my only brain cell in the exam:

Performed by: Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

faq:

Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name
Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc
Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no
Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: sometimes other people submit transcriptions, most are commissioned from others who can do a better job than i can. i want to make sure you see the best transcriptions possible!

[GeorgeCollier]

this is the first flute transcription on the channel, figured it should be a good one;)

[billcar]

I seem to remember him being asked 'why the flute?' and his answer was something along the lines of 'I can't play guitar like Clapton but Clapton can't play Flute like me'.

[ComradeJae]

I love his little adlibs, it's like the elf inside his mouth that is truly the one playing the flute is trying to escape.

[AaronRotenberg]

I like how "audience loses their sh*t" is in the score, like it's an instruction for the performance and the piece isn't executed properly if it doesn't happen.

[takura]

Blows my mind to think that ian Anderson never once did drugs, and that his flute weirdness is a natural born ability

[nathanmcgill]

I think that ‘whilst standing on one leg’ is an underrated musical dynamic

[thomasawl]

The fact that ians like the only 70s and 80s musician to not do drugs and alcohol surprises me when he does shit like this

[LibrarianJukka]

important fact: this guy played flute for decades with "incorrect" fingering technique and didn't realize every other flute player did it differently until his daughter started learning (years after this video)

[NootalieWalf]

I love the concept of giving this score to an accomplished flautist who’s never seen this performance and seeing what they do………… I can’t be the only one…

[emmbeesea]

This wasn't just a musical performance, it was a whole dang audiobook.

Bravissima!

[DxSkeith]

Of course Jethro Tull would be responsible for the flute equivalent of the eruption solo, lmao. Magnificent!

[nate_river_]

I can't help but feel there's a whole universe only Ian can see, and he's up there on stage providing 12th dimensional commentary on everything. From the wheeling of galaxies through the rise and fall of entire civilisations to insects marching around to cells dividing and atoms pinging about while the rest of us look on and go "yep, cool tunes mate."

[JasonM]

Fun fact: Ian Anderson wanted to be the greatest guitarist in the world and practiced really hard to become so. Then one day he saw Eric Clapton and decided to give up and play flute instead. Glad he did!

[athenaP]

I always love the little notes you put in the transcriptions

[OkJLA]

That octave transition at 2:13 sounded like something in a binaural beat meditation. Woah.

[nilsniemeier]

I liked how he kept teasing the audience with that little phrase from Bach and never resolved it.

[thelonious-dxvi]

He is literally playing rock flute. Not jazz flute; it's strictly the static-tonal-center, one-scale-fits-all vocab of rock lead guitar, basically borrowed blues language. But on a flute. And I like it. I once went to see them, '77 give or take, I think they were touring Songs From the Wood. He's a real guitar player too, very good sounding player. Everyone in that band knew what they were doing, and it was their thing.

[johnwise]

When Ian was playing around with Bach but not entirely committing to it I felt my face melt lol

[DrewNoted]

He’s straight up his own amp and pedal rack with how many ways he expresses and changes the timbre. So much fun watching it - 10/10 I want him to play my wedding

[adamreznik]

The "pwt" at 1:20 - I felt that