Blur - To The End

Level: Easy

Having featured an Oasis song it's only fair to feature one by Blur. To The End is a nice easy one to transcribe. I'll let you off the backing vocals. As with any NCTJ dictation there are one or two words that might trip you up but it's mostly plain sailing.

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The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Level: Medium

Thanks to Douglas Adams for suggesting this one. Douglas is working toward 80wpm at the moment. If you can do a solid transcription of this, the 80 should be no problem. It's worth practising a few times to really nail the useful vocab and word groupings it contains.

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Oasis - Cigarettes & Alcohol

Level: Medium

All the songs on Definitely, Maybe the debut album by Oasis are good for Teeline practice. This is fairly slow and short but with enough tricky outlines to make it a challenge.

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Kris Kristofferson - Sunday Morning Coming Down

Level: hard

Kris Krisofferson's often covered classic covers a range of vocabulary with some complex outlines making it a great challenge but slow and clear enough to be achievable.
'Breakfast' is a cumbersome word to write out in full. I've shortened it to 'b'fast' but there are other ways of shortening and simplifying it which may work better. Also don't bother writing the title out in full. Stick to the first letters.

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