Bill Wurtz - Might Quit (Transcription)
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Viewing on a larger screen is recommended due to the density of the score.
Here is Bill Wurtz's 'Might Quit' fully realized in sheet music form!
I decided to begin this project in late March to get a closer look and listen into what Bill Wurtz does in his songwriting to make his songs so unique. The idea was hugely inspired by June Lee's incredible transcription work on CZcams. I thought that I might have a go at a transcription video of my own!
I anticipated that the project would take me about a month to complete. That proved to be quite a gross underestimation.
The percussive elements of this tune proved particularly challenging to transcribe - taking me about three weeks alone to do them. Wurtz used more sound design in this song then I was initially anticipating, and I found it difficult at times to place a label on some percussive hits that I was hearing. Notes in the "PERC SFX" staff that have no label are present, but any sort of label would be cumbersome.
I initially produced a finished product with all fifteen staves on each page, but I realized that this was a sub-optimal viewing experience, especially with the majority of CZcams viewership coming from mobile devices. I decided that it would be better to hide empty staves on a page-by-page basis. This allowed to me to enlarge the staves and make the music more visible on a mobile device. For this reason, the synth, aux synth, and piano parts have been reduced to one staff where it was convenient.
Drumset notation follows standard placement conventions (Norman Weinberg). An instrument in the "Aux Percussion" staff is assigned to that particular position on the staff for the duration of the page. The instrument's first appearance is always marked.
Huge thanks goes to the Music Engraving Tips community on Facebook for their advice on how to approach the notation of the dense percussive elements. They also provided invaluable wisdom in regards to slur conventions for vocal parts, the practice of hyphenating partial words, and some suggestions for optimizing the readability of the keys lines.
Huge gratitude must also be given to my close friends. Their feedback as a second set of eyes and support in seeing this through was invaluable.
Specifically, Jamie Hopkings, a Toronto-based media composer, provided me with page dimension suggestions, as well as the idea to have an animated playhead following the score. His breakdown of Saturn from Gustav Holst's The Planets served as a reference in how a score can be excellently animated. The Saturn breakdown can be found here: • Saturn, the Bringer of...
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Absolutely fantastic! I tried a similar project back in June-ish but i quickly gave up after realizing how dense this song is. Major props for pushing through this and bringing it to completion!
Thanks so much dude! Everyone! Check out Calvin's orchestral cover of Might Quit! Brilliant in its own right, and with lots of tasty reharms. 😋
It was surprising to me too how dense it was! As a casual listener, I had no idea what that there were even guitars! Makes me curious if his other songs are this dense. Perhaps another Wurtz transcription would be a good idea.
Thanks for the props, and props to you as well!!
@@daviddebonomalta okay I will so this :)
i was gonna try to play the synth solo
*was*
Playing it slowly is still playing it! :)
*LINGLING 40 **_HOURS_*
if you can play it slowly you can play it quickly
1:15 hits me with the chills for some reason
agaksks yeah like my heart drops or something
top notch - adds highly to the listening experience
Bill wurtz is actually alive, I wasn't aware
The bass is otherworldly
Yeah just that part is enough to last an amateur bass player a couple weeks right xD!
This is amazing, there’s some stuff in here I can barely hear - you’re the June Lee of Bill Wurtz (I’d love to see more Bill Wurtz transcriptions in the future)
👈😎👈
Thanks!! That is very humbling. Maybe one day.
"it was the first day of school"
me too kid
School starts in Toronto tomorrow. I think everyone is going to quit, cause things definitely won't make sense lol.
No seriously we’re doing english rn
dude, i absolutely love that synth solo at 1:59 , it gets me everytime!
Absolutely amazing. Wow! Thank you!!
frickin incredible
Incredible! Keep up the insane work :)
That's a really awesome work....good joob Maestro!
wow, amazing work!!
When I saw this video at first, I nearly cried. This guy's amazing, and I really hope he didn't entirely quit, and that he comes back soon. I need him backkkkk.
Really really nice work. I’m blown away, I can’t imagine how much time and energy this took.
Incredible work!
smashing work
Awesome Work!
This is incredible and highly educational.
This is incredible. Do you have the sheet music as a pdf so I can learn some of this on the piano?
Really well done! You are the next June Lee...
Gracias por compartir, tu trabajo es genial, suena supere bien. Pocos músicos hay con ese enorme talento. Felicitaciones, un amigo Eliab.
Amazing
So cool 💙
Love the work Keep It Up 💕
I'll try! Just keep chipping away! :)
Wow! Very well done here. That cannot be easy at all.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. It wasn't easy, and I bet it wasn't for Bill, either!
