How to Transcribe a Song Free and Fast with AnthemScore

[@KillySmurf1]

i've used this for orchestral music with tons of voices and even if it has trouble it's been super helpful and i can use the spectrogram and my own ear to find out the notes it didn't

[@robertnewell5057]

This is a great basic Anthemscore tutorial. If you use the Anthemscore default sheet music window instead of routing to Musescore (as here), you can change the output from piano to guitar, and even guitar tab. The tab is a PDF so is not wildly hepful but is a very useful starting point. Likewise the guitar music is a PDF. If you export to Musescore, you CAN convert to guitar music on a single clef, but it is a lengthy process and the conversion doesn't always retain the octaves. The advantage is that you can export the result to guitarpro or tuxguitar.

[@gfexc]

The trial is a ripoff. They make you think you can try it first. After download it tells you to buy it without being able to see how it works

[@ntinosaggelopoulos6718]

Actually you have trial because i tried the anthemscore and it was enough useful

[@channelkerr]

I swear by this software! It's improved significantly recently as well! Totally worth the $$

[@silverback888]

Years ago I saw a guy playing on a keyboard and what he was playing was literally being written in music format on the computer screen in front of him, then he simply printed the sheet music off that he'd created. To this day I haven't got a clue what he was using? This was in the mid 90s.

[@AaronLington1]

probably the Hyperscribe function on Finale

[@tonyvoeller1427]

This was incredibly helpful, I am so glad there is a resource with which I can so easily transcribe songs that I like! Now I can play "River Flows in You" for my piano recital!

[@pianohelper8873]

Edwin choy's arrangement?

[@christopherworkman9070]

I downloaded the trial and tried a few songs, but it won't open the sheet music in Musescore. It instead opens a window that says "viewer".

[@moo639]

Oy! It found the notes, but the song came out in the wrong key (Bb instead of F) and the wrong time signature (3/4 instead of 6/8 or better yet 12/8). The rhythm was also off for the first 12 measures. It started by being 5/16 late and gradually corrected itself over 12 measures to finally have beat one on the first quarter on measure 13. I understand that this can all be corrected with further work in MuseScore. We'll see.

[@fingolfin4269]

I just tried the free version and ran an mp3 of Linus and Lucy (the trio) through it just to check it out. The results were hilarious. I was hoping for a lot more accuracy than what it spit out.

[@MeowfaceMusic]

Careful on trusting the key signatures such programs provide. The computer is merely making an educated guess. That tune is in the key of E minor, so there should only be one sharp in the key signature (F sharp) instead of three. (More involved, it could be debated that it's in E dorian, but the thing to do here is keep it in E minor and manually add sharps to the bass clef Cs in bars 7 and 8. If the phrase was completed, that line predictably would continue downward to C nature then B.) The key signature it gave is A major (or F sharp minor), which is a far cry from E minor (or G major). If the intention is to have a paid musician read it on the clock at an expensive studio, a lot of time and money will be blown with such a twisted confusion. For a pro, figuring out this particular A major-to-E minor puzzle on the fly may not be a hinderance, but blindly trusting a computer to figure out such a basic thing like a key signature could very easily turn ugly, expensive, timely and professionally and socially awkward. Best to just learn and depend on knowing the basics. Figuring out such fundamental music theory elements like the repeated sequence of the 12 notes on a piano and the logic of staves, clefs, key signatures and time signatures may only take the average person a few hours of watching a few videos and then sleeping on it ; )

[@justforheckofit]

Just tried it. Interesting toy, but honestly, transcribing by ear is way more productive. And you learn the song on close personal level too. And if you are a bit off, you made it your own :D

[@JADNCK]

How do I start transcribing by ear?

[@helloiambear5531]

Got a video on that too, search our videos from about 3 years ago

[@justforheckofit]

@@JADNCK You focus on melody first. You can loop a few notes or even a single one, until you get it, than move to the next. After you get the melody down, you will already have a good feel for chords. It take some time, but I found that it just helps you to get to know the song. More shortcuts and easy ways out you take, less genuine it will sound when you finally get to play it.

