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Released 4/13/2012.
Duration: 2:09.

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Tracks that reference Dord Waltz:

from Fandom:

• Momi + Jhon Slopy MAKOUTS by Ngame
• derp waltz by Shwan

Print or download sheet music files:

• Sheet music by adamus ← Ohgodcat Previous sheet music file by this artist → Despot Next sheet music file by this artist

  • Dord Waltz - adamus.pdf (36.8 kB)

Download MIDI & project files:

• MIDI by adamus ← The Vast Glub Previous midi / project file by this artist → Despot Next midi / project file by this artist

  • Dord Waltz - adamus.mid (9 kB)

Artist commentary for Dord Waltz:

1/18/2012with respect to this album —
about 2 months, 26 days earlier Elaine Wang ✑ Tumblr, WIP commentary

…something something Homestuck music contest.

[...]

Given Roxy Lalonde’s penchant for drunk typing lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it… well, I have no idea either.

I don’t know how to end this piece quite yet; that’s why it’s a WIP. But it’s reasonably close.

1/26/2012with respect to this album —
about 2 months, 18 days earlier Elaine Wang ✑ SoundCloud description/ Tumblr

Dord, final version, intended for the Homestuck music contest.

"Dord" is a rather amusing typographical error that occured back in 1934 when someone in the Merriam-Webster editing staff misread "D or d", intended as abbreviations for density, as "Dord" and... made up a pronunciation for it. (Whoops.)

Given Roxy Lalonde's penchant for drunk typing^W^W lexicographical creativity, I thought it was appropriate. The accidentals, at least as much so. As for the waltz part of it... well, I have no idea either.

4/13/2012same date as this album Elaine Wang ✑ Tumblr

So is this the part where I go "eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeee*breathes*eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, ect" for you? :D

i see your song got onto the album!! congrats!!!

Congrats on getting into the album, dang!

Congrats on making it onto the fan album with Dord Waltz! O:

Wow, I’m happy that I got onto the album, but the fact that everyone else is happy is making me grin like a lunatic.

…Not that that’s a bad thing, mind you.

My song’s Dord Waltz, which I am actually quite surprised got on considering how good all the other songs are too!

Fun facts:

1. It was written as a Roxy song. It will now be a Roxy song until the end of the Internet.
   
2. I came up with the title first and the music second. The accidentals were there the first time I put down the notes. (They are going to stay there.)
   
3. The above is not normal for me. I have more recently taken to using random word generators to title my music, because I often struggle with that.
   
4. I am told that the song has some similarities to Endless Climb. That part is most definitely not deliberate. Not going to rule out subconscious influences though.
   
5. The album art is by merrigo. She (?) does cool work. Go look at her tumblr too.
   
6. "Dord" is a real thing that happened in the Merriam-Webster in the 1934 edition. Read the article for more information.
   
7. A dord is also a kind of instrument. There's none of them in the song, just so's you know.
   
8. Although if you're willing to play Dord on a dord I can send you sheet music.
   
9. Full disclosure: I'm not actually finished with the Dord sheet music. Remind me in two weeks and I'll probably have something.
   
10. The above two points also apply even if you aren't going to play Dord on a dord. (I have no idea what the range of that instrument is, so whatever.)

If you’re still interested in my stuff you can go look at my Soundcloud. I’d point you to my personal website but I haven’t fixed it in forever, so unless you want to help me redesign it?

(That’s a serious inquiry by the way.)