[SNES] Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - "Mining Melancholy" by Yug Guy

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Submission Information:
Series: Donkey Kong
Game: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Title: Mining Melancholy
Instrumentation Solo Piano
Arranger: Yug Guy

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[Yug_Guy]

[Sebastian]

Oh, YES. Love this soundtrack.

*Clicks the claim button*

Expect feedback on this sheet soon!

[Latios212]

It's a little difficult to tell which noteheads are smaller in m. 30-33 upon a quick glance - perhaps you could try a dynamic change, using multiple layers, or flipping the echoed part differently? I'd recommend you try testing things out a bit to see if you can make the intent a bit clearer there.

[Yug_Guy]

It's a little difficult to tell which noteheads are smaller in m. 30-33 upon a quick glance - perhaps you could try a dynamic change, using multiple layers, or flipping the echoed part differently? I'd recommend you try testing things out a bit to see if you can make the intent a bit clearer there.

How about this: the "echo" is on a separate layer & flipped opposite the direction of the main melody? (OP updated with this change)

[Latios212]

Perfect! Exactly what I was nudging you towards ^^

[Sebastian]

Nice sheet once again!

Few things:
- Once again you can center the dynamic in M. 1 & 30.
- The second-page title is a bit off center.
- The arranger/composer names are a bit misaligned.
- Not a huge deal, more like a recommendation, but you could add another staff (percussion) and then hide it.
- Layers in M. 16 (beat 1; RH) are misaligned.
- Just a recommendation: You could add the chords (like with M. 16+ etc.) in M. 34-41.
- The LH accompaniment sounds a bit dry in M. 15-21. Something like this could work (It is also more comparable to the original, as well [It could also work in M. 34-41]):

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- The parentheses in M. 21 (and other places) are a bit messy and could use some straightening up. That'd be awesome.
- The layers need to be flipped in M. 32.

Once again, great sheet! Excited to see more high quality. : ))

[Latios212]

- The layers need to be flipped in M. 32.

Disagree here - the "top" layer is used to denote the echo and flipping the layers in that measure would mess up the continuity of the two voices

Once again, great sheet! Excited to see more high quality. : ))

Agree here!

[Yug_Guy]

- Once again you can center the dynamic in M. 1 & 30.
- The second-page title is a bit off center.
- The arranger/composer names are a bit misaligned.
- Layers in M. 16 (beat 1; RH) are misaligned.
- The parentheses in M. 21 (and other places) are a bit messy and could use some straightening up. That'd be awesome.

Fixed.

- Not a huge deal, more like a recommendation, but you could add another staff (percussion) and then hide it.

I would do this, but then I have no idea how to mute the piano line

- Just a recommendation: You could add the chords (like with M. 16+ etc.) in M. 34-41.

The idea is for the player to double the melody an octave lower - adding additional chords would muddle the sound

- The LH accompaniment sounds a bit dry in M. 15-21. Something like this could work (It is also more comparable to the original, as well [It could also work in M. 34-41]):

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I tried it, but I don't think it sounds that much better. I'll stick with the current baseline for now.

Once again, great sheet! Excited to see more high quality. : ))

I onLY UpLoaD HIgH qUaLItY viDeO GAme SHeEt mUSiC

[InsigTurtle]

Perhaps you could change the accompaniment there too in m.34-41 too, then? As is, it sounds... a bit more active than the original, I suppose? That's all up to you, though.

For muting the piano and adding a percussion line in instead, I believe you could try adding a hidden dynamic marking that sets the key velocity to zero just for that part (or make a fake mp mark that actually sets the key velocity to zero). Then any other dynamic marking will set the key-velocity to a non-zero value you can actually hear stuff.

[Yug_Guy]

Perhaps you could change the accompaniment there too in m.34-41 too, then? As is, it sounds... a bit more active than the original, I suppose? That's all up to you, though.

Upon further inspection it appears I had the bassline wrong the entire time. Whoops. Fixed

For muting the piano and adding a percussion line in instead, I believe you could try adding a hidden dynamic marking that sets the key velocity to zero just for that part (or make a fake mp mark that actually sets the key velocity to zero). Then any other dynamic marking will set the key-velocity to a non-zero value you can actually hear stuff.

lol it's fine the way it is now.

[Yug_Guy]

sup

[Latios212]

sup

dis gud

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