My version of the old classic 'you've got a friend in me' from Toy Story. Quite the nostalgia trip! Sheet Music: mymusic.st/hes... Dedicated to Oscar Peterson
First off, I just want to thank you for your arrangement. I've put in probably about 10 hours of learning so far, and still have a way to go, but it's a real joy to learn. While learning, I've come across two instances that I think are mismatches between the score and the audio. The first is in bar 40, with the D major chord in the second inversion in the left hand. I hear an A natural, but the key signature implies Ab. The second is in bar 54, where the bass note in the left hand at the start of the bar sounds like an F,. but is written as a G natural. I also wanted to just end this message by saying that bar 9, every bar from 42 through 47, bar 49, and the last chord in bar 63, are inspired.
Thanks for the feedback! I have a habit of using my notation software purely as an engraver so I end up making some mistakes... I'll try to update the score in the future. Have to say bar 54 is a pretty big mistake :o Quite embarrassing
You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me When the road looks rough ahead And you're miles and miles From your nice warm bed You just remember what your old pal said Boy, you've got a friend in me Yeah, you've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me You've got troubles, I've got 'em too There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you We stick together and we see it through Cause you've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me Some other folks might be A little bit smarter than I am Bigger and stronger too Maybe But none of them will ever love you The way I do It's me and you, boy And as the years go by Our friendship will never die You're gonna see it's our destiny You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me You've got a friend in me
Honestly, I've listened to this over and over and every time I marvel at how wonderful and rich the whole arrangement is. Well done! I look forward to learning this one day.
Thank you! Unfortunately I don't read many books so I'm not able to help you in that regard... hopefully others can help out here. Personally I prefer to listen and do analysis of other arrangements
This song gives me nostalgia already 😫😫 I practiced every day during quarantine, and whenever I play it or listen to it, I'm taken back to the good old quarantine days. Thanks so much Heui Sung
I LOVE this arrangement. THANK YOU for the transcription, it's been a really fun one to work on. I'm a classical pianist and playing this just makes me feel so freakin' cool LOL
EDIT: I've discussed this with hesangasong, and it turns out that the original print order is fine, but if you select "print pdf" on musicnotes, it converts the file with some errors. So no problems if you print the original! Hi! I love this arrangement so much that I bought the new sheets despite having the old ones for free! That said, I think I found a few errors in the new sheet music...in measure 17, the first right hand chord has a B natural listed as the bottom note, but I believe that is supposed to be an A natural. Two chords later in the same measure in the right hand, there is a chord with Eb G Ab C. I believe that A flat is also supposed to be an A natural. In measure 24, the the tremolo is notated to be between a chord and a lower Bflat? I think the the old notation was fine here. I believe measure 36 should be an A natural in the left hand. Lastly, in measure 52, the left hand EbAbC chord comes in a half beat too early. That's all! Thank you again for the wonderful arrangement!
aw shucks. Let me have a look at it and see if I could edit them asap. In the meanwhile send me an email so I can send you back the fixed copy! hesangasong@gmail.com Thanks for letting me know!
@@hesangasong Hi! My email is philipawalker@gmail.com, also if you check my profile, I just posted a recording of your arrangement! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ICmwQIfq2Fk.html
I'm a fellow MusicNotes Signature Artist, and I'm so glad I found your channel! This is such a great cover, as I'm a big Randy Newman and Disney fan!! You have a new subscriber.
When you create this score did the notes just flow out of your head or you like insert note by note kind of way (sorry I couldn't really describe it in words)?
Heard the arrangement in my head first then wrote it down as close as possible to it. So kinda both I suppose. Having a midi keyboard helps speed up the process from head to paper.
Really nice! I like your NoLa jazz influences! I'd reconsider 1:07 & 1:28 as both kinda bog down in their phrases and can pretty easily get more dynamic with a higher note thrown in for balance. I very much like what you're done.
Lovely arrangement! One question: Why do you always change between notating eighth notes, triplets, and dotted eighth sixteenths? Is there something specific you're looking for?
Thank you. I thought it would be more interesting to be super specific about notation when the style of the music (jazz) is very much open and interpretive where you only need a couple musicians and a lead sheet to perform (or nothing at all!). Because this is 'written jazz', I wanted to simply write down my exact interpretation of the piece... so some are naturally triplets, where rhythms are looser, and some are dotted 8th/16th notes which are for tighter feel. But I'm not super strict about it, and also doesn't mean you should be super strict about it either. The score shown is simply my own interpretation... written at that specific time, location and mood. It still is very much temporary, just like jazz. Treat this like a transcription of some improvised recording.
Like you implied, it's mostly to do with legibility/aesthetics. Having the triplets shown like that groups the notes and rests better which reads as one 'unit' or sub-phrase. Removing the tuplet bracket is certainly a factor, since it makes it look less cluttered, but can't be avoided sometimes when you must have a crotchet + quaver tuplet. The very first tuplet bracket you mentioned (right hand bar 3) is technically a mistake; it should have its bracket removed like bar 2. But at the same time, all the other tuplet in the third bar is bracketed, so in a way it looks nicer when all of the tuplet in that bar has a bracket despite the rule. So you have a balance of non bracketed tuplets (bar 2) and bracketed tuplets (bar 3). But this is highly subjective and you will probably disagree on which looks nicer or not. But that's just the way it is I think... engraving can be quite subjective sometimes. Not to mention, this score isn't perfect and I'm sure you'll find many inconsistencies sadly... (like bar 17 has no single stemmed beam in the first beat, cuz I forgot)
