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ACCORDEON
ALTO
AUTOHARPE
BANJO
BASSE
BASSON
BATTERIE
BOUZOUKI
CHORALE - CHAN…
CITHARE
CLAIRON
CLARINETTE
CLAVECIN
CLOCHES
COR
COR ANGLAIS
CORNEMUSE
CORNET
DEEJAY
DIDGERIDOO
DULCIMER
EUPHONIUM
FANFARE - BAND…
FLUTE A BEC
FLUTE DE PAN
FLUTE TRAVERSI…
FORMATION MUSI…
GUITARE
GUITARE LAP ST…
HARMONICA
HARPE
HAUTBOIS
LIVRES
LUTH
MANDOLINE
MARIMBA
OCARINA
ORCHESTRE
ORGUE
PERCUSSION
PIANO
SAXOPHONE
SYNTHETISEUR
TROMBONE
TROMPETTE
TUBA
UKULELE
VIBRAPHONE
VIOLON
VIOLONCELLE
XYLOPHONE
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Non classifié
16 385
Piano & claviers
Piano seul
6 604
Piano, Voix
6 083
Accompagnement Piano
3 305
Piano, Voix et Guitare
2 650
Piano Facile
1 557
Piano (partie séparée)
528
Piano Trio: piano, violon, violoncelle
492
1 Piano, 4 mains
280
Piano Quatuor: piano, 2 violons, violoncelle
223
Instruments en Do
120
Orgue
51
Piano Quatuor: piano, violon, alto, violoncelle
47
2 Pianos, 4 mains
35
Piano Quintette: piano, 2 violons, alto, violoncelle
26
Orgue, Piano (duo)
16
1 Piano, 6 mains
8
2 Pianos, 8 mains
4
Clavecin
4
Accordéon
2
Orgue, Trompette (duo)
1
Accordéon, Piano
1
Clavier
1
Fake Book
1
Accordéon, Corde(s)
1
+ 19 instrumentations
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Guitares
Ligne De Mélodie, (Paroles) et Accords
56
Guitare
53
Guitare notes et tablatures
50
Piano, Guitare (duo)
46
Ukulele
45
Basse electrique
17
Paroles et Accords
7
Mandoline, Piano (duo)
3
Dulcimer
3
Mandoline
3
2 Guitares (duo)
2
2 Mandolines (duo)
2
Guitare, Violon, Violoncelle (trio)
1
+ 8 instrumentations
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Voix
Chorale SATB
5 402
Chorale 2 parties
4 984
Chorale 3 parties
3 405
Voix duo, Piano
2 578
Chorale Unison
1 821
Voix duo
701
Chorale TTBB
488
Voix Soprano, Piano
204
Chorale SSAA
156
Voix haute
141
Voix Tenor, Piano
121
Voix Alto, Piano
109
Voix moyenne, Piano
67
Chorale
58
Voix Baryton, Piano
57
Voix Tenor
43
Voix basse, Piano
42
Voix seule
37
Soli, choeur mixte et accompagnement
34
Voix Soprano
27
Voix d'Enfants
20
Voix Mezzo-Soprano, Piano
17
Voix basse
10
Chorale SSAB, Piano
7
Chorale SSATB
6
Chorale SSATTB
3
Chorale SSATBB
2
Voix d'Enfants, Piano
2
Male Voice
2
Chorale SSAATB
1
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Vents
Flûte traversière et Piano
3 410
Clarinette et Piano
3 388
Saxophone Alto et Piano
3 088
Saxophone Tenor et Piano
2 335
Hautbois, Piano (duo)
2 284
Saxophone Soprano et Piano
1 273
2 Saxophones (duo)
509
Cor anglais, Piano
467
Flûte, Hautbois, Clarinette, Basson
463
Quatuor de Saxophones: 4 saxophones
457
Saxophone Baryton, Piano
