This is a piano transcription/arrangement of "One Final Effort" from the Halo 3 soundtrack. Enjoy!

[b]Medium:[/b] Piano
[b]Difficulty(1-5):[/b] 4.5

[b][url=http://rampancy.net/node/60751]Video demonstration and tutorial[/url][/b]
by Callum Metcher

[b]Included files:[/b]
- sheet music [i](One Final Effort - Piano.pdf)[/i]
- MIDI performance [i](One Final Effort - Piano.mp3)[/i]
- .mid file [i](One Final Effort.mid)[/i]

[i][b]The file should appear below under "Attachment". (Remember, you must be registered to view and download attachments.)[/b][/i]

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Jonathan Churchill's picture

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thanks!

Incinerator's picture

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Excellent, thanks! I've been wanting to get sheets for this since I heard it in the (E3?) trailer.

Anonymous's picture

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It is not the E3 trailer music. i have the h3 soundtrack and they are both different.

narcogen's picture

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They are very, very slightly different. One is an edited version of the other.

The E3 2007 vid starts out with the monk theme. Around 0:20 it kicks in with "One Final Effort", picking up that track at about 0:16.

The two tracks are note for note until about 1:09 on the trailer, where the track there skips to 1:29 in "One Final Effort".

Basically the 3:00 track "One Final Effort" had parts cut out of it to fit into the 2:00 E3 2007 trailer, and the monk theme was added to the front of it.

It's the same track. If you cut Beethoven's Fifth into two pieces and play them separately, you don't get two new pieces of music. You get two halves of Beethoven's fifth.


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legendary1098's picture

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Thanks alot !!!!!!!!

Davis's picture

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Im a member... and i still dont see any link or anything... please help.

darklord1357's picture

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I am pressing open but it won't open

Anonymous's picture

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Does anyone know if there is sheet music for the violin

kittengirl34's picture

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where do i click to download it? cant find it.

Anonymous's picture

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Nice work, now how do I tell the notes apart?!?!

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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heh thanks. Can you not read music?

1's picture

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um i dont have winzip and if i try dowloading it its 30 bucks im not paying that much just for this so can anyone help me

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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you can get a free version of winzip you know

ocirne23NL's picture

:) very nice but it would be cool if it was in a midi file (.mid)

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Alright, I'll add one in a bit, and start doing that to the rest.
thanks,

-Jon

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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the .mid is up

ocirne23NL's picture

thank you so mutch 4 making it .midi !!! now I can put this song in my keyboard and learn to play it :D. i cant read sheets so this realy helps.
thank you!

-enrico

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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my pleasure

let me know if there's anything else you want

wongy's picture

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How do u put it on Synthesia??

freezinteen's picture

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haha, ya me too actually, i used to be in my school band so id be like, hmmm i think thats an F. then i would look at stickers I had on the keys and play it. it takes hours to learn it that way.. funny, my friends all call me enrico. my names eric tho

halo and music combined is almost orgasmic...

ocirne23NL's picture

just go to your local music instrument store ask for a book to learn notes and voilla

... i cant read notes neighter so i just put them in my keyboard and then i can exactly see what keys i have to press...... im getting pretty good .. just finished with maple leaf rag and i can play all of the halo songs on this site :)

........ well good luck with your notes ......... :)

................. .... yes i know i write a lot of dots ........ ;)

AznMadness's picture

i listened to it, love it! thanks for getting it on piano, can't wait to start playing it. by now, i have 7 songs, enough to hold a recital, lol!

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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thanks! You should record that recital and post it! hah

chuck vs chief's picture

hat kind of midi player are u using my notation player wont play it

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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You mean the .mid wont work for you? It should work, it's just a basic MIDI file...

chuck vs chief's picture

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it wont pay on my notation player so i was wondering what kind of midi thing are u using

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Jonathan Churchill's picture

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What exactly do you mean? The MIDI file wont work? It's a general MIDI file so it should work on anything fine.

