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Transcribing solos is how jazz players learn the language, but working one out by ear can take hours before you play a note. Here is how to do it well, and how to get an accurate first draft of the notes fast.
If a song sits too high or too low, the fix is not to strain, it is to change the key. Here is how to find a key that fits your range and get the sheet music and chords in that key, not just a pitched-up recording.
Piano apps teach from a fixed library, so the song you actually want is often missing. Here is how to learn any song, even one no app offers, by turning the recording itself into something you can play along with.
Harpists arrange constantly, because most of the songs people request were never published for harp. Here is how to arrange any song for harp, from picking a harp-friendly key to handling pedals, levers, and glissandi.
People ask ChatGPT to turn a recording into sheet music every day. Here is what general AI chatbots can and cannot do with audio, why notation trips them up, and what actually gets the job done.
The theme you want to play often has no official sheet music. Here is how to turn a video game or anime track into a piano arrangement you can actually play, even when no score exists.
Some songs were never published, and the score you need does not exist online. Here is a practical order of operations for finding sheet music for any song, and what to do when nothing turns up.
A piano reduction takes music written for many instruments and condenses it onto two staves a single pianist can play. Here is what that means, how it differs from an arrangement, and how to make one.
Working out a solo by ear is slow, and the fast licks are where most people give up. Here is how to transcribe a guitar solo note for note, where AI gets you a head start, and how to capture the bends and slides it misses.
Before you can play or arrange a song, you need its key and tempo. Here is how to find both by ear and the faster way to get the key, BPM, and time signature read off a recording automatically.
Audition cuts, rehearsal tracks, and a song in your key: musical theater runs on sheet music you often cannot buy. Here is how to transcribe a show tune from a cast recording and get an accompaniment you can use.
A fake book is a thick collection of lead sheets, one song per page, melody and chords only. Here is what a fake book is, where the Real Book fits in, and how to build your own from the songs you play.
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