The Sims - Build 5 Sheet Music

[MerrekSK]

been looking for this sheet for ages, you are a true genius, you should know that your work is very much appreciated and I honestly admire you. THANK YOU !!

[andromeda1892]

thank you very much for this lovely music

[Xyzxcx]

Thanks for the great transcriptions as always!

[sindarapos]

Such a good song ...

[verity9000]

I use Sibelius and I don't understand how you did this! You took an existing audio recording and then inputted the notes into Sibelius. But #1) How did you make the score follow the timing of the recording, and #2) How did you shoot a video of the cursor leading us through the music? Amazing work. Please explain! Thanks!

[PseudoGFF]

@verity9000 I used a program called "Transcribe!" to help mark out every beat in the music. Then I made a Sibelius plugin to convert this into hidden tempo markings on the score. Then I used ScreenFlow to capture the video of Sibelius playing through the music and overlaid the original mp3 on top. Easy when you know how :)

[verity9000]

@PseudoGFF Thanks for the explanation. Excellent work.

[anvilseler]

This is my favourite of all builds. Ive listened this song for at least 500 times ahah

[FranzHildenburg]

The guy who wrote this is a genius.

[NoteStalker]

scratch that. i just read in the description in pseudo's site that it's "new age". wow i thought new age was kinda like all hippie ambient sounds and magic spells :3 but this, this is beautiful T‿T

[NoteStalker]

may i ask what genre of music is this and all of sims music? i personally loved the bossa nova/latino music (i think they play when you pause the game) and also this, except i don't know what style this is. sorry noob :P

[donrachel]

I's so Beautifull !!!

[chicicken]

so great! I find it for a long long time! thx!

[Pollux4814]

@pseudoGFF

You must have an incredible ear for music to do this. Was it all by ear or did you have some kind of assistive software?

[Pollux4814]

@pseudoGFF

 I got my hands on this the other day. I am so glad you put in all the effort to transcribe all six of the pieces. You're a legend. Thanks!

[Wattsini1]

Please put up the other Build musics like this one. It's much easier to follow.

[Pideli94]

I am actually going to go for this. But just one question, since I am a beginner at reading sheet music (and don't think I'm serious just because I said so), why are some notes smaller than others? Like the last notes before the low end.

[Pideli94]

@Pideli94 Ops, I meant: and don't think I'm NOT serious.

[Wattsini1]

@Pideli94 They usually mean they're not strictly in tempo, played with more ad lib.

[Wattsini1]

Otherwise, they are called acciacaturas or grace notes, where they are played only immediately before the next full-size note. Acciacatura literally means 'to crush'.

[Pideli94]

@Wattsini1 okay thanks :P

This seem really, really hard... o_o

[Ir0nman86]

you can find piano sheet music @ sheetsearch . com

[Pideli94]

I actually got chills... By a sims-song :o

[legginsrotos]

Good work!!

[legginsrotos]

Toma ya!

[schaatsgek]

Awesome! How did you manage to mach the music so perfectly with the sheets? Must have been a lot of work.

[poppyseeds91]

YOU ARE THE SHIIIT!!! THank you sooo MUCH for uploading this! This is my absolute FAVORITE and now I get to play it on the piano!! :D You're my HERO!

[madaboutmaddy]

watching notes on a page has never been more entertaining.

[Shdwsong01]

I thanks you So much! ... I wanna this song for many years in sheet

[ZuckZuck12345]

0 dislikes wow seems that there is something people agree on

[Parabol0086]

Excuse my ignorance on the matter, I'm a drummer.... But, do you know what skill level this piece would be on for a pianist?

[djevojkalanenekose]

@Parabol0086 it's pretty much hard.i'm in music highschool and i play the piano.ithis isn't a easy piece of music x)

[Parabol0086]

@djevojkalanenekose

I say it to my friends all the time, a wonderful piece like this gets no attention on the world stage while a cookie-cutter piece of crap pop song gets 100+ mil views. It's not right.

