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Orchestral Music Score Transcription

Our staff is capable of producing accurate Orchestral Music ScoreA written representation of a piece of music, including the notation for all parts of an ensemble. transcriptions from recorded material.

Score Transcription

Music TranscriptionThe process of notating a piece of music as it is performed, either by ear or from a recording. is a two-step process.

The first phase, known as “takedown” in the jargon of the industry, involves pencil and paper and as many repeated listenings as it takes to transcribe individual partsIndividual pieces of music, each designed to be performed by a single musician or section of an ensemble. accurately.

Takedown is billed as hourly work at $75/hr (in conformity with the Orchestrator’s rate sheet from Local 802-NY of the American Federation of Musicians).

The second phase is music copying (also known as ‘engraving’), consisting of the entry of the pencil transcription into music notationA system of symbols used to write down music. software, which can then output the score and the individual parts.

Billing RatesTranscribed Orchestral Music

Orchestral transcription has traditionally billed at double the orchestrationThe art and science of arranging music for an orchestra, including the assignment of individual parts to different instruments and the creation of a score. rate (rather than the lower copying/engraving page rate). It’s painstaking work.

We actually enjoy this work, so we base our services on the Orchestration rate without the multiplier. Orchestration billing is based on the number of bars, as determined in the initial estimate using the factors of time and tempoThe speed at which a piece of music is performed, often indicated in beats per minute.. By determining the tempo using a metronome, and the time signatureA symbol written at the beginning of a piece of music indicating the number of beats in each measure and the type of note that receives one beat. by listening to the music, we determine the likely total number of bars in the piece. The base rate we work from is 72¢/bar times the number of instrument staff lines, based on the Orchestration rate sheet. For more than 10 staff lines, the per-bar estimate rate is 60¢/bar.

Transcription time estimates vary depending on the density of the material. For orchestral material, a rule-of-thumb is one hour of transcription time per one minute of recorded music.

Please allow us to quote your next transcription project!

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