Transcribing

[Spin Doctor]

If something is too far for you to see, you should find something else to look at, like a neighbors' house. Don't use a telescope.
I'm kidding!

To sum up.
Even if 5 billion people are telling me, "Don't you ever slow down a track", I will slow down the track I'm working on, if I need it.

It's just me. Nice to be back.

Hey I have no problem with you doing whatever you want to do. The information I gave, I got from Grammy award-winning musicians, not random people. Where you been anyway?

 

[Whousedtoplay]

Where you been anyway?

I was hoping people would forget me as the (most) irritating TB member who always tends to argue.
LOL.

 

[Mushroo]

I was hoping people would forget me as the (most) irritating TB member who always tends to argue.
LOL.

Welcome back!

 

[LeeNunn]

I'm a self-taught transcriber. If there's a spectrum of approaches (with no looping, no slowing down, and only paper and pencil on one end), then I'm on the other. The looping and slowing down allows me to hear things I just wouldn't hear otherwise, and the notation software allows me to read what I've written. My handwriting is just terrible, but the notation software does lots more than improve legibility. I wish I had had software tutorials, because just learning to use the tools was a challenge. Posting the transcriptions here has allowed me to receive valuable feedback (e.g., ChrisDev and WUTP among others) and has improved my transcription speed and accuracy. Some things I have learned here include using the staccato sign instead of a note followed by a rest of equal duration. The key signature isn't necessarily the one that minimizes the accidentals (e.g., blues in F has one flat, not two). Tie notes that extend across the middle of the measure (some would say notes that extend from one beat to the next). Use octave up notation when you'd otherwise use more than three lines above the staff. Start each verse at the left margin and pay attention to formatting in general. Write the chord names to give the bass line context and facilitate improvisation. In odd time signatures, group the notes in a way that reflects the implied subdivision of the measure. The list goes on. It's a great way to learn theory in application.

 

[Beff Juckley]

Some things I have learned here include using the staccato sign instead of a note followed by a rest of equal duration. The key signature isn't necessarily the one that minimizes the accidentals (e.g., blues in F has one flat, not two). Tie notes that extend across the middle of the measure (some would say notes that extend from one beat to the next). Use octave up notation when you'd otherwise use more than three lines above the staff. Start each verse at the left margin and pay attention to formatting in general. Write the chord names to give the bass line context and facilitate improvisation. In odd time signatures, group the notes in a way that reflects the implied subdivision of the measure. The list goes on. It's a great way to learn theory in application.

Some great tips, thank you. I'm just getting into sight-reading atm. I have some minor knowledge from studying it a few years ago, but nothing too practical.