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transcriptionist

transcriptionist

7.2
A person who listens to music and writes it into sheet music
  • noun
  • /trænˈskrɪpʃənɪst/
  • Specialized
translation icon : transcriptor
  • The transcriptionist listened to the recording and created sheet music for the orchestra.

Examples

  • As a skilled transcriptionist, she could quickly notate complex jazz improvisations.

  • The band hired a transcriptionist to write out the arrangements for their new album.

  • The transcriptionist worked diligently on the new score.

  • Many transcriptionists prefer to work from home.

  • The transcriptionist listened to the recording and created sheet music for the orchestra.

  • As a skilled transcriptionist, she could quickly notate complex jazz improvisations.

  • The band hired a transcriptionist to write out the arrangements for their new album.

Synonyms

noter
vstranscriptionist
  • Jargon
8.7

A person who writes music into notes for others to play

focuses specifically on writing music heard in performances or recordings

How Skilled

transcriber
  • Specialized
6.1
transcriptionist
  • Specialized
7.2

Surface Forms

transcriptionist singular
transcriptionists plural

Morphology

transcriptionist = transcription (transparent) = transcription + ist

Formed from the noun 'transcription' + agentive suffix '-ist'; the meaning 'person who makes transcriptions' is directly predictable, with the musical domain being a straightforward specialization.

Etymology

Transcriptionist comes from the parts trans- 'across' and scribere 'to write', the same idea you see in transcript and script. A music transcriptionist listens to sound and 'writes it across' onto paper as notes, so the word means someone who turns music into written form.