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Pokemon Colosseum
Pyrite Building- MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dtebajozi0cb8iy/Pyrite%20Building%20MUS.mus?dl=0) MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/jo5dtguogco3qz3/Pyrite_Building%20MIDI.mid?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/918ny92gyrvsmln/Pyrite%20Building%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
Cipher Syndicate Theme- MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dcsob0y9wit0cx/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20MIDI.mid?dl=0) MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/wc9frivn10scih1/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20MUS.mus?dl=0) MUSX (https://www.dropbox.com/s/66rz4mmeoid5683/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20MUSX.musx?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cftl91srtzoaco/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
Recovery Theme- MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/p3kfibxw2e836l0/Pokemon%20Recovery.mus?dl=0) MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/khnupi3u7vdp129/Pokemon%20Recovery.mid?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/tu0n80precj1ii4/Pokemon%20Recovery%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
Runescape
Arabian- Click me! (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/83fuecmxkyozax5/AADUVCKXoO4HD3cv4j-_g4eOa?dl=0)
Baroque Click me! (In progress) (http://=https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3wcn8kp0ewfjmb4/AADQhjBib0igo5awWSnfEC32a?dl=0)
Fallout: New Vegas
Begin Again Click me! (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s3cu5ezpa98sn6m/AAAcStyxAlL6TQxJ6GCY48rAa?dl=0)
Kingdom Hearts 2:
Sunset Showdown Click me! (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cix1pls4tjn58vb/AADO8PQo3xE8yH0yQibVhmUHa?dl=0)
Waltz of the Diamonds Click me! (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cce400exqhu9160/AADfrWXZ-iWiqgOcAlJMZx_3a?dl=0)
Friends In My Heart Click me! (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7qbjey954kyh9f5/AACBS_uwDa3SvsXGGMTD-uOSa?dl=0)
This looks really good! General formatting stuff aside, I do have some comments.
-Measures 3-5 should repeat themselves before moving on to the rest of the song.
-In measure 17, the notes in the RH and LH aren't aligned, as they should be. If you change the 16th note to a grace note, that'll fix the problem. The same thing happens in the last measure. The first A of the RH should be a grace note. They should also end on the same beat as the first chord played in the middle staff. That can be done by changing both G's to a quarter note, instead of an eighth note.
Try using dropbox for sharing your arrangements. It works really well! :)
Quote from: Brawler4Ever on June 24, 2015, 06:44:16 AMThis looks really good! General formatting stuff aside, I do have some comments.
-Measures 3-5 should repeat themselves before moving on to the rest of the song.
-In measure 17, the notes in the RH and LH aren't aligned, as they should be. If you change the 16th note to a grace note, that'll fix the problem. The same thing happens in the last measure. The first A of the RH should be a grace note. They should also end on the same beat as the first chord played in the middle staff. That can be done by changing both G's to a quarter note, instead of an eighth note.
Fixed the issue in 3-5, but I'm confused about 17. Here's the original score:
Spoiler
https://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/015eb8650f4fb6874dd6d48e8a8e7dd4479b870d
Do you mean the 16th note A to the B flat? Because in the original it is notated that way, though I can see xml files doing something weird to it. Either way, I'll take a look.
Also, I found an error myself, with the last two chords (timing was off).
Many thanks for all your input!
This is what I mean (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpqwnvcn374841m/Pyrite%20Building%20Ending.mus?dl=0).
Yeah, converting from xml removed your grace note. The timing was off in the original mus version that you posted. And it seems that the measure numbers between the mus and xml version are also different. In the original, I was referencing measure 19, but in the mus version, it's 17. Yeah, that conversion really messed with your sheet. :P
Quote from: Brawler4Ever on June 24, 2015, 11:58:28 AMThis is what I mean (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dpqwnvcn374841m/Pyrite%20Building%20Ending.mus?dl=0).
Yeah, converting from xml removed your grace note. The timing was off in the original mus version that you posted. And it seems that the measure numbers between the mus and xml version are also different. In the original, I was referencing measure 19, but in the mus version, it's 17. Yeah, that conversion really messed with your sheet. :P
Ah, I see. I notated that originally, was changed during conversion. For now, I've removed that note entirely, as it isn't mandated, just a little grace that makes it feel slightly more jazzy. I'm going to work with someone (Xaoz) over Skype and see what I can do...
New stuff!
