Africa – Andy McKee

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Today’s video guitar lesson shows you how to play Africa by Andy McKee.
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Comment by Raph-Yay
2007-01-07 15:41:34

I’m starting a minimalist tab, but that’s gonna take ages >__>

I just found the exact tuning and the very beginning riff :

Tuning : DGDGAD – Capo 2nd Fret

[0:00] - Basic Left Hand Pattern - Add Rythm
||------------2h0-------2h0------2h0-----------2h0--
||----------------2h0p2-----2h0p2------2h0p2h0------
||---------4----------------------------------------
||--5---4-------------------------------------------
||---------4----------------------------------------
||--5---4-------------------------------------------

Any Help appreciated !

Comment by Daniel
2007-12-28 11:39:30

haha shit :D everyone wants a tab but there is non in sight.. You know what you can buy all of the tabs at his website candyrat.com (think it was spelled that way) if not Ask Mr.Google he has awnsers to all of youre questions ;)

Im not the kind of guy who pays 4 a download but every free tab that ive found of andy mckee so far kinda sucks bigtime…

Comment by turtle
2008-01-14 21:30:20

go and get stuffed, thats ur own personal oppinion – fine – keep it 2 urself… u r a bloody loser, and i bet that even if u tried u culdnt play one of his free tabs… go and fuck yaself

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Comment by pablo
2007-12-28 18:44:07

please somebody sendme the tabs of africa to my mail. im so pleased with you. bye

 
Comment by GuitarStu
2009-01-26 02:22:36

If you want them that bad, stop being a bunch of tight arses and buy it from him. At least its correct. I’ve bought all his tabs and CDs. This means he’ll be inspired to make more music.

https://www.candyrat.com/cart/default.aspx?catalogid=238&quantity=1

It’s a whole $20. Support the little guys!

 
Comment by jay
2010-06-29 01:36:25

give the man the respect he deserves.fucking pay for them.

 
 
Comment by Ravoire J-Mi
2007-01-16 13:18:15

10 000 Bravo….!

 
Comment by strangerdanger
2007-01-28 03:01:01

Andy talks about his tunings on his forums. Check out http://andymckee.jconserv.net/viewtopic.php?t=2

 
Comment by dude
2007-02-21 15:47:09

the begining is good, if anyone can tab the rest of the song, please share it with us.

 
Comment by Jason
2007-03-05 01:07:10

i was hopeing your had the full tablature for andy mckee’s ( Africa ) . plz email me back

 
Comment by delfina
2007-03-09 10:47:09

you really a good player felicitation, where can i find this tab, is it possible to get it in guitarpro format?
i really don’t undestand the text tab
thank’s a lot

 
Comment by Colin
2007-03-12 10:30:06

If anyone has the whole tab of Andy McKee’s version of Africa, I wouldn’t mind gettin it. I’ve been looking for it for awhile now. thanks

 
Comment by matt
2007-03-19 09:29:57

it sounds great,if anyone can tab rest, please share it, anyways i’ll try on my own and share it with you guys.

 
Comment by mbdz
2007-03-31 05:26:20

the best….

have anyone got tab for ‘Rylynn’? plz, mail me!
mbdz1@yahoo.pl

 
Comment by Ben
2007-04-02 09:35:52

Hey, gimmie abit, i learnt the whole thing in an hour off the video, im just playing it now.

I’ll text it soon!

 
Comment by jean
2007-04-04 00:44:08

wow, this is wonderful.. are tabs available for this? (or Rylynn etc.) if someone could send me any, I’d be grateful. I don’t quite trust my own ears enough to learn this..
hannahuu88@gmail.com

 
Comment by Heydji
2007-04-05 06:37:30

Hey,

I’ve just known Andymckee on “youtube”… great guitarist, very good spirit…
If somebody may to send me guitar tab of Rylynn and africa. Thinks and “hello from paris”… sorry for my english…
Heydji1@hotmail.fr

 
Comment by bentofarine
2007-04-07 09:54:39

yeah cool this one :-) . but i prefer rylynn, but non tablature on internet. if someone has them, bentofarine2621@yahoo.fr, it would be cool :-) .

 
Comment by Patrick
2007-04-10 14:34:34

Andy Mckee is great, amazing, awesome guitarist! i was wondering if anyone had the tabs for rylynn and Africa and if they could email it to me. i couldnt really figure it out from just listening to it

 
Comment by Tak
2007-04-11 09:09:33

Andy McKee is a genious.
If anyone has the guitar tabs(AFRICA, DRFTING, RYLYNN ETC) could you send them to me as well please.

evenbetterthantherealthing_tm@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you.