Anonymous's picture

This sounds stupid, but I can't find the access button to print/listen to it. Help?

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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That's cool, it's hard to see at times. It's under "Attachment" (under my avatar at the top) in blue.
I put an arrow there to help ;)

PhazonElite819's picture

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I'm a bit confused...I registered and logged in, like it said, but I still can't find the links to the sheet music. Am I missing something?

Anonymous's picture

where is the link to the music sheet? do we have to be a member?

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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yeah, you have to be a member, then it will appear next to the arrow

Dav3's picture

Just downloaded this piece and must leave my thanks for transcribing it, T'is an awesome song :)

Thought i'd let you know though, the MIDI file inside your .ZIP has no file extention, it's merely "One Final Effort (MIDI File)" Without the .mid on the end. For anyone wishing to access the file, make sure hidden file extentions are switched off (Tools -> Folder Options -> View) and add a ".mid" to the end of the file name. Works fine for me now.

Thanks again!
Dav3

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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:O Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I wasn't aware of that, I don't know how it happened...

I added the fixed .mid to the zip attachment now so there shouldn't be anymore problems for those trying to open up the MIDI file.

Thanks again Dav3,
-Jonathan

tanee3's picture

Awesome! It's pretty hard (yes i suck) but for all you pros it must be great.

gauchero's picture

really well done, one of the... if not the best sond up on the sheet music section

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Thanks, I really appreciate it!

Halox3's picture

[i]incredible[/i]!!! I've wanted to play this for so long!! it sounds great!!!

halomusic1's picture

DUDE I LISTENED TO THE SONG AND IT SO FCKING AMAZING WOW U R SO GOOD AT THIS!!!!

mmmmchenry's picture

christ, i've seen a lot of difficult transcriptions - but this is simply amazing! well done!

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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I may in the future upload an easier, simplified piano version for all the casual musicians that just wanna have fun learning some halo tunes

yingda50's picture

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[quote=Jonathan Churchill]I may in the future upload an easier, simplified piano version for all the casual musicians that just wanna have fun learning some halo tunes[/quote]

That would be awesome and preferred. ;)

darkstriker's picture

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[quote=Jonathan Churchill]I may in the future upload an easier, simplified piano version for all the casual musicians that just wanna have fun learning some halo tunes[/quote]

this one is awesome, but it would be nice if you could upload an easier version >.

hachinima's picture

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Awesome dude I;ve been looking for this a long time! This is the one from the E3 trailer, right?

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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No, I believe what you're thinking of is Finish The Fight from the trailer, I'm actually almost done with a full score of that one. But there are very similar parts in both.

Frye7's picture

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Just so you know, there is a high E (where your right hand pinky is) during the "Duhhh Duh Duhhhhhhhhhh Duh Duhhhhhhhhh".

Here is Marty playing it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rMbTLnIbE

I'm not sure if this is the case in One Final Effort, but since you're doing Finish the Fight, I'm just making sure you include it.

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Thanks for bringing that to my attention...

shadowman's picture

Dude this is freakin sweet...........If only I could play it!!!!!!!!! Nice job!

aurion618's picture

Do you think that you might be able to add the percussion mapping?

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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I could, but I'm almost finished with Finish the Fight (full score) which has very similar percussion parts in it.

aurion618's picture

Hey, two questions:
1) In Finale what tool do you use to change the clef mid-measure without changing the whole measure?
2) Do you use Transcribe! for all this, or just play-it-by-ear?

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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If you want to change a clef mid-measure, for all I know you have to cut the measure in half (ex: 4/4 - 2/4) and make the 2/4 measure the different clef. I'm not too sure for I haven't run into this situation yet in Finale, but I'm almost positive there is a way do it without changing measure times. I'd have to mess with it a bit.

Yeah, I do all of my transcribing/arranging by ear.

