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Home-Made Compositions / Re: Dekkadeci's Compositions

« on: April 23, 2022, 11:47:29 PM »

My most ambitious compositional project yet: A Musical Advent Calendar! 24 days in December until Christmas, 24 movements in a variety of styles (and even genres), all 24 keys!

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Piano Arrangements / Re: Dekkadeci's VGM Piano Transcriptions: In the Blackest Den (Beatmania IIDX 19)

« on: April 15, 2022, 09:50:37 PM »

Yeah, I'll need some help for this piano transcription, too:

My transcription of "In the Blackest Den" from Beatmania IIDX 19: Lincle:
https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7904087

Beatmania IIDX 19: Lincle

I already had to adjust the lowest notes of Bars 70-76 upwards due to being out of the piano's range in the original(!). I'm not completely confident in the chord contents of this entire transcription, while passages of running 16th notes or faster, along with the lowest right-hand notes, may not be completely accurate. Some left-hand parts have been adjusted from the original in order to make them more interesting (mainly changing straight 8th notes on the same note into broken octaves). Some high notes have been omitted, and the occasional notes corresponding to drum beats have been added.

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Forum Games / Re: The NSM Guess-That-Melody Quiz!

« on: April 11, 2022, 05:28:52 AM »

Here's an April Fool's Kirby Guess-The-Song Quiz!
[PDF] | [MP3] | [MUS] | [MSCZ]

Yeah, my April Fool's Kirby Guess-The-Song Quiz was meant to be an unfair April Fool's quiz - all but one of the themes I picked are remixes of other, more well-known Kirby themes, and the only non-remix is the theme from Kirby and the Forgotten Land, a game released a mere week before this quiz was released. Even nastier, I arranged the excerpts in rough order from hardest to easiest, with the excerpts that don't sound like remixes of other Kirby themes being first.

While I accepted only the themes in this answer set as fully correct (I gave hints if you were in the ballpark, though), after seeing you competitors' performance, I decided to give you half points if you got at least one other theme of what each theme remixed correct. I couldn't give you half points for the Kirby and the Forgotten Land theme because it has no remixes...yet.

With that out of the way, let's get to the answers!

#1

The King D-Mind Fight 1 theme from Super Kirby Clash
Timestamp: 0:00

Yeah, it's annoying how entire Kirby games get no official song names nowadays.

This theme actually uses and modifies the audio of the Giant Masked Dedede final boss theme of Kirby Blowout Blast for nearly all of it. ...All except these 4 opening measures (and possibly other electric guitar-heavy measures), that is.

If you think the soundtrack of Super Kirby Clash got pretty metal at times, including for this theme, it's for good reason.

0 out of 4 people got this correct, and 0 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

None

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People who got this partially correct

None

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#2

"異空をかけた戦い"/"'Battle in Another World'"/"'Battle Under Another Sky'"/"'Another World to Win'", from Kirby Star Allies, used as the regular Parallel Boss theme
Timestamp: 1:23

The Parallel Dedede/Parallel Meta Knight shared boss theme also counted as a correct answer.

I purposefully picked the last 2 measures of the loop because only the Parallel Boss versions of Kirby Star Allies's regular boss theme has them.

Turns out that Yuuta Ogasawara seems fond of loop-ending passages like this one...

1 out of 4 people got this correct, and 0 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

None

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#3

"VS. Dangerous Beast", from Kirby and the Forgotten Land, used as the regular boss theme
Timestamp: 0:10

Picking a theme from the newest game in the Kirby series, released a mere week before April Fool's and before this quiz was released, seemed like a fairly good April Fool's joke.

I decided to give you a sporting chance and pick a theme you could actually hear in the game's demo. ...And some of the game's trailers. Oh, and I did confess that there is exactly one theme from Kirby and the Forgotten Land in this quiz.

Funnily enough, the official (Japanese) Kirby Twitter channel already revealed the name of this theme...its Japanese name, at the very least...before the game was released.

1 out of 4 people got this correct.

People who got this correct

cashwarrior1

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#4

"マックスハッピータウン!!"/"'Max Happy Town!!'", from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, used as a town theme
Timestamp: 0:39

I picked this exact version of the Team Kirby Clash Deluxe town theme because it also appears in Kirby Star Allies and it's in a different key from the others.

I initially wanted to pick an excerpt much closer to the beginning of the theme, but then Kricketune54 picked the beginning of one of the other town themes from this game for his latest Kirby quiz, so I had to pick a later excerpt. I'm personally surprised that Kricketune54 didn't recognize this melody.