 
Comment by mike
2007-04-11 10:42:35

anyone ever find a tab for africa?? if so, i’d really like a copy for myself…mstalter@hotmail.com

 
Comment by keven
2007-04-12 15:54:05

Andy Mckee is great, amazing, awesome guitarist! i was wondering if anyone had the tabs for rylynn and Africa and if they could email it to me. i couldnt really figure it out from just listening to it

plz send me if you have thank !
kev123_123@hotmail.com

 
Comment by drab
2007-04-20 13:19:36

Hy Guys does any body know where I can get the Tabs for INTO the OCEAN? I am from Europe and i cant the tabs from candyrat.com? Please would be very nice. See ya drab

 
Comment by Something
2007-04-20 14:01:32

wow
Great song :P

 
Comment by hmmmm
2007-04-20 14:08:10

k I’m not great at doing tabs or something so this is just an idea of one part of the song…
Tuning DGDGAD capo 2

||--5--5--5--4
||--2--5--5--0
||--0--5--0--2
||--0--5--0--0
||--0--5--0--2
||--x--x--x--0

And that’s all…… I don’t know if this is right…. can anyone please help me with the rest

 
Comment by dave
2007-05-08 21:28:30

All of you are crazy this guy is amazing no one can copy his talent!

 
Comment by Josh Kaufman
2007-05-08 23:47:43

@ Dave “All of you are crazy this guy is amazing no one can copy his talent!”

That is like saying no one can play basketball because no one is as good as Michael Jordan. No one is trying to “copy his talent”. People are trying to learn Andy’s unique songs so that they can improve their guitar playing.

 
Comment by Svensson
2007-05-21 13:36:01

have anyone got tab for ‘Rylynn’? plz, mail me!
svensson81@gmail.com

 
Comment by Bean
2007-05-22 09:21:27

i need also all tabs of andy mckee
especially rylynn!!

illu42@web.de

it would be great if someone could send me the tabs!

thx

 
Comment by mike
2007-05-23 16:31:06

I have some andy tabs
rylynn, ouray, common ground… etc bought from his website.

I want the “africa” tab, so if your interested in a trade – email me.

(Im not giving it away, if you dont have the africa tab, dont bother spamming my email)

michal@visualfreeform.com

 
Comment by dot1029
2007-06-03 00:42:31

if anyone’s looking for guitar tabs for andy mckee’s drifting, you can find one at http://www.ultimate-guitar.com, its in GuitarPro format,… but they dont have tabs for africa or rylynn,… hope this helps,….

 
Comment by Jens
2007-06-14 15:25:43

Hi i need tabs from Andy Mckee’s africa please
help me thats so great and I cant find out only by listening and watching the video!
Thanks for answer!! Guitar4life

 
Comment by Jens
2007-06-14 15:26:37

Hi i need tabs from Andy Mckee’s africa please
help me thats so great and I cant find out only by listening and watching the video!
Thanks for answer!! Guitar4life please mail jens_b2000@gmx.de

 
Comment by Daniel
2007-06-25 01:40:12

I love it! Can someone plz send me the tabs for Africa? daantjeschoentje@hotmail.com
Tnx!

 
Comment by Matt
2007-06-26 22:31:13

Hey I have set 3 (For My Father,Nocturne,Keys to the Hovercar,Dreamcatcher)and set 5 (Rylynn,Ouray,Common Ground,I Will See You Again) which I have purchased off of the Candyrat website, willing to trade any of the tabs for the africa tab…drop me an email
I will not give them away for free, he is an amazing artist and deserves our support…I just don’t want to pay 20 dollars for 1 tab
thanks

perm_14@hotmail.com

 
Comment by Matt
2007-06-26 22:53:30

You can purchase the sets here, they come with the song itself as well as the tab (4 tabs/songs per set), along with a list of his tunings for all his songs

http://www.candyrat.com/artists/AndyMcKee/ArtOfMotion/

 
Comment by JG
2007-06-27 23:15:58

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE SEND ME THE AFRICA TAB…PLEASE…. PLEASE……PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE………..FOR THE LOVE OF GOD………

 
Comment by Jesse Hashbrowns
2007-07-02 13:06:09

this is so gnarly..
I’m tryin to figure it out, but i do know that some of the chords from 1:10 – 1:36 and 2:16 – 2:42 and 3:11 – 3:47 are Gbm, D, A, E and Dbm based on the original song by Toto. Andy Mckee could be using those chords (and he probably is) but it will take some time to figure out the chords in DGDGAD tuning.

