How To Transcribe in 7 Steps

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@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

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@UkuleleAversion 3 жыл бұрын

After watching this video I decided to tranpose Sonny Rollins' five chorus solo on St Thomas through 12 keys. I've done 5 keys so far.

@CamIsSuper Жыл бұрын

Did it help?

@SolarMumuns 3 жыл бұрын

As a guitarist, I must say that your content is almost always fresh and useful as it really gets into the nuts and bolts of building melodic lines: sth that a lot of guitarists and guitar teachers gloss over. So, thank you and best wishes in this difficult time.

@utkuvargi221 Жыл бұрын

Dude thank you for this videos which means a lot for beginner level musician as I am.Greetings from Turkey.

@kladmonet9 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Man! While watching this video I thought that you are in near level with Parker, Coltrane, Brecker. But in comparison with them you are teaching in addition. Thank you!

@nelsonval9398 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Chad really needed this! Thank you!!

@Sebassplayer1978 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advices ! I'm a bass player and l'm currently transcribing a Wes Montgomery solo, transposing each phrase in 12 keys is a massive work but so valuable !

@larrythebassist 3 жыл бұрын

You're honestly a blessing to us all! Thank you for sharing so much!

@richardcomard4223 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. There's so much to unpack. Like treasure or one of those gift boxes. Work never looked so good.lol

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, Richard! Glad you’re enjoying the content!

@conradhoffman4851 3 жыл бұрын

These tips are awesome! I've been transcribing your "Yesterday" quartet piece and this helps out a ton

@FrantzesElzaurdia 3 жыл бұрын

The cool blues lick never fails

@CliffieVanR 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic lesson - thank you!

@ericworthy1300 3 жыл бұрын

OK! Hearing you play it makes alot more sense!

@juanlorences4091 3 жыл бұрын

Even though i am a pianist i always get so much value from your videos!! Thank You so much!

@koanda6489 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! It’s really helpful video.

@suemelina1984 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for the lesson, I will try!

@johnnywhyayou 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for sharing!

@tylerpauletti4265 3 жыл бұрын

This was very informative. I've been having trouble transcribing lately bc I've realized that I wasn't really internalizing solos the way I wanted to and learning the most content possible. Thanks for giving me a lot more to work with! You're incredible as always

@ivanmectin9106 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing !

@RafikCezanneTV 3 жыл бұрын

Informative video with useful tips on transcription and soloing. Baby steps for me all the way. Thank you

@johnmcguire3999 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Great explanation

@zmerz 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been waiting for that video!!!!!!

@hecateswolf6007 Жыл бұрын

Very inspiring and informative les. Sincere thanks.

@dylandecker_music 3 жыл бұрын

Hey I was just shedding this tune! One of my favorite Bird tunes.

@insidejazzguitar8112 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing teacher - excellent concepts and discussion - thank you! I’m a guitarist so I mainly think in terms of scale degrees when I transcribe and practice lines. I love taking melodic cells and combos and transposing to several other keys, usually chosen based on the II-Vs in the tunes I’m working on. That’s one of my favorite ways to practice.

@FrantzesElzaurdia 3 жыл бұрын

Very useful, I was transcribing your solo on Yardbird Suite from the Standard sessions series you have here on KZfaq, and it's been a very long time since I've transcribed something. A day after learning some frases and trying them over different keys and chord progressions and I already hear them in my improvisations.

@jazg9725 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Chad! Thanks for this

@dp4878 3 жыл бұрын

What an amazing lesson. Learning a solo is one thing, but you show how to unwrap it and use it as a springboard for your own soloing. This can keep your study going for ever, a brilliant challenge for a growing musician.

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you’re enjoying the content!

@XB29SP 3 жыл бұрын

Great ideas and methods as always. Just playing a Parker tune (head) in all keys with the goal of making each key sound as "slick" as the original has worked for me because his tune can include colorful chord substitution notes in themselves. Like the singing part too!

