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« on: January 23, 2023, 10:44:18 AM »
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The monkeys are up to something...
I haven't added any to m.5-12 mostly because, according to what Libera said to me once (which I may be misusing here), slurs are best when they show contrast.I agree, they would be a little superfluous here.
Good catch! In fact, I think the m.20 b.4 G major chord was an entire octave lower, not just the B & D.Going over this again and I think I agree! I'm actually not sure if I hear a G at all here now, it might just be reverb from beat 3 (and leaving it in makes the texture a bit muddier). I think it's faintly being played so leaving it in should be good (at least, until someone else corrects it!)
I disagree. When I slow it down and raise the pitch an octave, I can clearly hear an ascending C major chord: E-G-C.I think you're right, there's just something about the note's timbre that makes it sound like it's an octave lower if I listen too closely. It's definitely correct how you have it though..
I do and I remember spending quite a while on this. It's really subtle, but even now when I slow it down, I can clearly hear a F-G resolution across beats 2.5-3 and that G doesn't come from anywhere else, so I'm pretty sure it's not a harmonic or from a sustain. It may be too subtle to care, but I'm pretty sure it's there.I hear it too now and it is indeed really subtle. Do you think it's worth pointing that out to the performer?
Correct. Animal Crossing: New Horizons was released in March 2020, just a couple weeks after the pandemic quarantines started (which I couldn't have been more happy to have during that rough time). However, the game received several major patches to add lots of additional content throughout 2020 and 2021. This song (and the corresponding activity) was added in the last major patch, v2.0, in November 2021. [SOURCE]
Awesome! Thanks so much
Hmmm, I can't hear this one. Also, I'm also not sure why it'd be there in the first place? Maybe it's just me. Anyway, I'll leave it out for now until I can ascertain otherwise.Yeah, it doesn't really make sense for it to be there but it's just what I was hearing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If you don't hear it then that's a good excuse not to worry about it!
The lower F I hear (good catch!), but I can't hear the higher F. Same as the previous point, I'll keep checking and I'll add it once I'm more confident it's there.That may just have been harmonics then, oops. Leaving it out is more playable anyway..
A variety of reasons, most of them stemming from the idea of "still holding a note that is about to be restruck before the duration's up." However, with your notes (pun intended) above, a lot of those have been addressed and now it just looks better to be consistent. I still have questions about m.16, since, while I could make the RH Eb a layer 2 note, the resolution is handled by the LH and there rest of the notes in the measure are singles for the RH, so, to me, it looks like that Eb is hanging. So, I'm not sure quite what to do there.It could probably go either way but I think it would be better in the lower layer for 2 reasons: 1) Showing the divide between melody and harmony, and 2) Consistency.
Yeeeah, I thought about this point while arranging it, especially since the LH gets up into the stratosphere a bit. Firstly, I think the sheet looks really clean and adding stuff to denote that it should be handled by the other hand will just gunk it up. That triviality aside, I still feel that since the LH is really just doing one thing and that's fine and so if the player wants to hand something off, I feel that should be their decision, not necessarily mine. If you have some specifics, I'd be open to hear them, though! :)Those are both strong points! There's no doubt that leaving the sheet as it stands is a valid option. Here's the specifics anyway, just in case:
The lower voice in those triplets clearly ends on the C, listen back to that. You might be confusing it with another voice?That's possible, but I'm pretty sure it's part of the same voice, it sounds like the same instrument and feels like a natural continuation.
Oh, well as I mentioned this isn't an exact transcription. The harmony there is a GbmM7, so Db is the fifth. I was more confused with how you worded it "Db should be Gb." I already have Gb appropriately represented in that measure, and it seemed like you were saying to add it like, above that second-ledger-line F, which would be wacky-town.Yeah, please excuse my poor wording. What you have works much better in the context of this arrangement, I was just pointing out what I heard in the original. So, no change needed!
What's wrong with the hook being in line with the barline? I really almost extended it downward on that end too like the left, tbh.I just thought it was standard practice to end the line a little closer to the notehead, but if you'd rather not do that that's fine. You could extend it downwards if you want to though I think it's clear enough as you have it.
I don't know why/how they wouldn't "fulfill the site's formatting guidelines..." I am not sure if you mean by having too much, too little, or too unclear, but I think they are pretty appropriate as and where I have them. Was there a specific one or few that you meant by this? (just seems superfluous, like "this might be an issue but it might not")Oh yeah, they definitely aren't inappropriately used, they're really helpful! Specifically I was thinking of the way some of the tempo alteration markings are placed between the staves, since that contradicts what I was once told of them being placed above both staves (and being bold rather than italicised). I guess it's a little superfluous I just wasn't sure if it should apply here or not but wanted to mention it anyway.
-Not sure what you're trying to say here with all of the abbreviations lol. sorry...The piano lick you wrote in the lower layer plays diads throughout, which could potentially be played by the LH.
-LH? Not sure I follow... As I mentioned, many of these chords were inverted/edited to catch enough of the essence of the original, not a note-for-note transcription.Yes, I don't think I hear the Db in the LH. That doesn't mean it shouldn't be in the sheet, I just thought it might be worth mentioning.
-...the seventh (Ab) is present in this measure...(?)I must have skipped over the high Ab in the RH, my bad. This section looks fine how it is :p
-Seems at home to me, since it's a lower layer. It's consistent with the rest of the arrangement as well.This is just a personal preference of mine, and I was aware of its consistency before too. Regardless, it's obviously fine if you want to keep it where it is.
-Could you elaborate on this?I think the hook of the 8va marking is a little too close to the end of the measure, so the (horizontal) line could be a little shorter to more neatly cover the notes.
-What do you mean?I remember a few submissions back I was advised to change the position and appearance of some of my tempo and text expressions to better conform both to one another and also to other sheets on site. It's possible that some changes may be recommended for this sheet as well, particularly the cadenza, but I don't feel qualified to critique what you have nor do I personally see an issue with it.
- Trying to update that was my first time editing in finale so now i'm iffy on actual dynamic positioning if that looks right because it looks un-centered? I don't even know...Horizontally it looks good but vertically I'd recommend something more like this:
maybe I should just leave the dynamic and say dolce...?I would opt for that instead, but also remove the slurs in the lower layer (unnecessary information + clutter)
- I tried to re-adjust the slurs but their positioning still feels somewhat off and I don't know how to adjust them "correctly"That should no longer be an issue
- mmm, I don't think that's right. Doesn't the publisher get listed first, then the developer(s)?I have always done developer then publisher, and that's mostly what I've seen elsewhere too..