to transcribe
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5.1
- verb
- /trænˈskraɪb/
- Specialized
:
transcribir (mús.)
- Today's music student typically first encounters music aurally, then learns to transcribe and translate sounds through notes, and finally translates the written pages back into sound.
- transcribe music
Examples
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She decided to transcribe the classical piece for piano so that her students could perform it.
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While music memorization assignments are not unheard of in K-12 music education, transcribing music is perhaps less common.
Academic text (2011) -
The act is transcribed here like a symphony, every note in place.
Fiction book (1996) -
Why would someone painstakingly transcribe a song into tablature and give it away for free on the Internet?
Blog text (3) -
Or it can be dictation such as transcribing a solo or a piece.
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Indeed, if notation is wanted or needed, the computer can be instructed to transcribe the music (to a considerable extent) directly from the sounds themselves.
Academic text (1992) -
Perhaps you could transcribe a folk song from the country under study for recorder and percussion accompaniment.
Academic text (2009) -
After becoming thoroughly acquainted with a world music composition, you will be ready to take the next step—transcribing the performance.
Academic text (1999) -
The musician will transcribe the guitar solo for the string quartet's arrangement.
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He took the time to transcribe the jazz standard into a format suitable for the big band.
Synonyms
68
6.0
To prepare words or music for a performance
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4.6
To change a song or other work so it can be performed in a new way
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8.0
To arrange a piece of music again for different instruments
How Adapted
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transcribe comes from Latin trans- 'across' and scribere 'to write', which gives a clear image of 'writing across' a piece of music. That's why musicians talk about transcribing a song: they rewrite it so it works for a different instrument or voice.