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Dang. You are good at this.
You should really invest in a full version of Finale, btw.

Thanks! I have definitely considered getting Finale. But $600...that's a lot. Unless there's a cheaper, older version, or the trade up option works for Notepad, I'm probably not gonna get it.

Y, that's the best. But if you think it's too expensive you could use musescore and import/export files to finale notepad to create mus. files, it's a free notating program that, if got it right, is somewhat better than notepad. I don't know how this work since I don't use musescore (I use the full version 2014) but I know that there are some people that have moved from using finale notepad to musescore so you can ask those people for help concerning musescore.

Well, I have MuseScore too. It's how I put in my tempo markings, swing, 8va and 8vb, and other stuff that Notepad just can't do. I really should try to do note input there, because if I got used to it I'd probably like it better than Notepad.

I use Musescore for my sheets and I find it to be a lot more user-friendly than Notepad in a lot of ways :p

I agree. There are definitely some aspects of MuseScore that are much more user-friendly. The xml conversion between it and Finale is a nice feature and saving as a PDF eliminates the need for another program. And it covers all bases that Notepad doesn't. It has many more features and probably shouldn't be free. It's that good.

Everyone forgets one thing: Notepad is not actually a notation software. It's just basically a free trial version of finale with literally less than 1/3 of the features Finale (year here) has.
I would like to note that you can get a 1-month free trial of Finale 2014, btw.

Yea, true. However, Notepad does do a lot considering it's not a notation program. But that is why MuseScore is better in the end.

Small thing, title should match the OST if it exists, which it does: http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_64_Original_Soundtrack

So it should be "Start Grid #1 (GP & VS)". YouTubers are notorious for making up their own names...

Very nice work

Darn Youtubers...thanks though! I didn't have a clue what the actual title was so I took a gamble. Oh well. I'll fix it.

Damn, how are all these new arrangers so talented?
Good work as always, can't think of much..

Well, thanks!  I don't know how talented I really am. I mean, having perfect pitch helps, but arranging is kind of a guess and check thing. Throw some notes down, see how they sound, change if necessary, check the playability, etc. I think the more time you have, the better it'll turn out. If you end up thinking of anything, let me know! 

*Accidentals! The way to know how to spell them is to identify the chords. This song is especially simple -- it's all just chromatically ascending dominant eleventh chords (with the 3rd and 5th omitted). M. 1 beats 1-2 was an Eb11, so the tones would be spelled Eb, (_), (_), Db, F, Ab -- definitely no C#s or G#s like you had originally.

Yep, this is 100% my bad, I don't know what I was thinking. I think I was just going all sharps without realizing the chord progressions. My mistake.

*M. 1 beats 1-2 had an incorrect rhythm. There's actually an 8th that's then it's followed by 16ths.

Dang, you guys are good at catching these things. I mean, my perfect pitch helps me a lot on these things, but sometimes playing a YouTube video at half or even quarter speed distorts the rhythm. Glad you heard that. The funny thing is now I'll hear that correctly every time.

*M. 1 beats 3-4 would be most clearly written using a sextuplet (6-let) as opposed to a 12-let. This goes back to the fact they are separate chords.

Yea, I had that originally. I don't know why I didn't keep it. It totally makes much more sense that way. It also eliminates the need for me to draw the bracket in Notepad...

*M. 2 beat 1.25 ~ The A should actually be A#.

Addtionally, I played around with the formatting a bit. You'll see I redistributed the measures to help portray the two parts of the piece as being separate entities.

As usual, looks a lot better. Granted, I know I can't do everything through Notepad, but I could have at least cleaned it up by taking it into Musescore.

I was going to say something like "you should add some text saying 3,2,1 GO!" but when I looked at the game it seems like the Lakitu just makes red, red, green and more count down 3, 2, GO! so I don't know. Do it if you want to.

I was playing with that idea. But like you said, back in the early days, it wasn't a 3, 2, 1, GO! It was almost like a Ready, Set, Go kind of thing. I could do it, but it would require moving my dynamics around, and there wasn't actually a countdown in this game. Just the lights. So I'll probably omit it.

Thanks for the quick feedback! I updated the files, and that might be it. It sounds pretty good, unless there's some other micro thing we come across.

[Attention: Partial Sheets are up for Chainlink Charge and the Staff Roll.]

Attention: Partial Sheets are up for Chainlink Charge and the Staff Roll.

Feel free to leave comments, edits, suggestions, etc. Ignore the fact that there is no tempo marking nor adequate dynamics in these songs. I usually wait to put dynamics in until I have the basic structure complete. And in terms of tempo marking, I don't have it because I'm using Finale Notepad 2012. Although using the template gives me more options for dynamics and tempo for some reason (I don't know why) I do not have the ability to create custom markings. And there aren't any presets for the tempo values that I need. Those will be added in once I export the xml over to MuseScore. So basically, feel free to critique anything besides those two things. If you want to add on to what I did, by all means do it and post the link here. I will be sure to recognize you for contributing. Thanks! 

