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Samba Pa Ti by Santana – Fingerstyle Guitar Tutorial and TAB

Carlos Santana

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DIFFICULTY:

6

TUNING:

Standard

This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for Samba Pa Ti.

Carlos Santana wrote Samba Pa Ti (in English, Samba for You) and the song appears on Santana’s 1970 album Abraxas.

It’s now over 50 years later and this song is still one of Santana’s best-known and most-loved songs, and it just so happens to work great as a fingerstyle arrangement. I’ve used nylon strings for this but it also sounds great on steel strings or even electric guitar.

OK, let’s pick up or guitars and learn how to play Samba Pa Ti!

Learn To Play Samba Pa Ti

 

Samba Pa Ti (Performance)

 

As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Samba Pa Ti, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.

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Samba Pa Ti Guitar Lesson (Part One)

 

In this first lesson we learn how to play the first part of Samba Pa Ti. There’s certainly a few twists, turns and tricky things going on, but hopefully you don’t struggle too much. It’s in the second section of the song where things get more advanced.

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Samba Pa Ti Guitar Lesson (Part Two)

OK let’s learn the rest of the song. There’s lots going on here and towards the end there’s some really cool (but pretty challenging) licks. Just go slow and enjoy the process.

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