@shaddjimenez4524 3 жыл бұрын

great content, lots of valuable information in these videos.

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@adamsiegel6873 3 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing as all of yours are!

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Adam!

@bhuvankala8011 3 жыл бұрын

I think the Chad meme probably originated from Chad LB, what a chad, always shedding great stuff

@tracezacur6784 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video - really helpful. Really wish this had been out when I was in high school!!! 😭😭 Keep it up; this is dope 👍👍👍👍

@YoPaulieMusic 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, love your playing and teaching style. I think there is another thing students can do to improve their transcribing capabilities: know your scales adn apreggios. So much of jazz is based on these two, if you know them and have them under your fingers you can trascribe more efficiently.

@cmt8485 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chad for the cool video and the cool blues lick sir

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Chris!

@jwalker7277 2 жыл бұрын

Love you bro and i learn from you playing the trumpet hope to meet you one day i live in the Bahamas and you help me tremendously Happy New Year and all the best to you!!!!!

@michamarkuszewski4546 3 жыл бұрын

done learning softly as in a morning sunshine in 12 keys

@Jamsville 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great video! Two things I would add: listen to the solo over and over and over. This will let you memorize it really easily. Write variations on your favorite phrases in the solo. This helps get it in your vocabulary without copying exactly.

@bartycrouchjr.8831 3 жыл бұрын

wow your voice is good

@RogelioEscobar 3 жыл бұрын

Imitation is key. I am by far not a great Jazz player, but I ate slept and pooped Sonny Rollins in college. I tried to emulate even the sounds of the keys of his horn popping and tiny sounds of spittle you could hear from his embouchure and the fuziness of his tone (Saxophone Colossus). You move your face around and try to match the colors of tone. I've been racking my brain hating my playing and this....this is the key. Back to transcription. Even if you habe 20 minutes to practice.....you should be teanscribing and analyzing. Thanks Chad! Would love to do a lessonone day.

@reuven8815 3 жыл бұрын

Marvelous: Shavua Tov!

@christophmunch4796 3 жыл бұрын

The 7 steps: 1. Get a coffee. 2. Power up computer. 3. Check E-mail. 4. Check Facebook and Instagram. 5. Post vitriolic comment on jazz education video. 6. Start transcribing. 7. After 5 minutes finish transcribing because of that impossible-to-figure-out passage.

@ganlanwang9286 3 жыл бұрын

haha

@theolockhart2624 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a lesson on alternate fingerings.

@Krabzzz 3 жыл бұрын

Thats some giant steps

@ralfbettker-cuza7432 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great content, Chad. One question and one remark: do you actually transcribe on your horn or on a keyboard or piano? And the remark: I find writing down the transcription yourself extremely helpful for understanding the rhythmic approach of a soloist. I had various teachers telling me that rhythm is actually more important than notes.

@joaquinodriozola4963 3 жыл бұрын

great stuff man thanks! im a guitar player lol

@davidpinto2197 3 жыл бұрын

The writing down part is also great for the ancillary benefit of improving your reading.

@thomasgendron1446 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite Charlie Parker solo

@UkuleleAversion 3 жыл бұрын

I think I might be up to Step 7. I recently finished learning Sonny Rollins' solo (6 choruses, drum solo, then 5 choruses) on St Thomas and I'm thinking about putting it through to 12 keys.

@TheKjtheDj 3 жыл бұрын

Learning the omnibook in the original alto key and then up a half step is a great way to go through all the keys. Learning a solo in all the keys is fun but you end up going really high.

@danhpena 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Chad. Thank you very much for your work and sharing here on KZfaq. I was transposing a melodic phrase using the chord degree numbers strategy and I couldn't know what scale degree i should attribute to some notes under a half dim or dim chord. Example: under the F#º7 which one is the 9th (G or G#)? which one is the 4th (Bb or B)? and so on.

