What key/time signature is this song in?

[Dudeman]

Here's a mockup of the bassline:

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I whipped up an MUS file as well for you to look at in case you need to hear the notes as well:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/134076008/Helps/zelda%20wondering.mus

[Nitro Indigo]

I don't have any software that can open a .mus file. Still, thanks for the baseline.

[Th3Gavst3r]

I don't have any software that can open a .mus file. Still, thanks for the baseline.

You should definitely download Notepad even if it's just so you can play .mus files. Tbh, that's its only redeeming feature
There's always free trials of Finale's 3 paid products too, those'll get you a good season of use which sounds like way more than you need

[Nitro Indigo]

I've been putting the baseline into FL Studio. It is six repeating measures, right? Just to save me some time.

[Bespinben]

To be honest, the GUI of Finale is really off-putting if you're new to the program. You should definitely learn a notation software though, as it will help you develop musically. I actually started off using Sibelius, and *then* moved to Finale after discovering NSM. Lots of other people here started off with Musescore, another good (and FREE) program that is accessible to beginners.

[Dudeman]

Oh yeah, MuseScore is tons better than Notepad. Though am I the only one who prefers v1.3 to v2.0?

[Nitro Indigo]

Thanks, everyone who helped me in some way or another! What did you help me make?

(Also, YouTube does this weird thing where it can't save my settings properly when I try to publish the video, so I have to go to the video's page while it's still private so I can finish the description. Help?)

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

I used Noteflight for a long time and then converted XML files into Finale... Agh what a mess.
Having now gotten Finale 2014, I can say it's simultaneously the most expensive and most valuable purchase to my music career. Definitely a worthy investment, especially if you can buy a lower value package (you don't need to get 2014).
Long story short: if you can, buy a Finale product of SOME kind. It's loads better than any of the free stuff out there.

[Ōkami~MD]

The main difference I notice from having both Finale PrintMusic (the less expensive) and Finale 2014 is that 2014 comes with Garritan sounds which cost plenty money on their own, and PrintMusic uses SoftSynth sounds which are not great.... but if you want to hear how your document sounds with Garritan you can ask someone with Finale 2014 (like me!) to run it through and make an audio file.

Also, this is probably technically illegal and do it at your own risk, but you can claim to be upgrading from a previous product and just type in a random serial code and you can get a significant discount, but it's probably not worth it for the trouble.

PrintMusic served me well until I started to write much more serious music and I needed better visualisation of how things sound etc.

Of course there are other differences but they can be found on the make music website

EDIT: I am kind of biased towards Finale because I don't like the Sibelius interface as much, that doesn't mean it isn't good, but I can't write how it compares to Finale very well.

[Bespinben]

I'll put it this way -- Sibelius, at full power, is best for the orchestral copyist. Finale, at its full power, is best for the engraver preparing a sheet for publication. Different workflows for different needs.

[Nitro Indigo]

Eh, I decided that making sheet music probably isn't my thing. That advice could still be useful for other people, mind.

[Bespinben]

Noooooooo

but do give Musescore a try, if nothing else!

[Nitro Indigo]

I just discovered that all fonts display as Arial on PDFs on Wii U browser. Strange.

Anyhow, maybe I'll try Musescore, maybe I won't. First, I need to find the easiest thing possible that hasn't already been done... (The most basic video game songs I've ever heard are 4AM from ACNL and Memory from SPM, both of which already have sheet music on this site.)

[Zeila]

All I need is the key sig pls and ty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07TA4xUCU1I

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

A minor, with a shit ton of chromatics.