Andy McKee is an amazing fingerstyle player. I have been spending the last two weeks getting myself up to speed with some of these accomplished fingerstyle guitarists. I decided to work on a couple of pieces and, even for the advanced player, some of these arrangements are very challenging.
One of the tunes I am working on, Drifting, is available on YouTube here. For those of you who play, you can try the tab here. Be warned however. He makes it seem easy to play the song. But learning his tapping and fingerstyle technique is a little more involved.
Hello Richard,
I saw in you blog you left a link to Andy Mckee’s drifting tab, but the link is broken. I am looking for this tab but can’t find it. Can you send me or fix the link?
Thank you!
Gabriel
Hi Gabriel,
I checked the links and they are all still working. I’ll send you a copy via email just in case…
Richard
I’m quiet an advanced player but I just can’t seem to tab this song and the link doesn’t work for me either, can you send it to me too?? thx in advance
Not sure why the link is not working for you. It is still up. Oh well. A mystery.
I have sent you a copy of the tab. Have fun!
a great song ! unfortunately the link doesn’t work for me either
could you please send me a copy too ?
tanks in advance !
jann
Try keying this into your browser as the link is definitely up…
http://video-tabs.com/andy-mckee-drifting/
If that doesn’t work, drop me a line and I will send a copy out to you.
Hi,
I’m sure there is a problem with the link still (somehow) – I’ve tried it both in ie and Firefox hand-typed and pasted and it still doesn’t work for me.
Would it be possible to send me this tab? I really like the style of the piece and want to learn it.
keep up the good work
cheers
Hello Ben,
The link is there. Works fine. I’ve tried it from 8 different browsers and five different computers through 5 different ISPs.
Here is the tab. Cut and paste and format with a monospaced font.
Both E’s and the B are dropped down.
It is tuned as follows
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I am the webmaster at video-tabs.com. It worries me that so many people are having trouble accessing the link. I think it might be a problem with my hosting company. Are the people who are having trouble in countries outside the US?
Hi there, ive been learning Drifting off a guitar pro file and its not as accurate as id like it to b. Could u send me a copy of ur tab, the one u got posted is kinda hard to read!! thanks
Hi Mitch. Try the link in the post first. The link is up and the tab and video are on the site. If not, cut and paste the tab into a word processor and format with a mono space font (courier). Best of luck learning the piece. It is a bit challenging.
Thanx for drifting-tab richard, i like this song very much, and i spent 2 weeks trying to conquer this song, but i failed so your tab very helpful.
Brilliant post – i love andy mckee – incredible player. If you are into instrumental music Rodrigo and Gabriella are amazing – http://www.rodgab.com/ ,awesome stuff. Matt Stevens is good, instrumental stuff http://www.mattstevensguitar.com and for Mckee type things erik mongrain is amazing.