Making a song

[Nana1Popo2]

um i wasnt sure whether to continue this on another post so.....

i was thinking of trying to arrange the New Super Mario Bros. Title Screen......

but....i havnt a clue where to start, how to do it, or any other important stuff except how the sheet should look......plz help?   

[Brawler4Ever]

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[Nana1Popo2]

thanx! all i needed to was the advice one....

*EDIT* but im still a bit confused.......i mean, if u cant arrange by ear then u download a midi.....how?.......i can listen to the song.....but how u guys said it, u can get the music for it and transfer it to Finale.......hmm......by downloading, do u mean listening to it? or what i said....getting it on Finale.......oi..

[Nana1Popo2]

how do u save a MIDI so u can use it on Finale?


sorry for not editing this to the one above......

[Palagerini]

dang i couldn't find teh topic with that question answered.. anyway u save an midi to your computer... then u right click on the midi... click open with.. and then select finale notepad (or whatever your using). finale should open up (or if it's already up then it'll start opening the midi already). and after a short or long wait the midi will open up for u to see...

[Nana1Popo2]

all i have to choose from is Open and Open URL

[Brawler4Ever]

#2 way(or the way that I use).
Open Finale Notepad and Press "open."
Now you should see a page with a bunch of files, and at the bottom you should you have:
File Name: Ladeedaddeeda                      \/
Type of File: Finale Notepad(*.MUS)         \/



If you click on the arrow on Finale Notepad, you then have three choices:
Finale Notepad, MIDI File, and All files.
Click on MIDI File and the files on the page will change. All of the MUS's will be gone, and be replace with whatever Midi's that you have in that folder. This folder should hold whatever midi you want to arrange. Now, just simply click on the specified midi and hit "open." TA-DA!!!!
you can now view each specific note of the midi in Finale Notepad.

[Nana1Popo2]

hmm.. its in .wpl does that affect it?

and now i cant save it....all i can do is put it under My Playlists and that doesn't even appear when i try to open it....

thanx for all your help guys...im really trying to figure this out

*EDIT* but if i try to open it, it comes out saying invalid file

[Brawler4Ever]

That's because its a .wpl. I've never heard of a .wpl.
It might have to be a .mid for my way to work. 

[Nana1Popo2]

so how can i save one? i cant find the button....

at least have it saved as a midi......its saved as a .wpl (Windows Media Playlist)  lol

lol ive been doin this all day and havnt gotten anywhere.........

[The-Real-Link]

Right click on the midi file link. (The one on the internet or whatever.) and click "Save Target As" save it to a folder or whatever. Now open Finale, and then open the folder. Then drag and drop the midi file into the finale window. It will then sequence the MIDI into sheet music. (Warning: It is often VERY messy sheet music!!!)

[Nana1Popo2]

thanx! ill try that l8r 

[Nana1Popo2]

OMG! thank u thank u thank u! lol it works!! 
*applause**cheers*

[The-Real-Link]

OMG! thank u thank u thank u! lol it works!! 
*applause**cheers*

Your welcome. I'll be glad to help whenever I can ^_^

[Nana1Popo2]

yay! i itted it! please listen and comment?