[@leif1075]

​@@helloiambear5531PLEASE HELP Why is it nkt transcribing accurately..I upload a wav file of a piano recording but when it creates the sheet mjsic it's wrong..i pnly get dome pf tje notes..but the audio file sounds clear when I play it in anthem.score..any thoughts ?

[@leif1075]

​@@helloiambear5531PLEASE HELP Why is it nkt transcribing accurately..I upload a wav file of a piano recording but when it creates the sheet mjsic it's wrong..i pnly get dome pf tje notes..but the audio file sounds clear when I play it in anthem.score..any thoughts ?

[@niaimanicooper7757]

I loved the interpretive dance and music.

[@Thelightfool]

what is the purpose of background music? i will never understand

[@lucgitarist1498]

be carefull by using the free version trial, when writing your own music, by using this program in the terms of use they become owner of your creations. I have red this in the terms of use. I advise to read by free trials of programs on internet to be carefull as more because there is no refund possible. Anthom software leaves also no erased files on your computer which you have to erase manually

[@bendothemailman]

Do you know if they become owner of the song if you purchase the application as well?

[@lucgitarist1498]

@@bendothemailman then I think that is not the case, but stealing ideas and settings is no jurisdictional crime when using your creation

[@bendothemailman]

@@lucgitarist1498 Alright, thank you!

[@MichaelRosnitschek]

I tried it with bagpipes and it doesn't work. Better to train the ears to write notes out.

[@daviddahl8562]

I'm a guitar player and I've been working with another guitar player helping him to get his music transcribed. I just purchased the anthem professional 4.5.0 and I have the latest version of musescore and been a pro member of musescore for a long time. I'm trying to figure out how to make the guitar the default for good and cutting out the piano. I just bought this 2 days ago so very new and really liking it. I know the basics of music theory pretty well. And I would like to convert this pdf file to musescore 3 can you help me.

[@harisuno3295]

Ho provato questo programma con semplici pezzi ma è stato molto deludente

[@wendyjaehnig4439]

Does it only works on a piano, or it can also recognize the music from an orchesta?

[@channelkerr]

it can transcribe anything, it knows how to ignore drums etc!

[@hamsterback]

Thanks for the video! Is there any rule of thumb for how to decide where to put the split between treble and bass clefs? Middle C would be the easy choice I guess but especially for a beginner it's difficult to naturally know what to play with left or right hand. So having a good split would be very helpful rather than having to play both clefs kinda shared by both hands

[@robertnewell5057]

There is a submenu which allows you to select to point at which to split. Once the sheet music has been made and shows up, you click on the sheet music cog on the left of the screen to bring up the submenu. In this vid, HelloIamBear has his program set to default the sheet music view to Musescore. I don't know if what I suggest works if you set that, but the default on Anthemscore is their own sheet music window, which is what I use.

[@freddiesoundmusik2509]

Thanks,what a wonderfull program!!!

[@ladysteinberg565]

The problem is that the song is not 181bpm! It’s writing crotchets when they should be quavers...the metronome clearly counted around 90 bpm yet it wrote it out incorrectly... how strange!

[@jordantexas]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing :)

Hey, great stuff!

[@aleatoledo9780]

Very helpful!

[@darylharvey772]

Thanks for the tutorial RF. The song I want to transcribe is a duet of tenor saxophone and trumpet which are both in Bflat. So a piano is in C. Does this software transpose as well ? Help !!!

[@MrMailman59]

Thanks for the tutorial RF. I have attempted to transcribe a song, however, I am unable to clean up the sheet music enough so that it sounds exactly like the real song. I wonder if you'd be able to help me, the song is called 'The opposite by us' by Melbourne band 'Big Scary'. It has some nice piano thrown in with a mix of the bass guitar and drums. I'd really appreciate it if you could also present a demo on how to play the song. They also played a live set on one of the local radio stations called triple j, which may give you some insight on how they played the song.

