<glacius:metadata>

    <title>Transcribing the music of Monster Clearer</title>

    <description>I transcribed the music from the HTML5 game "Monster Clearer"</description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music transcription</category>

    <category>Video games</category>

    <series order="7">2022 music project</series>

</glacius:metadata>

<p>

    Similar to <glacius:link page="music/projects/music-of-rogue-fable-iii-transcribed">Rogue Fable 

    III</glacius:link>, the HTML5 game 

    <a href="https://www.kongregate.com/games/adventale/monster-clearer">Monster Clearer</a> is

    another one to which I frequently return. It's a very simple

    turn-based RPG-type game where you click on monsters to kill them (or get killed by them).

    And that's pretty much it. I transcribed this game's background music.

</p>

<p>

    <em>Monster Clearer</em> was created by <strong>adventale</strong>.

</p>

<h2>Sample gameplay</h2>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="monster-clearer-gameplay-360p.mp4" glacius:thumbnail="monster-clearer-poster-360p.jpeg" type="video">

    <caption>Gameplay from <em>Monster Clearer</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h2>"Background" transcription</h2>

<p>

    I had a hard time deciding what the actual voices were. I went with Lute, Piano

    and Flute. I'm not sure what a Lute sounds like, but I've seen pictures. I used

    the nylon-string guitar MIDI voice and it sounded like something close enough.

    It might be actually be closer to a harp sound but whatever.

</p>

<p>

    Only two chords in this song, and for a monster-killing RPG-style game, it's

    surprisingly upbeat.

</p>

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    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="monster-clearer-bgm-original.ogg" type="audio">

            <caption>Original background music from <em>Monster Clearer</em></caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="07-monster-clearer.ogg" type="audio">

            <caption>MIDI &#x2192; OGG conversion of my transcription</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

</glacius:grid>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="07-monster-clearer-sample.png" type="image">

    <caption>Transcription sample of the background music from <em>Monster Clearer</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h2>Downloads</h2>

<ul>

    <li><glacius:link file="07-monster-clearer.pdf">Transcription (pdf)</glacius:link></li>

    <li><glacius:link file="07-monster-clearer.ly">Lilypond source</glacius:link></li>

</ul>