You can put me down for Switch Scramble Circuit. I started that one a while back and never finished it. I will now.

You got it.

There are at least 5 or 6 others I'd like to do.....I'll look through the list tomorrow. I'm very tired XD

I don't blame you. 77 songs is a lot.

Ok!

I really LOVE Super Mario 3D World and it's music. I wanted to start an official project for it, but no one else wanted to
You want some help on it?
I'd love to help!

I'd love some help! Let me know if you want to assist on one of the ones I've started or whatever you want to do. Thanks! 

@Bespinben Yea, Notepad isn't always nice about stuff. The 12 floating around seemed kinda off. Thanks for the compliments, I hope my work on 3D World shows it! 

@mariolegofan Thanks! I completely forgot about that one! I'll update that.

[TMP'S ARRANGEMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION*]

TMP'S ARRANGEMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION*

[NES] Super Mario Bros. 2

		Ground Theme (Edit)									On Site

[N64] Super Mario 64

		Super Mario 64 Main Theme									On Site
		Title Theme									On Site
		Dire, Dire Docks (Edit)									On Site
		Medley									Complete, Taken Down due to Change on Medley Standards

[N64] Mario Kart 64

		Start Grid Fanfare (GP and VS)									On Site

[GCN] Super Mario Sunshine

		Delfino Plaza									On Site

[Wii] Super Mario Galaxy

		Space Junk Road (Edit)									On Site

[Wii] Wii Sports Resort

		Wii Sports Resort Bowling Theme									On Site

[Wii] Super Mario Galaxy 2

		World S									On Site

[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf

		K. K. Disco									On Site
		K. K. Disco (Aircheck)									On Site
		K. K. Disco (Music Box)									On Site
		K. K. Birthday									On Site
		K. K. Birthday (Aircheck)									On Site
		K. K. Birthday (Music Box)									On Site

[Wii U] Super Mario 3D World

		Super Bell Hill									On Site
		Chain-Link Charge									On Site
		World Clear									On Site
		Course Clear									On Site
		Course Clear! (Short Version)									On Site
		Sunshine Seaside									In Progress
		Staff Roll									In Progress
		Grand Finale									On Site
		Double Cherry Pass									In Progress

*Note: Currently none of these links are working because if you check, there aren't any actual links here. They are just the filler text from the template by Th3Gavst3r. (Thanks for the great format, and sorry that I'm not creative enough to come up with my own!) In time, this will be a fully functional PAT. I just didn't want to lose what I have done so far. Hopefully, since this is on the third page anyway, no one will actually notice this page while it is in a non-functioning state.

Wow, no one's said much here in a while. Anyway, since I've already submitted Super Bell Hill (and it should be accepted whenever an updater gets around to it) and was planning on working on Super Mario 3D World as my first major project on this site, I'd love to take these on. I personally loved the soundtrack of this game; it took me back to the Galaxy days. (Literally.) And "took me back" might be a stretch. Anyway, yea, I'll add these to my to-do list (which has nothing on it at the moment). Man, I just love the jazz-like feel of some of these songs. Also, any time I hear a steel drum in a Super Mario song...yes. Just yes.

Sorry for a double post, but here's my first effort at it. It's almost 2am here in Ohio, so its probably pretty rough. I guarantee that some of the notes and rests, although mathematically correct, are probably musically incorrect. Oh yea, and the title could be wrong, too. I just took it off a YouTube video of the OST.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3brqqiea2o8pq6v/Starting%20Race%20%28First%29.mus?dl=0

Hey guys! So this one's a little tricky in terms of key signature, especially due to the fact that it is extremely short in nature. Since it doesn't really stay in one key for even a whole measure, I'm just trying to decide which one would make it the prettiest. Because as of right now in C major, there are accidentals all over the place. What key signature should I use?

Ok, now for a few rapid fire questions on time signature.

Firstly, should I go 4/4 or 2/4?

If 4/4: 3 measures at about 120bpm or 6 measures at 240bpm?
If 2/4: 6 measures at about 120bpm or 12 measures at 240bpm?

I'm thinking that somewhere around 120 would be more accurate for tempo, but that will lead to a lot of 16th notes (semiquavers).
(I know this is supposed to be about key/time signature and not tempo, but its kinda related, so I threw it in here.)

What the heck, I'm looking for something to do. I'll take it.

Yeah. Both of my submissions have been on here for a while. I'd really just like to get them freed up so I can post new submissions. I got quite a few that can go on site.
You hear that updaters?! Well?!

Yea, based on the newest update, it looks like they're putting off submissions until they finish up the projects they're working on. So hopefully the more recent submissions should be looked at and accepted before the end of the month. Assuming that the pages are not written in 2pt font