[@helloiambear5531]

Hey just so you know I added that song to our request list which is in the description of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5unfYWCaMebaMU Your request is at the bottom of the list, and so moving at the rate of one request a month (selected on the first of each month) and that only the request at the top of the list is selected, you may want to move your request up the list to get it sooner. That video will explain how to get it sooner, but in short, if you like some of our videos like the ones on this playlist and let us know how many you like, that will add points to your request and move it up the list. kzbin.info/aero/PL5usU6jRh27DHjMqHbRZkIjL__UZ48vAu Hope we are able to do your request soon and thanks for the submission!

[@MrMailman59]

Thanks for your reply. I went through liked all of those videos, and although some of the content wouldn't be very applicable to the reason I am subscribed (ie. the transcriptions/piano guides), it is all quality work. I think if you want your channel to grow so that it goes from something more than just a hobby (which is what I'm going to assume that is what this channel is to you) to something where you're able to possible supplement your income firstly try to do one thing and do it well, secondly you might even see some value in going through a course or reading a book on how to make money off youtube. The general consensus with KZbin is that the growth is slow at first, but it picks up exponentially from there on out. There's also more than likely some luck involved as well (that is if you believe in that sort of thing).

[@helloiambear5531]

+MrMailman59 Wow thanks for the feedback! Btw, your request is at the top of the list now so if no one gets more points on theirs, yours will be selected on the 1st. Trust me I've thought a lot about how to centralize what is going on with this channel, a lot of experimenting has occurred in the past year with different topics/ideas. Unfortunately piano tutorials/ covers are not as lucrative monetarily and take a lot of work to do. This is why we're only doing them as requests now, which incidentally won't change, which I know is the reason why many are subscribed. You may have noticed a new host though by the name of Bear at least in the one video. He is going to become the centralized theme for this channel from here on out. The goal is to become more of an entertainment/comedy channel while keeping the requests going. Been pretty successful past couple months compared to before, so here's hoping it'll keep improving! Again, appreciate the feedback 😎

[@MrMailman59]

RFrontier Well comedy is a beast of its own to conquer. One of my favorite comedians, Louie C.K, once said that you have to find what makes you happy and keep at it. Like any skill it will get better over time, another challenge is being able to accurately being able to portray why you found it funny, which means coming up with a system of finding the path you found to those emotions and wording it artistically.

[@helloiambear5531]

+MrMailman59 yeaahhhhh laughter is a complicated mistress at times, but in real life I'm kind of a jokester anyways. So when doing this, I'm just looking to have fun with it and if people buy into it, awesome! If not, hey at least it was fun while it lasted. Don't want to overthink it too much. Louis CK is pretty funny, I liked his commentary about flying in planes he did in a talk show a bit ago. 😂

[@FindingWendy]

Hi there, I have downloaded AnthemScore tried to transcribe a track from my iTunes and the music came out blank?. Could that be a " Protected MPG-4 Audio " issue? and if so how do you remove the Protected blocking?

[@egg_003]

I would just do a playback of iTunes with audacity running and have the extracted mp3 from audacity as a workaround.

[@shortclipmovies-entertainm9182]

How about singing audio to transcribe?

[@gfexc]

Any program that can write a single brass part above the piano/bass and drums?

[@ZdrytchX]

ALL I WANT IS TO CHANGE THE FREQUENCY NUMBER TO A MUSICAL SCALE ON AUDACITY. I can't believe nobody has fucking done it yet in 2019 for an open source program.

[@mikesosa1146]

Thanks!!!!

[@michaeld6262]

Is there an app for Mac OS 10.15 Catalina that works? very difficult to find apps that transcribe guitar music I play into tabs, notes, or chords.... thank you for any suggestions....

