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This one looks good!

I have one already (PDF24). Static was just making the adjustments that I could not.

The consistent mus and pdf are up. Thanks, Static, for formatting them!

Could I please have some help with a couple of XML files? I would like the MUS outputs to match the finished PDFs in the folder. I don't know the extent of what Finale Notepad can do, so please feel free to tell me what I can do myself.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5Z5sNHASirHampLdlNpTXZoT1U

That strikes me as terrible website management. Why would you force most of your new users to learn an entirely new software, one that's not free to boot? One which has a free version, but requires many users jumping through many hoops to use? I'm aware that Finale was the standard many years ago, but we shouldn't need to use it in 2017.

If I get the mus changed to be exactly like the pdf, can I still keep the pdf?

Thanks, Altissimo! Can I still use my own pdf if the mus is mostly for MIDI?

I was told that the mus was a formality. Also, I really hate the way Finale sheets look. Can't I link a Musescore folder in my signature?

I don't know the piece, but generally, six sharps with a consistent natural are better than six flats with a consistent flat.

There are times when Ab minor is useful, though, e.g., Metal Crusher.

Ok, I'll put up a new sheet tomorrow

Tonal, the song is Eb minor, but going by accidentals, the song is Ab minor.

Unrelated, but you should notate that as D# minor.

I think I'll just make the whole piece atonal. In my experience playing piano, I think a five-flat key signature + chromatic melody would be a headache.

The thing is, going by the logic that the key signature is meant to make sheet music easier to read, I think that having both a lot of flats in the key signature and a lot of accidentals on the staves would be too confusing.

Should I just submit a new version through the NSM bot, then?

Thinking about what you said about accidentals, I think it may be best to leave the piece without a key signature. There's a vague tonal centre at Bb in the beginning, but it's very chromatic, and the same motifs get transposed around a lot. I think it would actually be more readable without a key signature.

In response to your first point, I disagree with you. We have the same key signatures for Ionian and Aeolian, so why not for other modes? Here's a StackExchange post with more discussion: https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/930/key-signature-for-writing-in-modes-other-than-major-and-minor

For m3, 5, 7, 9, it's a bit complicated. Checking the sequence, this would be a verbatim transcription: http://i.imgur.com/fnqpvxc.png.
However, the low notes are both impractical to play and barely audible. I think that your option is the best, so I can change it.

I definitely hear two bass notes around m12, 14, 16.

The only reason I submitted this as a challenge is that I've had this arrangement for a while, and only submitted it to NSM now. If you really want me to submit as an edit, I can do that.