just me :P u got any tip on playing the chorus? cant get it smooth with it. dont think u tab wronge ? or did u ? :P

    or if u got spare time do a tutorial :P oh and thx for the tab between

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  12. Graham ChooSeptember 22, 2007 at 11:53 PM

    I tried out the chorus part. It's tabbed out correctly. Think the best way to go about learning the chorus part is to memorize where to place all the double-tone notes. It's a bit of a jumping up and down the fretboard.

    The rest is just practice, practice and practice. No easy way to learn I guess. All the best! Will probably do an instructional pretty soon... hopefully :x

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  13. AnonymousNovember 2, 2007 at 7:46 AM

    wow man you are so good at playing the guitar. awesome job!

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  14. AnonymousDecember 14, 2007 at 2:59 PM

    about chorus....are u really sure about the tab? Couse' i tryied it...and i guess there are some 'not needed' notes...

    C9
    e|-3---2-------|
    B|-3-----3---0-|
    G|-0-0-----0---|
    D|-------------|
    A|-3-----------|
    E|-------------|

    like the second G note from this C9chord...i can't hear it in your song...

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  15. Graham ChooDecember 14, 2007 at 5:01 PM

    Hey Catapral, the tabs are accurate. That's how I played it in the video, just that the midi file in the background probably makes it to hear every note i play clearly :)

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  16. AnonymousDecember 15, 2007 at 3:06 AM

    yeap, you're right...i've played along with your song and your tab and it's absolutley corect tabbed... just that the first time i didn't know how to play it (it was a practice problem). By the way/ It's a lovely song to play!

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  17. AnonymousDecember 26, 2007 at 6:51 PM

    5-5\3-3-5-7------------------------7-7\5-5-7-8-8---8----------------------------9---9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-----0-------------------------

    how come from the tab...maybe it's just me...i dont see the note/s u played last in this part? like when i play this part, it always sounds like im missing something in the end...

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  18. AnonymousDecember 26, 2007 at 6:56 PM

    ---5-5\3-3-5-7----------|
    ---7-7\5-5-7-8-8---8----|
    -------------9---9------|
    ------------------------|
    ------------------------|
    -----0-----0------------|


    sry the last post didnt turn out right

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  19. Graham ChooDecember 26, 2007 at 8:37 PM

    Hey seteki, I tried out the part, and the tabs are accurate :)

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  20. AnonymousDecember 31, 2007 at 12:04 AM

    hello! i love this piece even though i can't play e guitar (: it sounds really great! hehe watching the split video makes me kinda wanna laugh cos it's so surreal,like watching fingers moving by themselves =) God bless!

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2008 at 4:55 AM

    This is really great! How long did it take you to learn it?

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  22. Graham ChooJanuary 3, 2008 at 9:44 AM

    I took about 3hrs to learn it. Just watched it off another YouTuber who put up a video of himself playing it and mimicked what he did. The user is called blitzwater by the way :P

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  23. AnonymousJanuary 3, 2008 at 7:57 PM

    Haha! It's taken me 3 days to learn the verse and part of the chorus :p

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  24. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    so ummm ive learned the whole thing..just need to get it smooth and stuff
    but ummm
    i see u pressing the 5th string on the 2nd fret in the verses...but i dont see that in the tab..why?

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  25. Graham ChooFebruary 3, 2008 at 7:28 PM

    Hey seteki,
    Yeah, I press that string although I did not play it. I tend to press unnecessary strings because I play the chord (e.g. Em for the part you're talking about).
    You can do without it if you want, but it helps me to remember songs, cause I remember them by chords :)

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2008 at 5:13 AM

    ooo that's why
    thx now i learned a new thing haha

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  27. AnonymousMarch 4, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    woo. this one's a beast. nice one getting it on tabs o_o

    any tips for playing the chorus? it's up there next to "woo that's gonna be tough to play" >_<

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  28. Graham ChooMarch 4, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    The chorus is pretty tough because of all the movement, playing the melody line along with the chords.

    Good thing is that the melody line can be easily pressed, because they're not too far off from the chord formation. Harder part would be the sliding up and down for the double tone part.

    Play the song slowly first, if it's too fast to keep up with. Keep practicing until you're good at memorizing where and how the chords are played. Then progress on by increasing your tempo until you finally reach the correct speed for the song.

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  29. AnonymousMarch 8, 2008 at 7:16 AM

    any possibility of you posting one that doesn't have the midi file playing in the background? i'd like to be able to hear just the guitar so i can pick up the rhythm better.

    it's cool if you don't want to.. but it would be awesome :D

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  30. AnonymousMarch 21, 2008 at 1:08 AM

    Simply amazing, I loved it, you have alot of talent and putting it into tabs was even better. I hope to learn it and play it as good as you do some time.

