Right. So I’ve decided on my next attempt at transcription - Johan Kim’s version of “The girl from Ipanema”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZHSQhFEvvo
I can’t find a ready-made transcription on youtube so I don’t feel as if I’m reinventing the wheel. I’ve decided just to transcribe the solo as a lead sheet against a chord symbol background since my sight-reading from transcriptions is poor. I already play this tune and have modified my interpretation using many of the suggestions of @Jovino in his lesson on the piece (Bossa Nova grooves lesson 3.3) but I have a lot of trouble improvising in the bridge. Kim does a lot of neat things here, like his contrary-motion chromatic runs into the #11 chords. So I’m looking forward to seeing what he does.
George,
That’s a fine version of the tune, and it’s nice to see a Roland RD-2000 in action. 
I’ve been working through some of Jovino’s Brazilian lessons as well, so I’ll be very interested in seeing your transcription.
It might be some time at the rate I transcribe! I chose Kim’s interpretation because it is so different from most other versions. In fact his whole style is unique which considering his age is amazing. He appears to “transcribe” on the spot just by ear, able to reproduce and improvise on a piece of music just by listening to it. I believe Mozart was able to do the same. His story is fascinating and he has been given a great gift. Hope he doesn’t throw it away as so many great musicians have done.
PS: The Roland 2000 is a great digital keyboard. IIRC you mentioned it was one of your keyboards in another thread. I’m seriously looking at the Yamaha YC 88, which just came out recently. Another amazing piece of technology.
My transcription trek is on hold for a bit. I’ve been setting up my new YC 88 Yamaha keyboard 
, connecting it with my laptop and the BIAB software I use for backing tracks, and watching as many YouTube videos as I can to get the hang of the hardware. I love this keyboard. I’ve been able to go to the piano section and play really easily but I’ve had little experience playing organs so this section will present me with a steep learning curve. I haven’t had an electronic keyboard for a while and I’d forgotten just how amazing they are!
This is awesome @George_Miller
Great thread and Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us! Really Inspiring 
The last week has been hectic, trying to get up to speed with the new keyboard and how it connects and talks to the speakers, the audio interface, the MacBook Pro, Band in a box, and Audacity. It’s all new to me, but if truth be told music has been a lifesaver over the past year and I’m so grateful that PianoGroove was around during this time. I haven’t had time to get back to transcription trek yet, but to prove I’m not swinging the lead, here’s the first tune I’ve recorded - this evening - in my new music studio. I love this keyboard!
Nice rendition George. Love the piano sound. - nice a crisp and bright. What setup are you using?
VERY nice George. That was lovely!
Thanks Paul & Celia. Yamaha YC 88 stereo output to FocusRite 2i2. Focusrite connected by USB to MacBook Pro running Audacity, and to a pair of 5’’ Adam studio monitor speakers T5V.
Frankly, I didn’t know anything about all this technology until 2weeks ago. I’ve been learning from a site on YouTube - MusicRepo. The woman who runs it is able to break down the most complicated concepts of musical technology into simple components and explain them in a way that is easy to understand, from the different types of cables on the market to the intricacies of recording with today’s software.
My #2 grandson was right. (“If you watch YouTube Grandad you’ll know everything!”)
Wow - stunning performance there - @George_Miller
really inspiring to listen to 
GReat share of info btw on your connecting your focusrite onto macbook - I sure have a lot to learn!
i only use Garageband then connect with the piano for recording… 
Thanks Kristeta. Before I got my electronic keyboard I had my focusrite output connected to the inputs of my Hi-Fi stereo system, with inputs from my macBook Pro Laptop. It allowed me to play backing tracks for the piano quite nicely. Whatever gives you the sound you’re looking for!
ahh, CooL! and very useful tools! Thanks very much! George - apart from myself, am sure this thread is going to be very informative to other members too.
Wow beautiful done George great playing !! thanks sharing it !! …
PS the sound is a bit saturated some time … you may use the tool normalization in audacity to get this a bit out … but the better advice is never recording with too hight level , you can always up the volume but its impossible to correct perfectly saturated sound . The piano sound cool . I recommend trying using some DAW
I love REAPER REAPER | Audio Production Without Limits which as a full free version avaible to try it , just need 5 s before each opening, it is not very expensive and as so much possibility. You will have much more flexibility with recording multi tracks midi sound … than with audacity .
Take care
Pierrot
Thanks Pierrot. I’ll try Reaper. There’s so much to learn going from audio to digital. I’m a teckie kind of person but it’s still been a struggle. YouTube and their how-to videos have been invaluable and I doubt I would have come this far without them. This teaching site too. We’re very lucky to live in this time when so much information is available as so very little cost.
For myself, I’ve chipped away at this kind of task, with the mentioned slow motion progress frustration that others have pointed out. Following the analogies here, I’ve just entered the art museum…
Being a bit of a tech guy with music knowledge (where much work awaits its fluid implementaion however),
ok I have no idea how/why my unfinished post, got posted, but its gone and I can’t even see itl
Flying blind I’ll quickly get out of here after my 2 cents:
Folks you may want to ‘cheat’ a little bit with this, but I’ve found the software Melodyne to be immensely useful, though not ‘free’, you will find you travels through the art museum much shorter
Michael
Sounds like it’s functioning almost like an audio->midi conversion program, Michael. Interesting. But definitely expensive! 
George, well it doesn’t actually do that conversion, though you’re right to draw a visual association to midi. But it ends there, those dashes are actual individual audio samples, not a simple midi code. It is amazing software, way beyond the simple world of midi.
It gets pretty close, and once can decipher the note of a solo, I’ve been working on one for Autumn Leaves. At least you can get some of those big multi-octave jumps these soloists do, that sound very cool but are beyond my layman’s ear for detection.
Keep at it George, I think you’re leading us learners,
Michael
Like Audrey Hepburn would say. . .Loverly!!!
I posted this on one of the classroom threads but since only those who signed up for the course can see it I thought I’d post again here. Masahiro Sayama plays “There will never be another you”. About 25 seconds into the introduction he plays 8 bars that lead really nicely into the tune. So I transcribed them. If you play this piece it might make a nice little addition to your performance:
These classes, by the way, are gold. I’ve finished Tuomo’s voicings class and am working my way through the improvisation classes. They are well-worth signing up for, and are making a big difference to my playing.