[@MrBecker666]

I isolated the drums with one of those AI sites will it get the drum score

[@pedrosiqueira8927]

How did you open it directly in musescore?

[@asuntos.publicos]

just purchased the pro version full wishing to transcribe jazz, rock ans salsa ensembles even so big bsnds for the full music score. Will it work?

[@gordonmccormack305]

Hey is it possible to get transcription that is output as a video tutorial lesson? I want to learn some fingerpicking folk songs but learn alot better from visual aids. Thanks

[@carolinefox2244]

So Mr. Bear - I have been dreaming and searching the world over for a program like Anthemscore ever since I started guitar 5 months ago because there were so many youtube video tutorials that did not offer the sheet music. Finally today I found your video!!! EUREKA!!! Thank you!! I have some questions. First, in your video you do show anthemscore but then when you're showing the sheet music you switch to musescore. I saw that. Why????? Next, how do I print the sheet music??? Next, how do I convert it to guitar tab??? If I have more questions for you can I have your email???? I know I'm going to have more questions. But - I did want to THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for presenting AnthemScore to us!!!!

[@helloiambear5531]

Anthemscore is the program that actually deciphers the sounds from the music into visual/colorful notes. In order to convert it into sheet music versus just a colorful representation of notes, you need Muse score. I believe you can print out that sheet music through Muse score. This won't make guitar "tabs" though, the sheet music is made with piano in mind, though it should be helpful for understanding hard parts that are even for guitar. The program costs money, but you can download a free 30 day trial of it to see if it's what you need. The free trial let's you get both programs. I'm not a representative of anthem score, but just someone whose tinkered with it but still it you have more questions, just email [e-mail].

[@ngotaxechevarria9810]

Caroline fox, it needs a wireless printer to print sheet music....

[@gayatrimohole8041]

How to to change to guitar

[@valp8198]

Would this method work with songs that have multiple instruments? i.e. any mp3 out there?

[@monelleny]

The first time I did this with the trial version, it worked fine. But I tried to get some tablature out of the program, and now, no matter what I do (even reinstalled the program), I can only get tablature. What am I doing wrong? :(

[@madworker1927]

Lol the server blocked your ip address go and buy the software if you want to bypass their restriction

[@DogeFrom2014]

​@@madworker1927 I wonder why no one has cracked this software yet, even tried looking it up on the russian torrent sites and no results.

[@username65407]

What version of anthemscore are you running

[@davidmacatangay4235]

Can it convert drumlines?

[@techmasterkat9048]

Can you already make the tutorial on how you transcribe songs? i'm neddin' it...plz

[@helloiambear5531]

+Tech Master Kat you mean for making the piano tutorials on this channel?

[@techmasterkat9048]

Well, by the end of the video you said that you wanted to make a tutorial on how you transcribe songs (for your channel and personal use i suppose) so, i was wondering if you could make a video on the subject or if you already have done it on another channel, could you link it here please?

[@helloiambear5531]

+Tech Master Kat haha I guess I did, totally forgot about that. I'll post a video about that sometime over the next month or so

[@techmasterkat9048]

Thanks a lot, keep up the great work; you got yourself a new subscriber ;)

[@TheOyeoye000]

Also interested in a oasis piano cover, willing to pay [e-mail]

[@robertensz49]

We sing accapela and I have songs sent to me that seem to be impossible to trace back and find sheet music for. We exclusively use shaped notes in 4 part harmony. Is it possible to transcribe something like this?

[@lbraswel1]

so how do you transcribe since you say in the vid that this is not your method

[@suzannescribbles]

So this works with a digital song purchased from Amazon? Or is there a way to do it from Spotify?

[@polly2199]

Does it get every note even in hard pieces?

[@evenprime1658]

omg arigattou....

[@elleondejuda4681]

Can it also transcribe like crazy jazzy chords augmented, 4ths McCoy Tyner , chick corea stuff? Please let me know bro Gb.

