Tips on Transcribing
On any transcription the VERY VERY first thing to do is to count it
out.
Get out a few pages of blank manuscript paper and pencil 4 measures
to a line.
Then count the bars while the music plays. You'll find that
you'll soon recognize the different sections and get the arrangement
down.
Don't rely on sections lasting an even 8 measures, you'll find
plenty of occasions where there are 7 or 9 bar sections.
And then every
once in a while someone will chop a bar in half just before the bridge (that's when you realize you have to re-count it out in "two").
I still do at least two "count throughs" (and generally more) before
beginning the actual transcription phase.
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