My attempt at arranging Sexy Sadie by The Beatles

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Hi Guitar Friends! I’m afraid I once more chose The Beatles as victims of my …uhm… “beginner creativity” :laughing:

Well…I did it all by myself, you know…and here you need to think of a very young child who, with much pride in her voice, shows you her doodle :blush::winking_face_with_tongue:

Well…I guess this just is a sort of statement of my actual skills and overall conpetence on the guitar…and as that must be accepted.

The main goal was to be able to be in the moment and respond instictively, as Justin says in one of his lessons…to develop this…attitude?..competence? …skill? Because we’re humans, we forget, it’s inevitable…but our ear can remember and I thought it worth to invest my time to work to connect my fingers to what I’m singing in my mind…

And I’m singing about a very beautiful woman, as I’ve been doing all my life - no matter Mr annoying Google knows the truth about everything.

This is inspired by the softer Anthology 3 Version, which is the one I’ve been listening to all my life.

Thanks for listening to my Beginner Masterpiece…I did it all by myself, you know :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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Great job Silvia - Love that song. It’s no mean feat to arrange that - there are a lot of chord changes to deal with :slight_smile:

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Hi Silvia! I always watch your live guitar videos with great interest. You chose a very difficult song from the Beatles, but you did it perfectly!

Mike

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How lovely Silvia :fire::fire:

I honestly get excited to see your videos when you post up. I always feel inspired to try and capture that same joy that you show the world when you play your pieces. Its really cool. Thank you for sharing that with us.

:grinning_face_with_big_eyes::grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

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Beautiful as ever Silvia. It’s always a pleasure and a treat checking out anything that you post. :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Love that song Silvia.

You’ve done great work in decoding this song.
Yeah!

Very good work!

An enjoyable listen for sure.

fwiw, I love this song so much it’s one of my favorites to play. But unlike you, I didn’t decode it. I learned it from a book.
I cheated…

I like your version better.

Very well done! You should be proud of your work with that song.

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Enjoyed it a lot!

I feel the same as Jason said! ( I still have quite some way to go though! :slight_smile: )

PS. Sorry to divert… In a first step I looked at some “Best of Celentano” today (oh, the lyrics seem difficult for me. Maybe Eros Ramazotti would be easier as I remember singing along with two albums in the 90s a lot, looking at the lyrics)

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Hello Silvia,

I think your take sounds lovely and I really like progression. Also that slides are giving a little bit extra. I really like it. :slight_smile:

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Hi Silvia,
That was amazing to watch…there were so many different things (expressions and such) to enjoy, and with the soothing music added, this was a winner…there is already so much good in your guitar playing, nice to see that you are now capturing this like this…I really enjoyed it and leave me with a big smile ,Thank you,

Greetings :clap: :clap: :clap: :smiling_face_with_sunglasses: :bouquet:
just search in the garden for something better than a bouquet of floral emotions from the site

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and there are many more flowers that will grow above this flower, just like with you :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

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Fantastic effort Silvia, great arrangement and well played! Your progress is really evident looking at your videos through time. You look confident and relaxed - and sending positive energy with that smile. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thank you Silvia that was enjoyable. Well done on the arrangement.

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I love the skill, perserverance and joy you put into your playing Sylvia, and the smile of satisfaction at the end of the piece.

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Hi Silvia, again, I’m impressed about your abilities to arrange a musical piece like this one. I can only guess how much time and effort you’ve dedicated to this! On top, this one might have been a real tough one?
As always, I can only admire your arranging and playing, great :heart_eyes:!

Great inspiration! :hibiscus:

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“Methinks the lady doth protest too much”
They say that two positives don’t make a negative:
yeah, right…, you’re a beginner

Yikes that’s a lot of work, and it shows, that’s lovely.
.     brava

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What a good job you’ve done Silvia with a pretty complex song.

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As a self proclaimed advanced beginner and aspiring fingerpicker who struggles daily at learning to play the guitar, I can appreciate your huge effort. So many chords, so many difficult chords, so many quick chord changes, all while fingerpicking - and on top of all that, you arranged it too! Congrats, you truly inspired me.

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Great stuff Sylvia. That song must contain one of the most complex Beatles melodies and you’ve done a terrific job of breaking it down and transcribing it into fingerstyle guitar. You’ve made it sound like a classical music piece.
Well done.

:clap::clap:

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Wow, amazing Silvia. Your ear for melody and dedication to fingerstyle is so good.

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Enjoyed your arrangement Silvia! I’m truly impressed, it sounds great on nylon string, and your join for music really shines through. I hope to have your confidence on camera some day :grin::+1: