>>Acoustic Snapshots Episode 179 - Sylvia by Focus - Neil Hogan Solo Guitar Arrangement

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:29 pm

This song has been a favorite of mine since Focus hit the US in 1972. I started arranging it a few years ago in the original key of F but eventually abandoned the project and forgot about it until I stumbled onto a video of Jan Akkerman messing with it a bit in D, DUH! It made it a bit more guitar friendly and it started taking shape. Here is what it sounded like in October of 2018.

Neil


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Thu Oct 18, 2018 11:12 am

Fabulous Neil :)


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Thu Oct 18, 2018 1:30 pm

Jan would be proud of you. B)


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Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:29 pm

Thanks Chris & Willem for the comments.

As you know, I enjoy making arrangements of things that may not seem reasonable on one guitar, and I'm not sure I succeeded here (making it reasonable I mean). This was something I started years ago and finally abandoned so you might say it was years in the making, but now seems very worthwhile. Maybe a lesson somday if there is any interest.

And Willem, maybe you could get this link to Jan??? I would love to hear his comments.

Neil


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Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:24 pm

Neil,I put the YT link on his FB page,, don't know if that helps.

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Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:58 pm

Thanks Willem, that is excellent. It would be shocking to hear from him though.

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Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:30 am

TGNeil wrote:
Thanks Willem, that is excellent. It would be shocking to hear from him though.

Neil
maybe it was not a personal FB page but someone ' s respons was "mastery, thx for sharing.
B)


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Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:47 am

willem wrote:
TGNeil wrote:
Thanks Willem, that is excellent. It would be shocking to hear from him though.

Neil
maybe it was not a personal FB page but someone ' s respons was "mastery, thx for sharing.
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Thanks Willem, I appreciate the update and hope Jan may see it someday.

Neil


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