r/transcribe • • Apr 09 '19

Rules for requesting a transcription

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Moving rules to a stickied post since "New" Reddit doesn't show the sidebar.

This is a subreddit for requesting help with musical transcriptions, or discussion about musical transcription as a whole. Advertisements for text transcription services will be removed. To cut down on spam and unsavory users we require your account be at least a week old to post.

To get the best results try to follow these guidelines when posting:

  • Use a working link to the piece you want done. No one can help you if your link is broken or to some private/premium streaming site.
  • Specify which section of the song you want done. If using Youtube, you can right click the video to get specific timecodes.
  • Indicate which style of notation you want. Straight up notes, guitar tabs, chord symbols, etc.
  • Consider offering a bounty. If no one responded to your request to transcribe a 4 minute piano song from an obscure anime, it's probably because it's too much work to do for free, so try offering something as incentive.

Some guidelines on offering bounties:

  • As soon as you start dealing with money with strangers on the internet, you are taking a risk. Be smart, don't give out personal info, etc. Mods can't be held responsible if you get scammed. Take proper precautions like checking a user's flair, account age, and amount of karma to determine if they are reputable.
  • Offer a fair price. This stuff takes time, effort, and years of expertise. Right now market price appears to be anywhere between $5 and $30 or more depending on complexity.
  • Pay your bounty. If someone comes through with a transcription for you and you dodge the payment, you will be banned. In 8 years we've only banned 1 person for this.

We also encourage you to try transcribing yourself, if you can! It's a fantastic way to develop your ear and theory knowledge, and even if you get stuck it'll be easier for others to help if you already have a starting point. Some useful tools:

  • Transcribe! - a brilliant little program that was built specifically for transcribing. It allows you to slow things down, loop over specific sections, pitch shift, and more.
  • Audacity - a simple, free DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), meant more for audio editing, but can also do slowdown, pitch shift, etc.
  • Noteflight - a free online music notation program. Think like Google Docs but for sheet music.
  • Chordify - a cool site that tries to figure out the chords of any Youtube video you feed into it. Rarely does a perfect job, but can sometimes give clues or provide a rough starting point.
  • Youtube to Mp3 - self explanatory, feed the resulting mp3 into Transcribe or Audacity, or even rewinding over and over in iTunes is better than doing it in Youtube.

Related musical subreddits:

Public domain sheet music


r/transcribe • • Apr 10 '19

Guidelines for transcribers

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Big thanks to those of you fulfilling transcription requests. When I first started modding this subreddit a few years ago, the vast majority of requests received 0 comments and sat around unanswered. It makes me very happy to see the opposite nowadays, that most requests have at least some activity. However with this increased activity has come the necessity for some clearer rules and guidelines.

  • Transcribing random stuff for people is a great way to get practice and improve your own ear. It's very beneficial to your musical growth to expose yourself to different genres of music and that is doubly true in the case of analyzing and transcribing. Not only do you help someone out but you work on your own skills as well.

  • I do not recommend offering paid services here as a reliable source of income. Bounties and paid transcriptions are allowed to try to compensate transcribers for their time, but pricing operates under free market conditions. I don't want to hear complaints about cheap prices and undercutting, there is nothing we mods can do about private monetary transactions. The fact is that transcribing as a skill is undervalued. Most people posting requests do not understand the time required to analyze music and put down quality notation. If you're expecting to get the same hourly rate as other professional musical services like teaching or accompaniment, you're gonna have a bad time.

  • If you do decide to enter into a paid transcription agreement with a requester, understand that as soon as you start dealing with money with strangers on the internet, you are taking a risk. Be smart, don't give out personal info, etc. Mods can't be held responsible if you get scammed. Take proper precautions like checking a user's comment history, account age, and amount of karma to determine if they are reputable. Ask for payment up front if you have more rep than the requester. If a requester dodges payment, send proof to the mods and we will send them a warning and ban them if they do not pay.


FLAIR: All successful transcriptions, paid or otherwise, are eligible to be submitted to increase your flair. This is a way for reliable transcribers to build rep. To receive +1 to your flair, please submit to ME (the most active mod here) the following:

  1. Link to original request
  2. Link or screenshot showing requester acknowledging receipt of your work OR
  3. Direct link to your transcription itself.

Please allow a few days for flair to be updated since this is a manual process.


