Treat Me Well

 

This is a song I will be adding many instruments to as a cover...

 sometime in the future.

Willow's Song

 Willow's Song

This is just a transcription of a cover of this song...

done by The Straw Horses.

I made my own cover of this song and my arrangement

is different from the below transcription.

It was my first time I had tried to sing.

It is on:  My Covers blog.

I performed using the guitar, vocals, and my bass flute.

The vocals are not so good on my cover...

but the guitar and bass flute are soothing.

I have decided to start writing a new fiction book titled:

The Lady Of Fallen Leaf Lake

Look for it on Amazon sometime in the future...

along with my other books now published on Amazon worldwide...

The Kuma Trilogy

The Halo Trilogy

Into Dust - Mazzy Star

 

Song:  Into Dust

Group:  Mazzy Star

I had transcribed this song.

I was going to perform it...

however...

although it is a beautiful song as it is sung here...

after I had lain the guitar and Cello tracks...

and was laying down the bass flute track...

it just didn't sound right.

It is the nuance of her voice that makes this hauntingly beautiful...

and my playing is not skillful enough to replicate her voice...

and so, as I was not able to do this song justice...

I decided that I would perform another song instead...

and so...

I will leave it up to others to play this song.

The Cello track I named Tenor...

as I don't know the notes of the Bass Clef.

This way I could use the Treble Clef to lay out the Cello notes.

Shared Secrets

Song:  Shared Secrets

Artists:  Paul Horn / Steven Halpern

I love this song.

I just had to transcribe it (with modifications).

I had to do some transposing as Paul Horn had extended the range

beyond my capabilities on a few notes.

I won't be transcribing for a while since I have to compose at least 4 songs

for a project I am working on.

This will be a challenge...

even though I have composed before...

as I will have to come up with a certain feel for each song...

as each will serve a particular purpose.

From The Beginning

Song:  From The Beginning

Group:  Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

I just did the vocal track on this song.

Most of it is instrumental.

This really needs to be accompanied by, at least, a guitar.

I cut the intro and the several minutes of instrumentals at the conclusion of the vocals.

I had to turn in my Bass Flute to repair a broken spring bar.

I just got it back yesterday...so, that is why this took so long.

Too Rolling Stoned

Song:  Too Rolling Stoned

Group:  Robin Trower

I had started by cutting the first four measures of the bass solo at the beginning...

and ending the song just after the vocalist says....

"I think I'll just sit this one out"

(I added an additional 2.5 measures for an ending).

I had also modified a few measures in the song...

to prevent being too redundant...

as playing this solo...

or with anything short of a full compliment of instruments might sound.

I completed this song by transcribing the vocals...

and filling in where I could with the notes of the lead guitar.

I don't know of what the actual musical notation is for a palate rattle...

so I just put in Rattle 

as it is a much faster cessation and initiation of the note (or even a trill) 

than the fingers or tongue can move.

It is to get the intentional raspiness of the vocal at that point.

Also...

on the fall just after some of the higher C notes 

(looks like a downwards slur mark not directly connect to another note)...

it can be accomplished by rolling the head to one side halfway into the note...

letting air escape while simultaneously decreasing air pressure

as you also withdraw the tongue to the back of the mouth...

while running a full octave scale downwards just after the note bends and starts to die out...

unless a note directly follows...

whereupon you may omit the scale run as it may hamper securing the following note.

You may also find in this song...

as with many Robin Trower songs...

that he (Robin Trower...the lead guitarist)...

is famous for using many electronic altering gadgets which give his guitar

that pulsating sound (along with many other sounds such as fuzz, reverb and wow)...

so I find myself keeping time by rocking my head as I play some of the notes...

which gives a subtle pulsating sound similar to his electronic gadgets.

Others may have their own techniques...

I don't know.

I am self taught...

so, I just do what I find works for me.

And, yes...

I would need much practice to play this song at full speed.

As with any new song...

start out as slowly as needed to play smoothly and with full resonance...

as it is all about the purity of the tone.

Speed will naturally come with the requisite amount of practice.

About To Begin

Song:  About To Begin

Group:  Robin Trower

This is a blues based song which I really like.

I had cut out the intro guitar and went right into the vocals.

I had also slightly shortened the ending.

My next song will also be a Robin Trower song.