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness
A Grand Tale of Time and Darkness- MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/a4gasj9xh2k8twy/A%20Grand%20Tale%20of%20Time%20and%20Darkness%20MUS.mus?dl=0) MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/79weaz811ionz4u/A%20Grand%20Tale%20of%20Time%20and%20Darkness%20MIDI.mid?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ltn3rwfqps5y6u6/A%20Grand%20Tale%20of%20Time%20and%20Darkness%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
(Now I wait for Bespinben to rip this one to shreds :3)
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on June 26, 2015, 01:21:43 PM(Now I wait for Bespinben to rip this one to shreds give it the magic touch :3)
Personally, I feel that gives way too much credit to me, to even have something worthy of a 'magic touch' ::) It's not really that great XD
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on June 26, 2015, 01:21:43 PMNew stuff!
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness
A Grand Tale of Time and Darkness- MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/a4gasj9xh2k8twy/A%20Grand%20Tale%20of%20Time%20and%20Darkness%20MUS.mus?dl=0) MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/79weaz811ionz4u/A%20Grand%20Tale%20of%20Time%20and%20Darkness%20MIDI.mid?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ltn3rwfqps5y6u6/A%20Grand%20Tale%20of%20Time%20and%20Darkness%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
(Now I wait for Bespinben to rip this one to shreds :3)
The shredder
Quote from: Bespinben on June 26, 2015, 12:57:13 PM~Ah friendly friends~
I'm going to try my best not to let my overwhelming nostalgia influence this critique (and by that, I mean I usually go overboard to the point of micromanagement when stuff like this shows up). Before I destroy your morale however, I do want to compliment you for having made, in my opinion, one of the most detailed sheets I've ever seen come out of NOTEPAD, of all programs.
The majority of this comment will focus on arranging issues.
1.) Unnecessary 3-staff notation ~ A skillful use of layers, solid/dashed lines, and other voice leading devices could have kept this all neatly on 2 staves.
2.) Lack of ornamentation notation (where applicable) ~ The figure in the LH of m. 1 leading into measure 2 is a flourish that could be abbreviated with a trill. This would prevent messy 32nd notes cluttering the score.
3.) Missing harmony/countermelodies ~ M. 8-13 have WAY more lines than just bass and melody unison. You started off strong in measure 7 with that bombastic AbM7 chord, but then it seems you quickly fizzled out after that.
4.) Registration of voices ~ Measure 19+ is where I have the most gripes. The ostinato just doesn't sound right at all transposed several octaves down as a LH accompaniment. A model I think would better reflect the serenity of that passage would be to have RH on the ostinato, and the LH playing the long-tone bass + melody + choir ahs.
Side-issues:
*There are 5 composers for this game (none of them being Tsukasa Tawada), namely: Arata Iiyoshi, Hideki Sakamoto, Keisuke Ito, Ryoma Nakamura, & Ken-ichi Saito
*For the copyright, I would recommend including Nintendo, Pokémon Co., and Chunsoft.
*Recheck your transcription of the trumpet lines in m. 4 leading into m. 5. The B should be a C.
Quote from: Bespinben on June 26, 2015, 02:43:04 PMThe shredder
Re-doing the sheet now.
Many thanks for the well thought out critique!
Disclaimer- the flourishes, I agree, should've been written as trills. The reason I didn't was because the program I'm using (noteflight) doesn't actually play out trills.
New sheet- Es Cade's Theme, from Pokemon Colosseum!
(Y'know, that fat mayor?)
Plot of a 2003 game
HE WAS EVIL
MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/8uw21atz4zto7mt/Es%20Cade%27s%20Theme%20MIDI.mid?dl=0) MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/m0yv3d124koig0i/Es%20Cade%27s%20Theme%20MUS.mus?dl=0) MUSX (https://www.dropbox.com/s/81mdl9udxa42z65/Es%20Cade%27s%20Theme%20MUSX.musx?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/6h7b0650z4yso94/Es%20Cade%27s%20Theme%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
Thoughts?
I apologize for my musical ignorance, and I hope that what I am about to say will make at least a little sense. The only suggestion that I have is in regards to measure 2. In the actual song, there is a connection of notes between F and A, and then again between D and F. I believe that it's a glissando that connects them? Not entirely sure, and I can't recreate the effect with Notepad, for whatever reason. :P
I managed to (kind of) recreate the same effect with two glissandi on just the A and the second F (https://www.dropbox.com/s/afjv3x1sxd8empb/Es%20Cade%27s%20Theme.mus?dl=0). However, I don't believe that this is the "proper" way of doing it. Anyway, I hope this helps!
