Hayden Hill
Hayden founded PianoGroove in 2015 with the goal of making the world a more musical place. He shares his love for jazz piano through his online courses and manages the community area of PianoGroove.
January 4 · 2023
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A transcription session on the tune “In A Sentimental Mood”. We transcribe melodies, harmonies, fills, and discuss software to help you transcribe efficiently.
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Hey everyone 👋
I have added the chapter markings and here are the links that I mention in the video:
My Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2htZ7H7QlDD1ncV6aFY5g6?si=b310f33aeb2a4296&pt=382b705217acc2e4465590cd27a98bab
Jon’s Interview: https://www.pianogroove.com/blues-piano-lessons/tips-insights-from-jon/
Common Jazz Forms https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/common-jazz-forms/
Transcribe Free Trial: https://www.seventhstring.com/xscribe/download.html
I’m here to help if anyone has any further questions on transcription.
Cheers,
Hayden
Thanks for a great seminar yesterday, Hayden! At first I was confused between Transcribe! which you demonstrated, and Transcribe+ which is a free download from the Apple Store.
I found the following in the FAQs for Transcribe! which is for laptop use and is not available for mobile devices:
“”Is there (or will there be) a version of Transcribe! for iOS or Android?”
No there isn’t, and I am not planning to develop one. There are already quite a few slow-down- and-loop applications available for iPad/iPhone/Android. Transcribe! is quite full featured, and this is what distinguishes it from other applications in the same general area. But if I did a version for smartphones and tablets, it would be necessary to lose quite a lot of features. This would result in a product that wouldn’t be very much different from other products already out there – so what would be the point of that?
Incidentally there is a product called “Transcribe+” for iOS which has nothing to do with Seventh String Software. I wish they had not used such a similar name as it can cause confusion.”
This cleared things up for me, and I hope it assists others.
Regards,
Richard K
Hey Richard,
I have been using Transcribe+ for iOS (paid version) for quite a while now and have been able to do a lot of my transcribing with it.
The fact that its name is almost the same as Seventh String’s Transcribe! is a bit confusing for sure, and of course it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles as Transcribe! However the most basic features for transcription, including loops, slowing, speeding, markers and audio scrubbing are really awesome.
I hope you get to try it, it might work for you too.
Best regards,
Michael.
I can’t make Spotify link to work, any tip?
Hi Gisle,
Do you have an active Spotify account? If so you can either log in to the Spotify website, or alternatively load the playlist in your Spotify app.
If you don’t have a Spotify account, you should still be able to see the playlist and the songs it contains, but you cannot play it. If you can copy the names of the songs and search them on YouTube you can find them that way.
Let me know if I can help further.
Cheers,
Hayden
Great Seminar Hayden, sorry I missed it Live this week but glad I was able to finally catch up 🙂
Lots of great info here and very insightful to see the transcribing process from your own standpoint.
I personally like this tune very much and look forward to your future course on this one and other standards.
Just one request please – Would it be possible to always include the Harmonic Analysis with the course handout? I personally struggle with this and find it very useful to have, especially for tunes that I am not familiar with. Kind of like a roadmap where the path makes a lot more sense once explained.
I started learning to use “Mapping Tonal Harmony Pro” to help myself with the analysis.
Cheers!
Michael.
Hi Michael 👋
I’m glad you enjoyed the seminar.
Yes that’s a really great idea, I will incorporate this into all future seminars.
I’m half way through creating a new course on this tune, and the first 2 lessons cover the functional harmony.
More updates to follow!
Cheers,
Hayden
Thanks so much Hayden! ☺️
hello Hayden,
Thank you for this lesson. I have been hesitant to explore transcription until now. I have downloaded Transcribe! however, I haven’t found instructions on how to transfer the recordings I like (eg. from Spotify) into the Transcribe program. Do the recordings need to be converted to another audio form?
I’m looking forward to more lessons on ear training.
Thank you for this fantastic program. The lessons are amazing.
Stephani
Hi Stephani,
Thanks for getting in touch.
Yes to pull a file into Transcribe App, it must be an .mp3 file.
There was another transcription app called ‘The Amazing Slow Downer’ which had a direct Spotify integration, but unfortunately the Spotify revoked the integration.
To get hold of the .mp3 files, the songs can be bought through iTunes, and then pull them into Transcribe.
It is possible to search for the song names on YouTube and then use a ‘YouTube to MP3’ download tool, but do be careful of the legality of ‘ripping’ songs off YouTube like this. Also some of the sites that offer to download the mp3 files can encourage you to download 3rd party software, so I can’t endorse these kind of services.
Some students spoke about another option here in the forum where it’s possible to record short segments of a song: https://community.pianogroove.com/t/the-amazing-slow-downer-transcription-app/2682/28
I hope that helps.
Cheers,
Hayden