Just wondering this because I seem to get sidetracked and lose my motivation to continue a lot of times.
Depends on how much time I have to arrange, and how complex the piece is. I do focus on one piece at a time though.
In terms of working time, about 3 hours for a two-piano piece typically.
In terms of actual time, it varies from a week to a month. >_>
Usually less than two hours.
depends on the length and complexity.
a short, simple piece could be done in around 30-40 minutes.
a long, complicated may take me probably 8 hours total.
also, if i'm doing it by ear there's a lot of time used to repeat sections, so it'd be like double if I was arranging by midi.
About a day.
Yeah, an hour or two if I'm actually trying. I believe the fastest I've ever completed a piece(from start to finish) was 4 minutes, but that piece doesnt really count...
I used to at least produce them in about 4-5 hours, not in one sitting. Now, since I started to get more artistic with them, anywhere from about 3hrs to a few days, total time actually working on them.
A 40 bar piece for solo piano done by ear usually takes me three hours, unless it's really repetitive or something.
Normally it would take me about 1-2 days to arrange a music, but that's because I spend most of the time trying to figure out the meter and inserting the notes onto finale. Also I tend to distract myself from time to time...
Now that I have a tablet, I can actually put the notes in much more efficiently. :D
I have a tablet, though I prefer to use a mouse.
mouse and keyboard works best for me.
Quote from: Shadoninja on June 20, 2011, 02:57:07 PMmouse and keyboard works best for me.
Me too. All of those keyboard shortcuts...
The one I ever did took like 3-4 hours, and that was through painful manual click input and not knowing any shortcuts.
Arranged by listening to the song by a piano, figuring out individual notes and marking them on paper, and then putting that into Finale.
Quote from: KefkaticFanatic on June 22, 2011, 01:49:32 PMArranged by listening to the song by a piano, figuring out individual notes and marking them on paper, and then putting that into Finale.
Oh the days of good ol' pen and paper.
Yes. I remember doing that until I got a computer. :P
No laptop (or portable keyboard) so no such option for meh o:
It takes me about 2 hours if I like the piece :D. Otherwise it might take me a week.
Quote from: KefkaticFanatic on June 22, 2011, 01:49:32 PMArranged by listening to the song by a piano, figuring out individual notes and marking them on paper, and then putting that into Finale.
that's actually how I still do it, haha. Works well!
for me, considering how detailed I can be, about.. a few weeks.. only because I rarely have time. for a piano piece.
Meh it depends on how I like the piece. If I love it I will start it and finish it in one go usualy taking about 5 hours max, but if I don't really like it sometimes it can take weeks. Also if the piece is really difficult it can prolong it even further
It's usually only a matter of a few hours. I only pick short-ish songs most of the time though. Very few songs I've arranged have even gone up to 2 minutes in length. Once I get the motivation to start, I'll go through the whole arrangement in one or two sittings.
The hardest part is almost always the accompaniment because either I can't hear it very well over the melody or there's so many (or so few) parts that I don't know what I would write down. I decide which songs to arrange by figuring out if I can hear all the necessary parts in them. Songs that I would've liked to arrange I sometimes have to reject because they fail those criteria. That's why I love arranging classic tunes, especially Game Boy stuff. They have only a few distinct parts to them so it's easier to focus and decide what to write.
Quote from: Sekter77 on June 26, 2011, 08:34:37 PMIt's usually only a matter of a few hours. I only pick short-ish songs most of the time though. Very few songs I've arranged have even gone up to 2 minutes in length. Once I get the motivation to start, I'll go through the whole arrangement in one or two sittings.
The hardest part is almost always the accompaniment because either I can't hear it very well over the melody or there's so many (or so few) parts that I don't know what I would write down. I decide which songs to arrange by figuring out if I can hear all the necessary parts in them. Songs that I would've liked to arrange I sometimes have to reject because they fail those criteria. That's why I love arranging classic tunes, especially Game Boy stuff. They have only a few distinct parts to them so it's easier to focus and decide what to write.
^This is me, as well.
depends if you like it or not
I only arrange things I've already heard and like. Btw, I usually have youtube open in one window and finale also open, and I listen to maybe a five second chunk of the song several times until I can get the melody, then I listen purely for the bass to get that accurate as well.
Youtube... pshhh, I DOWNLOAD the video. Media player is the best for getting those hard-to-hear parts.
audacity's even better because then you can adjust the tempo to your liking instead of having to use media player's default "slow" setting. also you can select a range of what's played so you can go over a certain measure(s) or a certain few beats.
Quote from: gzgregory on July 06, 2011, 03:00:53 PMYoutube... pshhh, I DOWNLOAD the video. Media player is the best for getting those hard-to-hear parts.
download, pshhh, I
buy the game! :)
EDIT: Ok, I don't BUY the game. if I don't have it I just dont try it.
Quote from: Sekter77 on June 26, 2011, 08:34:37 PMThe hardest part is almost always the accompaniment because either I can't hear it very well over the melody or there's so many (or so few) parts that I don't know what I would write down. I decide which songs to arrange by figuring out if I can hear all the necessary parts in them. Songs that I would've liked to arrange I sometimes have to reject because they fail those criteria. That's why I love arranging classic tunes, especially Game Boy stuff. They have only a few distinct parts to them so it's easier to focus and decide what to write.
Yeah, I've been trying to work on a few Kirby's Epic Yarn songs, and I've been running into those problems. The recognizable melody is shared between several different layers and it's kind of tricky to figure out how to combine them together into a playable form.