Tunes I am transcribing;

I am too poor for Logic.  Far, far too poor for Logic.  For the moment, anyways.

So I've been doing my transcribing using programmes I can get;

Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Garageband - http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

Aaaaaand...that's it.  Because they're free.

I select the song, drag it into Audacity, change the tempo, sit at my piano, and play what I hear into Garageband.  I go over what I hear a few times.  Then I start to transpose what I've done in every key.  Meaning, hopefully, when I come to put things into songs, I'll be able to play it in anything.

So far, I've not done much.  But I have picked four songs I'd like to dissect; three ideas from each song, which will lead to 12 ideas, in 12 keys will mean 144 possible things I'll be able to play while soloing.  Hopefully.

The songs I have picked (for several reasons) are;

Autumn Leaves (an exam piece; studying this is mandatory)
Some Day my Prince Will Come (as above)
The Girl from Ipanema (this version; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqE7RuIbfjE
[The solo in that one isn't fantastic but there are ideas there that I'd like to use.]

Song for my Father (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLdm1yuoU_Q) [as above.  I will use the melody in solos too.]

How Deep is the Ocean? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJLe3o8IrNA) [not the version I linked; the version I want to use is from Evans' album 'Jazzhouse'.  Some of the piano runs in it give me shivers.  I've worked on this song in the past.]

 However, I must say, I feel that I am cheating, as I'm not actually writing anything down; just playing what I hear into a computer then triple checking it's correct.  Is this cheating, Simon?  Does it count?

Regardless, it's a lot better than doing nothing.

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Ta.