[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies - "Verse of Prayer" by K-NiGhT

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Submission Information:
Series: Dragon Quest
Game: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Console: Nintendo DS
Title: Verse of Prayer
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: K-NiGhT

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[K-NiGhT]

Before anyone jumps on board with this, I feel I should mention that this arrangement would've probably never been done if TheDekuTrombonist hadn't stepped up and helped me finish it back in the day. I feel a little weird putting it up like this but with him gone I can't just let this sit by and collect dust!

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[Sebastian]

Oh man.....I love his song! I'll give some feedback when I get on my computer.

[skiaak]

I thought you werr gone from the forums though? Anyway, nice job!

[K-NiGhT]

I thought you werr gone from the forums though? Anyway, nice job!

ehh it's up in the air. I figure I may as well try to get some more of my stuff on site before I really leave.

[Sebastian]

Anyway, great work!
I have a little feedback:
- Url should be NinSheetMusic instead of ninsheetmusic.
- The title on the second page should not be bold. Just normal.
- In measure 9, the C#'s should be Db's.....(I'm not 100% about this. They should either be Db's or the next measure C's should have courtesy accidentals.)

Other than that, excellent work!

[Tobbeh99]

They should be Db, decending chromatic passage. Those Bn should be Cb too.

[K-NiGhT]

Will change those ASAP.

[Bespinben]

The accidentals are spelled fine as they are K-Night. You did good mah boi.

They should be Db, decending chromatic passage. Those Bn should be Cb too.

You're looking at the passage (m. 9) in a "horizontal" manner, when you should look at it more "vertically". C# is the raised 7th of D minor (leading tone of the harmonic minor scale), and B natural is a raised 6th scale degree (derived from the melodic minor scale). This kind of chromatically descending bass is quite common -- it even has its own name, "Lament Bass". Even without knowing that, just testing Db or Cb makes no chordal sense, whereas, with C# or B, you can clearly see how those tones relate to the chord (F#augM7 and G9, respectively).

[Tobbeh99]

^Interesting.

Also noticed that the game developer should be "Level-5" rather than "level 5", very minor thing but still.
 

[K-NiGhT]

Fixed

[Tobbeh99]

^Interesting.

Also noticed that the game developer should be "Level-5" rather than "level 5", very minor thing but still.
 

...or not?

[K-NiGhT]

...or not?

what? i changed it

[Sebastian]

The accidentals are spelled fine as they are K-Night. You did good mah boi.

You're looking at the passage (m. 9) in a "horizontal" manner, when you should look at it more "vertically". C# is the raised 7th of D minor (leading tone of the harmonic minor scale), and B natural is a raised 6th scale degree (derived from the melodic minor scale). This kind of chromatically descending bass is quite common -- it even has its own name, "Lament Bass". Even without knowing that, just testing Db or Cb makes no chordal sense, whereas, with C# or B, you can clearly see how those tones relate to the chord (F#augM7 and G9, respectively).

Very interesting.....thanks for the clarification, Bespinben!

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