Ave Maria (Astor Piazzolla)

Song:  Ave Maria 

Original Composer:  Astor Piazzolla

Bass Flute / Concert Flute:  Mirella Pantano

Piano:  Nicoletta Evangelista

I really love this song.

The flutist - Mirella Pantano... plays both flutes beautifully.

I had learned much on this one.

I will be attempting the song Ave Maria by Franz Schubert next.

Love Theme From "Twin Peaks"

Song:  Love Theme From "Twin Peaks"

Original Composer:  Angelo Badalamenti

Updated version.

Although this song only took me a few hours to complete...

it is a very beautiful song due to its simplicity.

Wishing You Were Here

Song:  Wishing You Were Here

Original:  Chicago

Cover:  Leonid & Friends

This is one of my favorite love ballads by Chicago.

I had used this cover because they are excellent.

They sound like Chicago at their best...

and since they had recorded it fairly recently...

this cover is crisp and clear...

allowing me to discern each note far more easily.

For the most part...
this is a transcription...however...

I had modified the ending a bit.

Black Orpheus - Transcription / Modification

Song:  Black Orpheus

C Flute:  Dave Hines

This is my latest Transcription / Transposition / Modification.

A Jazz piece in a Bossa Nova Beat...

and heavily modified by me...

especially from the beginning of the second page.

I had also cut out much from the middle of the first page...

as it was much of the flutist's solo work.

As this is a solo...

unless you can find someone to play a Bossa Nova beat...

I wanted to keep the song recognizable...

with a minimum of solo flying.

By the second page...

I had become familiarized with jazz enough to finish the song without 

using the above song to refer to as I emplaced the notes which 

seemed to flow with the piece...

and I had finished the song in my own manner.

These last two pieces I had used to familiarize myself 

with Rhythm and Blues (previous song)...

and with Jazz (this song).

They were both challenging as the timing was such that I had to listen very 

carefully for the changes and emphasis points.

For my next transcription...

I am thinking of a love ballad...

originally from the group...

Chicago.

As it will only consist of one line...

I will have to fill the single lines with multi instruments and vocals...

and make them blend as much as possible.

This is what will make the next piece challenging.

However...

if while I am attempting to blend the notes from multiple sources

 to be played just on the flute...

it does not sound right...

I will scrap the attempt.

I will have to delve into the song first.

Hopefully...

it will work out.

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.