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Hi! Notes look good on this one, just a few formatting comments:

• We've recently updated our formatting guidelines, could you update your tempo marking to match them? (Notehead: MaestroTimes, 16pt, symbol Œ; Numbers and equals: Times New Roman regular, 12pt; Text: Times New Roman bold, 14pt)
• The dynamic marking should be centered between staves.
• The music is a little too close to the title texts, mind moving it down slightly!

Let me know once you've dealt with the above and I'll accept!

• m6 beat 1 RH: I think there might be an Eb in here too, resp. I don't hear a difference between the beat 1 and beat 2 chords.

That's all I have, let me know what you think and I'll accept!

• m5: Not hearing the G# at beat 4.75
• m2: beat 3.75 sounds like a 16th note
• Slurs should not extend over rests. m10-11 will need two ties in the lower layer.
• I'm hearing this for the bass: See attachment
• Let me know once you've made the changes, and I'll get the rest done for you before acception in Full Finale™

• In the LH, the notes sound shorter than you've written. Im not hearing any quarters or tied eighths, just regular eighths.
• m8, beat 4.75: I hear a B natural in the middle voice.
• If you like, you can use a repeat around measures 5 to 8 instead of writing them out twice. You can then use a D.C. marking at the end instead.
• m14 beat 4.5 RH: I'd include the Ab here.
• m17 beat 1.5: Hearing a high G in the LH
• m18 beat 1.75: Hearing an F in the LH here
• b18 beats 3.5-end RH: Perhaps you could include the middle voice simply as harmonies to the top voice by adding D-G-G below the melody notes.
• m19 beats 1.5 and 3.5: Hearing a high G in the LH 
• m19 RH: I would fill the rests with tied notes.
• m20 RH does not sound tied, and beat 2.25 should be a 16th note.
• m20 beat 2 LH: The F should be an Ab.

The rest looks good, thanks for submitting!

• m8 b4: I don't think I'm hearing the G in the LH here
• m10 b4 LH: I think the G is an Ab
• m16: LH: I think there's a C somewhere between the Bb and G, I think a grace note would do.
• m24: Is there a way to include the Eb in the chords?
• m32-34: The RH doesn't sound staccato to me
• m35-37: Beat 3 RH I hear C and G, I think the F is still part of the run.
• m37 LH: I hear E instead of D on beat 4.
• The piano instrument label is off-centered.

Rest looks great!

Bump for arranger, are you around to respond to this feedback? Let me know once you do and I'll provide some more

Hi, thanks for submitting! Here's some more feedback:

• In measure 4, the eighth rest is currently above the staff. it should be around the bottom staff line, near the notes it follows. Additionally, there should be a quarter rest also starting on beat 3 in the upper layer, so it's clear at what beat the G starts.
• m11: The mp is currently a bit squashed, I would widen the gap between the staves.
• m11-m14: The LH notes sound to me like they are held until the next notes rather than quarters, I'd recommend changing them either to that or at least dotted half notes.
• m14: The lower RH layer plays a low G on beat 4, and the D only on beat 4.5. The low G could be played by the LH, could you incorporate that?
• The composer/arranger texts are placed to high at the moment. The top of the composer text should be slightly below the bottom of the subtitle.
• Your BPM marking is not using the correct fonts: For the note, we use MaestroTimes, size 16. The quarter note is the following symbol: Œ

The rest looks good to me!

• m4: grace notes would be better as a mordent, and the last note can tie into the lower layer of the next measure
• m5: flip the LH layers so the stems point correctly and the rests are in the right place.
• m6: RH beat 3 needs a staccato (or eighth instead of quarter)
• m8: grace note should be written as e#
• m9: same comment with the layers, I hear a 16th note D in the run after the C. grace note in the RH is missing a slur
• m11 & 12: I'd write the RH in one layer, and maybe add slurs to show the different instruments instead. 
• m13: the A at beat 1 can be moved to the lower layer, (unless you make it clear withslurs that) it's not part of the following melody.
• m14: the rest in the  RH can be hidden.
• m13+: check the bass you've written again here, it makes some octave jumps and doesn't just stick between two notes.
• Ties are spaced to widely in this sheet, causing some weird spacing inconsistencies. If ctrl+4 doesn't fix things, you should change the tie length in document options.

Hi, sorry for the delay! This is almost approval-ready, just a couple things:

• Pedal markings: I think it's best to hide them and a a 'con pedale' text just below the bottom staff in measure 1. I'm not sure if Notepad lets you do this, so if you agree I can make the change.
• The 'play LH one octave...' text is not needed, since you already have the 8vb marking. 
• I'd recommend writing the non-guitar notes as two tied whole notes, like the left hand notes. Also, for measures 1 and 2, I would move the guitar to voice 2 and other instrument to voice 1, so that the stems and ties point in the right direction.
• The G naturals should be spelled as Fx (the chord is D# major / G#)
• In the last measure, I think the non-guitar instrument changes to B on beat 3.
• You could add slurs to each guitar phrase, so the performer knows which notes are part of the melody and should be played louder.

Hi, welcome to NSM! This is quite a long track, here's some feedback for the first page:

• m1: The grace notes start on F and go up to B. They should have a slash (to show they're played before the beat) and 2 beams rather than one.
• m5,m6,m9, m10: I don't think it's worth writing these ties out, since they can't be played and only add visual clutter to the sheet. I would write the timpani hits in layer 2 and everything else in layer 1.
• m7: collisions with the cross-staff note: note should be pointing downwards, slur upwards
• m6 and similar: I feel like non-staccato quarters are a little long for the LH stabs
• m12: Missing a B in the RH
• m12 LH: I'm not hearing the line of these low G's. I hear a line starting on D, to complete the triads. 

Hi, and welcome to NSM Thanks for submitting this replacement! Here are a few points you can work on:

• Your PDF file must be exported from Finale (Notepad).
• The slurs under slurs in measure 1 and m3 seem out of place, could you remove them?
• I think the timesig/fermata distribution from the original sheet more aptly depicts what's going on in this track, would you mind adopting it from there?

More to follow from me once the above points have been dealt with!

Can you explain in more detail what exactly you are trying to do? Then I can maybe help a little better

Would there be any interest for the community to assist the transition? I have experience in writing compositions/arrangements in both Finale and MuseScore as well as converting between the two.

Thanks for the offer! Currently we are dealing with the more technical side of the transition rather than with arrangements/conversions themselves, but we'll let you know if and when the community could step in!

noteflight users too

doesn't the Finale PDF look a little sharper? Like, a 720p to 1080p bump in clarity? I've always wondered what causes that.

If by sharper you do really mean the resolution, that option is completely customisable in musescore and could be scaled to the ideal value