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Career Guidance Skills communication, collaboration and creativity S1.13 - writing and composing S1.13.1 - composing music Transcribe ideas into musical notation
Description
Transcribe/translate musical ideas into musical notation, using instruments, pen and paper, or computers.
Occupations requiring this skill
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Skill demand overview
- Essential in 2 occupations
- Optional in 2 occupations
- Total: 4 occupations
- Most common in: ISCO major group 2 (Professionals)
Essential for
- Music directorMusic directors lead musical groups such as orchestras and bands during live performances or recording sessions. They organise the music and composition, coordinate the playing mus…
- ComposerA Composer is a professional who creates original music. They write and arrange musical scores for various forms of media, including orchestras, bands, films, television, video gam…
Optional for
- LyricistA lyricist is a professional who writes the lyrics of songs, conveying the narrative, emotions, and messages within the musical composition. They work closely with composers, music…
- MusicianA Musician is an artist skilled in performing, composing, and interpreting music. Musicians can work across various genres and styles, including classical, jazz, rock, pop, hip-hop…
Related skills
- Musical notation
- Create musical forms
- Write musical scores
- Study music
- Record music
- Read musical score
- Evaluate musical ideas
- Rewrite musical scores
- Music literature
- Develop musical ideas
- Musical genres
- Compose music
- Supervise music groups
Last updated on February 19, 2026
