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Woo! I've submitted the first PS4 sheet!
Thank you mastersuperfan, as well as Maelstrom and Latios212 for all of your hard work in editing.

Yep, I'm cool with all of these changes! The sheets look great. Also I do agree that mp and p would be more appropriate dynamics as opposed to mf and mp. Thanks to everyone!

The files look great! I'm really appreciative of the updates and changes that you've made. I'm happy with seeing the submission approved at this point.
Thank you!

mastersuperfan, thanks again for your efforts.
I've just updated the files, I believe I've hit everything besides what I mention below. Also, not trying to self promote, but since you've listened to the track so much by now I thought you might find my cover interesting?

I left the notation in m.7 as is-that was also a Maelstrom edit but I like how the bar looks. Removed the incorrect note though.
I'm not able to change the tempo but I agree that 68 would be more appropriate at the beginning.
I can't hide objects-In m.11 I went with your notation but there are some kinda ugly rests in there.
I can't change the time signatures and rewrite measures 16 & 17, but I totally agree with your analysis. A double bar line at the end of 17, with the 4/4 notation starting with the new tempo at 18 makes so much more sense.
Also I just went ahead and went back to naming it Theme of Serena.

I think that's everything? If you could help with those 3 things I'd greatly appreciate it.
EDIT: Also I can't export .musx files so the current .musx file is outdated.

Thanks for all of your suggested edits! I've reuploaded the .mus and .pdf files with what I was able to change. I've fixed everything, save for what I mention below. I appreciate it!
-m10 incoming LH tie - Can't fix. I tried to redo the ordering but it continuously made the tie delete itself.
-m11 RH I did not touch, as that was a Maelstrom edit.
-m12 RH I cannot fix in Notepad.
-m18 I disagree, I don't think that those are sixteenth notes in the new tempo. If you continue to play notes at that same speed, you will be able to fit 3 notes into every eighth note the LH plays, making them sextuplets.
-Page 2 System Distribution I'm not sure what you mean or if I could fix it but I'd appreciate assistance with that.
Thanks for your time!

Got it, that makes sense.

That said, it's kind of weird to name this one track "Theme of Serena" when there are multiple tracks in the YouTube video titled "Theme of Serena," of which this is only one (what if you wanted to arrange and submit the others later?). Since the OST wasn't released, though, I'm assuming there aren't any better names, so that's best left up to your discretion.

That's fair, thanks for the input. I was trying to go with the current YouTube naming scheme, but I went ahead and changed all the files to "Serena Background Music"

I've made all the updates I'll be able to tonight, still open to suggestions or if someone wants to take the reigns. I've left in "Quicker" and "Freely" as pointed out by Maelstrom, I can't change them in Finale Notepad but if someone else wants to they could be replaced with Quarter = 75 and A Tempo, respectively. Also not sure what to do about the chord at the downbeat of measure 16? I know that is unplayable but I think I can hear 3 distinct notes when listening to the video.

Thanks again to everyone.

In-game, are these distinct themes? i.e. When the first theme reaches the end (1:35) while playing in game, does it loop back to 0:00, or does it transition directly into the second theme at 1:36 like it does in the video? If the former, then it's fine; if the latter, then the piece would need to be arranged in its entirety.

These are distinct pieces. They neither loop nor fade into eachother, but are played independently, either as a snippet or in their entirety.
You can hear the second theme at about 13:35 of this video, preceded by a completely different, non-piano tune. The piece is then followed by a guitar solo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8qPz34_l5Q
In addition to not being able to find sheet music for the piece I transcribed, the OST for Yakuza 0 was not released in the US, and the album doesn't even include all of the background music that takes place in the game. I believe that none of the piano solos which play in Serena are included in that album.

Hi, thank you so much for looking it over & for your work!
Couldn't figure out the antecedent bar in Finale, thanks haha.
I definitely agree about measure 2 beat 3, and changed that.
I think having the note in parenthesis in measure 7 is a great idea. I did know it was a melody note but wasn't sure which way to notate it since it went so low under the staff.
I was really having a hard time hearing the low notes in measures 23 & 24, so I'm specifically grateful for those corrections, and of course everything else.

As for the two other topics,
1. Totally agreed on the held notes, I'll be looking through everything and making some edits. I didn't really feel like writing out pedal markings and in-depth dynamics but yeah, things can and should look better. Generally with the notation as well, I went more for register than right/left hand, so I was hoping, for example, the stems in measures 9 and 10 being faced up and down would imply different hand usage. But if you think it would look better as notated by hand, I can definitely try that out.
Unfortunately I don't have access to a piano at all right now, but you're totally right. I wasn't really thinking about playability, so while I might be able to hit those 10ths, I'll edit that haha. Thank you again.

2. I don't consider all 4 minutes of that video to be one piece. I believe what I transcribed to be a full piece in and of itself, then there's a fade in of a second "Theme of Serena" at 1:36, in a completely different key. As I understand, these are the background themes that play in Serena, a location in Yakuza. The second theme has a Synesthesia like video on Youtube already, while I couldn't find a full transcription or sheet music for this first theme. Here's that video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uuo54bBTK6Y

Hope this answers some questions! I'll be making some edits, be back within a few hours. I appreciate it.

Also the piece can be heard here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0CJKaGCwbQ

Hello to anyone that looks this over!
I generally use Sibelius, so some of the formatting for this piece was difficult, though I tried to adhere to the site's submission rules. Feel free to tear apart my engraving, or my transcription in general, and I'll be happy to make changes!
Cheers.