My Music Transcription Process

[@craigcurlee6428]

I played guitar in my teens a lot. I quit for about 20 years and now play regular again. I have learned more in my 50's from you, than I did from any lesson when I was a kid.

[@flavy1000]

Same!

[@genemyers17]

Me too 40's.

[@dansimmons5382]

Same...and a few other guys on you tube. I wish I had you tube when I was growing up, I would be so much better today.

[@mikedr1549]

Same. It's a great time to learn guitar!

[@jasonfredensborg7646]

After finishing the video, I had to comment again…This is seriously almost as good as taking a personal lesson from Carl, I can feel the musical knowledge rubbing off on me! I’d love to see more videos like this Carl.

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

🙌🙌🙌

[@kattycat3502]

Stopped playing in the late 80s. Life happened. 2019 dusted the old guitar off and realized I forgot everything I used to play.😂 I wasn't the best but I could jam back in the day. Kept going training my fingers for about a year. Then one day, I found you're chanel. Total inspiration. Now, I pick up on songs in minutes not weeks. Just like the old days. Thanks for your hard work and inspiration. Anybody new at this, stick with Carl. Best Chanel for learning 🎸

[@gdawgs101]

As a private guitar teacher who is constantly having to learn new songs for students, thank you so much for this!

[@oskarblieschke5183]

What are suitable songs for beginners to learn by ear?

[@Priyanujkalita-z4t]

@@oskarblieschke5183 any Punk rock song

[@СеменВолков-э7и]

​@@oskarblieschke5183 East wes Eric Johnson

[@joshyepyepzo8356]

Carl genuinely brought electric Guitar into my life, and I can honestly say that other than working out, Guitar is the only thing in my life that I have ever been truly passionate about, its one thing and everything linked to it that genuinely excites me. 95% of what I know is from Carls teachings, I would literally freak out if I saw Carl in person

[@jamesfallon6818]

You made my day - the Vidami is exactly what I have been looking for to track myself in Protools!

[@viktormedina4631]

@GuitarLessons365Song I recently discovered your channel. Thank you for inspiring me to pick up the guitar again after 27 years. Much respect for everything you do, sir. Your tutorials are amazing!

[@Priyanujkalita-z4t]

I have always wondered how the hell you have created such a vast ocean of content in the internet. Thanks for making a video on this topic!!!

[@navneetsinghr4290]

the best teacher on KZbin!

[@vrocknet]

Hats off to Carl, this video demonstrates his gift and his willingness to share! I just wish I had this skill. There are many songs from 60s & 70s mainstream rock genre that have no KZbin videos or tabs or help to assist in learning them. Can't seem to get 'it' to sound correct like the record, like Carl does....but still trying! Thanks Carl, you the best of KZbin!

[@sarahkaroline1550]

I'm delighted KZbin Free Music Library not only found the solos on a certain person's lost phone but also the hitherto-unknown demo of Layla on a lost Walkman! I studied music theory and classical music for 17 years, but the one thing I was not taught was modes, even though ear training and scales formed a substantial part of the studies. When learning a song by ear, I was taught to listen out for the tonic/root note and "work out the intervals" from there. As I progressed through the song, I'd "figure out the scale" This is stll the method I use now. Working out a song's key and mode by humming/playing a scale over the start (of each phrase) seems a quicker approach, so I'm going to give it a go on the next song I learn. I'd also like to say a Big Thank You for all your tutorials over the years and this video. There are always notes and chords I can't work out, so I check with you(r tutorials). Here are some virtual trophies: 🏆🏆🏆!

[@AceAskin]

I just got my vidami blue today and it’s awesome! Thank you for this video and discount code. I love it

[@e_xcalibur578]

Great video sir. I love seeing videos where you share things other than lessons

[@chrisrose275]

Carl. After being a member of you academy for a while now. Watching you do this and being able to understand everything you’re talking about in this video was amazing. Thank you for all that you do for us mere mortals of guitar.

[@MoStBlEsSeD]

Sensei is giving away his magic .. the axe throwing lessons must be on the way lol.. thanks for sharing brother... oooo new pedal and sponsor .. good times

[@briangisler1981]

Carl, you are the BEST, BEST, BEST on KZbin for teaching. I don’t know what they’re paying you for these videos/lessons but it’s not enough. My 15 year old son just LOVES you for learning guitar and I thank you...

[@briangisler1981]

Carl, I have a gut feeling, it wasn’t you that gave me a like ❤️ it was your management, secretary, etc. but thank you anyways. You’re still the best!

[@mattsal2070]

I love watching your song tutorials to learn songs and even sometimes just for fun, this was a great video! I like the more personal videos you’ve done recently, this one and the studio tour. Lessons are awesome and seeing content like this is a great variety too. Keep up the great work Carl!

[@jasonfredensborg7646]

Great video Carl! I always enjoy seeing how the master does his thing!

[@Goddzi]

Carl, your advice to “get the tune in your head” is the same way I’ve always approached learning new songs. Being in several cover bands, I sometimes get asked to play songs I am less familiar with. My method is to listen to the aongs on repeat over (sonetimes) a few days to get familiar enough with the arrangement and to begin hearing the note intervals before I even pick up a guitar (or bass, depending on the band). I once had to learn bass for Perry Mason by Ozzy. A song I was less familiar with…for four days before I even got my bass out. It was pretty simple after that. Thank you for the very insightful video 👍🏻😁

[@schmdtta8106]

I just cant thank you enough 🙏 I took lessons irl and it was nothing like your videos, he can literally barely teach but you've taught me from the beginning so effectively and Im so grateful, I cant even express how great you are! You deserve to have a billion followers! you teach the whole world

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Thank you! 🙌🙌🙌

[@dyerseve45]

Carl for president

[@PaulKirtley]

This was very interesting Carl. It was enjoyable and insightful to hear you work through some examples and explain the process you use. Thanks.

[@joem6859]

Everyone: sing the notes you're playing.... sing 'em

[@thoughtprovoking001]

I have the original Vidami and love it. One of the best bit of gear I have.

[@AnriGuitar]

Ur a genius brother! Thanks for all the amazing video lessons! I’m gonna start making song covers with your help!! Thanks for all the amazing lessons!!

[@colincastles2924]

Things have come a long way since the Ibanez rock and play and the rock man. Thank you for sharing Carl. I may be looking into purchasing this pedal. Yes I have to watch your videos a bunch of times on occasion and others only a few times. Thank you again. I still have an ibanez rock and play lol. More of a relic now than anything else. I myself hung up guitar in 1993 and recently as of late 2019 have picked the instrument back up. I cannot thank you and others channels for getting me back into playing better now than ever before.

[@jeffdubuque3755]

thanks for all the hard work you do carl, this stuff ain`t easy, Jeff, Ontario Canada.

[@annewick3287]

Youre the real deal carl!! Thank you for doing the music theory too. Ive learned a lot from you with guitar and now my students are also reaching another level as well. Ive found that I love electric even more than acoustic. We started a metal group!! And i just saw metallica live as well. KEEP ON ROCKING!! Way to go

[@Cloud_Strife_19]

Thank you so much, and also thank you for all the how to play videos. It really help us bedroom / hobbyist players.

[@yashpsd8884]

i love Carl man he's the best

[@edwardglyons]

Can’t wait to watch this when I wake up in the morning.

[@jamhousestudios5596]

Great to see you again. Can’t wait too see what song you take on next. Hopefully we get inamorata by Metallica 😊

[@doubled5383]

I never knew this even existed. No Brainer, great learning tool. This and the Digitech Trio+ are going to be my go-to learning tools.

[@Orangelemonblue]

Will definitely be joining the Academy!!

[@devinomateus]

Hey Carl, great video! I was going through some of the Musicianship level 1 videos in the academy and this video is a great complement to them.

[@loombaron]

thnaks! I always learn a lot from your videos

[@ceeepe]

Props to you Carl! I went in search of the opening riff to INXS' New Sensation. Everyone was only suggesting 5 strums DUDUD on the E and the A and then only ending on two staccato hits of the A. I kept coming back to your transcription kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmrGoYWtqcyEbJY because you showed the riff as DUDUDU on both the E and A and then three staccato hits on the A to end the riff. I've always admired your accuracy, but couldn't figure out why no one else was transcribing like you. You couldn't be the odd man out could you ... !!!??? So I looped it and slowed it down and discovered that you nailed it perfectly. Keep up the great work!

[@JB-mn2wb]

Wow! A lot more to this than I thought. Thanks for your hard work and keep the lessons coming....

[@amstel5468]

Thank you for making me a better guitarist 👊

[@suzannecoholic1467]

super cool Carl! Thanks!

[@Josh-vg8cx]

Love your videos man. Thank you

[@kimonig9230]

CARL.. .DEAR CARL.... YOU ARE A KZbin LEYEND!!!! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@ManuShreds]

Keep pushing videos out like these more Carl!!

[@duanemorley9522]

Amazing video, you make it look so easy! Thanks for this insight into what seems an impossible task.❤

[@fabienbourdier9847]

wow thanks for sharing all your tips man, this is very nice of you

[@charles-davidcorbin3341]

O wow a little peak of the master ears himself while transcribing. That's a very nice video thanks Carl. thanks alot of all the tips and trick.

[@vextract4662]

Thanks for making it easier for us all to learn, Carl, I've been needing this. I'm pretty much owned by you and Mr. Tabs lol 😆

[@guyprovost]

Man, thanks for the video.... Just awesome! Bring them on!!!!!

[@extramile734]

Great advice Carl, thanks a lot.

[@devil_pls]

Thank you so much for this. Love Videos like this one!

[@srwaite7]

Vidami is fantastic for transcribing 👌🏻

[@vidami7414]

Thanks, @srwaite7, we are so happy you are enjoying Vidami!

[@davidzamora9973]

Hey, a solfege dude. Nice 👍 Singing Solfege helped me A LOT with my ear training

[@trademark8703]

pls pls pls do reactions or sum, i love u as a personality easily my favorite youtuber and i wanna see u do everything

[@MARK-r6c3k]

Wow! Quite a Lesson! Thanks so much. You got allot going on behind the scenes. Amazing. 🔥😯

[@bradey3577]

This man is the Goat 🤘🏻😎

[@mobinshah1]

You are an inspiration sir

[@stephenchadwick5852]

What a fantastic insight,thanks Carl learnt a lot off you Steve Manchester UK ✌️

[@deeder001]

With software, of course! Checked over and corrected by humint of course, but the software is very impressive these days (has been for about five years now).

[@rodbelding9523]

This is awesome. You teach the songs to us, but I've always wondered how you learn them to be able to teach them to us.

[@pierreparent9448]

Really very informative and interesting. Thank you for this information !

[@mattray8767]

I'd love to know three things. How many songs you have transcribed, how many years it took and your process ,( do you do one every day, how often etc.) and how much passive income do you make? You are probably the most prolific guitar teacher on KZbin, I admire your ethic.

[@thebeachisdark7]

love your videos, great work!

[@shalomshalom735]

What a GREAT GREAT video man!!!

[@yjmsrv]

Loved this video- will most likely invest in the Vidami pedal- makes life much easier when learning a song- especially since it works right inside KZbin~ I am wondering if it works with Transcribe- I have that program and love it- would love it even more if the pedal can control Transcribe. Another quick note- if you hate singing and don't have good pitch- you can always just play the scale on your instrument instead of singing it. Although singing it is good ear training and helps with internalizing it- for some of us that's too intimidating!

[@JazzStrat781]

Fantastic video 👍🎸 thanks so much for sharing!

[@timothya2742]

Cool. I started transcribing with the tools available to me at the time. An 8 track tape and player lol Or I did have the option to destroy the stylus on my record player

[@SheaOnYT]

Wow so cool!

[@jonnysinger4325]

Love you Carl

[@klawman]

thanx,i've used several vids of yours to save me time on working up tunes,"lazy in my old age",i,m sure your aware of the speed control in settings on u-tube vids ,also autoplay (not a looper),i've used to work up tunes..comes in handy,,happy with your pia?

[@d.minor_dissonance]

Can you do An Opeth lesson? "The Moor" I find this song really tough to play and often doesn't sound right when I play

[@Themilkcartonman]

You're my favorite creater on KZbin, because instead of rotting your brain, you teach people stuff lol

[@Themilkcartonman]

I know it takes a lot of time to put out a lesson, but could you possibly do Phantom Lord by Metallica?

[@brettchase3241]

I love your videos so much!

[@halfmetal74]

Thanks for sharing your process Carl; I've been learning from your channel since you started and always wondered how you did it. For a few years now I've been getting into the music theory as I don't want to be doomed to copy other people and this really helps. That said, I was thinking the last time I heard singing that bad was in the 80s when a class mate deliberately sung badly to get out of being in the school choir :D

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

🤣

[@sinahejratypoor8598]

This was amazing ❤️

[@ZayyyCertified]

13:56 “that sounded horrible why? Bc my voice sucks” same😂😂

[@euanmorgann]

Really enjoyed this insight! 😁

[@houssamminimetalhead907]

Can't wait to see you teaching metallica 72 seasons

[@Goddzi]

The song? Carl already did it a couple weeks ago. And it is/was a fantastic video. As always 👍🏻🤘🏻

[@bloloo69]

you should give a tutorial for “song for cindy” by santana. it was basically the first full song i learnt to play by ear myself, but i’m not confident with how i did and once the waa came in at the end i lost it. u tha goat tho man

[@motorsport32cw]

Mate you have taught me most of the songs i know. Always the first channel i go to if i need to know a song and if its not there i get sad haha.

[@justpar18]

Love your stuff Carl Is the coupon code still available? Cant find any link to vidami…

[@richardmelville1920]

Thanks Carl!

[@jeffreyklaproth7794]

i’ve been figuring out songs for years, people that are learning from you most likely can’t sing major or minor or PHRIGIAN scales in order to figure out a song. 😂 If they can they probably don’t need this lesson. Now I realize it’s titled “how YOU figure songs out” but your a pro at teaching you can offer much better advice to people that are just learning how to figure songs out. Otherwise your videos are great! Thank you!

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

I talk about more ways than that to figure out a song, there are many elements to it… I also let people know how to learn to hear those scales if they wanna want to so 🤷🏻‍♂️…. And yeah, people have asked what I am thinking about when transcribing music, and this is my answer

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Singing scales is very simple, most people are intimidated about it and I am just letting them know it is very possible when practiced correctly … I say that repeatedly in the video

[@AvnerRosenstein-ULTRA-LXV]

@05:30 lol yeah, Rhoads used that lick repeatedly lol. I'm still waiting for the rest of your learning videos regarding Rhoads...specifically more live stuff like Children of the Grave from Tribute.

[@aidangray1910]

You've brought me so far in my guitar journey. Thank you!! Is there any chance of some more Slipknot and/or Evanescence?? That would be great!!!

[@kadendubay3558]

your amazing carl👍👍

[@Andromeda-7767]

Leaving comment foe support 🗿🤘

[@dieselman7453]

Great video bro but the old one controls everything now as well !! Well most of the sites loops slows and fast forward reverse 😀anyway love your site bro cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@GuitarLessons365SongLessons]

Yeah I think the new one now has functions and modes you can change in order to control a DAW or page turning app… but yeah if you already have the old one it works fine for watching videos

[@Longhorn.Rock_Roll61]

Sometimes I listen to your lessons and I'll look down I may have my fingers in a different position but hey it works

[@flavy1000]

That seems a great stuff! At least for me, cause it's so annoying to stop playing and going up and down and ffw and etc with hands, while trying to concentrate.Great idea to manage that with your feet...

[@alansimpson8962]

Amazing

[@dereksmith72]

I have always looked at your videos and Ultimate Guitar tab. Your videos seem more on point and also less complicated. Any explanation on why this is?

[@Longhorn.Rock_Roll61]

I once heard Dave Mustang say it's better to learn from the record by ear or from the player himself

[@kondorram9073]

You da man 🤘🏼

[@seraphim5559]

When u sing that scale u were thinking abouth the notes in the scale and how they sound?

[@crunchyappetizer3000]

Do you think you could make a lesson on how to install and use a processor and which one you use. I've heard you say you don't use amps anymore and it would be great to know how you have it going through your computer.

[@AlexGL07]

Can you finish up ride the lightning by doing escape that would be awesome if so

[@majpix]

Awesome Tutorial!.. I know I have asked before, but I'm really stuck on Springsteen's Candy Room Solo. On the record its in G. But in some live videos, he's in A..No biggie.. But I'm knocking my self out trying to figure the "second" part of the solo... Also can you duplicate the screeching treble tone he's using? I'll even pay you! Help this 70 tear old rhythm player!!!!

[@An2oine]

Who is the hardest band to transcribe in general?

[@janiferescabosa9594]

Shout out my friend...

[@DaniDen_]

Oof i got lots to say but I'd rather not annoy ppl with a scroll. Anyway, fully enjoyed this video. Seemed so intriguing & like Carl is teaching you personally. I was a nerd in school, still pretty much am but i don't mind being a proud guitar nerd. This is so fascinating! Can't wait to tackle this topic. My goal is to earn the ability to call myself an actual guitarist, Carl is very helpful in reaching this goal. Thank you. 🙏🏻 P.s. your voice does not suck! For reference checkout Never Tear Us Apart, INXS guitar lesson by Carl (obviously) one of my favorites. His singing is 👌🏻. So glad I stumbled upon your channel about year & half ago. ❤