Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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.  :)


























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