Never Can Say Goodbye

Song:  Never Can Say Goodbye

Cover by:  TwainsBlues

Okay...

this was my first venture into Rhythm and Blues.

I am teaching myself R & B...

along with Jazz...

by transcribing an example of each.

I really like the sound.

So...

I picked up some R & B with this song...

and the next song will allow me to become familiarized with Jazz to a Bossa Nova beat.

Now...

I had stayed true to this song for the most part...

until I started modifying it at about the 73rd measure.

I shortened the song...

and I took creative liberties with the rest of it.

Heavenly Scat

Song:  Heavenly Scat

Cover:  Emilly

(Original Artist:  Yuki Saori)

I had transcripted and modified the above song.

(This is my favorite song from Yuki Saori.)

However...

the above song is NOT Yuki Saori...

but a cover done by someone named Emilly.

I have been looking for the original by Yuki Saori for years...
to no avail.

While Emilly had done a good job sounding similar to Yuki Saori in this cover...

it is not the same.

The person also had muted some of the instrumentals to the point 

of almost non-recognition of all the high notes of the accompanying flute.

So, I had to, essentially...

wing it.

As you will see...

I had made some modifications to the second flute...

especially near the end.

Yoake No Scat (Melody For A New Dawn)

Song:  Yoake No Scat (AKA Scat In The Dark)

Artist:  Yuki Saori

(The above video version had been greatly shortened...

but it has some of the lyrics in English)

Yuki Saori has been one of my favorite vocalists all of my life

The only other vocalist who had her purity of tone...

and great feminine grace...

was Julie Andrews.  

These two I consider the world's greatest female vocalists of all time.

I had first heard Yuki Saori in 1969.

Her voice is so pure...

and her songs are so beautiful.

This song was a world wide hit back in 1969...

although she was relatively unknown in the USA...

other than those of Japanese descent.

Although I had made some minor modifications to the bass line...

my transcription is the full version of this song.