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2. Example ‐ Mr Crowley organ intro
Scott VanRavenswaay edited this page Aug 7, 2025
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Transcribing this organ intro for my classical guitar, where the "sweet spot" is lower on the neck:
$ gtrsnipe MrCrowleyOrganIntro.mid mrcrowley-organ.tab --track 5 --sweet-spot-high 8 --max-line-width 120
Converting 'MrCrowleyOrganIntro.mid' (mid) to 'mrcrowley-organ.tab' (tab)...
--- Selecting track 5 of 7 ---
--- Chord-Aware Mapper initialized. ---
Successfully saved to mrcrowley-organ.tab
That command extracts track 5 (the organ track) from a multi-track MIDI file found on the Internet, prefers frets between open and 8th when mapping notes to frets, and outputs the measures up to 120 characters per line. Here's what the output looks like:
// Title: MrCrowley-OrganIntro
// Tempo: 120.0 BPM
// Time: 4/4
// Tuning: STANDARD
e|-------------------|-----------------------|--1----------------|--3--------------------|--5----------------|
B|--6----------------|--5--------------------|--1----------------|--5--------------1---p0|--5----------------|
G|--7----------------|--5--------------------|--2-----0---h2----4|--5--------------------|--5-----4---h5----7|
D|--7---------------5|--7--------------7---p5|--3----------------|--5-----5--------------|--7----------------|
A|--5-----7---h8-----|--7-----7--------------|--3----------------|--3---------3----------|--7----------------|
E|-------------------|--5---------5----------|--1----------------|-----------------------|--5----------------|
e|--7-------------|-------------1--|--3----1----0----1|--5-------------|----------------|-------------------|
B|--8-------------|-------------1--|--3----1----0----1|--6-------------|--5-------------|--6----------------|
G|--9-------------|--5-----7-------|------------------|--7-------------|--6-------------|--7----------------|
D|--9----9--------|--7-----8----3--|--5----3----2----3|--7-------------|--------3---p2--|--7---------------5|
A|--7---------7---|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|--5-----7---h8-----|
E|----------------|--5-----6----1--|--3----1----0----1|--5-------------|----------------|-------------------|
e|-----------------------|--1----------------|--3--------------------|--5----------------|--7-------------|
B|--5--------------------|--1----------------|--5--------------1---p0|--5----------------|--8-------------|
G|--5--------------------|--2-----0---h2----4|--5--------------------|--5-----4---h5----7|--9-------------|
D|--7--------------7---p5|--3----------------|--5-----5--------------|--7----------------|--9----9--------|
A|--7-----7--------------|--3----------------|--3---------3----------|--7----------------|--7---------7---|
E|--5---------5----------|--1----------------|-----------------------|--5----------------|----------------|
e|-------------1--|--3----1----0----1|--5-------------|----------------|
B|-------------1--|--3----1----0----1|--6-------------|--5-------------|
G|--5-----7-------|------------------|--7-------------|--6-------------|
D|--7-----8----3--|--5----3----2----3|--7-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|------------------|----------------|----------------|
E|--5-----6----1--|--3----1----0----1|--5-------------|----------------|
--debug can be used to show the scoring calculations to gain understanding of how your tweaks affect the results.
--ignore-open can make a surprising amount of difference without having to tweak scoring weights.
Compare the first few measures of MrCrowley from earlier:
Normal transcription:
e|-------------------|-----------------------|--1----------------|--3--------------------|--5----------------|
B|--6----------------|--5--------------------|--1----------------|--5--------------1---p0|--5----------------|
G|--7----------------|--5--------------------|--2-----0---h2----4|--5--------------------|--5-----4---h5----7|
D|--7---------------5|--7--------------7---p5|--3----------------|--5-----5--------------|--7----------------|
A|--5-----7---h8-----|--7-----7--------------|--3----------------|--3---------3----------|--7----------------|
E|-------------------|--5---------5----------|--1----------------|-----------------------|--5----------------|
with --ignore-open:
e|--1----------------|--0--------------------|--1----------------|--3--------------------|--5----------------|
B|--3----------------|--1--------------------|--1----------------|--5--------------1---p0|--5----------------|
G|--2----------------|--2--------------2---p0|--2-----0---h2----4|--5--------------------|--5-----4---h5----7|
D|--0-----2---h3----5|--2-----2--------------|--3----------------|--5-----5--------------|--7----------------|
A|-------------------|--0---------0----------|--3----------------|--3---------3----------|--7----------------|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|--1----------------|-----------------------|--5----------------|
When transcribing a bass part, pass the proper tuning and (optionally) the number of strings. Without these arguments, transcribing a bass part will work, but the mapper will transpose to guitar notes and display on six strings. You can simply pass the --bass option as a shortcut for 4-strings, standard bass tuning. Passing a --tuning BASS_* tuning will by default render your tab with four strings, but you can override this with --num-strings 5, for example.
$ gtrsnipe SmellsLikeTeenSpirit.mid --track 6 teenspirit-bass.tab --no-articulations --nudge 14 --tuning BASS_E_FLAT
Converting 'SmellsLikeTeenSpirit.mid' (mid) to 'teenspirit-bass.tab' (tab)...
--- Selecting track 6 of 11 ---
--- Nudging all events forward by 3.5 beats ---
--- Chord-Aware Mapper initialized. ---
Successfully saved to teenspirit-bass.tab
$ cat teenspirit-bass.tab
// Title: SmellsLikeTeenSpirit
// Tempo: 120.0 BPM
// Time: 4/4
// Tuning (High to Low): Gb2 Db2 Ab1 Eb1
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------------------------2---2----|------------------------5---5----|------------------------2---2----|
E|--2----2--2----2--2--2----------2|--5----5--5----5--5--5----------5|--2----2--2----2--2--2----------2|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------------------------5---5----|------------------------2---2----|------------------------5---5----|
E|--5----5--5----5--5--5----------5|--2----2--2----2--2--2----------2|--5----5--5----5--5--5----------5|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|------------------------2---2----|------------------------5---5----|------------------2---2---2---2|
E|--2----2--2----2--2--2----------2|--5----5--5----5--5--5----------5|--2---2---2---2----------------|