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Awesome now i have your stuff i need to find out how to read music properly... i know the basics but i cant tell which E for example you are supposed to play when it says play E... no chance you could email me a, E A G,.. A , G , D,.... A, g.... A + C , G ^_^ it would mean alot to me if you find the time.....

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Sirius Lock's picture

Nicely done, is that recording of you actually? It's very well done.

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fanma's picture

I CAN'T FIND THE LINK, I'M MUST BE MENTALY CHALLENGED OR SOMETHING SINCE I CAN'T FIND THE THING TO CLICK ON IF I WANT MY FILE

Anonymous's picture

[quote=Jonathan Churchill]This is a piano transcription/arrangement of "One Final Effort" from the Halo 3 soundtrack. Enjoy!

[b]Medium:[/b] Piano
[b]Difficulty(1-5):[/b] 4.5

[b]Included files:[/b]
- sheet music (One Final Effort - Piano.pdf)
- MIDI performance (One Final Effort - Piano.mp3)
- .mid file (One Final Effort.mid)

[/quote]
How do I download it....whenever i click the arrow it does not work

ocirne23NL's picture

i can play the full song now.. have been practicing alot but its almost perfect now..
gona buy a cam to record it sometime.....

but ehm... thanks alot for this song
:D

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Oh cool! Can't wait to see that!

Coolspy707's picture

Dude this is my favorite song on this website!!! If only I could play it.

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iniishere's picture

This is a great transcript but something caught my eye on the second sheet.

im nowhere near a great piano player and my sight reading is rubbish
but in bar 21 the order of notes follow: c#ba c a cbc bac

I recognised this from ear, i think that the third part (cbc) sounds better as cbc#

what do u think?

reply as soon as possible please

Anonymous's picture

how do i download it onto my computer?
Jonathan Churchill's picture

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iniishere,

In sheet music, accidentals carry over for all notes in a measure unless noted otherwise. ie: a C# will always be a C# in a measure even though the rest of the C's don't have the # sign.
I should have actually changed the overall key signature for this song to make it easier, I will later.
Btw, I don't mean to insult you by thinking you are stupid or anything if you do or don't know this... it just sounds to me like this is the issue.
Let me know if this helps.

-Jon

Jonathan Churchill's picture

iniishere,

In sheet music, accidentals carry over for all notes in a measure unless noted otherwise. ie: a C# will always be a C# in a measure even though the rest of the C's don't have the # sign.
I should have actually changed the overall key signature for this song to make it easier, I will later.
Btw, I don't mean to insult you by thinking you are stupid or anything if you do or don't know this... it just sounds to me like this is the issue.
Let me know if this helps.

-Jon

Tangero2325's picture

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Awesome dude! Thanks for putting this on.

halorulz's picture

Very well done! Prob one of the best iv seen in a long time. Every note is on its mark. With a few minor errors in rythms though. But all aside, prob one of the greastest pieces ever. Hope to see more!

Andybeano's picture

Awesome. I've learned to play it as well! I have 2 things to ask though:
1) Does this fit in exactly with the original piece? (I'm guessing yes because they are both about 3 minutes)
2) If the above is true, is there any way possible to remove the piano part from the actual soundtrack (if you know how)? It would be amazingly awesome to be able to play it with the orchestral backing. :)

EDIT: I checked (a few weeks ago now), it does fit PERFECTLY, and now I've learnt (sp?) it off by heart- and playing it with the original is soooo fun! Just the second question now.

Spartan217's picture

Ok i whish i knew what i was doing.... How the hell do u download this stuff... omfg it is very frustrating can ne of u help me out ???!?!?!?

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Anonymous's picture

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Yeah, how do i get it?

dogonn's picture

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Does 190 BPM mean an eigth note = 190?

