I just wonder why some low taste people stopping by here and left their stupid dislikes to this brilliant creativity. Very smooth and tasty cover.. keep it up sir
niimoo 76 , this is extremely tasteful. It’s most likely that the people that gave it a thumbs down just don’t like it because of its style or that it’s just not their thing.
You are a true master guitarist. I've been a professional musician for 42 years so I can recognize greatness when I hear it. Thanks for sharing your beautiful music with the world. :)
There are some wonderful things to start the day with. Listening to Walter Rodrigues' guitar playing is definitely part of it! Dear Walter, thank you for this wonderful gift for the weekend. All the best Wolfgang
I listen to many guitarists but you are in my mind definitely the master of finger picking. Your knowledge of chords and voicing is absolutely mind blowing. Thank you for your videos which is very inspiring. If I could only be half as good as you!
No matter how long between videos, the joy of playing always shines thru. The smile always appears on my face after no more than 3-4 notes of watching Walter. He’s just in a different musical world than most guitarists.
First time I've ever seen you play. I'm a new fan. You also just have a pleasant aura about you. Thanks for taking the time to share your gift with us.
Con tutti questi accordi mi gira la testa. Incredibile!! Posso avere la tab con gli accordi senno non riusciro mai a provarla. Una meraviglia bravissimo!!!!
Ok this is your best arrangement by far, why? Because I felt the exact same nostalgia as I did with the original song, you have not only respected the melody, but you captured the essence of the tune
RUclips keeps sending me your playing. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. You are one of the few musicians I could listen to all day. All your music should be made available for sale
Just the guitarists can vouch for how difficult it is to nail an arrangement like this and so accurately.. It's compared to play a classical piece of a certain complexity. Kudos!!!
I have been playing guitar for 60 years and this guy and Richard Smith are the best in the world today. Such dedication and dedication from these 2 great guitarists takes a lifetime to master!
I'm always amazed at your talent for piecing so many beautiful chords together. You have a very good sense of where notes are going. Beautiful as always. Thanks for sharing!
My vote for the best melody of the final decades of the 20th century -- Billy Joel's masterpiece. Although he reached the point (his most requested precisely because it's such a great melody) that Billy would no longer perform it in concert settings. It was the default tune on our little Yamaha keyboard (remember those?) The lyric for the song's perfect bridge (which would have been admired I believe by the likes of Cole Porter) is so memorable. "I need to know that you will always be, the same old 'someone that I knew.' What will it take, till you believe in me -- the way that I believe in you?" All this, by way of saying THIS is my favorite 'orchestral' arrangement of JUST THE WAY YOU ARE since Diana Krall (Canada's other greatest gift to jazz) recorded for The Paris Concert. Just had to say, I celebrate your work from time to time in a thread at the world's biggest website for musicians, Harmony Central -- in their "Songwriting Workshop" folder that just turned 6,000 "views" titled GREAT MELODY, GREAT LYRIC, GREAT RENDITION. (Don't want to intrude by leaving a link. Hope you can find your way there.) Thanks so much for this gem, Walter. Re-listening for the umpteenth time and appreciating it more and more.
Beautiful.. Not to take away from your performance, but the complexity of this song punctuates the point of how amazing of a musician and song writer Billy Joel is...
I’ve played guitar on a much lower level for 50 yrs, this is so good it brought tears to my eyes. People who don’t play may not realise what a genius this guy is !
Terrific! The song’s chords are difficult enough on a Piano, let alone a guitar. Yet you executed it sweetly and smoothly, and sincerely captured the soul of the melody.
Oh my. Such a beautiful, subtle and tasteful guitar playing of one of the beautiful ballads of all time. Guitar players like me knows a beauty when they hear one. Billy Joel would have a big grin on his face!
