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Submissions / Re: [PS2] Tales of the Abyss - "abyss" by thatoneguy
« on: August 08, 2020, 05:05:28 PM »
I can help out with the formatting! But let's get some other stuff sorted out first before I take it the rest of the way 
- Is the title not supposed to be capitalized? (I assume so, but just checking)
- Is there a reason you have the low E as an octave in m. 1/5/9 but not m. 3/7/11? It sounds the same in all of those places to me. I think it would be easier to play without the lower octave, but up to you. I have some suggestions on how you can make it easier to play if you still want that lower octave to emphasize the beat there.
- Regarding the melody, yeah the 32nd notes are pretty difficult to play at speed like that. What you have works in terms of sound, though. I would recommend one of two things: (1) remove the upper octave everywhere since a single melody line would still sound fine as a piano arrangement, or (2) remove the upper octaves on the 32nd notes, so you can hit the lower D-C-B with 3-2-1 fingering.
- No need for accents on all the RH notes; it's generally understood to emphasize the melody over the accompaniment. If you like, you can put a dynamic above the top staff to denote that it should be played louder, but that's not super necessary.
- Similarly the pedalling here (per measure) is very standard and you could get the point across more succinctly simply with a "con pedale" at the start.
- About the loop, that's interesting - most of the time things loop in game and not in the soundtrack... I usually prefer writing out the loop if possible.
- There are some harmonies you could include in the RH where it's empty - you could write them in something like this:
- Is the title not supposed to be capitalized? (I assume so, but just checking)
- Is there a reason you have the low E as an octave in m. 1/5/9 but not m. 3/7/11? It sounds the same in all of those places to me. I think it would be easier to play without the lower octave, but up to you. I have some suggestions on how you can make it easier to play if you still want that lower octave to emphasize the beat there.
- Regarding the melody, yeah the 32nd notes are pretty difficult to play at speed like that. What you have works in terms of sound, though. I would recommend one of two things: (1) remove the upper octave everywhere since a single melody line would still sound fine as a piano arrangement, or (2) remove the upper octaves on the 32nd notes, so you can hit the lower D-C-B with 3-2-1 fingering.
- No need for accents on all the RH notes; it's generally understood to emphasize the melody over the accompaniment. If you like, you can put a dynamic above the top staff to denote that it should be played louder, but that's not super necessary.
- Similarly the pedalling here (per measure) is very standard and you could get the point across more succinctly simply with a "con pedale" at the start.
- About the loop, that's interesting - most of the time things loop in game and not in the soundtrack... I usually prefer writing out the loop if possible.
- There are some harmonies you could include in the RH where it's empty - you could write them in something like this:
Just a last couple of aesthetic things before we call this one finished: