Transcribing music is an essential part of what i do. I do it a lot; to date i have done hundreds of pieces.
Transcribing is the act of listening to a musical arrangement or recording and writing it down, then printing it on paper [these days, making a PDF] for others to read and play. I use Finale, a complicated and buggy but powerful application for music printing.
I have transcribed much music, from simple pop tunes to full orchestral scores. Much of what i have done is transcribe tango music, for various tango groups and settings: quintet, trio, duos with bandoneon or voice, and piano solo. But i do many other styles of music, too, also in instrumental, vocal and choir arrangements, and a lot more.
I also make original arrangements. Any piece can easily be transposed.
My Tango Fake Books are available, containing hundreds of tangos in lead sheet form, all transcriptions done by me.
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A PARTIAL LIST OF TRANSCRIPTIONS. Voice/piano unless otherwise noted.
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| Jacques Brel, voice/piano [some have ensemble arrangements also] |
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Les désésperés
Amsterdam
Au suivant
Les bergers
Les bourgeois
Bruxelles
Ces gens-la
Chanson de Jacky
Chanson de vieux amants
Le dernier repas
Le grand Jacques
Isabelle
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L'ivrogne
J'arrive
Je ne sais pas/'k Heb geen idee
Jef
Jojo
Madeleine
Marieke
Mathilde
Mon enfance
Le moribond
Ne me quitte pas
Neige sur Liège
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Les paumés du petit matin/Nuttelozen van de nacht
Le plat pays/Mijn vlakke land
Quand on n'a que l'amour
Rosa
Seul
La tendresse
Une île
La valse a mille temps
Les vieux
La ville s'endormait
Voir un ami pleurer
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| various composers, voice/piano, unless otherwise noted |
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| 24 hours from Tulsa |
Burt Bacharach, Hal David |
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| Avec le temps |
Leo Ferré |
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| Göttingen |
Barbara |
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| Het dorp/La montagne |
Jean Ferrat |
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| Hurt |
Trent Reznor |
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| Hymne à l'amour |
Edith Piaf, Marguerite Monnot |
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| The impossible dream/La quête |
Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion, Jacques Brel |
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| Je t'attends |
Charles Aznavour |
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| Jolie môme |
Leo Ferré |
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| Lawdy Miss Clawdy |
Lloyd Price |
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| Mein Freund der Baum |
Alexandra |
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| Nathalie |
Gilbert Bécaud, Pierre Delanoë |
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| The night has a thousand eyes [Bobby V] |
Benjamin Weisman, Dorothy Wayne, Marilynn Garret |
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| Please don't ask about Barbara [Bobby V] |
Bill Buchanan, Jack Keller |
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| Raining in my heart [Bobby V] |
Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant |
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| Sad burlesque |
Elvis Costello |
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| Complainte de la Seine |
Kurt Weill |
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| September song - solo, duet |
Kurt Weill |
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| Liebeslied - duet |
Kurt Weill |
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| Westwind |
Kurt Weill |
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| Telkens weer |
Ruud Bos, Friso Wiegersma |
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| These days |
Jackson Browne |
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| Tombe la niege |
Salvatore Adamo |
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| Watching Alice |
Nick Cave |
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| Windmills of your mind |
Michel LEGRAND, Marilyn BERGMAN, Alan BERGMAN |
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| Danny Boy |
trad. |
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| Desperado |
Eagles |
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| Winterreise/Wintertrip [engl. transl.] |
Schubert |
ensemble of eight instruments |
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Take a look at some samples here. Click on a link to open a printable PDF. Feel free to download, print and use them. If you would like me to do something for you, just contact me through the contact page. By the same means you can contact me if you have any suggestions.
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| POP TUNE (LEAD SHEET) |
Telkens weer Classic dutch pop standard |
PDF |
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| TANGO: FULL SCORE |
Alma en pena (page 2) Anselmo Aieta, version Raul Garello |
PDF |
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| TANGO: PIANO PART |
Adios Nonino Piano cadenza (all) |
PDF |
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| CHOIR |
Araka titiro Four-part adaptation |
PDF |
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| TANGO FAKE BOOK, 2/4 vs 4/4 |
Derecho viejo |
4/4 2/4 |
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