Close To The Edge


From: Scott Evans Ta-da! Here it is. The transcription for all of Yes' "Close to the Edge". Let me give a little advice for folks that want to play it: - Some parts are really easy to play, but overall the song will take a fair amount of work to get down. - for those hard parts, the transcription alone won't do it. you'll need to listen to the song (probably a zillion times) to get Chris' phrasing down. It's tough! And his tone doesn't make it any easier (trust me on this one). Anyway, there's two or three little fills that I missed. Sorry. If anyone has any comments on this, please mail me. 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