[@helloiambear5531]

+Israel Mercado it does pretty well if the music is clear and not distorted

[@elleondejuda4681]

RFrontier Thanks man I guess is worth to try it out... How much is the cost of the app ? Is it for Android, or Windows?

[@helloiambear5531]

+Israel Mercado you can get it on Windows and probably some other operating systems but it is not a mobile app. You can download it with a 30 day free trial I believe

[@elleondejuda4681]

RFrontier Thanks man Gbu

[@Fireglo]

Didn't find it particularly helpful. No idea what happened but i'm guessing it was unable to distinguish the vocals from the guitar, bass and drums so I just got a complete mess of all those tracks mixed together in one sheet.

[@reffman]

Anthemscore only transcribes to solo piano.

[@dowrow6898]

Where can I find your whole song?

[@helloiambear5531]

+Dow Row hey thanks for the inquiry, you mean the color green song?

[@suzannescribbles]

Is this good for more complex piano pieces?

[@calikokat100]

no

[@JudasRapidFire]

Does this program do tablature?

[@WillBoy]

Can it make guitare tabs?

[@helloiambear5531]

I believe so

[@Fireglo]

Save it as a midi file then import it to tuxguitar though bear in mind AnthemScore transcribes it to piano only so the notes and chords will come up ridiculous on the tab player. For example these are some of the chords I got on the tab: -7-----0--------7---- --------10------16-- ------------------------ -2---------------4----- --------0--------2----- --------1---------------

[@jellytree3566]

Can it convert several different instruments at once?

[@helloiambear5531]

It can

[@aiavicii4243]

just use melody and a DAW, way easier

[@modelactressjessicavictori2515]

Does Anthemscore work on a Mac or PC or both?

[@OGGalleryCrew92]

Tabs For bass guitar ?

[@psun256]

maybe

[@ngotaxechevarria9810]

Its better traditional music notes.....

[@claeslind9532]

Can you convert the sheet music file into like an MIDI file where you can open it in Synthesia?

[@helloiambear5531]

Don't believe so

[@claeslind9532]

HelloIamBear okay thanks

[@unsightedmetal6857]

Yes you can, but the quality of it will depend on how well AnthemScore transcribed it.

[@claeslind9532]

@@unsightedmetal6857 gotcha how do you do it? If I have the sheet music for it and I want to make a MIDI file from it.

[@essie9004]

Does this work for harp music? Or is it the same as piano

[@helloiambear5531]

Harp would probably work.

[@essie9004]

Ok thanks

[@angelicamastrogiuseppe546]

Hi! Is this software Mac compatible? I tried to download a version but it is not allowing me to open it. Thank you

[@helloiambear5531]

Check the website, they should be pretty clear about if Mac can run this program. As I use a PC, I don't know.

[@angelicamastrogiuseppe546]

@@helloiambear5531 thank you 🙏

[@pkmusicdigital3142]

Nice. #pkmusicpradipkumar

[@SB-tt4wr]

I've downloaded this programme (didn't have to pay anything) and it's amazing useful, but can I be sure it doesn't cost anything? Are there hidden costs?

[@helloiambear5531]

It's a free trial, it is up in 30 days I think. If you did not give them any credit card information or anything like that then how could they take money off of you?

[@Glupjo]

@@helloiambear5531 wow, so smart :)

[@lan8243]

wait but how do you get it out as a sheet

[@erigkogk7797]

you will need another program too, called Musescore :) with it, you can open, view and save your sheets.

[@aburaagekojima4528]

i have question the xml file that anthemscore converted must be opened by MuseScore?

[@helloiambear5531]

Yes indeed

[@aburaagekojima4528]

very thank you!

[@saraj4331]

how can I transcribe from a youtube video ?

[@helloiambear5531]

First you'd have to rip the audio into a file. You can do it using the program audacity. One of our videos explains how to do that. Then you can take that audio file and put it into this program.

