ThatHiddenCharacter's "Too Hot to Handle" Project Sheets

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Dozing Sands Secret
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Mother 3
Forest of Flames
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[Bloop]

Do you have access to the NSM project dropbox folder? If so, make sure to add your sheet in there as well ^^

-m1 and 3: The R.H. here is just the marimba part, which doesn't have a distinction between staccato and legato notes, so you could add a staccato to the dyad on beat 3. Same in m29 and m31
-m2: I only hear D's and A's in the strings: maybe you could write both the L.H. and R.H. as a D-A fifth?
-m8 and 16: Since there's not second layer from beat 2 onwards, you can re-flip the notes and staccato placement so that they're all as normal.
-m19: The staccatos in the R.H. from beat 3 on should be moved a little bit lower
-m21-22 and 25-26: There should be Eb's here instead of En's in the L.H. Also on beat 4 in the R.h. on m22 and 26
-m23 and 27: I think I hear a D instead of an E on the third dyad of the triplet in the R.H.
-m25: I hear something else in the R.H.:
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-m28: It looks a bit cleaner to have the beam in the R.H. in beat 1 go over the rest too:
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I personally like to write the 16th note-16th rest at beat 1.25-1.5 as a staccato 8th note, but I'll leave it up to you to see what you prefer ^^

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

Do you have access to the NSM project dropbox folder? If so, make sure to add your sheet in there as well ^^

I don't believe so.

I'll make another post once I update the files, I just wanted to respond to that first before I forgot.

[Latios212]

I don't believe so.

Please double check the project topic's instructions! Since we don't go through the NSM Panel for projects currently, I need your email address to share the Dropbox folder with.

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

Please double check the project topic's instructions! Since we don't go through the NSM Panel for projects currently, I need your email address to share the Dropbox folder with.

I did read them, I missed that part. I'm on it right away.

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

I have updated the files, as well as uploaded my second arrangement. I have just made another folder of my own while I wait for Lat to add me to the project folder.

[Bloop]

-m2: I only hear D's and A's in the strings: maybe you could write both the L.H. and R.H. as a D-A fifth?

With this I meant having the D at the bottom and A at the top of both hands, currently they're fourths instead of fifths.

-m8 and 16: Since there's not second layer from beat 2 onwards, you can re-flip the notes and staccato placement so that they're all as normal.

The 16th rest should be in its standard position, and the notes on beat 2.25 and 2.5 should be flipped downwards again, as they would be like that in a measure without extra layers too (like beat 2-2.5 of m1)

Everything else looks good!

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

The 16th rest should be in its standard position, and the notes on beat 2.25 and 2.5 should be flipped downwards again, as they would be like that in a measure without extra layers too (like beat 2-2.5 of m1)

Oh, you said flip the notes, so I thought you meant those. Also, you keep referring to standard position, which is something I have no experience with. My only experience with writing sheet music in a professional manner is for NSM. I'll update the files soon and make another post to specify that I have, but there's a good chance I still won't have the rest in the right position, so please bear with me. Could you please explain where it should go if I get it wrong? Maybe send a screenshot if possible?

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

Oh, you said flip the notes, so I thought you meant those. Also, you keep referring to standard position, which is something I have no experience with. My only experience with writing sheet music in a professional manner is for NSM. I'll update the files soon and make another post to specify that I have, but there's a good chance I still won't have the rest in the right position, so please bear with me. Could you please explain where it should go if I get it wrong? Maybe send a screenshot if possible?

I've updated the files. I think I have the rest in the right spot, I based it off of how it looked in other measures without a second layer.

[Bloop]

I think I have the rest in the right spot, I based it off of how it looked in other measures without a second layer.

That's why I mentioned "(like beat 2-2.5 of m1)" so you have a reference on how they should look ^^ The rule for the note is that if the note is lower than the middle staff line, the beam goes up, and if the note is above the middle staff line, the beam goes down. Exactly on the middle staff line usually goes down too, but you can technically choose. In chords, the note furthest away from the middle staff line dictates the direction. Finale automatically flips the notes the correct way, so you usually have no need to really think about it, but if you're not sure how something should look in its standard position, you can always just write it down in an empty measure without extra layers and check that.

Anyway, I'll approve!
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[Latios212]

Forest of Flames
- The bass is actually an octave lower, and I think notating as such for piano would work nicely. You could add a performance note at the beginning to (optionally) play the RH an octave lower if you're not sure (see Radiak's project sheet).
- The bass in m. 11-12 has a few incorrect pitches:
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- The RH in m. 12 sounds like it's only playing notes in the Eb chord:
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- The 8va in m. 12 should end just after the half note instead of extending the whole measure.

I also wasn't sure about the triplet rhythm in m. 13 vs. the 16th rhythm in m. 4-7, but listening to it slowed down I think what you have is right!

[ThatHiddenCharacter]

- The bass is actually an octave lower, and I think notating as such for piano would work nicely. You could add a performance note at the beginning to (optionally) play the RH an octave lower if you're not sure (see Radiak's project sheet).

Oops! That was an oversight on my part. I'm so used to doing things like that last that I end up forgetting. I already have a sheet on-site with the LH an octave lower for the whole song, so I just went with how it was done for that one. If you'd rather it be done differently, I can change it.

- The bass in m. 11-12 has a few incorrect pitches:
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- The RH in m. 12 sounds like it's only playing notes in the Eb chord:

That bass was giving me so much trouble... Even at 1/4 speed it's so hard to hear. Thanks! And yeah, I can hear that in the chord now. Not sure why I heard it different before.

I also wasn't sure about the triplet rhythm in m. 13 vs. the 16th rhythm in m. 4-7, but listening to it slowed down I think what you have is right!

Yeah, we had a debate in the Discord server about it when I was first arranging it. That was our final conclusion as well. Leave it to Mother 3 to make weird musical choices (that sound good!).

Files are updated!

[Latios212]

That bass was giving me so much trouble... Even at 1/4 speed it's so hard to hear.

Please let me know if I sound like a broken record because I suggest this to everyone... but AudioStretch is a huge help for things like this! You can shift the pitch an octave up and drag the waveform to listen at essentially 0% speed. I wouldn't be totally confident in myself just listening to the original at 1/4 speed

Anyway, changes look great, so I'll approve!

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[ThatHiddenCharacter]

Please let me know if I sound like a broken record because I suggest this to everyone... but AudioStretch is a huge help for things like this! You can shift the pitch an octave up and drag the waveform to listen at essentially 0% speed. I wouldn't be totally confident in myself just listening to the original at 1/4 speed

I pitch shifted it in Audacity and it still gave me trouble. Also, I thought the free version of AudioStretch was taken away years ago? I would absolutely want to be using that more.

[Latios212]

I thought the free version of AudioStretch was taken away years ago? I would absolutely want to be using that more.

It stopped being offered on a standalone website, but it's still available for free through the BandLab service or as a standalone app.

AudioStretch used to be available in browser at http://audiostretch.com/audiostretchforflash/, but that link now redirects to download links to the mobile app version. Fortunately, the tool is still available in browser, embedded in the free-to-use BandLab site.