I tried #Usidore again. I think I'm finally developing some #music transcription techniques of my own (most of the ones I've learned elsewhere have helped not much)

Zeroth (bc this is advice you DO hear) sing what you hear and try to play it on an instrument. I have a tiny 2.3 octave synth. Also, rhythm is critical to recognizing you have the right notes.

First, don't go note by note. Instead, pick some important landmark notes (on important lyrics or beats) or ones that are easy (long notes, obvious roots, etc). Then figure out nearby notes relative to those.

Second, if you know the key, make sure you know what notes you are (probably) limited to. Use the process of elimination to get down to a couple possibilities. Allow yourself to play the same note even several times in a row!

Third, play the real song frequently so you are transcribing reality, not a memory.

Fourth, notation doesn't matter. For this particular song bc the lyrics are just prose crammed into 4/4 I know it's going to end up weird. I just wrote the words in a text doc and I'm writing note names above syllables.

“I am Usidore,
Wizard of the 12th Realm of Ephysiyies,
Master of Light and Shadow,
Manipulator of Magical Delights,
Devourer of Chaos,
Champion of the Great Halls of Terr'akkas.
The elves know me as Fi’ang Yalok.
The dwarves know me as Zoenen Hoogstandjes.
And I am also known in the Northeast as Gaismunēnas Meistar.”

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"I am Usidore,
Wizard of the 12th Realm of Ephysiyies,
Master of Light and Shadow,
Manipulator of Magical Delights,
Devourer of Chaos,
Champion of the Great Halls of Terr'akkas.

The elves know me as Fi’ang Yalok.
The dwarves know me as Zoenen Hoogstandjes.
And I am also known in the Northeast as Gaismunēnas Meistar."

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