You'll Hear It 7 Secrets for Transcribing Solos - #7
Feb 6, 2018
Tips for choosing solos you already love and singing them first to speed learning. Strategies for breaking solos into musical phrases and focusing on right-hand lines to avoid overwhelm. Advice on capturing phrasing and dynamics while practicing loud. Suggestions for transcribing across instruments and using scores or slow-down tools as helpful aids.
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Choose Solos You Already Know
- Do pick solos you already know and love before transcribing them.
- Peter Martin says you should be able to sing along and have listened to the solo many times so you’ll stay motivated and recognize nuances.
Sing The Solo Before You Transcribe
- Do learn the solo by ear and sing it before writing anything down.
- Adam Maness urges you to sing the whole solo with the recording so you internalize phrasing and avoid premature notation.
Ignore Accompaniment At First
- Do omit the left hand (or non-solo voices) at first to avoid getting bogged down.
- Peter Martin recommends learning only the right hand to focus on complete phrases and avoid hours lost on secondary voices.