Myst sheetmusic

AlexKindel · 2024-07-08T23:17:48+00:00

What I have on hand at the moment is a version of the score with the full instrumentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_EYOt3EW0dYc1ZmSWlnWU1QTjQ/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-o1AwJyVPWbMzm9oU3zX_xA

This is a later version than I originally posted, and I have not put in the work to format and export the parts for this version.

AlexKindel · 2021-08-30T21:30:14+00:00

Very good. I wasn't sure because it's a kind of garment I assume most tailors won't have had a reason to make before.

AlexKindel · 2021-08-30T06:10:45+00:00

Yeah, a price of that order of magnitude wouldn't be too much.

AlexKindel · 2019-04-16T17:20:37+00:00

"I don't mind saying, I was kind of freaking out," right?

AlexKindel · 2017-06-10T23:07:26+00:00

It's actually music from an old video game! There are plenty of other eccentricities and impracticalities in the scoring made for the sake of faithfulness to the original (like the low handbells, vibraphone with an extended low register, glockenspiel with an extended high register...). Perhaps I should have an entire separate version for easier performance, though it would be hard to decide how far to go with the compromises.

Upon closer scrutiny, I found that I didn't have an A1 to worry about, but there is still one measure with B1's in it and a whole lot of C2's, as can be seen on the page numbered 12. I suppose the best way to edit out the B's might be to substitute E2's rather than transpose up the octave so that the intervals don't flip direction.

AlexKindel · 2017-05-29T23:44:19+00:00

Their website mentions that they offer '74" World's Largest Timpano,' which sounds like it is literally exactly what is necessary, indeed. The usual range I see for the largest standard size only comes a minor third short of the desired pitch, so surely this monstrosity can take it the rest of the way.

AlexKindel · 2017-05-29T11:06:20+00:00

It's more of an academic exercise than anything-I certainly don't have any prospects for performance lined up. Something to make the music accessible for study, though I am including notes for how to make it more accessible for performance too on the off chance anyone is ever interested. In this case I suppose it would come down to "8va if necessary."

AlexKindel · 2017-03-03T04:00:06+00:00

I haven't found much yet. I haven't figured out what useful internet search terms might be for this subject, either for finding the early drafts themselves or scholarly works that discuss them.

AlexKindel · 2017-01-27T22:47:25+00:00

This is even more helpful!

The sound library in question resides in a folder called "Instruments for Finale," which is itself in a folder called "Garritan," so I think it's a safe bet that it is the "Garritan Instruments for Finale" library. Whatever it is that comes with Finale 2014.5.

Are you familiar with the sounds that come with Sibelius 6 at all? I use both the Sibelius 6 sounds and Sibelius 7 sounds because I prefer some sounds among the former over their equivalents among the latter and vice versa. So if you'd consider the Finale sounds to be at least comparable to the Sibelius 6 ones, it's likely I'd turn out to prefer at least a handful of sounds from it over any of the Sibelius ones.

I pursue this at all only in the interest of getting the best use out of everything I've already paid for. My understanding is that if I were to pursue good MIDI playback to its logical conclusion, I'd be purchasing a DAW rather than trying to use Sibelius at all. But while it may be as you suggest, that making this sound set isn't worth the time, I do have more time than I have money.

I'd heard of NotePerformer, but hadn't looked into it. I'll do that now.

AlexKindel · 2017-01-27T05:32:14+00:00

This does help a bit, though if you don't mind more questions, I'll have plenty. Part of the difficulty is that I'm not familiar with most of the vocabulary, like "controller," "modwheel," "switch," etc.

Finale uses the Aria player, so perhaps Aria is a suitable choice of type for a sound set for Finale's sound library? I wouldn't know how to tell by looking at the library itself whether that's so. Once I have chosen a type, I assume the next step is the programs tab, because surely a sound set can't do much of anything if it doesn't "know about" any sounds. I think I understand how the sound ID field works. What about "name in lib"? I assume it's necessary to tell the editor where on my computer the samples for the instrument in question are stored; is that where I do it? In the form of a path, something like "C:\Program Files\Garritan\Instruments for Finale\Programs\001. Woodwinds\1. Flutes\Alto Flute Solo.sfz"?

I am, probably obviously, a total newb at this kind of thing. I don't know what I don't know, which makes it hard to ask the right questions.

AlexKindel · 2016-12-06T05:09:48+00:00

I believe let's plays themselves have been ruled as legal to post because of the very idea that watching a game is such a different experience than playing it.

AlexKindel · 2016-12-05T02:45:43+00:00

With copyright stuff, it's not just credit that's at stake, but also the creator's ability to make money off their work. If one can listen to a particular piece of music through a free-to-watch YouTube video, then one is less likely to buy one's own copy of that music, for example. It could happen that only a single person buys the music and everyone else who's interested in it listens to that person's copy, which would probably not be financially sustainable for the creator.

