splintercell37

princesanji, try Windows Live Skydrive next time. No download limits! I can imagine that would sound better in real life. I think it needs more.......er, chorus? The effect that makes it sound more hollow, more surrounding. I don't know for certain, I'm not an electric guitarist, but I'm sure someone here knows what I mean ;) But really, it's a great effort! :) Edit: A touch of chorus + some more reverb in Adobe Audition produced a nice result, but I'm not sure you're playing correctly? http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0074634 That's more or less what Jonny plays live (if you look on youtube), if you're curious for a more accurate sound. Mess with it a bit though, I think the person who tabbed that was rushing through. Not that it really matters...yours sounds pretty good either way. :)

QFT. But it's a double thing. Being a learned pianist myself, I was always mildly annoyed that my teacher never taught any interesting songs. So I tried to play Coldplay. Jumping straight in the deep end left me struggling to read it, but it helped my sightreading tremendously for my lessons, and I enjoyed what I was doing. Truth is, I didn't become the pianist I am by playing For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, nor by playing Lovers in Japan. I got skill by playing both. And practicing. Lots of practice. The easy songs like Jolly Good Fellow taught me how to read music, how to play something correctly which I've never heard before. But playing Coldplay helped me to understand what I was hearing with what I was playing, because I knew the song off by heart, and I could emulate the rhythm without needing to read the rests. After a while I began to appreciate music as an art, not just entertainment, and I didn't have a problem with playing the songs I didn't know. At the end of the day it boils down to practice. Take sbomb for example. Different folks, different strokes. But I'd definitely recommend starting easy. Don't jump ahead of yourself or you're likely to get frustrated and stop working at it. That said, Lovers in Japan is fun to play and pretty easy. ;)

I wonder how well an ebow + effects would work for the sound? Anyone willing to try? (I haven't had a chance to buy one yet, as I don't have an electric)

I had some problems with the 'noise' as well. I thought it was a synth. I have no idea what those effects are, I'm an acoustic guitarist, sorry. But you might find this cover to be of interest: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnKJW9KVbsA]YouTube - Coldplay - Lovers In Japan - Guitar Cover[/ame] I think he's getting his tabs from here: http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=mn0074634

Been stalking the forums for a while. I'm a guitarist, pianist, singer/songwriter and christian. Insert mandatory statement about how much I love coldplay here. ;) Noticed some questions about tabs and the like that I knew answers to so figured I'd drop by and solve some confusion. Hope you all have a pleasant day!