Paste a link
Add a YouTube URL and select the part of the song you want to transcribe.
Paste a YouTube link, choose a riff or solo, and convert the clip into a structured, editable guitar tab—without downloading the video first.
Add a YouTube URL and select the part of the song you want to transcribe.
Create a structured guitar tab from the selected YouTube segment.
Use the complete editor to arrange sections, shape notes and chords, practise, and export.
Paste a public YouTube URL, set the start and end times, and transcribe a focused clip. The link mode opens automatically, so you can go straight from this page to choosing the section.
Selecting a precise segment makes the result faster to review and avoids spending credits on parts you do not need. Free accounts can transcribe clips up to 30 seconds; Premium accounts can choose longer clips within the first ten minutes of a video.
Choose a specific solo, riff, or chord passage instead of processing the whole video.
Start from the YouTube link without first saving an audio file to your device.
Open the tab to write, arrange, play, practise, and choose guitar positions.
The converter reads the selected audio segment and creates timed notes with guitar string and fret positions. The result opens as a real Note2Tabs project—not a screenshot—so you can correct a phrase, choose another fingering, arrange sections, practise loops, and export the tab.
Use the timestamp controls to target the musical part behind your search. A short, clear section is usually more useful than processing an intro, spoken lesson, silence, and the riff together.
Clear covers, lessons, playthroughs, and isolated guitar performances give the model more guitar detail than noisy live recordings or full mixes where several instruments occupy the same range.
Set timestamps around the exact riff, chord passage, or solo you need. A focused clip is faster to inspect and makes it easier to compare the generated tab with the original performance.
The Note2Tabs homepage is the quickest place to start from either audio or YouTube. This page is specifically for people starting with a video link and explains the clip limits, timestamp workflow, source-quality tradeoffs, and editing process in more detail.
If you already have an MP3 or WAV file, use audio upload instead. If the best version is a public cover, lesson, or performance on YouTube, use this focused converter path.
Free accounts can select up to 30 seconds. Premium accounts can select longer clips, with an end time no later than 10:00 in the video.
Yes. The transcription opens as a native Note2Tabs editor project with writing, arrangement, fingering, playback, practice, and export tools.
No. Paste the public YouTube URL directly, choose the timestamps, and start the transcription from the link.
You can try it with the free monthly transcription credits and clips up to 30 seconds. Premium supports longer YouTube clips within the first ten minutes.
Play it, arrange sections, choose alternate fingerings and chord shapes, add guitar techniques, practise loops, and export it from the editor.
Yes. Enter the start and end timestamps for the exact section you want instead of converting unrelated parts of the video.