Slim Pickins (Close to the original)

Sabrina Carpenter  

Hi, I am Rita. I transcribe sheet music since 2007. All my sheet music are accurate but simple, beginner-level transcriptions with lyrics (singing is good for mental health). Suggest any popular song in any genrу and language.

"Slim Pickins" is transcribed in the original key, A Major, and uses a jazzy chord progression: A with different bass notes A A/F♯ A/D A/G, E, non-harmonic Dm, etc.

I doubled note values to make sightreading easier for beginners. The track isn't recorded in the 2/2 time. 

"Slim Pickins" is composed with a straight rhythm in common time. Accent strong beats in the left hand but do it softly. 

Piano isn't capable to express the sound of guitar strumming of "Slim Pickins" accompaniment but it sounds close to the original. Learn the left hand first and avoid learning both hands together in the very beginning. Patience is a virtue. Otherwise you will fail immediately and abandon the score.

The left-hand strumming can be omitted by beginners. Play the bass note of indicated chords (an F♯ in the A/F♯ chord, for example).

The right hand imitates the vocal delivery by Sabrina Carpenter: a predominant vocal style is semi-staccato.

Albeit Carpenter sings with a soft attack and recitative (it's impossible to say when she ends one syllable and starts another), focus on precise rhythm. Count outloud. It is tiring to play with forte touch; play pianissimo. 

Notice arpeggiato (𝆃).

The aesthetic value of a track is based on variety and repetition.