If you are a kind person sir, my theory of music relating to personality and attitude could be proven. You have a kind way of playing the guitar, with a simple gesture while doing it. That means, you are kind and a loving person. Contentment is filling your heart right now. And by sharing and showing your talent to people like us, the influence is there. Your way of music is reaching us, sir. God bless you! :)
Fantastic! Your fretting and chordal work is so precise, it really sets a high bar. And such tuneful and enjoyable playing, your arrangements are so solid. Thank you for posting! Z
Hi, my 18yr old daughter and I would love to learn how to play guitar. Could you recommend a place to start. There are many videos on RUclips and to tell you the truth, it's pretty overwhelming. Could you point us in the right direction? God Bless
Meilleur guitariste que j’ai vue et entendu de ma vie....tellement d’émotions de t’entendre jouer....merci pour toutes ces belles chansons Walter !!!!!!!
112 people with hearing problems,for shure.Great arrangements,a pleasure to hear you .Congratulations,Mr Walter,a true inspiration to all guitar players like myself.
I've only just discovered you. You play the songs I love in a clear melodic way. I just love it! Where have you been the rest of my life? Many thanks......
I just wonder why some low taste people stopping by here and left their stupid dislikes to this brilliant creativity. Very smooth and tasty cover.. keep it up sir
Good question, Niimoo. They are simply stupids.
Maybe they mistakenly thought it as a download button. 🤔
@@elemenopi-lmnop Kkkkkk
They're ac/dc and other noise fans.
niimoo 76 , this is extremely tasteful. It’s most likely that the people that gave it a thumbs down just don’t like it because of its style or that it’s just not their thing.
now, Just the Way You Are just became Jazz the Way You Are. beautiful performance, Walter! thanks!
Excellent performance. very soulful as if you were singing yourself! thank you Walter!
Excellent performance. Walter, I admire your guitar playing!
You are a true master guitarist. I've been a professional musician for 42 years so I can recognize greatness when I hear it. Thanks for sharing your beautiful music with the world. :)
Thank you Greg!
I covered this arrangement with a steel string on my channel. Check it out 😊
He's truly one of the best fingerstyle guitarists in the world
There are some wonderful things to start the day with. Listening to Walter Rodrigues' guitar playing is definitely part of it! Dear Walter, thank you for this wonderful gift for the weekend.
All the best
Wolfgang
Wonderful to start the day reading your kind comment, dear friend! Always a treat hearing from you! 🙏🏻
My eyes see you play it, my ears hear you play it, but my mind can't comprehend one person making such full and beautiful music.
Thank you so much!
My heart skipped a beat when i saw the RUclips notification ;)
I listen to many guitarists but you are in my mind definitely the master of finger picking. Your knowledge of chords and voicing is absolutely mind blowing. Thank you for your videos which is very inspiring. If I could only be half as good as you!
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻
No matter how long between videos, the joy of playing always shines thru. The smile always appears on my face after no more than 3-4 notes of watching Walter. He’s just in a different musical world than most guitarists.
Masterful jazz guitar fingerstyle playing. Takes decades to get to this level. Bravo
First time I've ever seen you play. I'm a new fan. You also just have a pleasant aura about you. Thanks for taking the time to share your gift with us.
Con tutti questi accordi mi gira la testa. Incredibile!! Posso avere la tab con gli accordi senno non riusciro mai a provarla. Una meraviglia bravissimo!!!!
Ok this is your best arrangement by far, why? Because I felt the exact same nostalgia as I did with the original song, you have not only respected the melody, but you captured the essence of the tune
RUclips keeps sending me your playing. The more I listen to it, the more I like it. You are one of the few musicians I could listen to all day. All your music should be made available for sale
Lovely. Beautiful chords and your ever present loyalty to the melody!
Andrew St Pierre Good point. No showing off or just throwing licks and chords around. He always honors the songs while making then uniquely his own.
his the best jazzr
virei um fã de carteirinha.tu és um mito.um monstro um mestre exráordinario .Deus abençoe a sua vida você tem dado a minha vida mais harmonia.
Just the guitarists can vouch for how difficult it is to nail an arrangement like this and so accurately.. It's compared to play a classical piece of a certain complexity. Kudos!!!
One of the greats, Billy Joel. My favorite song, and what a beautiful rendition. Thanks Walter
Thank you!
Thanks Walter!