 
Comment by acoustic~comeback
2007-07-13 12:01:26

awsome guitar playing. it’s been a few years since i didn’t touch a guitar and now i’m coming back.

i see the tuning and once i get a software to slow the video down, i might be able to have this tabbed for you guys. But then again, i might have forgotten how to play the guiat.

anyways, awsome guitar playing dude!
i’ll make sure to include you in my blogsite so all of my friends can see!

 
Comment by Somebody who like you ;)
2007-07-16 10:16:18

Hey, I have full tabs of Africa by Andy Mckee (and oryginal), please contact me one of the administrrators or something like this:P i will send you tabs and you will share them with others on this website ok?
Mail me. =)
I don’t want to show my mail there because i dont have time send it to thausends people ;)
And btw, tabs are in pdf so some1 have to rewrite them ;( to GP or notepage…
PS.Sorry for my not advanced English:P …

Comment by chris
2008-07-17 12:51:21

you got the tab for africa??? please send it to me. please!!!!

 
 
Comment by Flo from Germany
2007-07-18 12:33:15

You have the tabs of africa?

Did the owner of this page wrote to you so it can be
downloded from anywhere?
Or can you send it do me? That would be great.

Flo

 
Comment by Flo from Germany
2007-07-18 12:34:04

You have the tabs of africa?

Did the owner of this page wrote to you so it can be
downloded from anywhere?
Or can you send it do me? That would be great.
florian@gofresh.de

Flo

 
Comment by Somebody who like you ;)
2007-07-18 13:44:24

hmmm, I’m very dissapointed:P
No1 of admins contacted me ;(
This is one of the most vieved song on this site and you dont wanna tabs for it? =P
Write to me…

 
Comment by Matt
2007-07-19 00:08:51

Somebody who like you, I will trade you Rylynn or For My Father for the Africa tab.

perm_14@hotmail.com

 
Comment by dapirate
2007-07-19 16:51:19

somebody who like you ;)

Send me the tab and i’ll torrent it and post the link to it here on the forum.
If youd like i wont use one of the big trackers but just put it at fileshare or something so that only the people here will get it.

my mail is carl_rydbeck@hotmail.com

 
Comment by admin
2007-07-19 17:24:00

someone who like you,

you didn’t leave your email adress.

send them to joshjoshjosh@gmail.com and i’ll post them.

 
Comment by Somebody who like you ;)
2007-07-20 01:01:49

No, i’ve leaved, but its hidden and visible only for administrators:P Mail (hidden)(required) see? ^^ But you’re right, here is a link (rapidshare now)
http://rapidshare.com/files/43943728/Andy_Mckee_-_Africa_-_Tablature.pdf

 
Comment by Somebody who like you ;)
2007-07-20 01:04:55

Ohhh I’ve forgot something, I’ve gived you tabs and now can any1 make a video-tab lesson for it?
I think that would be very usefull for all ;)
I will try but i have only handphone recorder and its really sux )(15fps 640×480 o_O)

 
Comment by dapirate
2007-07-20 03:42:09

Damn nice man, we are all in debt to you ^^
thanks for the tab!

 
Comment by Jason
2007-07-20 05:25:49

When I get home from work, I will open it up and embarass myself trying to play it! Great version of this song, too.

I wouldn’t call Mckee a genius, but he knows what he does well and he certainly does. Open tunings are great for this sort of play (extensive hammeron/left-handed play only). Good stuff.

 
Comment by Somebody who like you ;)
2007-07-20 05:36:14

I hope you will enjoy it, I almost love this song…
I was looking for it half year and i found it ;)
Good Luck wiyh playing… And i’m waiting for video tutorial ;)
Greetings
Mark

 
Comment by Somebody who like you ;)
2007-07-20 05:50:14

Ahh. I’ve forgot something again:P
http://rapidshare.com/files/43943728/Andy_Mckee_-_Africa_-_Tablature.pdf
this file is .pdf, I wouldnt be able to rewrite it in guitar pro because i don’t know how to use it advanced…Can someone rewrite it to gutar pro completly and same as original? It would help with learning because image quality in this pdf isn’t good enough…
Mark

 
Comment by admin
2007-07-21 09:35:58

I have also tried to play this song and actually came up with my own version different from Andy’s. Don’t count on us to get this lesson together, because we can’t play it!:)

 
Comment by J bone
2007-07-21 10:58:27

EVERYONE READ!!!!!!!!!

alright guys, since i got the tab, i will transcribe it on guitar pro, will post it up on http://www.ultimate-guitar.com and should be there in 2 or so days (since they dont update on weekends) so if you dont have guitar pro i suggest you get it. download the torrent or something. it will be transcribed not for note from the PDF that was previously posted.

thanks.

