To be fair, it’s really hard to help without giving the answer directly, I fear. At least for “Satisfaction”, as it is quite a short one.
Have you done the ear training course as well? All I know from my own journey is that transcribing is a skill that really takes some time to develop and become fond with. It is definitely not my favourite part of the journey, too. But it is beneficial for sure so I try to stick to it and do at least a few sessions every few weeks. Regards the transcribing lessons of Grade 3 I’m still far behind. But if I do and what I notice over the course of months: It becomes easier, the more often I do it and also with interval ear training or playing melodies I know by ear. Don’t give up on yourself and come back to it from time to time. Patience is key here.
While waiting for an official response… I remember that the tabs from ultimate-guitar were pretty accurate for those 5 riffs. Or simply writing for instance “Satisfaction guitar riff” on youtube.
I got as far as the first two lessons of the Introduction. I couldn’t play Happy Birthday in the Play What You Hear exercise! Not done any more.
You may be right but I’m not seeing any benefit for me. I can’t see how any transcribing is going to help me play the guitar any better. May be I’m shooting myself in the foot, I don’t know. All I know is that with the limited time I have for practice there are other things that I can spend the time on! Thanks for you input though.
I had a bit more luck doing this than the previous transciption thing. it helped (or did it? ) having my annoyingly-perfectly-pitched wife correcting me whilst reading her book. She didnt even know any of the riffs - no fair! The difference in how much she can hear if a note is even the same or slightly up or down compared to me is really startling. Hopefully as I muddle through with these and the ear training the gap will narrow.
At least for “Satisfaction”, as it is quite a short one.