★★★★★ 5/5 from 700+ reviews on PaidTabs
Accurate guitar transcriptions, transcribed by ear.
I’m Sérgio Raimundo Cavaco, a Portuguese musician who has been playing, teaching and producing music for over 20 years. Order your custom transcription, browse 1,400+ ready-made ones on PaidTabs, or download free sheet music and tabs to practice with.
Where to start
What are you looking for?
I need a transcription
Any song and instrument, as tab or standard notation, with synced audio in Guitar Pro 8 if you like. Free quote and delivery within 24 to 48 hours.
I want to learn
Free sheet music, tabs and backing tracks to practice with, already downloaded over 60,000 times.
I want to hear your work
Arrangements and covers with over 100,000 views, the album “Cordas em Movimento” and original music.
Samples
See what a transcription looks like
The first page of some recent work: standard notation and tab, note for note, ready to play. Click a page to enlarge it.
I also deliver them as Guitar Pro 8 files with synced audio (Audio Sync): the recording plays in sync with the tab, note for note.
Ready-made transcriptions
My transcriptions on PaidTabs
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Rated 5/5 from 700+ reviews on PaidTabs
Musicians all over the world trust me to transcribe even the hardest songs. Here’s what some of my custom transcription clients say.
★★★★★
“Excellent!! I'm pretty sure Sergio can figure out almost anything regarding transcribing music. This song had alternate tuning, which was more challenging, but he figured it out and does with top level accuracy. Highly recommended. 5 Stars.”
pickandgrinUnited States · July 2026
Custom transcription
★★★★★
“Hi Sérgio, thank you again for the outstanding work on this transcription. High quality as per usual!”
jeroen_gremmenNetherlands · July 2026
Custom transcription
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“High quality for a really hard transcription. Thanks!”
rabUnited States · July 2026
Custom transcription
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“Sergio è davvero gentile e disponibile! Ha fatto un lavoro fantastico, lo consiglio moltissimo!!”
“Sergio is really kind and helpful! He did a fantastic job, I highly recommend him!”
LebowskItaly · August 2026
Custom transcription
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“Super fast and super accurate!! Great work!!”
hatsuUnited Kingdom · August 2026
Custom transcription
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“One of the best on paidtabs”
Manu72Canada · July 2026
Custom transcription
Also on YouTube
“so accurate so beautiful so fast and perfect”
@hikmalrhamadhan3536on the Jason Becker “Air” tribute
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“The best cover of one of the best compositions of all time”
@Priyadarshan_Nag_Musicon the Jason Becker “Air” tribute
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“I truly enjoyed your performance”
@otb1954on Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
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Sheet music and tabs to download
Complete arrangements with standard notation and tablature. Pick one and start playing today.
Chopin — Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2
Classical guitar arrangement. Notation and tab.
10,000+ downloads
Bach — Badinerie
Notation, tab and audio of the final movement of Suite No. 2.
2,300+ downloads
Amália — Foi Deus
Based on Silvestre Fonseca's arrangement. Notation and tab in PDF.
3,400+ downloads
Courses and ebooks in the works
I’m working on my first courses and interactive ebooks: how to transcribe music by ear, and other topics that matter to musicians. When they launch, everyone on this list gets priority access and a launch discount.
In the meantime, you’ll get the new free sheet music and tabs by email as I publish them.
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Videos
Arrangements on video
Classical guitar arrangements and electric guitar versions, with over 100,000 views on YouTube.
About me
I’m a musician, transcriber and arranger. I’ve been playing, teaching and producing music for over 20 years, and I specialize in transcribing by ear: accurate sheet music and tabs for guitar, bass and other instruments, made in Guitar Pro and Cubase.
I recorded the album “Cordas em Movimento”, with classical guitar arrangements, and composed music for advertising and apps, such as the commercial for the Festroia film festival and SAPO’s “ABC” app for kids. I taught guitar for over 10 years and I’m now preparing online courses.
Need a transcription or an arrangement?
Transcription requests, arrangements, sheet music or music production: get in touch.