The tools we have today are something I could only have dreamed of back then. The downside was that some notes were so low they became undefinable and I couldn’t tell what notes they were playing anymore. So when I had to deal with a fast blazing solo I set the pitch exactly an octave lower than the original key so I could transcribe the solo by ear. The only problem was the slow down function also lowered the pitch when you’d slow down the song. One of the things that is really helpful developing and applying this skill, is to have some good solid tools that make this process as effortless as possible.īack when I was 15 I had a cassette recorder with a slow down function, so I could figure out the notes of a guitar solo. Being able to transcribe a song or guitar solo is a great skill that anyone can learn.
