This is the intro to Natalie Merchant’s “Carnival”. This was originally played by Jen Turner, who’s an amazing guitar player.
This is a bit of a milestone for me – it’s one of the songs that got me started with Justin Guitar almost 2 years ago. I really wanted to learn to play this intro.
I took it on as a transcribing challenge, and learned it by ear. Hope you guys like it!
Thanks for your time!
Very tricky piece to play I would thing, sounds great
Great job Andrey! Sounds great!
I love this song! I can understand you wanting to learn it. 
Bravo, well done, sounded great, Andrey. Enjoy what I have heard of her.
Sounded lovely - great use of dynamics!
Bravo @andreybutov
I am a big fan of this song too … you’ve done great transcribing that. 
Well done Andrey
Well done, Andrey!
Me too! The whole album is so nice!
Andrey, great job on the transcription. It is also one of my favorite guitar parts of all time. Jen Turner was so young when she played on this album …. she’s done some interesting stuff since, but went completely different direction than I would have expected.
Big favor ask :-)! Can you share your tab? I learned this years ago and lost my own, and really want to get this one back under my fingers.
Thanks Man!
I’m sorry. I would, but I don’t have one to upload. I started doing the basic transcription on paper, but then couldn’t figure out how to notate all the little nuanced things that made the piece what it is, so I just learned it by ear.
Thay was cool. Big fan of hers. 10,000 maniacs did one of the best unplugged performances imo. Great job doing the transcription and play through. 