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Clara! You’ve got me on my knees, Clara! I’m begging darling please….
Guitarists have answered the call laid down by the Twelfth Doctor’s bit of fourth wall breaking strumming and have tabbed the heartbreaking ‘Clara’ song.
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard the sweet, sweet sound of strumming here at K towers – not since former editor Christian Cawley met a devil at a crossroad and sold his soul to the blues.
Ah, those were the days; not an evening would pass without him stood astride the twin K towers bellowing out a blistering, face melting rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Oh Well’ (scoring fan points for its inclusion in Spearhead from Space) while Blogtor Who threw shoes at him and told him to keep it down.
It’s all changed now, someone at K now plays the Bass; so its jazz funk fusion all night until Parliament make the Mothership Connection (scoring fan points for the reference in The Zygon Inversion to Dr. Funkenstein).
The guitarist in question, fan AbeLincolnFroman, has taken the time to transcribe the Doctor’s song “Clara”, which he played to say goodbye (again) to his longtime companion as she left him forever…sort of…
So if you can read tablature – a sort of bluffer’s guide to picking up songs by simply listing the position each finger is placed on a corresponding string by number; so E 2 would be the second fret on the E string – it’s a handy way to memorize songs, learn covers and a way to avoid learning to read music or playing by ear if you’re lazy.
Although if you are watching fingers, be warned, some bands like Queens of the Stone Age used to delight in showing clips in their music videos of their hands in completely the wrong positions (although if you are tabbing from a music video, you are asking for trouble.)
Which sort of implies that Peter Capaldi was playing live and not miming along with his hands in any old position; how awesome is that! Or that the guitarist mapped it by ear which makes you wonder why no one has done this before.
Still, now you can relive the worst day in the Doctors life again and again! You could even form your own Doctor Who themed bands! Although by government mandate you also have to learn this.
Don’t blame me, if you don’t like it, why don’t you write to…Parliament (nailed it).
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