We focus on popular songs of all kinds, including rock, R&B, folk, country, blues, inspirational/Christian, Latin, children's songs, most jazz, reggae, Asian pop, and hip hop. Because we have a set price per minute of music, we don't do extremely complex musical pieces, such as modern jazz, electronic music, opera, classical, experimental music, chamber music, or orchestral pieces. If you're not sure, please contact us and send us the link, and we'll let you know if we can do it for our standard pricing, or if it would be a special order.
No. We take copyright law very seriously, and will not do anything to compromise the rights of songwriters and performers. So, here's the deal. If you have a performance license for the song (either because you wrote it or someone else licensed performance rights to you), we'll transcribe it and you can do anything you like with it. But if you don't have a performance license, then we will still do the transcription for you, but it will be as a service for your personal and private use, and you may not sell, distribute, publish, publicly perform, or do anything with our work that would violate the rights of the music's rightful owner.
Sure. See our page of examples, to see some sample YouTube videos and the transcription files that we created from them. These are provided for you only to evaluate our service. Please don't do anything with them that would violate copyright law.
No problem! Normally we deliver in a week, but if you're really in a hurry we can deliver within 4 days, usually less. There's a $20 extra charge for this, which you'll see when you go through the ordering process.
IF YOUR SONG IS ALREADY ON YOUTUBE: type or paste the YouTube link for the song into the box on our home page. We will look up the song on YouTube and show it to you. Next, you will see a pair of sliders on the home page, use them to indicate the start and end times of the music that you want us to transcribe. After that, you'll be taken through a few more ordering steps. That's it. No phone calls or email conversations, no haggling, no delays. At the time you order you'll know exactly how much the job will cost and how long it will take.
IF YOUR SONG IS NOT ALREADY ON YOUTUBE: contact us using the Contact Us form, and send us the file or a link to the music, along with some info about what you want. We will get back to you with a price quote and a special code that you can use to order on our website.
When you get to the checkout page, use discount code 100plus to receive a $1/minute discount for orders of over $100. Contact us for information on very large orders.
We send you your custom sheet music files (PDF, MP3 and XML) via email, and that email will also include a feedback link. You have 30 days to use that link to let us know if you are unhappy with our work for any reason. Tell us exactly what the problem is. We will go back and try to fix the problem at no additional charge to you. If we cannot fix it, or if you still aren't happy, we will fully refund your money.
You're in luck! The members of our international transcriptionist network speak over a dozen languages, including Bulgarian! You'll see the list as you go through the ordering process.
No problem. Contact us via the Contact Us link, or email us at sales@tunescribers.com . We'll get back to you with a price quote, and a special code that you can use to order from our website.
No problem. Find the link to the concert and paste it into the home page. We'll retrieve the concert video. Then use the sliders to specify the exact start and stop times for the song (or portion of song) that you want us to transcribe.
We can transpose the song into a different key (that is, make it higher or lower in pitch) for you, for a small charge that you'll see when you go through the ordering process. Tell us your preferred key, or tell us to just shift it up (higher pitch) or down (lower pitch) and how much. Or if you want to get rid of those pesky black keys, just tell us to select an easier key, and we will transpose the song for you, usually to the key of C or G.
MusicXML is a file format used to exchange music files between different music applications. It's pretty much the universal standard for sharing interactive sheet music. At last count, over 220 music applications can utilize MusicXML files. Learn more about it here.
Yeah, nobody else does this, so how can we? Of course we realize that all songs are different, and take different lengths of time to transcribe. But that's our problem, not yours. So we have settled on a standard price per minute of music that, on the average, is reasonable. We may lose money on some jobs and make money on others, but overall, it's a price we can live with. And it really takes the hassle out of ordering, doesn't it?
Many individuals offer music transcription services, and some of them are quite talented. However, we feel that our service has some unique advantages: (1) The quality of our work is outstanding, due to our rigorous hiring process and the feedback we get from our customers about each job. (2) Our ordering process is incredibly easy, transparent, and hassle-free. (3) Our prices are amazing. (4) Our work comes with a 100% guarantee. Oh yes, we're also very nice people and easy to work with.
We're always looking to talk with highly skilled music transcriptionists and consider bringing them on board. If you're interested, fill out this form and we'll get back to you.
No, all our transcription is done by human experts who we have tested and certified. These experts listen to the song carefully, and transcribe it note-by-note. They use various computer software tools to write down the sheet music, but the creation itself is a traditional, skill-intensive process. As far as we know, there is no software today that can automatically transcribe anything more than a simple one-line melody.
