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How can I slow down a YouTube video I'm trying to analyze or transcribe?

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I'm trying to use a YouTube video to

  • Figure out what notes/chords are being played
  • Figure out how (i.e., by what technique) the notes/chords are being played
  • Transcribe a (part of) a song

but the passage goes too fast, and I can't stop the video in time. Or I stop and restart, but I can't hit the spot I'm trying to see.Is there some way to slow down the video, so I can see what's happening?

  Topic Music Subtopic Learning an Instrument Tags music learning
3 Years 2 Answers 2.1k views

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  1. Christopher Martin 1834

    In every youtube video, you can control playback speed under the "settings" control, it looks like a gear icon.   

     

    I've uploaded a quick video on how to do this to youtube.  Good luck! 

     

    UTC 2020-08-06 06:00 PM 0 Comments
  2. Peter Yeargin 1298

    You can also do a number of things like pausing, fast-forwarding, jumping to different parts of the video, and even moving forward a single frame at a time if you use the hotkeys found at this link.

     

    I use this to step through college football videos, sometimes!

    UTC 2020-08-06 07:40 PM 1 Comment

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