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The contents are now updated! (Thanks Kricketune:))
The sheet is by no means easy but I've tested everything and with practice, you can make something of it. The staves at the end are now condensed to 2 and I've reviewed the "Terra" section to ensure playability.

With that, I'd love to answer your previous questions so we're on the same page.

- Are m. 4-6 supposed to be tremolos like m. 1-3?

Yep! They're marked with simile to not clutter up the sheet so much

You don't need the tenutos if you're already doing tremolos.

The tenutos are actually there to communicate that the first strike of the tremolo needs to be specially voiced

Think about how you're going to execute those tremolos in m. 1.3 Both the left hand and right hand overlap on the same E, so playing both would be awkward.

This is a good concern. I ended up putting parentheses around one of them just to give the performer the choice since it's quite subjective/up to preference.

Think about how you're going to execute the tremolos in m. 7-8. Alternating these two fifths in the right hand is very awkward to do quickly. A couple of alternatives would be to alternate the lower two notes with the upper two notes, or notate having the left hand help out with the tremolos.

I did originally intend for the LH to help, so lowering the stem should clarify it better

Accents should be above the chords in m. 9

Fixed!

Balamb Garden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLi9-5ukw0o

Very enjoyable and relaxing piece. It seems to hold up for solo piano nicely as well


PDF:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6xp14jfby43bxpz/01%20-%20Full%20score%20-%20Untitled%20Project%202.pdf?dl=0

MIDI:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qnlrrwnw1pi4r0y/BALAMB%20-%20Full%20score%20-%20Flow%201.mid?dl=0


Note that I cannot access Finale quite yet. Working on a way to get around that.

For future reference, it's very helpful to reply to the submission post with a link to the original song.

Thanks for letting me know. I'll do this in the future.

I'm not really an expert on dynamics in midi export, but regarding 1 above: three staves is allowed, but only when the intended distribution of parts between hands is clear and conducive to playing. Here, the distribution of parts between the three staves separates the voices but without any clarity of how to play with two hands.
- For m. 49-65, I would highly recommend simplifying what you have in a way that is easier to play with two hands, or at least notate which hand is supposed to play which part.
- For m. 66+, this doesn't need to be three staves - you should be simply able to combine the top two for most of it.

Thank you so much for the input! is there anything else that the sheet needs changed? I've got someone helping me make the .mus since I have a Mac without Windows installed, and I don't want to bother him too much. This way, there's anything else I've missed. he can correct it all at once.

I'm pretty sure this is how it works

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Cool. It worked. I'm new to this way of doing things, but I love music and piano. Hopefully, arrangements will pop out every once in a while and they hold up well.