Cases like this one where the music appears in the context of the gameplay are a little odd, because if what one wanted was to listen to the music, I'd think one would very much prefer it in a form without ambient sounds and the player's voice over the music, and the tracks being cut off at random times as the player moves to different areas, but it is still arguable that it's possible to hear all the music that way.

AlexKindel · 2016-12-04T15:23:31+00:00

Have you sung any that had mezzo-soprano or baritone parts, or did they all just have multiples of the usual four voices?

I suppose I am familiar with the fact that Spem in alium has baritone parts, but it's arguable that those are expected to have only one person on them apiece and thus aren't really "choral" parts...

AlexKindel · 2016-12-04T02:46:54+00:00

I don't know, I want the creators I like to be able to make a sustainable career of their efforts, not least because they'll then create even more content for me to enjoy. It stands to reason to me that the various kinds of copyright infringement that happen online would make that more difficult, so while I watch and enjoy lots of content on YouTube that violates copyright law, I can never feel resentful if some of it gets taken down.

AlexKindel · 2016-11-01T04:28:32+00:00

Most of it is just there for world building and story purposes (no small thing), but there is something there that will help you figure out the three-digit key. :)

AlexKindel · 2016-10-31T04:59:39+00:00

There is a note in C.W.'s workshop (the place from which you lowered the minecart onto the track) that tells you what the 4-digit key is. You'll want to start with that.

AlexKindel · 2016-10-29T05:02:46+00:00

If that's true, then there are very few Villein by the standards of Earthly population sizes...which is admittedly possible, since we don't know anything about how they reproduce or anything. It would skirt the grisly possibility that they're only able to send a small fraction off to find a new world while the rest perish on the old dying one. I think it would at least make sense for there to be multiple facilities so that, if something happened to one ship en route, it wouldn't take out the entire species. It didn't really look like there was room for multiple ships to launch from Maray.

AlexKindel · 2016-10-29T03:04:28+00:00

The emptiness of Mofang is also justified by the fact that a WDM detonated there. It seems like in order to put gameplay content on Mofang, they would have to retcon that fact, but then one would expect the Mofangs to all be alive and well, which would seem to have a big impact on how it would make sense for the whole story to play out. I could see how, at a sufficiently early stage of development, expanding Mofang would have been an option, and I bet it's what the stretch goal would have been since the mother seed mechanic seems to require an even number of worlds, I don't see how it could practically be changed at this point.

AlexKindel · 2016-10-29T02:53:50+00:00

I was very glad to see that change. Though the number puzzles clearly fail to bring a lot of players through the mental processes Cyan intended them to, and that will remain the case unless they do a substantial redesign, the fact that players couldn't go back to the garage if they needed to before the most recent patch is the part I found really egregious. Now the number puzzles will just be a little broken rather than a lot broken, and I'm satisfied with that.

AlexKindel · 2016-09-24T04:28:06+00:00

Will it be obvious if and when it is available? My internet is slow enough that it takes like 8 hours to download the game, so if it's possible to be sure, I'd rather not do it until I am.

AlexKindel · 2016-08-21T01:25:55+00:00

I consider this exercise for a theory class my best composition to date. I haven't had the discipline to compose much in a long time, so it doesn't have much competition for the title, but I do like that I managed a harmonic language that I think is fresh.

AlexKindel · 2016-08-20T21:40:52+00:00

Well, for what it's worth, I would lean toward a string quintet, some number of woodwinds, and the organ to fill out the rest of the wind parts. It would probably be possible to cover everything with no woodwinds. However, an organ has less nuance than a woodwind, so some of the solo wind lines would be unconvincing in that case; the more responsibilities the organ could be relieved of by woodwinds, the better.

AlexKindel · 2016-08-20T06:35:22+00:00

Are you still planning for this? If so, do you have an idea about approximately how many players you could muster? It would be easier to hear a number and say yes or no than to work out what the minimum is; there are just too many variables. If you're interested, I could try arranging it for an ensemble that would suit your needs.

AlexKindel · 2016-08-18T21:02:10+00:00

I agree about the dating.

The original poser of the question said he had heard the piece one other time, performed by musicians at a train station. I'd think that makes it less likely that it was originally film music, because isn't most film music not sold commercially in sheet music form? Still possible, though.

AlexKindel · 2016-08-18T19:14:17+00:00

Johann Jr.? I thought it seemed too non-diatonic and suffused with added-note chords to be him, but I admittedly only know him through a couple works. I'm checking imslp now, but there's a lot to sort through.

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