Note the town themes' great similarity to the Ordeal Boss themes of this game.

1 out of 4 people got this correct, and 0 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

None

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#5

The Aeon Hero (Light/Dark) final boss theme from Super Kirby Clash
Timestamp: 0:22

The grace note areas were probably not transcribed completely accurately.

I purposefully picked an excerpt that straddles the inner repeat that no other in-game remix of Galacta Knight's theme has. ...Turns out that it's not quite an inner repeat after all, with the instrumentation and maybe some of the shorter notes and accompaniment changed the second time around.

Ah, listening to this theme for the first time, labelled "Galactic B", and correctly guessing with one guess which boss's theme it would be a remix of purely from the title and the game it was from...what the heck did they call Galacta Knight all game, though?!? That and the "Galactic B" (and "Galactic A") labels promptly disappeared without a trace from YouTube and search engines the moment the final boss name was put on the videos...at least the boss theme label "Hakua" from the same game didn't disappear so thoroughly. I am stuck assuming all 3 labels are derived from ripped file names because they sure aren't treated as official...

1 out of 4 people got this correct, and 1 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

Kricketune54

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#6

"Drawcia Demo", from Kirby and the Canvas Curse, used as an introductory theme for the final boss
Timestamp: 0:00

I opted to not put in any of those additional synth notes the last measure of my excerpt actually had in the original. Also, the ritardando was probably not transcribed completely accurately. Speaking of that, I think this is the first time we've transcribed a ritardando in a Guess-The-Song Quiz! In the meantime, I wish I could use an ornament (probably a mordent) instead of the grace notes I had to use, but none of the ornaments I could find in Musescore matched.

Turns out that all of Drawcia's themes in Kirby and the Canvas Curse start with similar material. ...But never the same material, even if you transpose them all to the same key!

1 out of 4 people got this correct, and 1 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

mastersuperfan

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#7

"Arm Yourself - You'll Need It!", from Kirby Super Star Ultra, used as the True Arena intro and ability select theme
Timestamp: 0:27

The title used in this answer is probably unofficial - shucks!

This theme uses enough material from both the Arena intro theme and the main battle theme of the Arena (both from Kirby Super Star) that I figured enough of you would recognize this excerpt as a blatant remix of earlier Kirby music.

2 out of 4 people got this correct, and 2 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

cashwarrior1, Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

Kricketune54, mastersuperfan

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#8

"三叉一閃の巫の熱情"/"'Passion of the Tridental-Flashing Priestesses'"/"'Passion of the Tridental Mages'", from Kirby Star Allies, used as the Three Mage-Sisters' collective boss theme
Timestamp: 1:47

I purposefully picked an excerpt that straddles both Friend Train/Circle/Star theme material and Song of Supplication material. I'll probably stick an excerpt of the Song of Supplication or a full version thereof in a future Guess-The-Song Quiz because I suspect it's the easiest boss theme to recognize from that game (after you all thoroughly failed to recognize the possibly more popular Hyness Phase 2 boss theme the first time I put it in a quiz).

1 out of 4 people got this correct, and 3 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

cashwarrior1, Kricketune54, mastersuperfan

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#9

"Taranza, the Master of Puppetry", from Kirby Triple Deluxe, used as a cutscene theme
Timestamp: 0:03

This is one of the only themes in this quiz with in-game remixes in Kirby games published after the game this theme is from. In that case, the in-game remix is the Dark Taranza boss theme from Team Kirby Clash Deluxe. Pretty ironic, considering that this theme is already a remix (of King Dedede's theme). Yeah, Taranza got the King good that time.

2 out of 4 people got this correct, and 1 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Kricketune54, Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

cashwarrior1

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#10

"VS. Star Dream", from Kirby: Planet Robobot, used as a final boss theme
Timestamp: 2:37

Yeah, we've used this theme before in an April Fool's Guess-The-Song Quiz, and I think even this excerpt overlaps that previous excerpt. Bah - this was meant to be one of the most obvious tells in the entire quiz that I'm looking for exact remixes this round. ...And, as a prank, I put it dead last.

I purposefully picked an excerpt that straddles both Kirby's Triumphant Return material and Green Greens material.

I'm surprised the creator of that older April Fool's Guess-The-Song Quiz didn't get this correct.

1 out of 4 people got this correct, and 0 out of 4 people got this partially correct.