[@saraj4331]

@@helloiambear5531 HI. Thank you for telling me. I really appreciate it. Can I hire someone to do it for me? My laptop doesnt have enough room to download the software right now. But I am still glad you told me for future use.

[@tinindian7816]

It can do traditional classical manuscript but not tab for bass drum guitar?!?!? How useless.

[@bobfixes7640]

The latest anthemscore is terrible. The UI is awful when you're trying to do a score for other than the default piano. You open your mp23 file, and it transcribes automatically as piano. (in terrible time too). But when you change the instrument, it still comes out as piano. There is supposedly a "transcribe" button somewhere but I'll be damned if I can find it. Using the help pages is no help at all even if you search for a word. Absolute junk if you can't find your way around and there is no help to be had. Awful - don't waste your tie unless of course you want piano music badly written. Oh, and this video didn't help either.

[@1viccar]

are needed two softwares? Anthemscore and Musescore?

[@helloiambear5531]

I believe for actual sheet music Muse score is needed also.

[@1viccar]

thank you

[@lanceandersson5956]

Musescore is not needed for the sheet music.

[@akagamishira8843]

Does it include violin?

[@helloiambear5531]

Yup

[@jordanwhiting2390]

did you end up getting the notes for violin??

[@AleLGB]

The program installer stucks at 84% every time...

[@Xenoforge78]

This program takes up a LOT of both RAM and CPU. It's most likely stuck because you ran out of memory.

[@mikelee9396]

Does it work for song lyrics?

[@helloiambear5531]

I don't know, give it a shot and reply back on this comment to let us know 🐻

[@shinyguy22]

serial please heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@shinyguy22]

serial please I am very poor heeeeeeeeeeeeeelp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Abdul-mh5zh]

not free

[@hermanessences]

It might be easy when there's one note at a time, like in that guitar intro, but if you try to use this software to transcribe for exampel a choir with 3-4 different voices, it fails completely. I don't just mean that the result is not perfect, the result is utterly useless. Bottom line, this program is absolutely no help for what most people need it for.

[@blaakelassahn]

lmao "free??" It's a trial period

[@cykalandon8635]

So technically it’s not “free” anymore after the 30 day trial, you should really clarify that your title is so misleading

[@dnarepair]

Vuj

[@serikz]

Ha-ha-ha... just show how you will recognize other song, with 5 - 6 instruments in the same time?!

[@rodgray4459]

I would like sheet music ,,,,,the song is rumba de vida,,,,its guitar music,,,,,by wild lettuce,,,,its on utube,,,,

[@helloiambear5531]

+Rod Gray I can give it a shot and run it through this program. I think it would pick up most of the guitar pretty accurately. I'll try it and let you know soon. In return, if you are able to promote our one KZbin video, which I'll give you a link to perhaps through sharing or something like that, that would be great!

[@rodgray4459]

ok ,,,,thanks

[@helloiambear5531]

+Rod Gray send me your email and I will send it on over.

[@charlesdarnay5455]

There is a way to do this for free and you don't have to sign up for a free trial period of anything. It's called "ear training" and then "dictation." It's a basic listening skill that any musician worth his ears develops as part of his learning.

[@rodgray4459]

will you transcribe song for me,,,,i will pay

[@helloiambear5531]

+Rod Gray what song, and do you mean? Making a piano tutorial video or making sheet music for it?

[@abcomposition]

you can email me at [e-mail] and we can talk about the details

[@rafaelgomez1989]

HelloIamBear Hello, I was also interesting in knowing if you do PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS pieces by request. I'm interested in David Benoit " Song for My Father" ; Michel Camilo " The Sidewinder ( album Mano a Mano ) and Michel Camilo " Watermelon Man ". How much would you charge individually / 3 PIECE BUNDLE price ?...Thank you so much ! [e-mail]

[@crehenge2386]

Not free, and useless for complicated music.

[@int16_t]

If you're here, your ears must have suck.

[@antoniomattana6706]

Thanks!