[DELETED] [SNES] Chrono Trigger - "Courage and Pride" by Static

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Submission Information:
Series: Other
Game: Chrono Trigger
Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Title: Courage and Pride
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: Static

[Static]

This is one of my favorite Chrono Trigger songs, I just really dig these kind of march-y songs.

[Sebastian]

Beautiful. You never cease to surprise me with your wonderful arranging style and pristine ear. : )

Just two tiny, tiny, nitpicky things:
- The dotted half Gb in M. 25 (and M. 28) (RH) cuts off on beat 3 of the next measure (according to the original).

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- Beat 1 in M. 31 is somewhat awkward. Personally, I don't mind if you don't change a thing, but you do have the option of something like this, only for the sake of keeping it clean:

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Keep up the wonderful work!

[Static]

Beautiful. You never cease to surprise me with your wonderful arranging style and pristine ear. : )

First of all, thank you!

- The dotted half Gb in M. 25 (and M. 28) (RH) cuts off on beat 3 of the next measure (according to the original).

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Fixed.

- Beat 1 in M. 31 is somewhat awkward. Personally, I don't mind if you don't change a thing, but you do have the option of something like this, only for the sake of keeping it clean:

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I actually did something a little different; I removed only the first eighth note in the first layer. That way, it doesn't look messy while also keeping that constant eighth note feel for bars 31-32. On top of that, I don't think stretching all the way from Cb to the Db an octave above there on beat 1 would be very comfortable, so that's another reason why I changed it.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Sebastian]

I actually did something a little different; I removed only the first eighth note in the first layer. That way, it doesn't look messy while also keeping that constant eighth note feel for bars 31-32. On top of that, I don't think stretching all the way from Cb to the Db an octave above there on beat 1 would be very comfortable, so that's another reason why I changed it.

That works greatly!

[FireArrow]

You never cease to surprise me with your pristine ear. : )

This is hands down the best compliment I've ever heard.

[Bespinben]

I'm going to argue the composition is in Gb major rather than Cb major.
Disclaimer: It is not based on the unending debate of representating modes via accidentals vs key signatures. The fact that m. 1-24 all fall diatonically within Gb major is not my point.

Notice the oh-so-hokey chord progression in m. 25-31? (srsly, them japs love doing this [looking at you N's Farewell!])
If we treat Gb as the tonal basis of this progression, it makes sense:  bIIIM7->bVIM7->bIIM7->I(sus). Circle to the neopolitan, then resolution to the tonic.
Based in Cb, the resulting analysis would yield a much more befuddling progression: bVIIM7->bIIIM7->bVIM7->V(sus). While it's not unheard of for a dominant to be "prepared" by a bVI of some quality (example: a German sixth, or a tritone sub of a V/V secondary dominant), I'm not convinced that's the case here.

[Static]

Thanks, this should be fixed now. I'll try to keep these kinda things in mind in the future.

[Brassman388]

It's Corridor of Time in the mus spot.....

[Static]

Oops, I apologize, I clicked on the wrong files when I reuploaded this one.
Thanks for pointing that out, all the links should be correct now.

[Maelstrom]

A few things:
Staccatos on the Cb's in the first section? The Gb is held, but the Cb is not. I think this provides a good distinction.
No LH staccatos in 17-24?
The last LH chord in m18 is a diminished chord, which is definitely not in the song. Move the Cb up to a Db to get a CbM chord which is much more appropriate than an Fdim. Also in m21.
m25-30  If a note is tied, the slur should go to the note it is tied to, not end on it.

[Static]

I made all of those changes except for the staccatos; I feel that the timpani has more of a ringing sound than a staccato one, especially at the beginning. Even at measure 17, while the timpani has more of a punchier sound, it still rings and I wouldn't really mark it as staccato. That being said, if you or anyone else thinks that the arrangement would sound better with staccatos there, I wouldn't mind adding them back in.

Anyway though, chords and slurs are all fixed, and all the files should be updated.

Edit: Also fixed a slur that was clashing with a tie in bar 27.

[Latios212]

Won't be needing this thread anymore~