@@walterfingerstyle
Fantastique et si joli merci!
it is unbelievable how much a guitar and its player can paint in feelings and inspirations. Like a book, but music has an infinite number of pages...
Notice how he smiles the whole way through, of course if I could play like that I’d smiling too.
Maybe he thought he was playing a banjo.
I have been playing guitar for 60 years and this guy and Richard Smith are the best in the world today. Such dedication and dedication from these 2 great guitarists takes a lifetime to master!
I'm always amazed at your talent for piecing so many beautiful chords together. You have a very good sense of where notes are going. Beautiful as always. Thanks for sharing!
Love how there's a constant smile on your face, it makes your videos better 😊
My vote for the best melody of the final decades of the 20th century -- Billy Joel's masterpiece. Although he reached the point (his most requested precisely because it's such a great melody) that Billy would no longer perform it in concert settings.
It was the default tune on our little Yamaha keyboard (remember those?) The lyric for the song's perfect bridge (which would have been admired I believe by the likes of Cole Porter) is so memorable.
"I need to know that you will always be, the same old 'someone that I knew.' What will it take, till you believe in me -- the way that I believe in you?"
All this, by way of saying THIS is my favorite 'orchestral' arrangement of JUST THE WAY YOU ARE since Diana Krall (Canada's other greatest gift to jazz) recorded for The Paris Concert. Just had to say, I celebrate your work from time to time in a thread at the world's biggest website for musicians, Harmony Central -- in their "Songwriting Workshop" folder that just turned 6,000 "views" titled GREAT MELODY, GREAT LYRIC, GREAT RENDITION. (Don't want to intrude by leaving a link. Hope you can find your way there.) Thanks so much for this gem, Walter. Re-listening for the umpteenth time and appreciating it more and more.
What a beautiful song played by an amazing humbled guitarist. A love arrow pierced right straight to everyone who hears. God bless.
phenomenal as always Walter
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
Un increíble guitarrista!!! Talento que solo Dios puede dar.
Es la verdad.
Beautiful.. Not to take away from your performance, but the complexity of this song punctuates the point of how amazing of a musician and song writer Billy Joel is...
I'll learn this. It'll take me a month or two, but I WILL play this like you!
That's the spirit !!!!
I’ve played guitar on a much lower level for 50 yrs, this is so good it brought tears to my eyes. People who don’t play may not realise what a genius this guy is !
Stellar - love your arrangement tastes and choices Walter - just Stellar.
the effortlessness in his playing gives me so much peace. what an arrangement... well done sir.
Terrific! The song’s chords are difficult enough on a Piano, let alone a guitar. Yet you executed it sweetly and smoothly, and sincerely captured the soul of the melody.
Beautiful rendition of that Billy Joel song. I love it.
whenever i hear this song i cry.
love ya brother. love ya.
Some of the cleanest chording I have ever heard. This is an amazing arrangement.
Gorgeous arrangement Walter. What a fun listen. Always a good day when you upload a new song!
The key word from this performance is Walter's fluidity. Well done.
Sempre dá pra aprender algo novo com o Walter. Aliás seria um belo encontro no Café lá em Casa do Nelson Faria.
Oh my. Such a beautiful, subtle and tasteful guitar playing of one of the beautiful ballads of all time. Guitar players like me knows a beauty when they hear one. Billy Joel would have a big grin on his face!
Listening to your playing allways put a smile on my face. Keep it up! :)
Likewise 😀
You can really deliver melody without cheating. The best!
Excelente! Essa música é sensacional e sua execução valorizou ainda mais essa bela composição. Parabéns!
If you are a kind person sir, my theory of music relating to personality and attitude could be proven.
You have a kind way of playing the guitar, with a simple gesture while doing it.
That means, you are kind and a loving person. Contentment is filling your heart right now.
And by sharing and showing your talent to people like us, the influence is there.
Your way of music is reaching us, sir.
God bless you! :)
Beautiful dear Walter. Mr Joel would be delighted by your arrangement :) God bless.
Thank you 😊
The BEST i ever seen 👍👍
Gracias, muy buena canción y muy bien interpretada.
