Aw, so nice-
And he’s right! 
I love any interaction with my musical heroes
(Although I’m afraid I did have to google him in my ignorance 
)
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Oh… I think you will find he is your soul mate 
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Well done! Thanks for sharing. And a nice hi-5 from Lucas hahaha
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All I can say is… MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!
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Wow! That was fantastic. I love your arrangement. I think I need to break out my nylon string guitar.
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This is fantastic. Great arrangement and great playing.
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Hi Alexey.
What I like most about this is it captures that same dark vibe of the original.
The playing is great, and it’s a lovely arrangement.
Great job.
Digger
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oh this is beautiful
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Sorry I missed this before! Beautiful, amazing. Perfect. 
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Thanks.
There’s also a steel strings version:
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Alexey, a brilliant arrangement and a wonderful masterful performance on both guitars. You get more delicate harmonies and refined single note tones on the classical and bolder harmonics and lower register notes on the Martin OM-28, but I thoroughly enjoyed both versions. As a 70 year old beginner intermediate finger picker practicing 30 to 45 minutes per day, I have no illusions or dreams of playing like this in my lifetime. But your arrangement shows me the musical possibilities of moving beyond dependence on the capo for this song. There were also some great chord arrangements in this song that will provide inspiration for the future as I slowly master the original version of Sound of Sllence. Bravo and thanks.
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Thank you, Steve
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Superb.
Pardon the elementary question, I have a classical guitar and would love to attempt something like this (albeit on a different level).
Is this fundamentally an effort of going from sheet music to guitar? I’ve done this with other songs (Those Were The Days for one) on my steel string but confined myself to the lower (first 4 frets) of the fretboard. In other words I just played a fairly simple melody. Would like to expand.
I’m not sure I understand the question. Do you mean making an arrangement for guitar?
I mean something more fundamental and simple than an arrangement I suppose. What you did here was many levels higher than what I’m inquiring about.
What I mean is what would be the method (short of taking lessons) I might employ to learn how to play nice sounding melodies of a song from beginning the song to the end? Would it be to get the sheet music (standard notation) of a song (probably starting with a song of a fairly simple melody), and practice it from the beginning attempting to memorize through repeated effort.
This was my approach on Those Were The Days by Mary Hopkins. It worked for me but is a long effort before I got it down and embedded in memory.
I asked a lot here, don’t feel compelled to reply.
I usually go by ear. I sincerely hate reading music 
But if it’s too hard - sure, scores or tabs would be my second choice
There are also many video tutorials available on the YouTube, you could try those.
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@Alexeyd - again, I’m speechless with your performance Alexey. So good.
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Bravo @Alexeyd !
Great work. I only just found this.
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Scrooge here frumping around on New Year’s Eve 2025… Hearing The Sound of Silence around December 25 always reminds me of Silent Night. Not a sleepy night, but the special night when all is quiet in anticipation of a glorious morning about to happen. Your playing captures the emotions and builds anticipation of good…after silence. Next year, I’m going to listen to your play just before Christmas Day 2026 and, maybe, not miss its joy.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful talent!
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Thank you 