@ChipArmstrong 3 жыл бұрын

Superior video, Chad. The Charlie Parker piece you transcribed up in three different half steps...how do you plan to apply them in solos?

@ForgotMyOrange 3 жыл бұрын

I found that listening to this at 1.5x speed works quite well. Just gotta concentrate a little harder

@gangofgreenhorns2672 3 жыл бұрын

Make a video on funk.

@MARSAX86 3 жыл бұрын

craze

@andrewcallous9688 3 жыл бұрын

Chad looks like crazy Jafar from Aladdin. Thanks for lesson anyway))

@duckzi6678 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I am a piano player. Are most of the videos for all instruments or exclusively for horn players

@bluessax5089 3 жыл бұрын

I really dig this video and Chad is a Monster player but I really wish cats would mention the importance of matching timbre, tone color, dynamics, and nuance when transcribing. There is so much more than just playing and analyzing the notes. You can see examples of what I speak of on my channel. I transcribe guitar solos on the sax

@jlcm1963 3 жыл бұрын

Sub titulos en español por favor !!!!!Gracias...

@chrisdecarlo9974 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the most reliable place to find changes for tunes? I’ve tried the internet, the transcription books, and iRealPro, but they’re all often so different.

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Great question! Ultimately you’ll want to get the hang of transcribing chord changes yourself from the recording because I find all books and apps to have errors, and sometimes there’s no right or wrong, it’s just a matter of deciding which options you want to do yourself. I’ll try to do a video on transcribing chord changes soon :)

@chrisdecarlo9974 3 жыл бұрын

Chad LB Thank you very much, your videos have been enormously helpful for me.

@ChadLefkowitzBrown 3 жыл бұрын

Chris DeCarlo thank you, Chris! So glad you’re enjoying the content!

@danielcaicedo9340 3 жыл бұрын

iRealPro is the move buddy

@Mr2plus3 3 жыл бұрын

IN your analysis of the G7 pickup, why does it have to be a scale? Why can't he just be playing the tensions b9 and #9. against the chord with notes of the key C for all others?

@lbb2rfarangkiinok 3 жыл бұрын

Your voice reminds me of Owen Wilson. Are you from the same place or something?

@kennethvalentine4907 3 жыл бұрын

Do you transcribe the chord changes in step one as a part of memorizing the chord changes? If so, how specifically? Are you arpeggiating on your sax or are you using a piano/keyboard? What are you listening to specifically in the recording in order to transcribe the chord changes? (Piano/Bass) Or do you look up the changes before even starting on a tune/standard?

@ili626 3 жыл бұрын

RE step 1 - What if it’s an unknown song?

@jlcm1963 3 жыл бұрын

Yo soy vuestro cliente...

@samuelroberts8449 2 жыл бұрын

What if you're stupid slow at learning by ear? assuming the transcription isn't available in writing.

@miositv549 Жыл бұрын

of course your name is chad

@elsaxofonista 3 жыл бұрын

because when I listen to an improvisation of a song it sounds the same as all the others? because all improvisations seem like study exercises? I'm not talking about your sax solos, I'm talking about the solos of most saxophonists, shouldn't an improvisation be a variation of the melody? I don't understand how the term improvisation is handled today

@LowReedExpert1 3 жыл бұрын

Modern soloing tends to allow every type of solo styles, but some the newest "hippest" sounds are playing flashy lines and playing outside of the key and resolving. Personally, it's not my cup of tea since there are a lot of folks who rely on that too heavily but, like everything, it's all about moderation. Take some things like the cadenzas at the end of Dizzy's night in Tunisia. Since a cadenza is unaccompanied, you have no choice but to play horizontally to keep the progression/key, vertically for interest, melodically so it doesn't get boring, using phrases so things don't ramble, and you'll even hear on those old recordings playing lines outside the key and resolving well. In my opinion, it's all about how you use the tools. You can make amazing solos that are less melodic (take Allen Vizzuti, whose soloing I don't care for, but is undeniably outstanding)