Watched this 1000 times and its always fantastic.
Parabéns Walter!!!
Billy Joel's Melody from my childhood! I'm now old that I can feel the beautiful memories again. Thank you so much for your wonderful performance❤
Fantastic! Your fretting and chordal work is so precise, it really sets a high bar. And such tuneful and enjoyable playing, your arrangements are so solid. Thank you for posting! Z
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Fabulous. Such a perfect performance in every way. I'll be humming this song all day.
you're an inspiration Walter!!! I started really getting into finger style because of you (:
thank you, sir walter, for not being selfish to share how every chord is done
Simplesmente Fantástico!!!!
You are amazing the renditions you give on your songs are beautiful and touch the heart
É sensacional mesmo!
I love just the way you are playing it....
Perfect!!😍😍😍
Breathtaking
Nice job.
I love how you play...your arrangements, the sweetness of your sound, your joyous spirit. Thank you for these lovely gifts.
Maravilha Walter Deus abençoe Amigão 🙏🙌🏾
You are an inspiration to me Walter. Transmits both talent and musical wealth. God bless you always.
Deus abençoe Walter God Bless 🙏🙏
Magistral interpretación Maestro Rodríguez
My Goodness..i really love this!
Hi, my 18yr old daughter and I would love to learn how to play guitar. Could you recommend a place to start. There are many videos on RUclips and to tell you the truth, it's pretty overwhelming. Could you point us in the right direction?
God Bless
Meilleur guitariste que j’ai vue et entendu de ma vie....tellement d’émotions de t’entendre jouer....merci pour toutes ces belles chansons Walter !!!!!!!
I was so motivated to play guitar until I heard this 😑
I get-it, man.
fantastic arrangement and playing 👏
Those who give a thumbs down are banjo and accordion lover's
69 thumbs down hahahaha
Listening to Walter Rodrigues' music makes you a better person.
The person who gave this a thumbs down must be deaf,..shame..
They just hit the wrong button
GAZ I agree!
one deaf, the other blind .. haha
unfortunately idiots never become to extinct.
Gave a 👎🏽
Because he wanted more 😎👍🏽
The atmosphere of the song is not distorted. It's perfect, very pleasant to listen to.
My favorite song covered by my favorite guitarist. Thank you so much for this Walter
I’ve been playing guitar for 50 years- you are truly an excellent/ exceptional guitarist- thank you😊
112 people with hearing problems,for shure.Great arrangements,a pleasure to hear you .Congratulations,Mr Walter,a true inspiration to all guitar players like myself.
Brother you got soul. Beautiful rendition of a beautiful classic with "mucho corazon" (plenty of heart ; ).
The only Words that can describe this man are "Perfection" and "Heart Feeling"
Thanks for sharing with us your heavenly talent Mr. Walter.
Very sensitive and intimate interpretation
Incredibly terrific, Walter.
Such a beautiful rendition of "just the way u are" I never ever listened. This is just a beauty.
Wonderful version
Smooth and classy! Gorgeous!
What a wonderful sound
you play like heaven
Very smooth, nice, friendly played, humble, i like this, thanks bro, a good start in the morning
Absolutely the most beautiful version of "Just the Way You Are" on Classical Guitar that I've ever heard. Awesome job Walter.
It is a god’s gift to you sir to play such a master skills, and it is a sin if you stop playing and creating such a beautiful masterpiece
You're kidding me! Now I'm part of your channel. Just great, what a harmony! I love it when it catches me by surprise!!!
Bravo maestro !
One of my favorite Billy Joel songs
I can see your emotion in your face, you are a natural emotional musician
Beautiful playing - just found my new favorite fingerstyle guitar channel
I flat ass just enjoy hearing the music come out of you. I like the feel I hear in it.
i just love how you are enjoying the music...
And my heart sings. Beautiful
really good.
Simply beautiful.
I've only just discovered you. You play the songs I love in a clear melodic way. I just love it! Where have you been the rest of my life? Many thanks......
A very accomplished artist. One of the best.
No one does smooth quite like Walter. He is The Man. Wonderful
😎