The Post Your Thoughts of the Moment Thread 2

[Shadoninja]

Good news everyone, I finally downloaded Finale Notepad 2012!

Bad news is, I can't arrange for shit and have no idea how to start!

Try arranging by midi.

[Nebbles]

And how do I do that? I'm really bad at this, I'm so sorry...

[K-NiGhT]

What song would you like to do?

[Nebbles]

Well, I requested Deep Blooper Sea from Mario Party 3 a while ago and no one took it, so let's say I wanna try out that song.

[spitllama]

Arranging by midi is just opening up a MIDI file in Notepad. It makes a messy version of the arrangement that you can tweak and learn-by-doing. I've been looking for a midi of deep blooper sea and can't seem to find one though.

If you're really just interested in learning to arrange, just take a short arrangement that someone here has done, open their midi in notepad, and recreate it the best you can without looking at the other person's arrangement. Then compare afterwards!

[Bubbles]

Id try something esay first, like a song with only the right hand or vice versa. I started only a few or two ago so I know how you feel

[Shadoninja]

Id try something esay first, like a song with only the right hand or vice versa. I started only a few or two ago so I know how you feel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ylthcRzdo

[Nebbles]

HG/SS Cinnabar Island? I'd love to learn that actually! Or arrange, whatever.

okay... is there a midi of this I can find somewhere?

[Bubbles]

Probably, but try arranging it yourself first. Its easier than you think, but you need patience

[Nebbles]

...I have no idea what time signature or key to put it in, either. This will be a long journey. ._.

[Shadoninja]

...I have no idea what time signature or key to put it in, either. This will be a long journey. ._.

Start with the beat.
Then figure out the tempo. using a tempo tapper helps. It's around quarter = 70.

[spitllama]

Start the video, and listen to where phrases of either melody or percussion take breaks. You'll naturally want to count it in a certain way (just try to count the Cinnabar tune in 3/4. I guarantee it won't feel right!). For the key signature, just keep it all in A major until you find that you're using certain accidentals a lot, then apply the change when you notice a pattern.

[Bubbles]

For the key signature, just start with c major and if theres a note that is always a sharp/flat change the signature (it changes all the notes though, so you need to move everything). For the tempo, I just start with 75 and place notes to the main tune of the song from how I hear it in my head, then I listen to the actual song and speed it up/slow it down

[Bubbles]

^Spit I find it easier to use c major since theres no sharps or flats and its easier to manage

[Nebbles]

Ermmm... okay.

This would be ten times easier if I had someone sitting next to me instead of trying to figure out everything from text...