Okay, here's the thing. I was working on transcribing this song from Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu, but quickly realized that I lack the expertise to arrange it. Attached is my very-rough transcription; you'll have to listen to the song itself to pick out which instrument goes with which line (and they sometimes jump between lines; ouch). What I'm wondering is: would someone be willing to arrange this for solo piano? And if that's not possible (which it probably isn't), would a piano four-hands or two piano arrangement be possible? I might do a string quartet version, but I just don't really know how to simplify polyphony for a piano, or how to cut out parts of the song while maintaining the feel as a whole.

Thanks!

EDIT: The composer is Kakeru Ishihama.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQxzGrvqTc
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maintaining the feel as a whole.

I used to be the guy who would transcribe everything note for note and compress it into piano (what you're doing), but there was a big flaw in doing that. In essence, by trying to transcribe it note for note, the music lost its feel, and it apparently became detached. Piano != orchestra. So... rather than trying to capture everything from an orchestra, I simply listen to the melody, harmony, and the feel of it; sometimes I may purposefully change the mood. Ask yourself this question: If I were the original composer, and I wanted it arranged for piano, how would she or he go about in doing that? That's the thing. You're too stringent in your arrangements. If you find it difficult to compress it into piano, then rearrange it. My 2 cents.

Btw, you may require a bit of music theory. You'll need to analyze the chords and apply it.

If you really really reallly want to transcribe everything note for note, then I suggest orchestrating it.

Like I said, I have given up on a note-for-note reduction. My problem now is that I don't have enough piano experience to do a good arrangement (I can learn piano music, but not write it). I do have enough theory to figure out the chords, though.

My approach now is to transcribe everything first and then to figure out what to leave in and what to take out, and how each element contributes to the whole.