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.

Connections - Transcription

Song:  Connections

Original Composers:  Paul Horn and Steve Halpern

Modified Transcription:  Shiroi Tora

I had modified the song by transcribing only the flute...
not any of the piano.

So...
as there are parts where the piano is playing solo...
I simply took out all of the piano portions.

This shortened the song significantly...
and on one portion...
I had to lower it an octave
(seventh line...second measure...initiating with the staccato notes...
and ending after the half note in the next measure...but it works  :)

I also took out some of the flute portions...
as Paul Horn was in a unique echoing environment...
and I didn't add those portions.

I had first heard this album in the mid eighties...
and I loved the music.

I wanted to try this song as it really stretched my capabilities.

I learned how to add tremelo to the notes.

The triple horizontal bars on the sixth line in the first and second measures...
indicate that the notes alternate between the two at a rate of 1/32...
and the alternating notes are for 1/4 note in total...
not 1/4 each.

There were also some very fast note changes...
the fastest I had to transcribe yet
(you will notice one quintuplet and one sextuplet in the space of a 1/8 note).

I learned a lot on this song...
and, I am getting much quicker in my transcriptions...
as I can discern the notes in rapid passages much more quickly.

I am going to try my hand at composing my own songs next.

It will take a while...
and I may take a break from it to do more transcribing.

I will have to see.

Theme From The Silent Flute - Transposition

Theme From The Movie :  The Silent Flute 

(AKA: Circle Of Iron)

Here it is...

the song that had inspired me for my introduction 

to my last interpretation of Kashmir.

This song is short, simple...

and wonderfully melodious.

Now...

I had to transpose this song 

as some of the notes go beyond the octave range of the Bass Flute.

Not only was the flute used in the video of a higher octave range...

but the orchestra portion went lower...

so...

not only did I lower the whole song an octave...

on one orchestral portion...

I had to raise it an octave.

Where you see, what looks like, the upside down partial slur marks...

are where you bend the note upwards.

Once again...

you accomplish this by rolling your head to one side as you slur up to the next note...

just as bamboo flute players do 

(or they will sometimes slide their finger across the note's open hole).

With closed holed flutes...

we must sweep our heads to one side to accomplish a bend in the note...
or, the tongue may be pushed forwards or withdrawn.

An Interpretation - Kashmir

Song:  Kashmir

Performing Artist:  Lucia Micarelli Aurora

Original Group:  Led Zeppelin

(View from 2:33)



Although my interpretation is from the original Kashmir
from Led Zeppelin...

Lucia Micarelli Aurora's fantastic interpretation of Kashmir
greatly inspired me to create my own interpretation.

Her unbridled passion while playing...
the way she keeps time with her whole body...
and her beautiful smile at the end...
WOW...
after seeing her play...
I started on my own interpretation right away.

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In my introduction...
I had borrowed heavily from a movie I had originally seen over 35 years ago.

As it was from memory...
I am not sure of the accuracy of the notes or melody...
or if it was even in the right key.

However...
I do know I had changed it heavily to fit it to my intro of Kashmir.

I had greatly shortened and modified it.

I don't know much music from India...
so, the introduction was borrowed heavily from this particular movie.

My next transcription will be of the song I remembered from this movie...
however, I will have to first find the song so I may accurately transcribe it.

Song:  Kashmir

Group:  Led Zeppelin

I had greatly shortened this song...

and I heavily changed many of the notes...

especially in the Flute I portion.

I was just so inspired to interpret this song.

Perhaps I may be able to get my elder sister to play the Flute II portion...

on the keyboard.

Sometime in the future...

I will practice this interpretation enough to make a video of it...

and place it on YouTube...

so I may include it on this blog.

I have to find a way to...

either synch split screen my playing both parts...

or have someone else play the Flute II portion for a synched split screen video.

Anyways...

I had a lot of fun with this one.

Again...

my next transcription will be of my inspiration for the introduction

of this song.

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Now...

all of the Glissandi except the last one...

are open for interpretation.

You may take from the first note...

the last note...

or from both.

I am taking it from the last note...

and I am running up in one half beat to one whole beat.

There are many accidentals.

Again...

I had heavily modified the original song for this interpretation.

My intro is three lines.

You will recognize the song starting from the fourth line.