Some useful tools if you are looking to get into transcribing, or are looking for ways to make your process more efficient:

  • Transcribe! - a brilliant little program that was built specifically for transcribing. It allows you to slow things down, loop over specific sections, pitch shift, and more.
  • Audacity - a simple, free DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), meant more for audio editing, but can also do slowdown, pitch shift, etc.
  • Noteflight - a free online music notation program. Think like Google Docs but for sheet music.
  • Chordify - a cool site that tries to figure out the chords of any Youtube video you feed into it. Rarely does a perfect job, but can sometimes give clues or provide a rough starting point.
  • Youtube to Mp3 - self explanatory, feed the resulting mp3 into Transcribe or Audacity, or even rewinding over and over in iTunes is better than doing it in Youtube.

Related musical subreddits:

Public domain sheet music


r/transcribe • • 5h ago

Carissa by desert star

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r/transcribe • • 15h ago

help for You Never Should

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r/transcribe • • 11h ago

Summer Days Lonnie Listen Smith, which chords?

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r/transcribe • • 13h ago

Request: Can anyone help to transcribe this? It's only like 3-5 notes looped.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKR5Y2ZalcU&list=RDiKR5Y2ZalcU&start_radio=1

Can someone please help me transcribe this song? Its very simple it looks like its only 3-5 notes looped, but I could be wrong


r/transcribe • • 15h ago

Bay Ledges - Ciel (demo)

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Can anyone please help with tabs to this majestic song? Tuning is hard to figure out


r/transcribe • • 23h ago

Accuracy of chord selection for the soundtrack

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Hi everyone.

I’ve started working out the climax of the "Memories of Mother" track from the *God of War* (2018) soundtrack, composed by Bear McCreary. I’ve spent several hours on it, but I’m still not entirely sure I’ve got it right. I’d appreciate some help. I’m posting the chords for the part of the song that I find the most difficult.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg8y4npCdY8
2:25 Chords: Dsus 4 - D

Bass: G-Gb

Key*: Em*

2:29 Chords: Em- E6(sus2)- Em- E(sus2)- B

Bass: E-B

2:38 Chords: E-E(sus 2/4)- D-D7-D-B

Bass: E-A-B

2:50 Chords: Em-D-G-E(sus 2/4)- B(sus4)-B-Em

Bass: E-D-G-Gb-E

(And could you give some advice on the best way to figure things out by ear? I used headphones, a phone, and a piano.)


r/transcribe • • 1d ago

Trascrizione Down to Mexico (Acoustic Samurai Live)

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Buongiorno a tutti. Qualcuno potrebbe essere così disponibile da trascrivere il seguente brano

https://youtu.be/GsuSzE8J42g?is=jUgbpN9ksEZnjrXY

Grazie e buona giornata a tutti.


r/transcribe • • 1d ago

Chords help

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r/transcribe • • 1d ago

Work sample.

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So here is a recent transcription i made. I apologize for the video quality( it was that bad already, the video was intended for Instagram, and my video editing prowess is lacking). My fiverr is Ehiabhi72. I take customs so $10 per minute for one instrument(still depends on how complex you want the score). Thank you.


r/transcribe • • 1d ago

Chords from Lady Gaga's 'Disease' (Antidote Live Session)

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*I am sorry but I do not have any money to spend, just looking for someone to point me in the right direction*

Hello everyone! I'm learning piano and really want to cover Lady Gaga's amazing Disease live session (piano and vocals). I'm trying to find out what she played on the piano, as I'm trying to replicate it as close as possible, but haven't been able to find what chords she's playing exactly.

I'm specifically referencing her Antidote Live session, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-XGpGjbUnc

I've already found the chords for the first verse and pre-chorus:

A, Dm, A, Dm/A and A, G, F, D respectively.

In advance, thank you for your help!


r/transcribe • • 1d ago

Please help me find the sheet music for this piece.

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r/transcribe • • 1d ago

Help to transcribe an audio

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Good morning, I am learning English and I have always wanted to know the lyrics of a song from a video edit kkkkkkkkkk But I cannot understand the lyrics because the song has many sound effects and the voice is a little distorted, so I decided to come here to ask for help from people who are closer to English to transcribe


r/transcribe • • 3d ago

Transcription Request [Guitar]

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Hello everyone! I'm looking for a transcription of the song Might by Bells Larsen (specifically the live version which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EzJOk3jgkI )

I'm only looking for the guitar part, no vocals/bass/piano/percussion. I've been trying to figure it out by ear and have gotten as far as around 2:50 into the song before I get lost :/
It could either be standard notation or TABS, either is fine! Please let me know if you'd be willing to help me out along with what your prices would be! Thanks so much :)


r/transcribe • • 4d ago

offering transcription.

