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Toby Walker 08-13-2018 12:37 PM

Transcribing music for a guitar lesson.
 
Transcribing Blind Blake. This is how I create new guitar lessons. Blake is incredibly complex and his variations make his music fascinating and a joy to master and then to teach. I use a program called the Amazing Slow Downer which enables me to capture literally EVERY note and nuance. I'm going to work on a number of his songs and package them into a lesson called 'Blind Blake, Under The Hood.' I not only want to show students how to play his music but more importantly, how to incorporate his techniques and variations into their own playing.


Kerbie 08-13-2018 01:15 PM

So, THAT'S how you do it! That's pretty cool... better than writing it out by hand. ASD is a nice program. Thanks.

Toby Walker 08-13-2018 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Kerbie (Post 5808542)
So, THAT'S how you do it! That's pretty cool... better than writing it out by hand. ASD is a nice program. Thanks.

I've been using Finale for years now. Love it.

JonPR 08-13-2018 04:39 PM

Nice job! It's Transcribe and Sibelius for me - I've yet to get round to youtube lessons though!

https://i.imgur.com/XPWCpnN.jpg

Toby Walker 08-14-2018 06:31 AM

That looks good Jon! In the first set of triplets in the 4th measure, I would suggest indicating a pull-off between the G and E notes.

JonPR 08-14-2018 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Toby Walker (Post 5809116)
That looks good Jon! In the first set of triplets in the 4th measure, I would suggest indicating a pull-off between the G and E notes.

You're probably right. It sounds to me like he picked all the notes (and in the following bar too), but it would be easier as a pull-off.
What I have left off is a tempo marking... (This one dates from a few years back, and it's time I double-checked the whole thing.)

I assume you just recorded your screen for that video? It works pretty well, and seems like an easy way to deliver a video lesson.:)

Toby Walker 08-15-2018 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by JonPR (Post 5809431)
You're probably right. It sounds to me like he picked all the notes (and in the following bar too), but it would be easier as a pull-off.
What I have left off is a tempo marking... (This one dates from a few years back, and it's time I double-checked the whole thing.)

I assume you just recorded your screen for that video? It works pretty well, and seems like an easy way to deliver a video lesson.:)

I used to try to execute that move picking all the notes but found that to be very difficult. I tried a pull-off and it worked quite cleanly the very first time.

I did record the screen using QuickTime, but I also use the same program for videoing my lessons, uploading them to Vimeo and then embedding them on my site.

Rocky Dijohn 08-18-2018 05:31 AM

This is great news. i look forward to your lesson on Blind Blake. I wonder which of his tunes will be a good "entry point" for his stye.....

DupleMeter 08-19-2018 08:04 PM

I typically pull the track into my DAW and loop a 4 or 8 bars at a time and then write them out (in Sibelius). Goes pretty fast for me...but I tend to be able to transcribe quickly.


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