Transcribing the Sheet Music into tablature

[gore_ridden]

It's got to happen sooner or later. Anyone know someone who knows how to read music? These Behold...The Arctopus' music sheets need to be transcribed to tablature.

[Chaosmongirl]

I could technically do it (very slowly)...but I really don't like tabs, nor do i really have the time. Just learn how to read standard notation...it's good for you.

[M. Diddy Oien]

i bet if you entered the notes instead of the numbers in guitar pro it'll show the numbers.

[kw_y03]

It's got to happen sooner or later. Anyone know someone who knows how to read music? These Behold...The Arctopus' music sheets need to be transcribed to tablature.

use guiatr 4 or plus
they have the notation thing
so you can just enter whatevers on the sheet music into that but make sure you have the right time signature and the tempo and the # and b

[Chaosmongirl]

use guiatr 4 or plus
they have the notation thing
so you can just enter whatevers on the sheet music into that but make sure you have the right time signature and the tempo and the # and b

From my experience, that will give you really crappy tabs that are mostly open position, but it's a start.

[gore_ridden]

I could technically do it (very slowly)...but I really don't like tabs, nor do i really have the time. Just learn how to read standard notation...it's good for you.

First of all, I'm homeless, so I have no access to GuitarPro, nor the computer-time to do so. I am trying to learn to transcribe PAINCAVE, but it's very slow...

The thing I am caught with, is certain notes can be MANY MANY frets...is there a way to tell which fret a note is? Or a chart for transcribing music notation to tablature?

[BZM]

lol use something called "logic"

[zyquix]

Hmm... I haven't heard of that, where can I download this?

[zyquix]

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cjm246/sensoryamusia-3.gif

Im not big on standard notation, but on the third grand staff, on the bass staff, what is that 'h' looking symbol on the first note mean?

[Chaosmongirl]

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cjm246/sensoryamusia-3.gif

Im not big on standard notation, but on the third grand staff, on the bass staff, what is that 'h' looking symbol on the first note mean?

...you mean the flat?...i spose from a funny angle it looks like a funny 'h' looking thing.

[kw_y03]

From my experience, that will give you really crappy tabs that are mostly open position, but it's a start.

o yea i have never done that before haha

you may want to change the position, and its better to do it with a video. its hard to tell which octave the bass or guitar is playing especialy colin uses a 12 string monster. one more thing, colin use different tunning. so change the tunning before entering those notes.
did you enter the effects like harmonic, or hammerons?

[zyquix]

ha, uh, well... I guess that is a flat.. that bottom part is kinda hard to see..

[Treebeard]

www.musictheory.net is a good help to learning to read standard notation. You should learn the basics even if you don't really want to read it that way.

[Chaosmongirl]

The thing I am caught with, is certain notes can be MANY MANY frets...is there a way to tell which fret a note is? Or a chart for transcribing music notation to tablature?

It's true there are MANY places you can play most notes, and unless you have enough video footage of Colin and Mike's hands playing the songs you'll probably never get the exact same fingerings as them...but that's fine, as there are sooo many options, you can just pick the most conveniant ones. There's no set way of doing it, you just try and make it as playable as possible. Just stick to one general area on the neck (the middle perhaps) and then change when the range of the song forces you to. Good luck!

[Speedball]

I'm almost done transferring "Estrogen Pathgen Exchange Program" into tab using Guitar Pro 5. I can post it once I'm finished, if anyone is interested. Sensory Amusia is up next...

[Treebeard]

Post that shit.

[Speedball]

OK, I've finished Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program in Guitar Pro but I have no idea how to post it. The bass/guitar tabs are pdf files and I have nowhere online to host them. I can send them to anyone who wants them through email or soulseek or something, just let me know.

I started Sensory Amusia and let me say, it's gonna be a while....

[sonofabe]

Are you actually going through the process yourself and making sure all the fingerings are playable? You just can't dump that stuff in some tabbing application and expect it to churn out anything useful. The few sections of "Sensory Amusia" that I can play required me to put some considerable thought into the fingerings that whatever sequencing algorithms these programs use most likely can't produce.

