[NDS] Pokémon Black Version & Pokémon White Version - "Title Screen" by goldenscruff

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Submission Information:
Series: Pokémon
Game: Pokémon Black Version & Pokémon White Version
Console: Nintendo DS
Title: Title Screen
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: goldenscruff

[goldenscruff]

Welcome to the piece where the melody is almost never in the top RH.

The Ties in m24 I don't think I can fix in notepad.

This is a fast tempo, so lmk if anythings too hard. (Repeated notes m5-8, octaves m14,m22)

[goldenscruff]

In m34-37 I was planning on doing some cross stave beaming to show the melody in the LH, but it doesn't look that feasible in NotePad

[Kricketune54]

Sorry for a bit of a wait here.

• Both composer names could fit on one line. And can be written Junichi Masuda and Go Ichinose
• Lowercase the "by" in "Arranged by"
• bars 1-5 look scrunched up currently. Overall, I think 4-3-3-3-4 could be a better measure/system distribution for this piece.
• for the pickup measure, there is a second line of notes you could add to the LH, or at the very least the drum part leading into m1.
    •  Speaking of which, the pickup measure should be separated from the rest of the measure count (I will refer to measure #'s as is though)
• It's very hard to tell but I think m2-4 the first note is a Cb.
• m5 RH beat 4.66 I hear a Cn 8th note as a pickup into m6
• m6 second layer I hear the following screenshot (can clean up layers a bit)

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• In m7 RH 2nd layer I hear the Fn restrike twice with the Fn and Cn above it on beats 2.33 and 2.66. Then for beat 3 to end it sounds like the notes played by this clarinet part are just an octave down from the melody.
• m8 RH I would recommend just writing this as a single layer, the dotted quarter note can just be a quarter note
• m9 You could add a trill to beat 3 Fn.
• m10-11 RH I am not sure I hear the notes you have outside of the last two 8th notes of each measure. What are the other RH notes based off of, partwise?
• m11 LH very subtle but on beat 2.66 I hear a separate Eb leading into beat 3
• m12 RH beat 1 you could add a trill to this note
• m14-15 LH you probably could work in a second layer, similar to m12-13

[goldenscruff]

• Both composer names could fit on one line. And can be written Junichi Masuda and Go Ichinose
• Lowercase the "by" in "Arranged by"
•  Speaking of which, the pickup measure should be separated from the rest of the measure count (I will refer to measure #'s as is though)
• m8 RH I would recommend just writing this as a single layer, the dotted quarter note can just be a quarter note
• m9 You could add a trill to beat 3 Fn.
• m12 RH beat 1 you could add a trill to this note

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• bars 1-5 look scrunched up currently. Overall, I think 4-3-3-3-4 could be a better measure/system distribution for this piece.

Changed to 4-3-3-4-3, as m11-12 is better for squishing 4 bars a system than m13-16.

• for the pickup measure, there is a second line of notes you could add to the LH, or at the very least the drum part leading into m1.

I've added both, with the LH drum being more achievable. The second line in the RH is very virtuosic so it is in small notes.

• It's very hard to tell but I think m2-4 the first note is a Cb.

I'm pretty sure its an F. I at least don't hear a symmetric Cb Eb Cb on 0.5x speed

• m5 RH beat 4.66 I hear a Cn 8th note as a pickup into m6

I'm not quite hearing a Cn, I can hear an arpeggio leading up to m6 m5, is it part of that?

• m6 second layer I hear the following screenshot (can clean up layers a bit)
• In m7 RH 2nd layer I hear the Fn restrike twice with the Fn and Cn above it on beats 2.33 and 2.66. Then for beat 3 to end it sounds like the notes played by this clarinet part are just an octave down from the melody.

I don't hear the Gn in your screenshot but there were major discrepancies, so I've taken a much closer look at those bars. I think the LH is F root not C root, but either inversion with an F root doesn't capture the accents in m6 well.

• m10-11 RH I am not sure I hear the notes you have outside of the last two 8th notes of each measure. What are the other RH notes based off of, partwise?

RH is based off of arpegiating high strings playing quaver chords. The strings are a lot less prominent in the actual recording than I expected. (I have been cross referencing a MIDI dump, might not do that again). They can also be heard vibing on the same chord m1-4.

• m10 LH very subtle but on beat 2.66 I hear a separate Eb leading into beat 3

Good catch. I hear it on b2.5 like the An in m9.

• m14-15 LH you probably could work in a second layer, similar to m12-13

Added the strings in m14-15. The bass in m12-13 also can and has been added in a few other bars.

[Kricketune54]

Changed to 4-3-3-4-3, as m11-12 is better for squishing 4 bars a system than m13-16.

Okay, I agree with this choice. Maybe could move some stuff around in m13 at a later date so the LH doesn't look so bunched up.

I've added both, with the LH drum being more achievable. The second line in the RH is very virtuosic so it is in small notes.

Yeah let's go with that. Initial thought was to indicate LH could be used for those notes

I'm pretty sure its an F. I at least don't hear a symmetric Cb Eb Cb on 0.5x speed

Was quite tough for me to hear that, but I agree with you now on F.

I'm not quite hearing a Cn, I can hear an arpeggio leading up to m6 m5, is it part of that?

Okay this looks/sounds correct.

I don't hear the Gn in your screenshot but there were major discrepancies, so I've taken a much closer look at those bars. I think the LH is F root not C root, but either inversion with an F root doesn't capture the accents in m6 well.

Okay - said G I do hear in the LH but I think as you have the two RH layers makes sense. Also another note for myself the top ties on m6 RH beat 1 should be flipped upwards, given there is no visible 2nd layer.

RH is based off of arpegiating high strings playing quaver chords. The strings are a lot less prominent in the actual recording than I expected. (I have been cross referencing a MIDI dump, might not do that again). They can also be heard vibing on the same chord m1-4.
 

Ah gotcha. Yeah generally would not recommend using midi dumps just because of the potential unreliable quality.  I do think the arpeggiating makes sense with your explanation.

Added the strings in m14-15. The bass in m12-13 also can and has been added in a few other bars.

This looks good!


• m8 this trill can be shown as a dotted half note.
• m10 LH ties need to be flipped around a bit (bottom ones flipped down from current position, beat 1, and beat 3 flip up the top one)
• m12 LH could move the whole note dot a bit up and left so it doesn't look like a staccato on the half note.
• m13 RH beat 4 I hear a trill on the Fn
• m16 LH will need to make sure fingering numbers are same font.
• m20 RH beat 1 I hear notes