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As a lurker myself, it's been an honour and a blessing E.Gadd.
^^ Thank you so much for all the awesome and wonderful things you guys have done, it's truly amazing.

You will be missed but never forgotten! I look forward to the times I see you around not just for grand announcements, but also in just casual passing.

Thanks for being awesome

I would be the person I am today without this awesome site keeping my passions alive. Thank you all!

Thanks again for your help Bloop and Static!

I apologies as my theory isn't the best to follow along with this,
but I've been following along with everyone's comments and the level of attention and detail people have covered is astounding to me!

Regarding m22, I was thinking of just including the 16th notes, since the other notes are covered by the chords. Something like this maybe:

I don't think I have anything more to add other than what has already been mentioned but I absolutely enjoy this change.
As you say I think it adds a bit more rhymical variety that is faithful to the original song. I have no objections to this being added in!

You have my approval ^^
(Edit: Just chatted with Latios212 who has just added in the change!)

Bloop's screenshot looks good to me; I've updated it accordingly! Sayshi, I'm not too sure what you mean about putting C's in the bass clef though.

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Ah! I believe I was trying to say something like this; when the song is played, I think it makes more sense for the lh to hit the c on the second beat as its already part of the phrasing there. The current example has the rh playing the C on beat 2 which is rather clumsy to play as it immediately has the play the melody afterwards.

Welcome to the submission side of NSM, Theguy!

Thank you very much, and thank you for all the feedback as well Bloop! I admit I don't have much experience describing things notation wise, but I'll do my best ^^

-m4: I hear a C from the string chords on beat 1: maybe it'd make sense to notate it like this?
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I moved the C from the L.H. on beat 2 up too, so the R.H. has those staccato string harmonies every beat that appear in the next few bars too.

I definitely agree with this! I think the idea is that the string chords sound on the first and second beats, so that would make sense.
Regarding how it sounds, I think it would be fitting to include the c's as shown, but perhaps in the bass clef as they would be much easier to play in the left hand (but with reversed tails to show that they exist for a separate melody).

-m5: I believe all the melody notes on beat 3 are staccato (so also the first and second one), though the first one does have a slight accent. You could slur the first note to the second to show that accent, or have them all staccato.

Thank you for bringing that up. I agree the slur does feel out of place now that I look at it again.

-m7: I hear D's on beat 3.5 and 4.5 in the R.H. from the string harmonies: did you happen to leave them out so they wouldn't be confused as melody notes?

Indeed, I believe I had these in my original draft but Lat and I settled on a single D (because I think it sounded clash-y on the piano?) I'll chat with them again about it ^^

-m14: I believe I hear the violin restrike the G on beat 4.

I think we talked about this as well and I'm glad you brought it up as I was wondering if the violin did continue the beat or dropped it entirely.

-m15: I hear half note A's below on beats 1 and 3. Also, I think it may be better to move the pedal mark press marks (the Ped's) from beat 2.5 to beat 3 and from beat 4.5 to beat 1 of the next measures. Currently, there could be notes from the L.H. that will get held over which you might not want (like the Bb half note from beat 1 or the C#-E-G half note on beat 3. You also don't gain that much new harmonic information from the notes you want to hold over.

Hmm... Looking at it now I do see what you mean in how the pedal marks are in a weird place. I think that can be fixed easily. As for the half note A's I can definitely hear that and I'll try to add those in.

-m16: I hear an F on beat 2.5 instead of an A in the R.H., as wel as G and F instead of the bottom E and D on beats 3.5 and 4.

I agree with these as well. Good spots! I'll bring it up with Lat ^^

-m17: I hear a cello playing these bass notes legato instead of staccato, maybe you could move the bottom notes to a separate layer with tenuto markings or a slur?

That's an interesting idea! I wouldn't be opposed to that at all, it's a detail I never really noticed.

-m22: These L.H. chords should have staccato dots too, except maybe the 4th, since the strings play a longer note here: maybe add a tenuto mark or slur here to be sure it won't be played staccato as well?

I see what you mean. In my mind we left it like that intentionally to preserve the "orchestral" flow of the song - too much staccato would leave the bar feeling a little too 'crisp'.
I'll have a play around and see what works! Thanks again for all the awesome feedback

Hi everyone!
Long time lurker here, but I'm happy to say after the creation of my account in 2014 (and with Latios212's help) I've finally emerged to produce hopefully what I believe is the most definitive arrangement of 'Ordinary Days' from Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout.

The song is a light hearted and curious tune that in my opinion captures the very essence of waking up and feeling ready and curious to tackle and explore whatever the day has to offer!

It's blast to play, and both Latios212 and I worked very hard on it ^^

I hope you all enjoy, and have a great day everyone

Yaaayyy more sheets!! ^^
So excited to try these out

Yesss thank you so much for arranging this!!
Currently trying it out as I write this. I'll let you know right away if I find anything strange.

Submission #7: Xenoblade Chronicles - Hometown by Maelstrom

Submission #6: "Tressa, the Merchant" - Octopath Traveler by Latios212

Yaaay time for more submissions!

Submission #5: "Gear up for..." - Fire Emblem: Heroes by Latios212

Thanks Braix! You're the best ^^

Submission #4: "The Final Note" - Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows by Zeila

Submission #3: "Route 4/5/6/7" - Pokemon X/Y (Piano Cover) by Clanker37

Submission #2: "Hau'oli City (Night)" - Pokemon Sun/Moon Latios212