That said, I don't mean to insult your intelligence, but just in case you aren't putting those results through some sort of uhh "quality control", you're just wasting your time...or maybe not, I guess we'll have a better idea when you can post up those .pdf's.

[Treebeard]

OK, I've finished Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program in Guitar Pro but I have no idea how to post it. The bass/guitar tabs are pdf files and I have nowhere online to host them. I can send them to anyone who wants them through email or soulseek or something, just let me know.

I started Sensory Amusia and let me say, it's gonna be a while....

www.yousendit.com Upload the tab there. or send it to me at mr_poptarts@hotmail.com

[Speedball]

Are you actually going through the process yourself and making sure all the fingerings are playable?

No, I'm not. I'm not even really doing it for the tabs, more just to learn the software itself and give myself a refresher on musical notation. I may figure them out someday but I have neither the time nor patience for that right now. Entering the notes in to Guitar Pro is montonous enough.

Some parts of the tabs are definately not playable as they are now but it wouldn't be hard to figure out proper fingering. But then, some parts are playable as they are now. Think of it as a rough guide, I guess.

I had links to the bass and guitar tabs for Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program here but they seem to have expired. I can repost them if anyone is interested...

[protoultima]

A while ago I transcribed Estrogen Pathogen Exchange into Power Tab. If anyone is interested in looking it over email me at adrenalinefetus@yahoo.com. However, due to a mistake in the actual sheet music from the bands website there is one timing error that I did not fix in order to stay true to the sheet music. If anyone sees something I didn't in comparison feel free to tell me or change it yourself. (The error is in Staff 1 of measure 64, missing 1/16 to meet the time sig. Unnoticable but still an error)

[Asrynth]

I think its good that there is only sheet music for their songs, it forces people to become more intellectual musicians and understand what they are doing rather than just putting their hands somewhere mindlessly. I dont have anything against tabs, thats just my opinion, if everyone could read music and understand whats going on, we would have more sophisticated tunes from everyone.

[Treebeard]

Not necessarily. Knowing why something is doesn't drive someone to create something more sophisticated. In the end the person creates what they ultimately enjoy. It's also quite a stretch to say that people that don't know theory don't know what they're doing. Some people like Muhammed from the Necrofags say they know no theory but he clearly knows what he's doing.

[triple clutcher]

I think its good that there is only sheet music for their songs, it forces people to become more intellectual musicians and understand what they are doing rather than just putting their hands somewhere mindlessly. I dont have anything against tabs, thats just my opinion, if everyone could read music and understand whats going on, we would have more sophisticated tunes from everyone.
what makes tablature a less worthy means of documenting music than standard musical notation? masochism won't make music any better or worse.

[ten_second_infinity]

if everyone could read music and understand whats going on, we would have more sophisticated tunes from everyone.

Not necessarily, just because someone "understands what's going on" doesn't mean that they will write more sophisticated tunes.

[Ouroboros]

Necrofags?

That's fucking stupid. Necrophagist is amazing.

[Treebeard]

Necrofags?

That's fucking stupid. Necrophagist is amazing.

I know they are amazing. They are also known as the Necrofags.

OMFG UR FUCKING ST00PID. IM AMAZING

[Ouroboros]

I'm sure you are amazing. Sorry, I've never heard them called Necrofags, so I (justly) assumed you were making fun.

Anyway, it's not a big deal. And, I never called you stupid, but thanks for reminding me that I am.

[brett]

OK, I've finished Estrogen-Pathogen Exchange Program in Guitar Pro but I have no idea how to post it. The bass/guitar tabs are pdf files and I have nowhere online to host them. I can send them to anyone who wants them through email or soulseek or something, just let me know.

I started Sensory Amusia and let me say, it's gonna be a while....

Sorry to bring up this old thread but do you reckon you could post that tab? I remember looking at these tabs ages ago but thought fuck that. It'd take me forever to work out the standard notation and figure out fingerings.

Just make it a .zip file; then you can post it here as an attachment. And I loathe yousendit.

[Refusal]

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etc...you get the picture

[The Angel of Death]

It's got to happen sooner or later. Anyone know someone who knows how to read music? These Behold...The Arctopus' music sheets need to be transcribed to tablature.

I could do It but really dont have the time to do It. I am busy for the next few mounths Untill the holidays.