[GG] Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - "Casino Night Zone" by E. Gadd Industries

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Submission Information:
Series: Sonic
Game: Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Console: Sega Game Gear
Title: Casino Night Zone
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: E. Gadd Industries

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[E. Gadd Industries]

Decided my previous submit was looking a bit intimidating at 3 pages, so I'm starting fresh. Tell me what you think!

[E. Gadd Industries]

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[E. Gadd Industries]

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[E. Gadd Industries]

^B_U^M_P

[BrainyLucario]

You're getting really creative with that move feature aren't you?
Since your so desperate...I'll see if i can help review it...

[E. Gadd Industries]

You're getting really creative with that move feature aren't you?
Since your so desperate...I'll see if i can help review it...

I like the move feature. XDXDAND THANK YOUUUU!!!!

[BrainyLucario]

I can see that...

Here's what I saw that should be looked at...

• m17-m19 sounds like it should have a more smooth transition between the notes...maybe add a pedal effect for that section's half notes?

I might not be right, so listen to the section compared to  the real piece...and see what you can do..

[E. Gadd Industries]

Ok, I think the pedal feature makes it a bit TOO blurred. And I don't know if a slur would do much.

[BrainyLucario]

Ok, I think the pedal feature makes it a bit TOO blurred. And I don't know if a slur would do much.

Mess around with the articulations a bit..i'm sure there is something you could use... I have no idea what it requires exactly...
Can anyone else take a look at this?

[JDMEK5]

On every account (musically and technologically with regards to the Genesis sound capabilities) the slur is the way to go. Slur everything in the RH in measures 17-18.

-Measure 1, beat 3, RH: Move that rest down to the centered position as there are no other voices playing in that beat.
-Measure 6, beat 3-4, RH: Instead of tying the last two quarters in the triplet, rewrite them as a half note. It's technically not right, but in this case it's much more readable and simpler and prettier to do it wrong; hence the exception.
-Measure 14, beat 2, RH: The eighth rest is a little too low for my liking. Might look nicer to move it up a bit. This isn't a make-or-break thing though. Just a minor suggestion (pardon the pun!)
-Measure 14, beat 1-2, LH: Save them dotted rests for compound time signatures. Here, write it separately as a quarter rest and an eighth rest individually.
-Measure 19, RH: I would suggest just putting the clef change right before the notes play. It lowers the chance of the player missing it. Small thing but it's the small things that count.
-Meaure 32, beat 3, LH: Here I would suggest using an A# instead of B flat because of the ascending chromatic motion. Everywhere else that this occurs I think the flats are acceptable because usually they are implying the common modulation to the Aolian and Phrygian modes. Only here do I think that it should be written to chromatic standards.

[E. Gadd Industries]

Thanks to both of you! I'll fix it when I can get on my PC.

[E. Gadd Industries]

-Measure 1, beat 3, RH: Move that rest down to the centered position as there are no other voices playing in that beat.
-Measure 6, beat 3-4, RH: Instead of tying the last two quarters in the triplet, rewrite them as a half note. It's technically not right, but in this case it's much more readable and simpler and prettier to do it wrong; hence the exception.
-Measure 19, RH: I would suggest just putting the clef change right before the notes play. It lowers the chance of the player missing it. Small thing but it's the small things that count.

m1 beat 3: Do you mean move the 2nd voice quarter rest up?
m6 beat 3-4: Any specific way to do that? I've tried rewriting it, but it won't accept a half note because of the third quarter rest, and if I take out the quarter rest, it still won't switch to a half note.
m19: I've put it inside the measure, but at the beginning, before the rests. Is that satisfactory? I have a feeling it isn't. In that case, what would you do in Finale to move the clef over? (I'm still adjusting to Finale Full.)

I've updated everything else, though.
(Sorry for the double post)

[TheMarioPianist]

-Measure 1, beat 3, RH: Move that rest down to the centered position as there are no other voices playing in that beat.

Actually...that half note in layer one is playing...does that count, or not?

[Altissimo]

m6 beat 3-4: Any specific way to do that? I've tried rewriting it, but it won't accept a half note because of the third quarter rest, and if I take out the quarter rest, it still won't switch to a half note.

I think if you just scrap the measure and rewrite it it should work.