Thanks for the response but is there some sort of level grading (in numbers) too?

Peace.

[djevojkalanenekose]

@Parabol0086

hmmm...there are levels..there are grades in schools and courses,but it's hard to say like this...this is full of polirythmics...it's genious, but not easy :)

[TheDecadeMoon]

This is my favourite of all sims 1 build mode music.

[runetimon]

respect for the guy who wrote this

[phantasma616]

this song always seemed to advanced for a computer game

[Amaranthus616]

@phantasma616 computers have had proper music for years before the sims. i remember the amiga had a lot of nice music

[mesmilez1]

makes me cry :)

[mirabilis87]

the song was played by a real person @pseudoGFF ^^

[PseudoGFF]

Just to clarify, it's not actually me playing this - I believe it's Jerry Martin. I just fitted the notes to his recording.

[TheSimsMv]

very good!!

[Jazzyness100]

Thank You so much for posting this up!!

[MerrekSK]

man, thank you very much for this... You created a beautiful experience for me. At the moment I am transcripting this by hand into a music paper my 5-years-dead grandfather had given me. He was an opera performer for 45 years and did some transcriptions. When I finish it and study "your" version of it, I will most certainly put it here on youtube... Thank you for hundred times.

[robbiepeep]

</3

[mysteriousDSF]

I did it by ear to 1:13 it's on my pro. I screwed up about 3-4x, damn! gotta practice more :D btw I attended to conservatoire and all the stuff but it's not an easy stuff :D

[Edralis]

So - I actually emailed J.Martin about this piece and ask him, whether the sheet is available somewhere. He was very kind and sent me some notes he made on it, but I was very disappointed when I found out there is no exact transcription.

And after years I stumble on this! I cannot thank you enough! Although my piano skills are far lower than required for thia, it is simply one of a few songs I found so enticingly beautiful, I actually strictly limit the number of times I listen to it in a year.

[zmmoT]

@Edralis of course he gave you "some" notes, because there's no sheet for this music. this is truely improvisation. every time he plays different. it depends on feel in that moment. that's the best music i think. i've been trying to this music aswell, 'cause there's no better music than play it with your hearth and of course you'll never play same.

[acuity1980]

@zmmoT damn... noone could have said it any better!

[Japanzor]

sooo nice

[mchorchos]

Jerry Martin is a genius! Great work PseudoGFF.

[Udders666]

um Pseudo, even though you're probably not gonna read this, would you be able to post the Sibelius file on your website as well as the midi? When I open the .mid in Sibelius it's not at all how it is in this video. Not a big problem or anything, would just be nice. Thanks again for the transcripts.

[NoqiT]

I want to learn this song =)

[pretzelkittens]

There was never any legit sheet music for this piece... What makes it so good is that it is improv... 

[santiagorojaspiaggio]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE SONG'S NAME IS??

[ArtyKing12345]

@santiagorojaspiaggio It's only name is 'Build Mode 5'. I know that 1-3 and 6 have actual names, but I forgot 4 and 5's. (4 may not have one)

[tonogdlp]

Pseudo:

i spent a lot of time looking for the building themes sheet music. Then years later you came along a gave us this. They're awesome, perfectly written sheet music of 6 of the best piano pieces ever.

just wanted to say thank you. you're awesome!

[ncjc95]

PLEASE KEEP MAKING VIDEOS JUST LIKE THIS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE IT !!!!!!

[BananaSandwich1]

can u upload the other build sheet music?

[freakazoid6657]

this piece is unbelievable

it goes beyond my comprehension

[xpXThiefXqx]

Wow i notice great tempo change in the piece like 5/4 to 6/4 and to 5/4 and so on...

[mcsmudge]

i think i'm going to attempt to learn this. when i do i'll post a video

[captaincrabs]

thank you so much

[OhSweetOz]

I can so far play 1 and 4. i can't decide which is more ridiculously hard, 3 or 5. i think 3 is harder but I'll get back to you on that after it takes me an hour to read through this one, hahahaha! thanks for the link! i've been looking for this.

