Apr 21, 2026 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Chasing Light – Metallica – Song Breakdown Drums Another heavy Lars Ulrich drum part. As with a lot of Metallica songs, it frequently goes into half time (or into double time depending on how you look at...
Apr 14, 2026 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) 25 Years – Pantera – Song Breakdown Drums A heavy drum part with lots of fast bass drum action. I put approximate tempos in, as the tempo goes up and down a lot according to the feel. Also, all crashes...
Apr 5, 2026 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Chop Suey! – System of a Down – Song Breakdown Keyboard There is a lot of stuff going on with strings and piano, which is mostly covered in this part. Download the Keyboard Sheet Music Here Lead Guitar...
Dec 10, 2025 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Killing in the Name – Rage Against the Machine – Song Breakdown Keyboard There isn’t a keyboard part in this song, so I made one up based on the guitar/bass riffs. Download the Keyboard Sheet Music Here...
Dec 6, 2025 | Song Breakdowns
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Rock and Roll Never Forgets – Bob Seger – Song Breakdown Melody A rocking song with the vocal range of E3-B4, with a couple of higher “Woo!”s. Download the Melody Sheet Music Here Keyboard This is the...
Aug 6, 2025 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Animal I Have Become – Three Days Grace – Song Breakdown Drum Sheet Music A pretty basic drum part with lots of tom work. One tricky part is in bars 104 & 105 where you have 2 (hands) against 3...
Jul 17, 2025 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Rock and Roll All Nite – Kiss – Song Breakdown Drum Sheet Music A seemingly simple drum part that actually has a lot of subtlety in bass drum hits etc. You’ll want to listen to the recording as well to...
Jun 9, 2025 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) JessendJane – Stumik Bug – Song Breakdown Lead Guitar Sheet Music An interesting guitar piece with alternate tunings. I ran this through an AI program to extract the guitar, but used the final mix as the...
Jun 9, 2025 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Angel – Drop Nineteens – Song Breakdown Lead Guitar Sheet Music This consists of the higher/lower guitar line, and long guitar solo from the Bridge to the end. In the choruses, I have it playing what it...
Apr 26, 2025 | Bass Guitar, Drums
Transcribing Notes From John Neil (Head Transcriber) Bury Me in Smoke – Down – Song Breakdown Drum Sheet Music A very rocking drum part with some tasty fills. Toward the end the recoding fades out, and back in. I made that part of the tab, with an option...
