Kinkylime Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 I've recently picked up an Anglo Concertina (~2 months ago) and have been really enjoying playing a lot of video game music, such as from Sea Of Thieves. Next I wanted to learn this song and couldn't find anyone that had done this on Concertina. Does anyone think it would be possible to even play this song on the concertina? If so I may give it a go at trying to make the sheet music for it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Eskin Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 I don't see why not. Nothing inherently complex in the theme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattx92 Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 Id say absolutely! Bump so see if someone with the skill could transcribe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehRazorBack Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 (edited) If this is the song here, I think it's gonna be way too hard to attempt: https://musescore.com/user/7150911/scores/5618012 The song is jumping all over the place in terms of keys; starting in Eb, then Gb, then E, G, Bb, A, back to Gb, Eb, Gb, E, G, then Gb again. If it had stayed in one key, like Gb, I'd have suggested transposing the key to C and trying from there. To me, the song looks and sounds well beyond what a 30 button Anglo can achieve. Edit: that's not to say it's impossible, but it's gonna take a lot of time and dedication, and you will have to compromise a lot on the harmony I think. Edited Wednesday at 10:32 AM by TehRazorBack Added extra, and fixed link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkylime Posted Thursday at 12:33 AM Author Share Posted Thursday at 12:33 AM 16 hours ago, TehRazorBack said: If this is the song here, I think it's gonna be way too hard to attempt: https://musescore.com/user/7150911/scores/5618012 The song is jumping all over the place in terms of keys; starting in Eb, then Gb, then E, G, Bb, A, back to Gb, Eb, Gb, E, G, then Gb again. If it had stayed in one key, like Gb, I'd have suggested transposing the key to C and trying from there. To me, the song looks and sounds well beyond what a 30 button Anglo can achieve. Edit: that's not to say it's impossible, but it's gonna take a lot of time and dedication, and you will have to compromise a lot on the harmony I think. Yea when I tried to make it I kinda just skipped a bunch of the starting notes and overall it wasn't turning out great so I just gave up on it. I love your videos btw and pretty much every song I've learned on the concertina came from your videos, so keep up the great work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Eskin Posted Thursday at 01:06 AM Share Posted Thursday at 01:06 AM 17 hours ago, TehRazorBack said: If this is the song here, I think it's gonna be way too hard to attempt: https://musescore.com/user/7150911/scores/5618012 The song is jumping all over the place in terms of keys; starting in Eb, then Gb, then E, G, Bb, A, back to Gb, Eb, Gb, E, G, then Gb again. If it had stayed in one key, like Gb, I'd have suggested transposing the key to C and trying from there. To me, the song looks and sounds well beyond what a 30 button Anglo can achieve. Edit: that's not to say it's impossible, but it's gonna take a lot of time and dedication, and you will have to compromise a lot on the harmony I think. Can you possibly send me a MusicXML exported version of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TehRazorBack Posted Thursday at 09:28 AM Share Posted Thursday at 09:28 AM 8 hours ago, Michael Eskin said: Can you possibly send me a MusicXML exported version of it? I am not sure what that format is, nor am I the creator of the sheet music I linked, so I also can't access the original Musescore file. Sorry I can't be of more help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Eskin Posted Thursday at 07:41 PM Share Posted Thursday at 07:41 PM If you are a subscriber to Musescore (I am not), if you click the "Download" button, you should be able to save it out in MusicXML format. But, of course, no problem if you're not, would just be fun to look at the original in my ABC tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkylime Posted Thursday at 09:00 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:00 PM @Michael EskinHere you go! Main_Theme__Proof_of_a_Hero.mxl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Eskin Posted Thursday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Thursday at 09:43 PM (edited) Oh, sweet... this is going to be fun... I can read it in the tool, but abcjs can't handle it... I have another idea... I'd say this is not a tune for most mere mortals to attempt on the concertina... 🙂 Edited Friday at 01:08 AM by Michael Eskin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted Friday at 10:41 AM Share Posted Friday at 10:41 AM 12 hours ago, Michael Eskin said: Oh, sweet... this is going to be fun... I can read it in the tool, but abcjs can't handle it... I have another idea... I'd say this is not a tune for most mere mortals to attempt on the concertina... 🙂 Mozart was able to import the xml, export it to abc and reimport the abc (attached). Your tool appears to hang attempting to process the abc. The import process of either format in Mozart takes very long (several minutes), and the resulting score is atrociously unreadable, but it appears to play alright. It could be done on a duet with enough buttons, I guess, but imho it requires a very experienced musician to successfully do it along with a good deal of compromises on the arrangement. Not my scheme of prey anyways. proof_of_a_hero.abc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Eskin Posted Friday at 11:37 AM Share Posted Friday at 11:37 AM I had far better luck just scanning the PDF sheet music for the tune using PlayScore2 and importing its generated MusicXML into my tool. That worked fine, but the tune really isn't Anglo Concertina material IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinkylime Posted 9 hours ago Author Share Posted 9 hours ago I found this video of concertina Joel playing it and it actually sounds very good and what I was looking for, sadly, no sheet music posted anywhere that I could find. But I guess this answers the question, yes, yes it can be played on the anglo concertina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Eskin Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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