[watipam]

@OhSweetOz

5 is the hardest ! ^^

[sincityfire]

Woah, this is great! Thanks for Uploading!

[Valianso]

Hey, this is the song I used for my first Sims movie :)

It is beautiful. I would love to learn it. Thanks!

[MsIsaac1994]

you use guitar pro???????????

[PseudoGFF]

@MsIsaac1994 No, that would be kind of silly for piano music. I use Sibelius.

[codonauta]

@PseudoGFF It seems a real person playing. Great work!

[cool4mystery]

They are really cool sheets and also your webpage, thanks for sheets!

[Nyanih]

You sir, are truely a god. All 5 transcriptions, I cant thank you enough.

[BathtubGuitar]

Like if this was the most beautiful 6 and a half minutes of your life

[danielmastia87]

Thank you very much, will try to play it.

[HAMayoral]

Hey Pseudo, can you make a tutorial on how to play this piece? Thanks XD!!!

[PseudoGFF]

@HAMayoral Sorry, no. I don't know how to play all of it myself!

[graypaint]

i would LOVE to see this for Build Theme 6. please?! this is so amazing. it helps so much. the tempo/beat of the song for Theme 6 is probably the most difficult. it requires so much attention from both left and right. everything about it is complicated. its a daunting task. it would be so great if you had this for Build Theme 6. !!

[PseudoGFF]

@graypaint I'll see what I can do

[roudea]

Thanks for your great and flawless job. How long did it take you to transcribe all of the sims songs?, and each one? Ive been playing the piano for 7 months and now I can play "If you really see Euridyce", the fouth piece. Now I'm trying for the 6th theme it's all thanks to you :D

[PseudoGFF]

@roudea Probably a few weeks for 1, 4 and 6, a few months for 2 and 3 and a few years for 5. I gave up many times though! Good luck with no. 6.

[mdeonx16]

Best video game music ever.

[HAMayoral]

@mdeonx16 Best Music PERIOD! hehe

[51313932]

I feel lonely

[HAMayoral]

Man, I´m dying to learn how to improvise in this style... It´s just brutal

[Maksimfan]

Thank you so much PseudoGFF, I've been wanting to play the piano parts to the sims since I first played it!

[w33l]

thank you...

[zac6756]

can you play it pseudo?

[PseudoGFF]

@zac6756 I'm afraid not - I can only play the easier build pieces!

[ceztko]

@PseudoGFF

So, why don't you play the easier pieces? :)

[PseudoGFF]

@ceztko I could, but there are already lots of them on youtube

[ceztko]

@PseudoGFF

Well, I hope not to be offensive with anyone (I don't play piano anymore and I know that music is hard), but as of last year there were no brilliant executions of build6 "The simple life" on youtube. Unsure it this has changed, however I'd still like to hear your execution.

[zac6756]

@PseudoGFF it would be nice if you had some information about yourself on your channel, ...how long have you been playing piano? and what prompted you to transcribe these wonderful pieces?

[PseudoGFF]

@zac6756 Let's see... about 8 years? But that was a long time ago! I did these pieces because I love challenges.

[cutso92]

dude ! i love you so mucho for doing the midis , thanks a LOT !!!!

[cutso92]

ok dude i love you so much for doing this , thanks a LOT !

[dudeism87]

Are you able to do build 3 theme music?! xD

[SweetTokioHotelSweet]

I love you! Finally I find the sheet!!!

U're a genious

As many ppl have said, THANK YOU!

This song is beautiful

♥♥♥♥♥

[laimesunda]

Do you know how much I'm thanking everything in existence that you made this and that I found it?! I've been looking for this piece EVERYWHERE. I already found all the other Build pieces, but THIS ONE WAS SUCH A HASSLE, and it's my absolute favorite. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this.

[watipam]

I love it!

I send my new video soon. Ty pseudo!

[spble]

That is amazing. Thank you so much pseudo.

