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Kenatsu
January 22nd, 2012, 05:16 am
Hi everybody, i have a problem...I'm new with piano, not new new, but new...This is the theme:

I learned "Toradora - After school the blue sky (pdf (http://josh.agarrado.net/music/anime/get/3509), midi (http://josh.agarrado.net/music/anime/get/3508))" for Piano with one hand and after with the other, when I played it with both I found that in a lot of places you have to play a note that you are already playing with the other hand and that don't stop =/ In 6, 7, 11 and 12 for example...And I'm very confused about it, can someone give me a hand and explain me what i'm doing wrong?

Excuse bad english and thanks

DunNotCome
January 22nd, 2012, 06:57 am
Don't take everything in sheet music literally (Pedalling is, in most sheet musics, implied. No writers will explicitly put a pedal sign unless very required to). There is a phrase line inside which you will have to analyse. (I know, the score is very messy and unsightly, making it hard to read)

In the transcription, (I just listened to the MIDI)the transcriber wrote the transcription in a very messy way (As in the melody is mixed up with the left hand accompaniment), so you will have to figure out the phrase line yourself. Remember the fact that it is a "Transcription", which is just a replica or a rendition of the original piece by Yukari Hashimoto. If you feel that something is wrong with the transcription, by all means refer to the original MP3 (It will give you an idea how to do those parts). Don't stick to the sheet music all the time unless it is written by the composer himself (Which can be wrong as well due to many reasons, typesetter error, mis-reading, oversight, etc)

Give you an example at Bar 6 and 7, there are overlapping notes of the melody and accompaniment. It is implied that you will have to pedal to sustain the melody notes while playing the accompaniment. Be mindful about overpedalling as it causes the overall sound to become muddy and filled with a distasteful sonority.

On this case I usually rearrange the sheet music to engravers' standard (Book publishing standard) and edit it such that it makes more musical sense, but this is up to you as to whether you want it to be rearranged. You might want to find someone to help do it for you.

Cheers!
DunNotCome

PS: Your English is not bad either XD