Converting sheet music to tab?

bigjon · August 2013

TTony said:
I've got the basic tune/melody lines, but there are some bits that I can't get sounding right. The intro section is fine now (thanks to the bottom G from @bigjon ). But (eg) there's obviously more than one note being played in the run down just before the vocals start (and at the end of each verse), and that's one of the bits that's got me stumped atm.

Got a time in the youtube vid you want me to take a look at? I'm willing to put in a little bit of effort to transcribe it for you but I can't be bothered to find it first! ;-)

TTony · August 2013

Thanks oct.

JamUp Pro can do something similar (I think - I've never tried Transcribe!), which is what I've been using so far.

Load the track, and then play it through slowly (pitch doesn't change), stopping it whenever the note isn't obvious at first listen.

It works well for single-note parts, but gets more difficult when trying to work out dyads (which I just had to lookup) and triads / full-chords that aren't of the straightforward variety.

TTony · August 2013

bigjon said:
Got a time in the youtube vid you want me to take a look at? I'm willing to put in a little bit of effort to transcribe it for you but I can't be bothered to find it first! ;-)

It's the run-down bit from 1:48 - 2:02 in the video version.

But don't put too much effort in on my behalf - the sheet music should turn up soon, plus I'm feeling that I ought to apply myself more rigorously rather than rely on you good people to do the hard work for me. Perhaps only reveal the answer once I think I've worked it out - then you can tell me how wrong I was ? !!

bigjon · August 2013

TTony said:

It's the run-down bit from 1:48 - 2:02 in the video version.
But don't put too much effort in on my behalf - the sheet music should turn up soon, plus I'm feeling that I ought to apply myself more rigorously rather than rely on you good people to do the hard work for me. Perhaps only reveal the answer once I think I've worked it out - then you can tell me how wrong I was ? !!

As you wish :-)

TTony · August 2013

G maj chord, A-shape, playing the 5th, 4th & 3rd strings (plus open 6th), holding the shape and descending through F#, E, D, C# & B chords.

Then to A, E-shape, playing 6,5,4 strings, to E to all strings open back to E

? @bigjon

EricTheWeary · August 2013

I have had to learn a few parts from sheet music ( eg horn parts to play on guitar) and have just sat there with the score and a pencil writing E F# etc etc above it using little more knowledge than Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ( just remember to look at the key signature first, you don't even have to understand what it means). It is long winded and doesn't tell you how to play anything but it is perfectly doable if a bit laborious. Just then follow what you have written down against the original recording with your finger and it starts falling into place. I reckon @TTony could pick up the required knowledge to do that in half an hour (tops). And there is a lot of sheet music available digitally from places like sheetmusic direct if you can't wait for the post. Just watch out for the information about printing rights ( if you print it once your access to what you have just bought may be taken away) but there are plenty of ways around that.

daveww · August 2013

You can also type it into powertab or guitar pro

bigjon · August 2013

TTony said:

G maj chord, A-shape, playing the 5th, 4th & 3rd strings (plus open 6th), holding the shape and descending through F#, E, D, C# & B chords.

Then to A, E-shape, playing 6,5,4 strings, to E to all strings open back to E

Yes, except I don't think he's playing the middle string of the three. He's just playing a single note G at fret 10 on string 5 doubled up the octave at fret 12 on string 3. The fourth string is damped with the underside of his index finger.

TTony · August 2013

Thanks.

Anyone want to buy some sheet music??

Van_Hayden · September 2013

It can't take any longer to learn than it took me to cut a nut at Neil's...

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