Comments on: Sheet music for "Super Mario Brothers Coin Sound"

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:55:00 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s not the order of the notes, but the way in which they’re played – for what it’s worth :)

Children WILL starve, they’ll be starved of the unique, tantalising thrill of hearing that score when collecting digital representations of currency – as it would instead be generic and hideously over used (like that bloody creaky metal door you hear in EVERYTHING!) . And quite frankly, sir, those are some of my happiest memories.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:40:00 +0000

Actually I might have got this mixed up with how much of the music can be played and constitute as fair use – but after trying to look into it I’m getting a lot of conflicting information about both.

I think there are differences between UK and US IP law in this case which confuse things even further (especially with precedent). But I’m sure I remember being taught (by the IPO) that with things like the written word, code and music there are minimum limits for obvious reasons – if anyone knows otherwise would be interested to have it clarified!

By: Ryan Kiefer

Ryan Kiefer — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:42:00 +0000

Finally, someone wrote this down. I’ve been trying to figure this out on my piano for months. The closest I got was an augmented fourth, but it just didn’t sound right.

By: Mantissa128

Mantissa128 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:43:00 +0000

Pirate lies! Nobody may EVER use those two notes again in that order. Children will starve if you do.

By: McGreens

McGreens — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:05:00 +0000

Didn’t someone get sued for ‘copying’ John Cage’s 4’33″?

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:55:00 +0000

A lot of sheet music available online is produced automatically, through some musical equivalent of OCR. I know nothing about the software, but I know it makes simple errors like this. It can foul up time signatures, pick inappropriate key signatures, fail to recognize key changes. The results are often useless to musicians – but for sale anyway.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:16:00 +0000

Actually because its two notes it wouldn’t be covered by copyright anyway.

By: John Jones

John Jones — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:21:00 +0000

I’m concerned at how this is considered fair use. Even if it is just two notes, did Mr. Karam receive permission to notate this arrangement? Did BB get permission to post this? Creative Commons was not around in the 1980s.

By: hubs

hubs — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:16:00 +0000

Would be better if the image was kept intact (with the full copyright) and the original source was linked (it’s right there in the website you via’d).

By: switcha

switcha — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:04:00 +0000

Finally, something for those of us who want to participate in Beck’s Song Reader, but don’t play instruments well.

By: J. Adam Brinson

J. Adam Brinson — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 22:47:00 +0000

Optimized fingering: the 1 and 4 over the notes.

By: feetleet

feetleet — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:52:00 +0000

Hard to tell. I’m getting an “error establishing a database connection” at WBE. Copyright takedown…?

By: MattLeidholm

MattLeidholm — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:44:00 +0000

The original source _is_ 2/2. The screenshot here is out of date. ;)

By: feetleet

feetleet — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:42:00 +0000

Yeah, I love the 4/4. ”This math problem may only be solved in English.”

By: Jay Converse

Jay Converse — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:41:00 +0000

It’s fast, but it’ s not cut time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_time

By: 5onthe5

5onthe5 — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:35:00 +0000

Interesting that the B is the beat. I’ve always heard the B as a little acciaccatura just before the beat.

By: feetleet

feetleet — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:31:00 +0000

I think the optimized fingering part got cut off in the scanner. But I happen to know that Joseph Karam’s preferred fingering for this piece is ‘two’. Two fingers.

By: MattLeidholm

MattLeidholm — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:30:00 +0000

Cut time. Nice.

By: The Life Of Bryan

The Life Of Bryan — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:27:00 +0000

Anybody know where I can find that in guitar tab?

By: cellocgw

cellocgw — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:22:00 +0000

Wow — and I thought memorizing the entire First Bach Suite for my next lesson was a big task!