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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[b]In response to Andybeano:[/b]

Yes, this fits exactly with the song, it's an exact transcription -mind a few additions to beef up some parts or make them less boring as piano by itself.
The only things I really changed were:
[b]1:[/b] measures 9-13, In the bass clef I added the cues to what the strings play to beef up the thin piano overlay.
[b]2:[/b] measures 20-29, I added the main melody that the strings and leads were playing on top of the repetitive piano ostinato.
To play the actual piano part here, just continue repeating the underlying piano part (measures 16-19) and ignore the "optional string part" all the way to where the dotted line ends.
[b]3:[/b] I also added the chord structure to the last 2 measures in the bass clef to do whatever you want with.

About taking out the piano part so you can play along, there is no way to do this without the original project file.
I may do a full score arrangement of this song in the future and put up an mp3 with and without the piano part so you could play along -that would be the only way... ☹

[b]dogonn:[/b]

I have no idea why I put 190 bpm. You're right though -it would mean the eighth note.
It should be [b]♩. = 128[/b] (that's dotted quarter every beat @ 128 beats per minute)
- 12/8 has a natural triplet feel, but the idea is in duplet mode, so writing 190bpm is not really a good way of subdividing the beat.

Overall, I have a a bunch of little things to change in the sheet music thats not right.

- Jon

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Jonathan:
Thanks for the reply! In case you didn't see, I edited my post above, but I'm basically going to put the edit here anyway (and some more)...

A day or two after posting the above comment, I went and checked myself; it did fit perfectly (as you said). I seemed to miss a beat somewhere when playing it (that I referred to in the previous post edit that I have now removed), but I've sorted that now and now I can play it off by heart (give or take a few notes I changed for my own benefit)! As said in the above post, it is a GREAT piece to play, especially with the original playing at the same time (even if the piano part is still there)!

Once again thank you and well done on such a fantastic arrangement!

patches111's picture

I can't get the sheet music for some reason can you tell me how to print it out.

fingolfin999's picture

Great Work!!!!

I just have a quick suggestion that could make the song even better!!!

I was wondering if you could transcribe the violin part into measures 38-41?

KittenPotPie's picture

what the heck! i'm a member (i became one just so i could get this song for piano) but i still dont see anything next to the arrow =(

Tangero2325's picture

sorry, what I meant was that I couldn't read it because I did not have the latest version of the Adobe program. It's now fixed. Yay for me!

cheif mendez's picture

dude that is amazing! but its taking me forever to get some of the fast parts...

Anonymous's picture

ehm.. how can I get the music sheets, i can't find a link or anything...

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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I most likely will be making a simplified version some time.

Zeyira's picture

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i don't see any download links and i can't see the sheet music either
i used to be able to forsome reason and i have got finale notepad but i just can't see the music sheet
is there anychance of you sending the file to me by email.... yixuan_zhou@yahoo.co.uk

Anonymous's picture

I CANNOT FIND BUTTOM TO KLICK TO WIEW THE GOD DAMN SHEET MUSIC! WHY THE FCK AIN'T AMEK BUTTOM ON UR PAGE WITH NAME RIGHT BEHIND WHERE ITS WRITED: KLICK HERE TO WIEW THE SHEET MUSIC OF THE ( SONG NAME ) !!?? ;DDDD

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Anon:
Maybe for once, if someone had the sense to actually notice the multiple links and responses on how to download sheet music (heaven forbid), then I would be glad to help you.

narcogen's picture

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Actually I think that one was a joke ;)


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narcogen's picture

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Hey-- I just noticed the youtube vid. I can add that to the site inline, also-- want me to?


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Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Yeah, so what exactly are you suggesting about the video link? Go ahead and do it -I'm just confused what you said :P
And anon, if you were joking, then I bow to you sir.

narcogen's picture

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[quote=Jonathan Churchill]Yeah, so what exactly are you suggesting about the video link? Go ahead and do it -I'm just confused what you said :P
And anon, if you were joking, then I bow to you sir.[/quote]

I think he was joking.