People who got this correct

Radiak488417

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People who got this partially correct

None

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Results

Radiak488417 wins with 8 melodies all fully correct!

# of Melodies Participants Got Correct:

• Radiak488417: 8
• cashwarrior1: 2
• Kricketune54: 1
• mastersuperfan: 0

# of Melodies Participants Got Partially Correct:

• Kricketune54: 3
• mastersuperfan: 3
• cashwarrior1: 2
• Radiak488417: 0

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Submission Archive / Re: [N64] Paper Mario - "Shy Guys Toy Box" by Bloop

« on: April 08, 2022, 05:54:21 PM »

Listened to the original and your transcription (had to use the MIDI since your .MUS bizarrely wouldn't play back):

• The melody of Beats 3.5-4.5 of Bar 2 should be F-G-A instead of your E-F-G.
• I hear much stronger parallels between Bars 1-2 and Bars 7-8 in the original than what you've notated. I'd appreciate swapping out Bars 7-8's melody to the Bars 1-2-like melody instead of the line you have because the Bars 1-2-like melody is plain louder on my laptop (Beats 3-4 of Bar 8 is good).

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Piano Arrangements / Re: Dekkadeci's VGM Piano Transcriptions: Vs. Leongar (Kirby and the Forgotten Land)

« on: April 02, 2022, 10:52:52 PM »

This is my first piano transcription of an orchestral video game theme (that I did completely by ear) - I finally got brave enough!

My transcription of "The Raging Lion Roars" (Leongar's boss theme) from Kirby and the Forgotten Land:
https://musescore.com/user/9996931/scores/7833044

Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Several of the notes in this piece may not be accurate (thankfully mostly accompaniment notes). In particular, I am quite unsatisfied with Bars 65-71, as I drastically moved around accompaniment parts in my quest to keep the lowest notes and the sung melody while trying to keep the section remotely playable. I also messed around with the left hand of Bars 31-45 to keep the lowest notes and the highest mid notes of the accompaniment and keep a quarter-note pulse (the pulse is less clear in the original there), and I fleshed out the right hand of Bars 47-62 after finding previous versions too empty.

My goal is to keep this transcription playable by an accomplished pianist without too many difficulties - my aim is to keep this transcription about as difficult as my "Sullied Grace" one and prevent it from becoming as difficult as my transcriptions of Meta Knight's (Kirby Super Star) and/or Morpho Knight's (Kirby Star Allies) themes (cross-rhythms in Meta Knight's theme are hell; the extreme, fast leaps in Morpho Knight's theme are ones I may want to take back). I can actually pull off the extreme leaps in this transcription of "The Raging Lion Roars" at close to full speed, but not accurately.

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Submission Archive / Re: [SW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land - "Abandoned Beach" by Static

« on: April 01, 2022, 01:10:45 PM »

I think I heard something somewhere about the individual composer info being known... but I haven't found any actual information anywhere yet

The closest I've found to a trustworthy source with individual composer info is WiKirby's Jukebox page. I am prone to trusting it since it confirms the guess I (and probably Radiak) had for who exactly composed the most famous of the final boss themes (and supports the tendency for Yuuta Ogasawara to be assigned rock/metal remixes, and seemingly confirms that the new guy is stuck mastering all the voice acting).

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Forum Games / Re: The NSM Guess-That-Melody Quiz!

« on: April 01, 2022, 05:15:26 AM »

Here's an April Fool's Kirby Guess-The-Song Quiz!
[PDF] | [MP3] | [MUS] | [MSCZ]

The MUS is readable in Finale, including Finale Notepad. The MSCZ is readable in Musescore. All other files are based on the original MSCZ, not the MUS--this explains why the PDF doesn't look like the MUS.
The MUS may display and/or play back bugged. The MSCZ, MP3, and PDF shouldn't.

I'll be accepting answers for this quiz as PMs for at least a week, so expect answers on Friday, April 8, 2022 or later. I don't have any Discord accounts, though, so I can't be reached through Discord. Please PM me answers on the NinSheetMusic forums instead!

I may as well not be completely mean this April Fool's, so here are some hints:

• Yes, all 10 melodies in this quiz are from Kirby games.
• Melodies may not have been transcribed completely accurately. If you think I'm off, just guess the closest you can find anyway.
• There is exactly one melody from Kirby and the Forgotten Land in this quiz. None of the other melodies are from that newest Kirby game.
• No Kirby game has more than two melodies in this quiz.
• I PM hints! If you can't quite figure out the song but you can at least describe where you think you're getting warmer, I'll PM back about whether you're on the right track.
• The more obscure the song, the more generous the hints get.