The next song...

a transcription...

shouldn't take too long.

The song is short and simple...

but I love the melody.

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You may have noticed...

I started a new blog 

(view from the top right margin...My Other Blogs).

It is for my own compositions.

I separated it from this blog as I want to copyright them differently.

Everything on this blog is for free use.

My other blog...

Bass Flute Compositions...

is for all rights reserved for me.

I have yet to compose any of my own music...

but...

a man may dream...

yes?  :)

Transcription - After The Fall

Song:  After The Fall

Group:  Two Steps From Hell

This is to be another sunset song.

First of all...

I absolutely LOVE this song.

It played in my head when I was over 11,000 ft. in elevation

in the Sierra Nevadas a few years ago.

I was standing atop this particular mountain...

and overlooking a multitude of sharp mountain crags in the distance.

The stiff cool breeze and rarified air made this song seem magical...

as I played this song over and over in my head.

It really added to the majestic atmosphere.

When I hear this song...

I am back atop that mountain in my mind.

And so...

I took extra pains to ensure the emotion of the notes carried through

with the appropriate symbols.

Be cognizant of the reversion to the key signature (cessation of the naturals)...

on the third line...fifth measure.

Also...

I distinguish the Crescendo and Decrescendo symbols (sideways Vs)...

from Crescendo and Diminished in text.

I use the symbols to signify a modulation of volume from the standard...

 from low to standard...

or from standard to low.

I use the text to signify the modulation of volume from standard to louder...

or from louder to standard.

I am unsure as to which song I shall do next.

There is a song from my childhood

for which I can find no music...

or the song itself on YouTube (it is Japanese).

I may try to write it out from memory...

with some of my own flourishes thrown in...

to fill in the voids.

Or...

I may try my hand at a simple tune which is of my own composition.

If so...

it will take a while to complete.

Transcription of a Cover - Set Fire To The Rain

Song:  Set Fire To The Rain

Bass Flute Cover:  Geniflute

Okay...
this is the song which had convinced me to buy a Bass Flute instead of an Alto Flute.

This is another sunset song.

This song is unique...
as it covers the FULL range of the Bass Flute.

It goes from C1, to and including, C4 (Bass Flute...not piano).



I looked over this piece carefully...
as I hate having to go back and make any corrections.

However...
just as in proofreading a paper you had written...
it is sometimes hard to spot the mistakes yourself...right away.

I usually lie in bed the next day...
reviewing what I had written while listening to the music on my iPad...
and reading and following the notes I had published on this blog.

So often...
I will be mortified I had made such an error that I should have caught
right away...but had not.

Any mistakes I had made...
I would be grateful if anyone else spots them and gives me a comment.

I really love this song.

Geniflute did such a good job transposing and playing this song.

I hope I had done his cover piece justice.

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Now...
this piece was deceptively more complicated than I had originally thought.

Geniflute has multiple uses of note accenting (Sforzato)...
and I had differentiated them from the similar fade in and fade out notations
above certain notes...by placing them below them.

His timing was also tricky for me.

I hope I had gotten it right.

Even had I not gotten the timing right...
I can still play this piece...
as I am listening to the music as Geniflute plays it...
 in my head as I play.

The notes are just reminders of what is to come for me.


I get the timing be tapping my foot to the beat...
and splitting the time by how many notes come in each beat.

It is fairly easy to make mistakes...
and I had to correct some after I had finished this piece.

So...
once again...
if you find any mistakes...
please leave a comment for me.

I am still very much a beginner in music.

Gymnopedie no. 1 - Redo Improvement

Song:  Gymnopedie no. 1

Composer:  Erik Satie

Transposer / Alto Flute:  Luke pickman

Piano:  Paolo Bertolotto

This is another Sunset Song.

I had to redo it as...

not only were there errors in the handwritten one I had posted early on...

as I have gained more musical knowledge...

I had to make many additions

(I also went back and put this one in the earlier article.

Although I had only been playing a month, or so, at that time...

it was still embarrassing to see my old work :)

I am presently working on a previously unused song...

so, it will be new to this blog.

I really like this next song...

as it had convinced me to get a Bass Flute.

I just loved the sound...

along with many other Bass Flute songs I had then subsequently researched.

I should have it ready by the end of this weekend

(I am going to California for a day).