For the video, I meant this:

http://rampancy.net/node/60751

If you know the URL for a YouTube video you can add it by navigating to:

http://rampancy.net/node/add/video/youtube


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Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Oh ok, cool. I'll do that.
Thanks

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Is there any way you could add a comment box to that video post? One of the reasons I linked to Youtube was so that Callum could get some response on his video.

narcogen's picture

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Yeah, that should be no problem...

In fact they should already be on.


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Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Perfect, thanks.

Anonymous's picture

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so where is the attachment file on the page?

Caitlin's picture

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never mind i found it

ocirne23NL's picture

ive added a lot of videos on youtube; covenant dance; on a phale horse;impend+never forget; one final effort; believe ad; and love theme again( alittle better played)( and fur elise xD ) gona do halo 2 theme a little later forgot to record it :D almost done w/ mapple leaf rag now
search ocirne23 on youtube

-enrico

Me_Spartan_118's picture

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Thanks!! It's just so easy and detailed at the same time, it's so great!!
Ive just been waiting to get this music sheet for like 8months because my adobe reader wasnt working!! THank you SOOOOO much!! you rock!! *mcsmiley*

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This is the most awesome piece of music ever! I can play most of it. (All except for 2nd page).

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Really nice pice of work! It looks really hard though...

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Annihilator38's picture

sounds awesome now i have to work on playing it :) thanks

Xevilsin's picture

I need help to dl = / I registered and everything but when i DL it, its in a zipped folder.. What do i do then? I tried extracting it but it says that it is empty

Jonathan Churchill's picture

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Make sure you know the destination you are extracting to. Also, try downloading winzip or winrar.

If nothing works, drop me a line at my email: jchurchillj@yahoo.com and I'll be glad to send you the files.

steelvenom's picture

Is there any chance you can make a solo part for this song for a Bb instrument? I play clarinet and I'd really like to be able to play this.

roddypatooty's picture

nice i just think a couple parts could be chords not just quarter notes but still good job

SpartanCrazy's picture

HEY! INTENSE JOB MAN, ur pro! LOlz

Can you get this for the violin? There is a talent show coming up and i need the violin sheet music
It'll be great if u can, if u cant no prob!
Bai!

-Shervin

viktor's picture

Wow. Awsome arrangement, i listened to the mp3 it gave me the shivers lol thanks for the sheets:)

Anonymous's picture

Do u have the sheet music for the baritone?

ronjoe's picture

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I would also like that for baritone, but you have to specify when saying baritone. Treble or bass? I say bass.

ronjoe's picture

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Facíl, I believe

DarkTemplar's picture

some bad spots, but mostly ok

Travel light, First to Fight.

vince666's picture

can you write one last effort for Bb Bass Clarinet ?

echho419's picture

I can't hear it but i cant play it and it's not what I want. please help me :(

Sunny_Autumn's picture

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Awesome work! I am jelous ;)

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FightingFalcon's picture

Awesome arrangment. Thanks! :-)
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Nitrogen121's picture

Can someone get me a link to this for a violin part!! I really want to play this on a violin!

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i've been playing it on my violin for about 3 months. just play it from ear

ninjamax237's picture

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I am working on it. There are actually two violin parts in my transcription, so you will need 2 violin players.

slater628's picture

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Hi new to the site but if there's isn't one could someone link or upoload a slower video tutorial for this song for someone at grade one piano :) would be very appreciated

BOLD Marshmellow's picture

THAAAAAANNNK YOU! I've been looking all over the internet for this. Either I couldn't print it or I needed to buy this. Thanks again.

goldfishtechy's picture

Can you please do an arrangement of this for piano, saxophone (tenor and alto), trumpet, bass, and guitar? That would be so greatly appreciated because we are doing a concert next month and we need a cool piece to do and this would be awesome. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Mytherious's picture

Could this plz be transcribed for concert band-non orchestra? I've been dying to play this with the band.