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Home-Made Compositions / Re: Dekkadeci's Compositions

« on: March 12, 2022, 07:42:56 AM »

I'm surprised how quickly I came up with this purposefully-less-than-3-minutes-long scherzo and trio today - Scherzo in Miniatura!

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Piano Arrangements / Re: The Unofficial Mario Kart Fulfillment Project - ARRANGERS WANTED!

« on: March 07, 2022, 05:23:28 PM »

Coconut Mall is done
[MID] [MUS] [MUSX] [PDF] [Original]

Great job!

One thing: to make those measures more readable, I'd prefer to see Bars 33-40 be notated in E major and Bars 41-48 in F major. Those excerpts start with quotes of each other a semitone apart, so they sound like they have key changes to me, and you can switch to Bar 49's F major earlier this way.

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Miscellaneous Arrangements / Re: Dekkadeci's Medleys, Unfaithful Arrangements, and Non-VGM/-Piano Transcriptions

« on: March 07, 2022, 03:13:10 PM »

You might be surprised how much Liszt's Csardas Macabre, S.224 already sounds like heavy metal, so I made a metal remix of it!

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Submission Archive / Re: [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei IV - "Battle - b2" by Static

« on: February 28, 2022, 05:48:05 PM »

Just a couple of things:

• Might have been the laptop speakers I listened to the original through, but I hear a (tubular) bells part as the melody in Bars 9-15, and that part is generally a perfect fifth above the existing melody (except for your existing melody F's).
• I'm hearing B flats in the melody of the original where rests are in your right hand in Bars 61-72.

I'm also wondering whether setting the tempo to half of what you set it to, halving all the note lengths, and keeping it in 4/4 time would be the better idea. I generally feel the tempo of this theme, especially the quieter sections, as half of what you have.

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Submission Archive / Re: [PC] Undertale - "MEGALOVANIA" by mastersuperfan

« on: February 28, 2022, 05:29:07 PM »

Only one thing I noticed as really sticking out:

• The ending melody F's (Beat 4.5) in Bars 45 and 49 sound wrong - they're B flats an octave up from the previous melody B flats in the original. Might be my ears, but I can't detect F's in the melody instrument there even though they would make sense.

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Piano Arrangements / Re: Fantastic Ike's Arrangements | (NEW) Street Fighter, Mario Kart, Uncharted

« on: February 28, 2022, 12:18:55 AM »

Looked at and listened to your Mario Kart Super Circuit Bowser's Castle one and found these:

• The tonality of this theme is a little weird: despite the E minor-like atmosphere, G sharp is prominent, so I suspect Phrygian Dominant-like flavour in the original. As a result, I'd much rather change all A flats in your arrangement to G sharps.
• I'm getting the first half of the bassline of Bar 1 as G# (for a half note, all running 16th notes) in the original. The rest of your bassline for Bar 1 is fine and I'd keep the first half of the bassline in that style, but the notes need to change for the first half note.
• I'm getting the first half of the right hand of Bar 31 as 8th rest-D-E-G# (all notes are 8th notes) in the original - in fact, they're the same as the melody of the first half of Bar 29.
• I'm getting straight 8th notes for the first set of melody D's in Bar 37 in the original instead of your dotted quarter note. I'd like that dotted quarter note split into 8th notes (the span is a bit painful, I know, so I'm letting you off for melody articulations there).
• We are going to have to do something about that severe overlap between left and right hands for the first half of your arrangement (Bars 1-17) and Bars 31-32. It sounds surprisingly OK in your arrangement, possibly because you emphasize the melody notes in the MUS, but we might have to cut out all harmony notes in Bars 1-17 above melody notes, accent melody notes only in your arrangement (including in unintuitive places), drop the accompaniment of Bars 31-32 (either drop an octave or drop only the E's an octave), or something like that.

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Home-Made Compositions / Re: Dekkadeci's Compositions

« on: February 25, 2022, 06:08:21 AM »

This is my first time composing a menu theme for a (hypothetical) video game: the Mario Kart menu theme-influenced Select on Standby!

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Forum Games / Re: The NSM Guess-That-Melody Quiz!

« on: February 23, 2022, 02:40:00 PM »

It looks like you mixed up which songs I got right, braix - I got #3 right, not #2.