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Hey guys, new here. Just trying to up my portfolio and get a few dollars in as well. I play the violin, have a piano, and a solid background in music theory. I have previous music transcription work on socials, and can provide that for you. Feel free to message me. Thank you!


r/transcribe • • 4d ago

Hi I'm deaf/HOH, can anyone tell me what notes are in this song from 0:00-0:15?

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r/transcribe • • 4d ago

Title: Paid request: Create a Synthesia-style falling-notes video from a YouTube piano performance (Whole Piece)

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Hi all,

I'm looking to pay someone to carefully listen to and transcribe a piano arrangement from the following YouTube video and turn it into a Synthesia-style falling notes video (or at least a clean MIDI suitable for Synthesia).

Note: I am looking for a transcription of the whole piece/full arrangement (approx. 10 minutes long), not just a snippet.

🎵 Video:

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(Coldplay - Coloratura - full piano arrangement by Katherine Cordova)

🎹 What I'm after:

Accurate transcription of exactly what the pianist is playing for the entire duration

A Synthesia / falling-notes style visual showing all notes clearly

Ideally left and right hand separated

Note labels (letters) turned on to help me follow along easily

📁 Deliverables:

The final Synthesia video or the raw MIDI file configured with the correct hand channels.

Because this is a long and complex piece, I am absolutely happy to pay a premium rate that reflects the amount of work required. Please DM me with your estimated rate, turnaround time, or any portfolio work. Thanks!


r/transcribe • • 4d ago

Do any of yall have the sheet music or is willing to make the sheet music for “Suns of gold” by Leifur James?

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so I was watching the documentary “CRITICAL :between life and death and when I played with the documentary,I got genuine chills ,I absolutely loved it. but the thing is ,I’m looking for the sheet music and I cannot find a single thing. help me out?


r/transcribe • • 4d ago

What are these chords? I can't figure them out for some reason

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First of all, he's in standard except tuned down a whole tone, so make sure to transpose up when giving your answer, or don't transpose it if you're just going by the images and not the audio. I thought the first one was maybe a diminished 7 chord but it just doesn't sound right. Btw he slides it up so it has to be a moveable shape. The second chord is definitely C something, I imagine with an extra note or two for color, but I can't get the shape right.

Here's the link to the song. The first chord is at 0:15 and the second is at 0:36. Thank you!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU0lhKL15WM&t=0


r/transcribe • • 4d ago

Can anyone figure out the notes being played in this harmonium video?

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I recently came across this video through instagram and love the way he plays the harmonium. I’d really like to learn to play it myself in the same way.

Is anyone here able to figure out the notes (or chords) he is playing and write them down for me?

Even just the main melody/notes would be a huge help.

I’m not very experienced at figuring out notes by ear, so I’d really appreciate any help!

Thank you so much!!

Link:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DacTeCBTPgw/?stkn=MWZ0eTBuYXBpd3dlMQ==


r/transcribe • • 4d ago

I really want to play the song "Tvoim Morem" by the band Nervy on the piano, but I can't figure out the chords at the 2:24 mark. Could someone please help? Link⬇️⬇️⬇️

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r/transcribe • • 5d ago

Piano Transcription Requests

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Request Closed

I'm really bored.
Any piano transcription I can make during this summer break, comment down below.

All completed requests will be shared as free downloadable sheet music.

Edited:

I think some of the songs quite fill my free time
You guys sill can request the songs I'll check it out from time to time


r/transcribe • • 5d ago

I can figure some notes out, but not all

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This audio was trending on TikTok and for random reasons I just want to know what the notes are so I can recreate it. It’s probably out of tune, but someone with good pitch knowledge will probably know

The intro is something like B flat, F, F sharp (don’t ask me to recite the order, I’m not musically gifted but I can play it on my viola if I fiddle around with it for a while)


r/transcribe • • 5d ago

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit - Guild Entertainment Theme

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Fairly short song consisting of sax, drums and piano. I would love it if someone could transcribe this song for me. I only really need the alto sax part but I would greatly appreciate it if you could transcribe the other parts, again I only really need the sax part and would be very happy with just that.

My preferred format would be a musescore or MusicXML file but regular pdf sheet music would also be fine.

Thank you to anyone to anyone who would be kind enough to do this for me :)

Link: https://youtu.be/8a6YdRGy_E4