Quote from: Brawler4Ever on July 04, 2015, 08:13:41 AMI apologize for my musical ignorance, and I hope that what I am about to say will make at least a little sense. The only suggestion that I have is in regards to measure 2. In the actual song, there is a connection of notes between F and A, and then again between D and F. I believe that it's a glissando that connects them? Not entirely sure, and I can't recreate the effect with Notepad, for whatever reason. :P
I managed to (kind of) recreate the same effect with two glissandi on just the A and the second F (https://www.dropbox.com/s/afjv3x1sxd8empb/Es%20Cade%27s%20Theme.mus?dl=0). However, I don't believe that this is the "proper" way of doing it. Anyway, I hope this helps!
I see what you're saying. I'm not sure how else I'd recreate that, other than what you did, but I'll play around with it in Finale.
Many thanks!
New arrangement!
Cipher Syndicate Theme- MIDI (https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dcsob0y9wit0cx/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20MIDI.mid?dl=0) MUS (https://www.dropbox.com/s/wc9frivn10scih1/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20MUS.mus?dl=0) MUSX (https://www.dropbox.com/s/66rz4mmeoid5683/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20MUSX.musx?dl=0) PDF (https://www.dropbox.com/s/4cftl91srtzoaco/Cipher%20Syndicate%20Theme%20PDF.pdf?dl=0)
(I know I didn't do any of the formatting stuff yet, just wanted to get general advice)
New arrangement! I've decided that instead of putting the individual file links here, I'll just leave the zip here and you can unpack it how you please.
Arabian- ZIP (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/83fuecmxkyozax5/AADUVCKXoO4HD3cv4j-_g4eOa?dl=0)
Uhh.......
That's not exactly a zip.
It's just a link that lets you select the files in the folder
Anyway, a little feedback:
-I think the baseline could use a little improvement, especially in the last line, but I am in no position to speak about it because I can't find the thingy that lets me use my headphones (long story).
-Maybe some dynamics. At least an initial one. Maybe some crescendos and diminuendos at 21-29
-nitpicky, but inconsistent note beaming at m28
-might want to check the note beaming in 6, 8, etc.
-One measure system. ew.
Wow. My dynamics are totally awful here, you're right.
Yes, the one measure system is disgusting.. I'll see about fixing it.
And yeah I got my file names wrong. Not sure what that is.
Question though- what would you change about the note beaming? Not my area of knowledge by a longshot.
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on August 29, 2015, 10:55:28 AMQuestion though- what would you change about the note beaming? Not my area of knowledge by a longshot.
File types: Well, you may have made a zip, but it opened it instead of downloading it, like it might for MLF or Olimar's arrangements. You'll have to ask them how they do it, as I have not been able to figure it out yet.
Imo, it's easier not to use them, because you can just replace updated versions of files in dropbox and it won't break the link, provided they shared a file name and adress.
Well, the goal of note beaming is to show the beat. So that second quarter note would be an eighth tied to an eighth.
I am probably not the best person to teach note beaming, as I go overboard with fixes all the time. But that one's a textbook example of what it shouldn't be.
Another thing you should
never do is have a dotted quarter, dotted quarter, quarter in 4/4.
But you probably knew that.
Duely noted.
Updated files available here (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zjldvgmbkzvff80/AAC9o9sN9pRpAfC0JyVBxuJra?dl=0).
Posting again, for the first time in
....Jesus
Over 6 months. Damn.
Anyways, here's an in-progress arrangement. Baroque, from Runescape
Files are here! (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3wcn8kp0ewfjmb4/AADQhjBib0igo5awWSnfEC32a?dl=0)
Here's the original.
I'm just having a little trouble arranging the last section. If anyone has ideas for what the LH should do, feel free to offer them!
Here's the other arrangement I've done in the meantime- "Begin Again", from Fallout New Vegas.
Files (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s3cu5ezpa98sn6m/AAAcStyxAlL6TQxJ6GCY48rAa?dl=0)
The runescape one is Begin Again, so you should fix your dropbox folder
They're working fine for me, even after logging out of dropbox and on another computer. Are you sure you got the right one?
Yes. The title of the folder is Baroque, but the files are Begin Again
Ah, you're right. Here's the fixed link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3wcn8kp0ewfjmb4/AADQhjBib0igo5awWSnfEC32a?dl=0
Updating the OP and other post.
