see, this is what i mean. if you analyze this part, it's pretty simple. just two arpeggiated chords. but it somehow got saved in this fucking mess that's almost illegible.

that, by the way, is unregistered win 9x software. save your binaries, kids.

i should probably go looking for a freeware replacement, it's just that the format on nwc is really unique and awesomely simple.

i'm not sure one really exists...

so, that's 18 1-3 page files to print at the library tomorrow. and then i'll be on to recording the parts.

something i'm remembering is that a lot of the tracks got split into bass/treble clefs as a part of the process that made them illegible. so there's actually less parts that that. i'll leave some split, recombine others. easier if i just print all possible combinations and figure it out after.

something else i'm going to need to do is figure out just how bad my acoustic is. it got warped on a cross country trip ten years ago and sounds atrocious. may have to use an acoustic simulator. or even look for something cheap on kijiji.

hopefully it's at least playable.

it's amazing how often i can lose 3,4,5 hours staring at the ceiling and contemplating what is really nothing much of any real importance at all.