@@daviddebonomalta You're both very skilled!
I think you are underrated
Amazing!! You did a SPECTACULAR job. What software did you use to transcribe it? And would you be able to possibly link a musicXML file or something of that nature!
Once again, great work man!
he used your mom
What an amzing work! Acoustic guitar is barely heardable to me...
Bill wurtz hardly uploads because he wants to be a viewer to such good content like this
YEEEEAH
This is absolutely incredible. Is this available as a PDF anywhere?
And this guys a famous youtuber
nice
Wow, incredible!!! How did you create the video for the transcription? I have done some transcriptions and wanted to display them in a movie format like this, but couldn't find a professional looking way in Sibelius. Also, how did you do that intro where all the notes fill out like that? So cool.
Hey Elder G! The video was created through DaVinci Resolve.
That's cool that you'd like to do it! Basically, export as a PDF, take high res screenshots of each page, import them into a video editor, then work away!
The beginning effect where the notes fill out was done with Adobe After Effects. Vertical mask for the initial notes and staff lines. The rest of the notes were put on a separate layer and slowly revealed with a horizontal mask.
Regards,
David
Even viewers should have a 💓 button for videos as such
This is incredible, this must have taken at least a week just to transcribe properly
I wish haha. More like 3 months! A bit each day!
Miss you
Hi! What notation software did you use? Great video btw!! :)
Hey Bob,
I used Dorico, but that is by no means necessary. June Lee uses Sibelius, and Jason Fieler uses Musescore. They are two transcribers that I really respect.
Use whatever software you're comfortable with, or what you can afford! 🙂
@@daviddebonomalta Thanks so much! :)
This is really well done. Can you please post a musicxml or Midi file or something so that we can download this transcription?
He posted on Instagram bois, we're back on business.
YES
When will be the next upload?
Can I download this?
what software did you use for notation. Also what is your musical background?
also did you use any additional software to hear the low-end synth?
I used Dorico for notation. I have a degree in music education from the University of Toronto ('14). Piano is my main instrument.
Other then EQing to isolate the low end in Transcribe!, nothing else was used.
Thanks for the questions!
David Debono Thanks for the response! I just finished high school and played percussive instruments such as the timpani and marimba. I like discerning complex rhythms such as nested tuplets or polyrhythms to better my rhythmic ability.I know this took a while.
I’ve got 3 minutes of Mike Mitchell’s Brazilian love affair transcribed czcams.com/video/daI-OIFEJv0/video.html
David Debono can u make another video
omg i so desperately want someone to transcribe 'slow down'
Can i have a midi or pdf of this please?
Crazy ass chords lmao
Is there a PDF or Midi of this?
yeaah I also would really love a midi of this
Me too
Me too
So I'm apparently illiterate in music ;-;
What does the 5:3 mean??? I see it's a quintuplet, but why did you notate a 3 there?
Haha no worries Reletr! The left number in the ratio is the amount of notes in the quintuplet. The right number - 3, is the number of notes the quintuplet fits into.
In this case, it's 5 eighths in the duration of 3.
Where’d you go?
1:57
I think he actually quit
do you feel alright?
*How dare you assume me*
no i dont feel alright, how dare you
@@Sovietube *Top 10 biggest plot twists*
PLEASE I NEED THE BASS TAB
Wuw
@billwirtz can u do a video like the history of the entire world I guess except do the bible lol.
Getting suspicious...
Where are you?
If you're asking where I'm based out of - Toronto.
@@daviddebonomalta no, no, what i did mean is why aren't you uploading videos for 8 months? btw thanks for letting me know your city
@@mikaelyosienugroho1814 ahh. I see. Well, firstly, projects take a long time, which has come about as a result of higher expectations from what I create. Secondly, I have felt for at least a few years now that what I have to say in music isn't worth putting up on CZcams, especially in regards to my own playing - it's sad but true. Thirdly, although I am constantly working on music or doing things that will benefit my voice in music, CZcams isn't always the end goal.
If you'd like more frequent updates about what I'm up to, you can follow me on Instagram @ddebonomusic. I post stories here and there - often not serious. I allow my day-to-day activities to come out a little more there.
Thank you for the question. It's good to know that someone out there is wondering about me.
Stay safe during this crazy time!
@@daviddebonomalta ah, ok, thanks for letting me know.
he left
;(
no
No he didn't. He's got a countdown going that ends near the end of December. Something big is coming. Check out Bill's Questions page for more details!
Bro profile saids might quit
Jesus fucking christ man