    Also, if the Capo is on the 3rd fret and you type "3" in the tabs, does it mean I actually play the 6th note?

    Like is it 3 notes from the Capo?

    Idk if you understand me lol.

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  31. Graham ChooMarch 21, 2008 at 8:18 AM

    Hey, thanks for the compliment. Yeah, you count the notes from where you place the capo. It's easier that way, than to count from the original.

    Have fun learning the song! :)

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  32. AnonymousJune 6, 2008 at 1:19 PM

    First of all, I must really thank you for this tab, seeing as there is no guitar pro tab for it. Secondly, I worked with yours and basically could get it to work with somewhat right timing. [A bit off when it comes to the fast sliding part.] I even could transport it to a different tune to make it better for me. ;3 Thanks again. Maybe I could give it to you on guitar pro so you can see if it works for you as well. After all, you were the one who tabbed it in the first place.

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  33. Graham ChooJune 9, 2008 at 6:27 PM

    Hey, thanks for the offer. I know GuitarPro's an excellent tool for guitarists to tab out their songs and learn from them. Only problem for me is that I don't know how to read musical notes cause I'm not formally trained. Also, there's the issue with beats and rests and what not. Heh.

    For the time being, until I've learned how to read and write notes, with their musical notations, I'll stick to the tabs i'm writing. Feel free of course to put it on the GuitarPro programme. Just remember about the Creative Commons :)

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  34. AnonymousJuly 9, 2008 at 9:13 AM

    Thank you, the tabs and video are more than helpful. -L0bsterslayer

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  35. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2008 at 2:10 AM

    do you pick or strum the chords?
    for example on verse 1 chords
    c9,d,Em,d,c and so on...

    C9 D Em D
    ---- ---- ---- ----
    3--- ---- 0--- ----
    0--- 2--- 0--- 2---
    2--- 0--- 2--- 0---
    3--- ---- ---- ----
    ---- ---- 0--- ----

    C
    ----
    ----
    0---
    2---
    3---
    ----

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  36. Graham ChooSeptember 5, 2008 at 8:19 AM

    Hey, I pluck throughout the whole song. There's no strumming :)

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  37. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 5:36 AM

    i tried that ,but it doesnt sound right mayb its just me..
    thanks doe!

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  38. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2008 at 5:28 AM

    amazing song and i think you are really talented to be able to play this song! this is going to take me some time haha how long it take you to learn this perfectly?

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  39. Graham ChooSeptember 26, 2008 at 9:39 AM

    I took about 3hrs to learn it. Just watched it off another YouTuber who put up a video of himself playing it and mimicked what he did. The user is called blitzwater by the way :P

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  40. AnonymousDecember 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM

    entero koreano
    xd

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  41. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2009 at 4:15 AM

    can you play the Wind crest? The three trails? please? :) http://mx.youtube.com/watch?v=wkG7_xqu4d8&feature=related i really like that son =) thankyou ^^

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  42. AnonymousApril 28, 2009 at 12:33 AM

    Thanks a bunch for putting up these tabs they help a lot i just started so i cant play the full song yet but im working on it...Very Nice Job

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  43. StevoJuly 29, 2009 at 7:35 PM

    Man I just want to let you know how awesome this is. I'm not musically inclined at all but I would kill to be able to play this, so I've been looking for piano sheet music all day and then I stumbled upon this video, the first guitar version I've heard. The most amazing part is that you dedicated this to God. This song means a lot to me even though there aren't any lyrics. I could say a lot of things, but I think I'll leave it at that and just say how happy I am to discover this. God bless bro!

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  44. AnonymousDecember 11, 2009 at 11:13 PM

    First of all thanks for the tab, and really great job for the playing part.

    The chorus is really though I'm trying but I don't get it right...semms that when i need a high note i play a low note, don't fit the melody xD Well, juste need to work it I guess.

    Great blog!

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  45. AnonymousMay 13, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    hey i just want to know that is it possible to have the device (capo) on my guitar, cause my guitar not electric guitar.
    Sorry noob here ^^)

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  46. Graham ChooMay 14, 2010 at 6:24 AM

    Hey there, there are capos for acoustic, classical, and electric guitars, so you can use a capo for whichever guitar you have :)

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  47. UnknownJune 5, 2010 at 2:20 AM

    thanks so much for doing this! just discovered this tune and had to learn it immediately. the tabs all seem correct, i think what's tripping some people up is the rather tricky rhythm, or maybe the piano going in the background. nice job, thanks again!

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