I'm working my way through them all slowly.

[Clamhead939]

I love you.

[Ferret2YourFace]

if we went to prison together and you dropped the soap, i would protect you

[iohen]

@Ferret2YourFace now this is a comment you dont see everyday - RESPECT

[ivan345doom]

@Ferret2YourFace Best fucking comment ever!

[Macca343]

@Ferret2YourFace That's the nicest thing I've heard all year.

[UltimateBlob]

Completely in awe of the amount of time and energy you've put into this. Thank you. I think I'll learn some of the other build pieces before I tackle this one, but naturally this is my favourite.

[Magg00n]

You're a god.

[Terentilka0]

thanks :-) i love the sims...

[Shadowtel]

This is really amazing that you've done this by ear. So waw! Must have taken years.

[skifri3]

You are brilliant! Thankyou!

[tigrou35310]

Just THAAAAAAAAAAANK YOUUUUU !!!!!!!!!!!!

[whoops567]

whoever you are I love you. you don't know how long i've waited for this.

[peanutbuttuh]

Anyone know where i can find a MIDI file for this song?

[rsncaronte]

wow a thousand thanks mate!!!

[HAMayoral]

I'd give so much to hear more music like this! I've heard some similar riffs elsewhere, but this takes the cake! This is a genre within itself!

[HAMayoral]

How many lifetimes did you spend developing your ears to transcribe this (word that hasn't been invented that means the ultimate rank of divinity goes here) piece of music?

[PseudoGFF]

Roughly 1/3 of my lifetime...

[HAMayoral]

Intriguing!

[Liduniya]

THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH!

[koreanjeenyus]

Man, i wonder what was going through his mind when he wrote this... insanely good piece

[Merrick0001]

Wow. That is a powerful song.

[sweetgandra]

Thank you so much for the sheets!!!!! <3

[watipam]

4:21 - 5:04

This part is impossible to play! But it's the most beautiful

Again thank you pseudo!

[karatcha]

MAGNIFICIENT!

Players canplay and train now!

What if it's played by Ryuichi Sakamoto...

[cgoverland69]

Haunting.

[iamnoone81]

hey pseudo, can you make a midi of this piece?

[PseudoGFF]

I've uploaded the midis - follow the link in the description.

[iamnoone81]

oh thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo­oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kisarez]

Damn... I wonder how you can every transcribe this or play it by ear.. you're amazing Pseudo

[rogueKUKL]

i cant believe those last few notes.

i better start learning this on harp.

thank you very much for this champ.

[ClarkRyanL]

Build 4 is called "Buying Lumber".

[rctfreak469]

i can't thank you enough for transcribing this. this was probably the hardest i'm imagining. i can't wait to start playing!

[clara6532]

Really thank you so much this music is really awesome I doubt one day I can do as good as the player ^^

Anyway thanks =)

[munnyfish]

this almost makes me want to buy the Sims....ALMOST

[PsykeOut193]

Psuedo you are my hero...

I was waiting for you to transcribe this for SOOO long haha you don't know how excited I am to be finally learning this :)

[iamnoone81]

Wow, Sibelius really cost you some bucks.

[PseudoGFF]

It is completely improvised, which made it all the more harder to figure out! Glad it made you happy :)

[iamnoone81]

What software did you use?

[PseudoGFF]

I used "Transcribe!" to help figure out the notes and the rhythm, Sibelius to notate it and then ScreenFlow to make the video. I also used some "hardware" attached to the sides of my head...

[jediborre]

Men, really thanks for the transcription, I played some parts by ear, but it was very complex and I ended up improvising some parts. Besides I dont have much time to make a good transcription because of work, and you know this piece really demand lots of time.

Im planing to play in a concert this piece, that day I´ll quote your hard work.

Again thanks alot

Greetings from Mexico

[PseudoGFF]

I know what you mean. I lost count of how much time I spent on it but it could easily have been over 50 hours.

