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Something I've noticed after looking at the presidential election, is how sort of, let's say, divided the US is politically between city and countryside. It's a lot of blue dots and spots where the cities are while the countryside is very much more red.

It is a bit similar here in Sweden. But it is actually the opposite, the cities are (and are the only parts which are) blue (bourgoiose, right-wing) and the countryside is red (socialist, left-wing).

Noticed an error in Midna's Theme from Zelda: Twilight princess. I thought it sounded a bit weird when I played it and it is a bit of an error.

Last measure. the 3 last melody notes should be an octave lower.

Finished playing Wild Arms 2! Pretty good game. A bit darker than some of the other entries I've played from the series. But still pretty good game

Oh boy! Have kind of done some crazy thing lately. I've (sort of) learned La campanella by Franz Liszt. Yep. Back in the days like 2013 or so, I actually bought the sheet music. And then tried it a bit. But quickly ditched it as it was just too much. It was still very tough now, I mean the sheet music is a headache. But got through it. First I thought it was a bit as sort of fun thing, that I wouldn't actually be able to play it completely (and still not sure). But sometimes I actually play (part of it) quite well. So maybe. But y, the piece is still very tough, by far the hardest piece I've attempted. And getting through it is in itself very very tough! Feels good also to play more chill piece, some Beethoven and some Chopin.

Y saw this. I guess instead of mus-files we could use xml files. Maybe?

Not really an error but I noticed that some of the Final fantasy 1 sheets are not from the original NES sountrack, but looks more to be from the remakes. Some sheets I've noticed this are Chaos temple, Ocean Shrine and Matoya's Cave.

Bought an ABBA sheet music book, which looks really good and accurate! Yay

(Can be hard finding good sheet music for pop songs)

I've been wanting to play some pop songs on piano, and noticed some annoying problem. Many of the sheet music for pop songs can be quite different from the original. Most notably different key. Which is really really annoying when you want to preform the song in the same key. This lead me to more careful and when choosing sheet music. So y, since there is no urtext when it comes to pop music, you have to be more selective when choosing sheet music.

(tried tapping again) Hmm, maybe you're right actually.

I was looking at the mega man 2 song Wily stage 1. And I think the metronome mark is too fast. I listened to it and it sounds more like q=160 or maybe somewhat higher, and not 180.

I took a look at Oil ocean zone from sonic the hedgehog 2. And this passage had me wondering regarding the playability. Even though I have quite big hands (can reach a 10th), it's barely playable for me. And then for people with small hands, I'm quite doubtful if that's playable.

ok. I changed the tempo to 130. But I think the 8va line is fine.

Bumping this up. Is this one done??

I started arranging more for orschestra and different ensambles/quartets. And it has had me changed up a bit when it comes to articulation. When I arrange for piano I really like putting a lot of slurs a bit all over the place, as sort of phrase lines. But when it comes to orchestral instruments like strings or woodwinds. Marking things as slur actually has more of an implication. Meaning it's supposed to be played with a certain technique. For example playing some notes in one breath or playing certain notes in one bow stroke. Rather than on piano where it is more loose as it could be meant to be played as legato but could also be more a general phrase mark. As of such I started using the dotted slur more in orchestral arrangements when I want to show the phrase, but not neccessary have the legato effect (like playing certain notes in one bow/one breath). And the legato slur more sparingly, only when meant.

Agrees!