 
Comment by J bone
2007-07-21 11:00:16

OR!!!!!!!!!
you can take this sample right now.
but i suggest you go to ultiamte guitar and download that one, and vote please :) thanks.

http://rapidshare.com/files/44207129/Africa.gp5.html

 
Comment by D
2007-07-22 19:21:19

go to candyratRecords.com and you can buy 4 song tabs for $19.95. the one with africa on it also has art of motion! its a great deal and they are comepletely accurate. its worth every cent. trust me

 
Comment by dapirate
2007-07-23 05:30:21

the pdf that was posted by someone who likes you is also 100% accurate cause it is andys transcription… :P

 
 
Comment by yux
2007-07-23 23:35:44

if anyone still has an unexpired tab of AFRICA please can you email it to me. I have so far finished the stanzas and the intro. but the end lead, that i don’t really know:D thanks

 
Comment by amp1987
2007-07-24 20:46:47

hey J bone,

 
Comment by amp1987
2007-07-24 20:49:03

I was wondering if it would be possible for you to post the text version of Africa in ultimate-guitar.com. for some reason i can’t get GuitarPro to work on my computer and I would really appreciate it if you could do that. Thanks

 
Comment by yux
2007-07-24 23:58:13

hey amp can you email the guitarpro file to me … at yuklidaboganda@gmail.com thanks

 
Comment by Someone who likes you too much =)
2007-07-25 02:12:46

Yeah, i’m agree, somebody should rewrite it to gp.
BTW, after printing, this pdf looks fine and clear, so everyone who have troubles with reading Africa should print it i think ;)

 
Comment by dapirate
2007-07-25 05:00:06

the gpfile of africa that was posted on UG is incomplete…

 
Comment by Someone who likes you
2007-07-25 10:13:33

LoL i’ve seen africa tab on ultimate-guitar but this is not complete, lead and chorous are correct but thats only 20% of Africa… ?

 
Comment by Turnpike's
2007-09-10 14:42:46

I love Andy McKee.
I deeply need to watch at least once his greeeeat video of Africa in a day.
Otherwise I can’t sleep.

I’m going to buy a Capo only to learn this song…
Whahou great artist.

Thanks for all your comments, I’m waiting for the tab as well..

—> http://turnpike.miniville.fr

Comment by admin
2007-09-10 23:59:58

Turnpike,

you can download the tab at the link under the video in PDF format:
http://rapidshare.com/files/43943728/Andy_Mckee_-_Africa_-_Tablature.pdf

 
 
Comment by Turnpike's
2007-09-11 16:39:38

Thanks ! Great Tab !!

But I would need 56 years of practice.

:)

 
Comment by Someone who likes you
2007-09-13 08:48:06

No you will not ;)
this song isn’t such hard as i think, i’m playing it almost good after ~2 months of practising…
Good luck for all ;)

 
Comment by jack
2007-11-07 01:48:31

nasan na ung tab??

 
Comment by Matty
2007-11-11 00:48:37

Hey big thanks to the one who posted the official tablature!

Can anyone who has the SHANGHAI official tab, please upload it on a file sharing site, and send me the download link? I’m going to buy the book anyway soon, when I can, but would REALLY like to start on Shanghai asap. I’m willing to trade one of the tabs from set 3, which I had purchased (Dreamcatcher, FMF, Nocturne, and Keys to the Hovercar). I would greatly appreciate it! :)

 
Comment by Will
2007-11-11 00:53:51

If you want the tabs that were WRITTEN BY ANDY MCKEE HIMSELF go to his record label’s website candyratRecords.com and you can buy 4 song tabs of his songs for $19.95.
the one with Africa on it also has Art of Motion! Its a really great deal and they’re perfectly accurate. Thanks to them I learned to play all of Drifting in a MONTH!! Go to candyratrecords.com to get the tabs!

-Will

 
Comment by bean
2007-11-29 02:57:20

hey can someone upload the tab of
heather´s song?
(pdf would be great!!)

thank you

you can also send it to me

illu42@web.de

 
Comment by Jeremy
2008-01-09 15:06:49

Does anyone have the Dreamcatcher tab? Would be highly appreciated!

jmlakes@gmx.net

thanks!

 
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2008-01-09 16:48:54

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Comment by D
2008-05-16 03:08:24

Photoshop edited PDF of the official Tablature in the posts above. (Now you can read it) : )

http://www.mediafire.com/?syljwztexum

 
Comment by D
2008-05-16 03:09:00

I forgot to mention it’s Africa

 
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Comment by adam oconnor
2009-01-13 18:34:13

can u please send me the tabs cheers!

 
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