[3DS] Pokémon X & Pokémon Y - "Kalos Region Theme" by Latios212

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Submission Information:
Series: Pokémon
Game: Pokémon X & Pokémon Y
Console: Nintendo 3DS
Title: Kalos Region Theme
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: Latios212

[Latios212]

Time for some more France

[goldenscruff]

This might be overly explicit, but m5-14 the LH could use staccatos b1 and b3 and a tenuto b4. (or just add articulations m5-7 and add simile)

I'm hearing the end of m3 as a triplet not tresillo.

m15-16,19-20 I'm hearing the horns replay b3 on b4. If it doesn't look too detached, could have the LH replay the same notes on b4.

[Latios212]

This might be overly explicit, but m5-14 the LH could use staccatos b1 and b3 and a tenuto b4. (or just add articulations m5-7 and add simile)

I thought about this a bit since I wasn't sure whether to indicate pedal to the user or not. I think it does make sense to make the articulation a little more explicit, though! I don't want to put staccato on beat 1 since as the only bass notes here I'd like them to stick around a bit longer, but beat 1.5/3/3.5 make sense to have staccatos, and yes tenuto on beat 4. Simile sounds good at m. 7

I'm hearing the end of m3 as a triplet not tresillo.

Ah yep, good catch

m15-16,19-20 I'm hearing the horns replay b3 on b4. If it doesn't look too detached, could have the LH replay the same notes on b4.

Oh, I never noticed that! The bass doesn't restrike but I think replaying the upper notes on beat 4 of those measures sounds good underneath the melody.

Files updated, thank you for the feedback

[goldenscruff]

Changes all look good.

I'm not too sure on these which is why I didn't comment the first time.
m17 I'm hearing Dbmaj7 sound for the first beat and a half-ish, and would change RH to CFAb.

I hear a harmony m17 b4, might be Gn or Cn in upper LH, but either sound a bit off to me, and its fine without it.

[Bloop]

-pickup + m1: There's some more harmony in the brass arpeggio, and the R.H. C on m1 beat 1 is a bit finnicky to get, maybe you could have the L.H. help out a bit here like this?
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-m14 (and similar): It's a bit hard for the player to have the R.H. run on beat 4 end on the chord on beat 1 of the next measure (increasingly getting harder the bigger the chord ends up getting). Usually for quick runs/scales it's required for the thumb to be on white keys instead of black keys, for lighter key weight and easier finger movement. This means the thumb will have to play the C and doesn't have enough time to comfortable get the lower notes in the chord on beat 1. You'd either have to keep the end of the run as a single note Eb, or change the run to something shorter that doesn't require the player to switch positions (something like a 16th triplet starting on Bb on beat 4.5, or 32nds starting on Ab, in both cases maybe still with an Eb on beat 4 to indicate the 'start' of the run). Also, whichever run you end up keeping, in m24 beat 1 it's probably easier for the player to leave out the bottom Eb in the R.H. as well.
-m17: I think I can hear the notes goldenscruff mentioned here too (maybe the C from beat 1 goes to Db in beat 2?). In beat 4 I can hear the (L.H.) strings rebow too.
-m18: The dot from the R.H. F is a bit squished between the staff line and the Eb, maybe you could switch the placement of the two layers (so the bottom layer is on the left instead of the right)? Also, maybe it's easier for the R.H. to take the Bb on beat 2 instead of the L.H., as it's already playing that Bb on beat 1 and 3 too.

[goldenscruff]

-m14 (and similar): It's a bit hard for the player to have the R.H. run on beat 4 end on the chord on beat 1 of the next measure

I've been looking at this run. Playing through I was doing thumb on Ab which isn't bad, but another option could be thumb on Gn, and turning 4 over 5 for the Eb: (2,3,1,2,3,4,5,124 (Eb) or 134 (Cmin)). Either way the bottom Eb in m24 b1.0 seems unreasonable to play.

I think including some fingering in m14, what ever you decide, would be a good idea.

[Latios212]

m17 I'm hearing Dbmaj7 sound for the first beat and a half-ish, and would change RH to CFAb. I hear a harmony m17 b4, might be Gn or Cn in upper LH, but either sound a bit off to me, and its fine without it.

-m17: I think I can hear the notes goldenscruff mentioned here too (maybe the C from beat 1 goes to Db in beat 2?). In beat 4 I can hear the (L.H.) strings rebow too.

C sounds right on beat 1. I think the beat 2 just sounds like Db being held over. I do hear harmony on beat 4; I think C works fine here too.

-pickup + m1: There's some more harmony in the brass arpeggio, and the R.H. C on m1 beat 1 is a bit finnicky to get, maybe you could have the L.H. help out a bit here like this?

Looks great to me!

-m14 (and similar): It's a bit hard for the player to have the R.H. run on beat 4 end on the chord on beat 1 of the next measure (increasingly getting harder the bigger the chord ends up getting). Usually for quick runs/scales it's required for the thumb to be on white keys instead of black keys, for lighter key weight and easier finger movement. This means the thumb will have to play the C and doesn't have enough time to comfortable get the lower notes in the chord on beat 1. You'd either have to keep the end of the run as a single note Eb, or change the run to something shorter that doesn't require the player to switch positions (something like a 16th triplet starting on Bb on beat 4.5, or 32nds starting on Ab, in both cases maybe still with an Eb on beat 4 to indicate the 'start' of the run). Also, whichever run you end up keeping, in m24 beat 1 it's probably easier for the player to leave out the bottom Eb in the R.H. as well.

I've been looking at this run. Playing through I was doing thumb on Ab which isn't bad, but another option could be thumb on Gn, and turning 4 over 5 for the Eb: (2,3,1,2,3,4,5,124 (Eb) or 134 (Cmin)). Either way the bottom Eb in m24 b1.0 seems unreasonable to play. I think including some fingering in m14, what ever you decide, would be a good idea.

Thanks for giving these some thought! Here's what I think after reviewing your suggestions:
- I'd prefer to keep these runs as-is, which should be doable if we make the following adjustments...
- I think the G in m. 15 isn't too bad to hit whichever fingering you use, but since there's already a G in the left hand and this section is suddenly more subdued, I'm fine just leaving it out. I've added finger numbers to outline a normal Eb major scale.
- For m. 18 and 23 the left hand is free to help out, so RH thumb on the Ab is easy and hitting the chord in the next measure is much less of a hassle. I don't mind leaving out the lower Eb in the RH chords in the last measure; it doesn't make much of a difference either way.

Thanks again for the careful consideration! Files have been updated~

[Bloop]

Ah yeah I forgot the L.H. could take over some things too, that works!

Looks good, though did you have any thoughts on these?

-m18: The dot from the R.H. F is a bit squished between the staff line and the Eb, maybe you could switch the placement of the two layers (so the bottom layer is on the left instead of the right)? Also, maybe it's easier for the R.H. to take the Bb on beat 2 instead of the L.H., as it's already playing that Bb on beat 1 and 3 too.

[Kricketune54]

I gave this a review, beyond the above dot comment I am ready to approve/accept

[Latios212]

Sorry I missed that before! Files are updated with those fixes

[Kricketune54]

Change looks good!

[Bloop]

Agreed, I'll accept!

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