{"id":479,"count":27,"description":"Transcription is the process of listening to a piece of performed music (a live performance or recording) and using listening skills to write it down. This could be as a score, guitar tablature, simplified notation, or even your own informal shorthand. Being able to transcribe music relies on a range of listening skills, including good absolute<\/a> and relative pitch<\/a> skills, along with chord knowledge<\/a> and rhythm skills<\/a>.\r\n\r\nMany musicians develop ear training skills in order to improve their transcription, and as luck would have it: not only is ear training the best tool for improving transcription, but transcription is one of the best forms of ear training!\r\n\r\nThe obvious use of transcription is to create a score for use by fellow musicians, but it can also be an end in its own right, either as a form of aural skills development or for you to unlock the secrets<\/a> of great improvisers and soloists...\r\n\r\nRemember:<\/em> transcription ear training is not just for those of us who are fluent in classical musical notation!<\/strong> It is also possible to transcribe music into guitar tablature, the piano roll of a sequencer, or even into your memory as part of playing by ear.\r\n\r\nTranscribers of great skill may be able to instantly commit a complex piece directly to manuscript, but for the rest of us it is often a great help to have an instrument to hand to pick out key phrases and verify what we think we've heard.\r\n\r\nInvesting time in ear training for transcription can help you to:\r\n\r\n