Stairway To Heaven - Base Line

Song:  Stairway To Heaven

Group:  Led Zeppelin

I have just finished the Flute II portion (Acoustic Guitar / Bass Line) of Stairway To Heaven.

I would have had this finished much sooner but I had gotten busy with other things in life.

However...

no matter how fast I try to complete the rest of the song...

as it is much more complicated...

the next portion (Flute I) is going to take a while.

It will encompass the Flute / Vocals / Lead Guitar.

I cannot stress how much more I understand music 

just by listening carefully by ear...

playing what I hear...

and then transcribing or transposing it.

I will soon be composing my own complete songs.

Now...

as this is going to be a flute duet...

I had to combine several instruments into this transcription / transposition.

I did some minor alterations...

but I stayed true to the music for the most part.

Again...

this is just the Flute II portion of the song (Bass Line).

It will be a duet when I complete the Flute I portion (Vocal / Lead Guitar).

I will post the entire song once it is completed.

Zeynep's Romance - A Hauntingly Beautiful Melody

Song:  Zeynep's Romance

Artist:  Omar Faruk Tekbilek

This song has one of the most hauntingly beautiful melodies I have ever heard.

It is a very simple song...

which means much emotion must be put into every note.

I had slightly modified Flute II in some portions.

With this song...
I had experimented with laying down a little of each track at a time.

It had actually worked out well.

However...
with most songs...
I will transcribe the bass track first.

I am unsure which song I shall transcribe next.

I am thinking another classic rock song...perhaps.

Comfortably Numb - Duet Completed

Song:  Comfortably Numb

Group:  Pink Floyd

Okay...

I had spotted quite a few mistakes I had made in the original draft.

As I was laying down the bass track (Flute II)...

I had found a few missed measures of the lead guitar.

I deleted the previous article because it just wasn't complete.

Also...

bear in mind that this is a 5 octave song which I had to compress into 3.

The song just doesn't sound the same without the other two octaves.

The notes sometimes clash...

as there was supposed to be a couple octaves of separation.

I will have to think twice in the future before I tackle such a difficult song...

especially one which incorporates octaves out of the Bass Flute range.

This one about wore me out.

I learned two very valuable lessons:

1)  Always lay the Bass Track first.

2)  Never transcribe, transpose, or compose...

when sleepy  :)

I had made many blunders I had not discovered until the bass line 

hadn't matched the melody.

I had to add missing measures of melody...

and retime part of the song by laboriously moving pages worth...

note by note.

Again...

the notes on the flute may be bent by sweeping your head as you play...

just as do the Bansuri players of India...

or the Shakuhachi players of Japan.

It is signified by the radically angled slur marks which lead to nothing.

Or...

by the full signature which means to go back and forth with the note.

This song ended up being 11 pages long.

I think I am going to try a simple melodious flute song for the next one.

Although...

I already have some songs which are also complicated in timing

which are just burning in my mind...

and wanting to be put on paper  :)

Should anyone spot any mistakes...

please leave a comment.

Although I had looked it over...

my mind is quite fried right now.  :)