Hopefully you can post a video of your concert someday :)

[ceztko]

Just a curiosity: I'm pretty sure it's not you playing here. It's the original build5.mp3 from the game, I recognize those aged mp3 artifacts :) . What about a video of you playing it? Would be cool to see a live performance of this tune.

Thanks for the hard work. It will take ALL my life, if ever, to learn it. And I am not kidding.

[tranhoanghuan]

hey Pseudo , why don't you try sharing this video along with all of your friends ? I'm pretty sure lots of people wanna have the sheet music .

[pamehinata]

oh thank you very much you are amazing because I could not find the sheet music anywhere thanks thank you very very much kisses

[Muftobration]

Pseudo, you are so wonderful for putting this up; This is my favorite Sims song. I was going to try to make sheet music for this song once I was proficient enough, but you have done it better than I could have. Thank you so much.

By the way, I emailed Jerry Martin asking for sheet music when I couldn't find any for this song and he said he had no sheet music, but sent me his lead sheet and said the piece is called "Now What" (he did not put a question mark).

[PseudoGFF]

I had heard that was the title but wasn't sure if it was the "official" title as it didn't seem to fit the music. Maybe I'll put it on the sheet music one day. I also wonder what Build 4 is called.

[RadialSkid]

@PseudoGFF

The title for Build 4 is "If You Really See Eurydice."

[roudea]

@PseudoGFF If you really see euridyce; thats the name for the fourth theme. I liked a lot when I knew that because I think it fits perfect.. when I play bE bB C C bD bA F (is it like that?) I feel as if I were listening too the Orfeo's song... C GGGG C GG E the travel in the boat. I think its great... In my channel you can see an interpretation for that song, I have been playing for 6 months so don't espect it to be good, I dont have a pedal either and I mistaked a lot. Thanks for your great job

[uta1984]

would popular demand coax you into putting up more sheet music with you playing?

[PseudoGFF]

Perhaps, although It's a lot of work getting it synced up properly! What did you have in mind?

[uta1984]

Well for one thing more beautiful piano music from the Sims.

Walking in The Air composed by Howard Blake for The Snowman animated short film.

Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven (Piano Sonata 14 in C sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia" Opus 27 Number 2).

I am sure there are lots more that others would like to see.

Anything slow, beautiful and haunting.

[donteatme4dinner]

I had Moonlight Sonata on my game since I installed it. It was the Resident Evil rendition of it, it has an added string track in the background, and it makes it all the more haunting. An epic addition to a masterpiece.

[Simsfanguy]

Everyone Of These Tunes I Listen To Brings Me One Step Closer To It I Miss The Sims 1. It Was A Classic Game. Will Wright Put His Heart Into It And EA Crushed It In The 2nd & 3rd I Will Always Play Will Wrights Game There Amazing And Magical Better Than Any Of EA's Crap, Maxis Are Much Better Developers. Even Though In An Interview Will Wright Said It Was Best Game He Ever Made. Wish It Was 2000 Again So We Could Of Played It Along With The Dead Sims 1 Online. That Would Be My Wish.

[AsaCameron]

So, so true.

[Simsfanguy]

Thank you.

[Supershake9595]

But remember, I was the one who found the midi in order to give it to Pseudo to transcribe. Great job, pal. Now, If anyone dares to put the first video of them playing it on here I will cut you in half.

[tranhoanghuan]

then how did you find that midi files ?

[Daruina]

thanks man!! you're amazing! I will learn

[limegreenxkunoichi]

Thankyou soo much Pseudo!! You are truly, truly amazing!! : )

[tranhoanghuan]

BRAVO ! Awesome !

[watipam]

AMAZING! Thank thank thank!

It's the best Build theme!

[matt2201]

will you marry me!

[GaimFreek]

whoa!!! amazing!!!

I love The Sims music, and you just made it even more enjoyable! :D

Awesome!

[Kowgan]

Thank you very much, Pseudo! You are amazing!

We will ever be grateful for all you work! :D

[acuity1980]

i can only say amen to that =)