Wild Geese In Autumn

Field recordings of various wild bird songs, slowed down, lowered in pitch, and prepared as standard music notation.

The audio samples are links to MIDI files, and MIDI files will sound different on various systems according the software and sound-card you are using.

Unknown bird recorded singing near a Mountain pass in China
Lone Mourning Dove
Wood Thrush At Dawn
Golden Plover By The Shore
Thrush Nightingale At Midnight
Song Of The Chinese Hwamei
Blackbird
Skylark
American Robin
Bachman's Sparrow

Wild Geese Landing On A
Lake While Migrating South
(Note - The Wild Geese sample above is the only bird song transcription currently avaialable that is scored for a group of instruments rather than solo This is an actual transcription of the sounds made while the geese are landing for their evening rest, and is scored for a saxophone ensemble but has been performed on other groups of instruments. These birds certainly rival the most avante guard jazz band, in rythmn and style!)

Eastern Bluebird
Grey Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Whip-Poor-Will

Sheet Music

Each of the bird songs above is available as sheet music. The range of the music can be adapted for performance on various solo instruments and the transcriptions have been performed on flute, shakuhachi, recorder, piccolo, and more. The particular piece Wild Geese Landing On A Lake While Migrating South was originally scored for a saxophone ensemble, but has been adapted for other combinations of instruments.
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