[NES] Mega Man 2 - "Heat Man Stage" (Replacement) by LeviR.star

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Submission Information:
Series: Mega Man
Game: Mega Man 2
Console: Nintendo Entertainment System
Title: Heat Man Stage
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: LeviR.star


Replacement Information:
Links to Existing Sheet: MUS | MIDI | PDF
Replacement Type: Challenge (new arranger)

[LeviR.star]

Title should be "Heat Man Stage".

[LeviR.star]

I'd like to give this thread a bump.

[Radiak488417]

Great work on this one! Surprisingly playable lol.

-m5-10 RH beat 4: I understand the removal of the thirds here to make it easier, but I actually find the parallel thirds here pretty idiomatic (and fun) to play. Up to you though.

-m1-4 LH beat 1: I agree with simplifying the LH for the rest of the sheet, but I think you could get away with adding the second 16th here on beat 1.25.

-m13/14 LH beat 4.75/1: It feels a bit misleading to me to have a tied note here; since the RH isn't occupied you could put the A in the RH and then restrike the D on beat 1 in the LH.

-Tempo could be moved down a smidge.

[LeviR.star]

-Great work on this one! Surprisingly playable lol.
-m5-10 RH beat 4: I understand the removal of the thirds here to make it easier, but I actually find the parallel thirds here pretty idiomatic (and fun) to play. Up to you though.
-m1-4 LH beat 1: I agree with simplifying the LH for the rest of the sheet, but I think you could get away with adding the second 16th here on beat 1.25.
-m13/14 LH beat 4.75/1: It feels a bit misleading to me to have a tied note here; since the RH isn't occupied you could put the A in the RH and then restrike the D on beat 1 in the LH.
-Tempo could be moved down a smidge.

- thank you! And yeah, as long as they've got fast enough fingers
- I suppose I'd need a second opinion. I'm glad to hear you can play them, though I'd like to make sure they're feasible in general, y'know?
- are you sure? Performers would have to nail that repetition consistently, is that manageable at ♩ = 150?
- this leads back to the point above. Side note, I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to format this lol

- personally, I like where it is

Thanks for the feedback, let me know what you think and I'll update the files where needed.

[Radiak488417]

- are you sure? Performers would have to nail that repetition consistently, is that manageable at ♩ = 150?

My personal rule of thumb for fast repeated notes with a single finger is that 2 in a row is fine, but anything over that is pushing it. Speaking of which, I didn't notice before but m13 has a few triple repeated notes in the RH and is pretty brutal at speed, thoughts on taking out the lower harmony there? The LH has the same notes so you wouldn't really lose any harmonic info.

- this leads back to the point above. Side note, I'm having trouble trying to figure out how to format this lol

Yeah I probably should have attached a picture lol. Here's what I was thinking (mockup in musescore ):

[Radiak488417]

bump

[LeviR.star]

Removed the harmonic support notes from m. 13 for playability's sake, and reformatted m. 14 to the best of my ability. How does that look?

Title should be "Heat Man Stage".

[Radiak488417]

Looks great, I will now approve! Leaving these for the next updater to get a second opinion on:

-m5-10 RH beat 4: I understand the removal of the thirds here to make it easier, but I actually find the parallel thirds here pretty idiomatic (and fun) to play. Up to you though.

-m1-4 LH beat 1: I agree with simplifying the LH for the rest of the sheet, but I think you could get away with adding the second 16th here on beat 1.25.

[Latios212]

-m5-10 RH beat 4: I understand the removal of the thirds here to make it easier, but I actually find the parallel thirds here pretty idiomatic (and fun) to play. Up to you though.

(I assume this means m. 5 and 10 and not 5-10?) I'm awful at playing parallel thirds so I'm a bit biased lol. But if you want to keep it simple to play, keeping the first dyad on beat 4 is still easy to hit so I'd recommend that.

-m1-4 LH beat 1: I agree with simplifying the LH for the rest of the sheet, but I think you could get away with adding the second 16th here on beat 1.25.

I agree with Radiak that two notes in a row is perfectly fine to ask especially since the LH isn't doing anything else besides hitting this note in the intro (I agree with cutting beat 1.25 in m. 6+ since the LH is busy with the rest of the line).

Other than that, I think I just have one comment which is that the D.S. back to m. 2 is a bit awkward since it lands within a repeat structure. What would you say to just cutting the last measure and having a D.C. instead? The main difference would be the 16th note tied A in the right hand which is pretty much negligible at this speed. (Combined with the above change this would mean playing the LH D three times in a row, which is proooobably fine to ask for once)

[LeviR.star]

Just putting this here, I'll be able to address this newest feedback very soon, within a few days. DM me if it's urgent.

[LeviR.star]

Addressed the feedback with Latios over DMs and updated the files. Thanks, you two.

[Latios212]

Fantastic, then it's accepting time! Thank you for your replacement!

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This submission has been accepted by Latios212.

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