I don't think you have to update the link if it's still the same folder. I believe the file url remains the same (unless you rename it)
I have some feedback along with suggestions for Baroque:
- The composers are Ian Taylor and Adam Bond (the runescape wikia page has a list of songs and composers, so you can just look up a song and they'll likely have it)
- I don't think having two eighth rests instead of one quarter is worth it (I left it alone though). Aside from that, your rests and stem positions are all over the place. It's weird because some of them are in between the lines, and idk how that happened. In general, if there's space, then it's safe to move a rest to it's default position (at least, that's what I try to do). I didn't fix the ones I hid, however
- It would be best to write a simile then hide all of the articulations (in this case, the staccatos) whenever something is repeated
- The LH part is only the top note, not the bottom one. I see you just added octaves anyways but it sounds better as one note imo
- When you raise the melody up several octaves at m17, you should write it out as how you wish it to be played. As of right now, some of the intervals are too high so I moved the staccato'd notes to the LH (I noticed you did that at m27)
- I added accents on some of those chords
- The Gs in m38 should be down an octave
- For the last section, I think what you have right now is fine, but some of the notes were wrong
- You don't have to follow all of the changes I made, and aside from the formatting errors there wasn't much of a problem. Good job!
Link to folder (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ovglvaaqoxy1qt5/AAAcj5PJOykLfSxcDmdN5bJIa?dl=0)
Many thanks. Taking these files and fixing them up further. Thanks for all the helpful comments, my fellow RS arranger!
New arrangement! Kingdom Hearts 2 this time.
Files are here. (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cix1pls4tjn58vb/AADO8PQo3xE8yH0yQibVhmUHa?dl=0)
Quote from: Pianist Da Sootopolis on March 30, 2016, 06:48:58 PMFiles are here. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc3vhEo6YEE&index=5&list=PL19D566F984B8FEEB)
Directs to the YouTube video
(Same in OP)
Goddamnit stop being stupid PDS
Fixed.
That's more like it :)
Am I wrong in thinking this should be mostly in D minor? I'm just taking every E natural as a hint lol
Also I think you forgot the copyright info
Ah, that I did forget it.
It's tonic of G, though. Rather than tonic of D. Probably some sort of modal writing.
Ok cool, I definitely can see a G tonic around measure 25 but I was iffy about the rest, thought it might be a switch from D to G minor. Trying to train my ear better but stuff like this still gets me I guess
Great arrangement though, definitely brings back a chain of memories
Oh gawd that pun tho
Sorry, I know nobody likes puns. It's just this game is sorta close to my heart
Quote from: Th3Gavst3r on March 30, 2016, 10:00:23 PMSorry, I know nobody likes puns. It's just this game is sorta close to my heart
I'm dying
But FYI I'll be doing a lot more arrangements from KH soon.
New sheet!
Waltz of the Diamonds (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cce400exqhu9160/AADfrWXZ-iWiqgOcAlJMZx_3a?dl=0), from KH2.
Seems a bit bare-bones. You can afford to add a bit more elsewhere since the parallel 6ths in m37-40 are significantly harder than the rest of the relatively easy piece.
Also noticed you were a bit half-hearted with the ghost notes; there are many more than what you marked
Hey that waltz of the diamonds thing I never finished
anyways
New arrangement, from the same game. "Friends in My Heart"!
CLICK ME OR BURN (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7qbjey954kyh9f5/AACBS_uwDa3SvsXGGMTD-uOSa?dl=0)
Lovely piano arrangement, with a well-known theme and easy to play - should be quite popular to download (I sure will!) :)
Just noted a few small points:
• I'd probably add some phrasing to the left hand instead of the "legato" mark - might need to space out some staves to do that, but you have plenty of extra space for that.
• Do the "simile" markings relate to the alternating dynamics? I don't really hear them in the original song, perhaps some articulation changes, or a wave-like cres. & dim. for each phrase (like you have in mm 10-13) would be better?
• There are some pizzicato strings playing in the background in the 2nd half of the piece, might be worth adding those in to the 2nd layer in the left hand.
Oh, and I only now realised you have some Runescape arrangements listed. :D I had a look at your "Baroque" work-in-progress, and thought it was a neat interpretation of the song. I have a super old music sheet printed out of it, but it is simpler to play so once yours is completed, I'll be sure to try playing yours.