Don’t Ask Me Why is a tune I never paid that much attention to. A student requested this a while back just for the basic chords and the chordy intro. So while listening I could not help thinking how well the piano solo would work on the guitar. It uses a lot of double stops that are thirds. It also uses arpeggios and a chromatic run. So double stops, arpeggios and chromatics- all great learning takeaways.
Below is the link to the notation/tab PDF and the YouTube video.
I’ve been playing an arrangement of the intro to THE STRANGER by Billy Joel for quite some time now… as in decades. Normally I have some chords sprinkled in there but for this I’m just keeping it on the simpler side. It’s just bass notes and melody. The melody in the notation is pretty exact to the phrasing on the original recording. Do not let that bog you down. If you know how it goes in your head just feed off that. Don’t fuss over and scrutinize every 16th rest and dotted 8th note, etc. (unless you want to, of course). Paraphrasing is just fine – Lord knows I do. There is a link to a video below if you want to hear it and may want some extra guidance. There is also a link to the transcription in standard notation and tab. Hope you have some big fun with this!