415
2 Flûtes traversières (duo)
302
Flûte, Clarinette (duo)
282
2 Clarinettes (duo)
224
Flûte, Violon, Piano
202
Quintette à Vent: flûte, Hautbois, basson, clarinette, Cor
187
Clarinette
170
2 Saxophones, Piano
160
Flûte traversière
127
Flûte, Clarinette, Piano (trio)
107
Clarinette Basse, Piano
102
Quintette de Saxophone: 5 saxophones
95
3 Saxophones (trio)
91
Ensemble de Clarinettes
83
Saxophone (partie séparée)
79
Saxophone Alto
76
Flûte à bec Soprano
66
2 Clarinettes, Piano
63
Quatuor de Clarinettes: 4 clarinettes
62
2 Flûtes traversières, Piano
61
3 Clarinettes (trio)
56
Hautbois (partie séparée)
45
Flûte, Basson et Piano
44
2 Hautbois (duo)
39
Saxophone Tenor
37
Ensemble de Flûtes
37
Flûte à bec Alto
35
Harmonica, Piano
35
Trio de Flûtes: 3 flûtes
34
Flûte, Violoncelle, Piano (trio)
34
Flûte à Bec
31
Flûte, Clarinette et Basson
29
Flûte, Hautbois, Piano (trio)
29
Clarinette, Violoncelle, Piano (trio)
26
Flûte et Guitare
25
Flûte, Hautbois, Clarinette (trio)
24
Flûte, Violon
23
2 Flûte à bec (duo)
22
Hautbois, Clarinette, Basson (trio d'anches)
20
Flûte à bec Soprano, Piano
19
Flûte, Hautbois, Basson
18
Quatuor de Flûtes : 4 flûtes
18
Flûte, Alto et Piano
16
Clarinette, Violon (duo)
15
Flûte, Violon, Violoncelle et Piano
15
Cor Anglais
15
Flûte, trombone et piano
14
Clarinette, Alto et Piano (trio)
13
Hautbois, Flûte
13
Saxophone et Piano
12
Instruments en Mib
11
Clarinette, Basson, Piano (trio)
11
Hautbois
10
Ensemble De Flûte à bec
8
Flûte, Clarinette, Cor, Basson (Quartet)
7
Clarinette, Basson (duo)
7
Hautbois, Clarinette (duo)
7
Quatuor de Flûtes à bec
7
Flûte à bec Tenor
7
Clarinette (partie séparée)
7
3 Flûtes à bec (trio)
7
Hautbois, Clarinette et Piano (Trio)
6
Flûte, Hautbois (duo)
6
Saxophone, Clarinette (duo)
6
Flûte, Trombone (duo)
6
Flûte, Violoncelle
6
Flûte, Alto (duo)
6
Flûte à bec Alto, Piano
6
Clarinette, trompette et piano
6
Clarinette, Guitare (duo)
5
Flute (partie séparée)
5
Piccolo, Piano
5
Ensemble de saxophones
5
2 Hautbois, Piano
5
Hautbois, Basson (duo)
5
Flûte à Bec, Piano
4
Cor anglais, Guitare (duo)
4
Saxophone Baryton
4
Saxophone Soprano
4
Clarinette, Trompette (duo)
4
Piccolo
4
Hautbois, Violoncelle
3
2 Cors Anglais Et Pianoforte
3
Hautbois, Basson et Piano
3
Clarinette, Trombone (duo)
3
Clarinette, Violoncelle (duo)
3
Saxophone
3
Quintette de Clarinettes: 5 clarinettes
3
Flute, harpe et violon
2
Flûte, Saxophone (duo)
2
Flûte, Violoncelle, Guitare
2
Ocarina
2
Harmonica
2
Flûte, Trompette (duo)
2
Saxophone et Orgue
2
2 Flûtes à bec, Piano
2
Quintette de Flûte : 5 flûtes
2
Hautbois, Violoncelle et Piano
1
Clarinette Basse
1
Cornemuse
1
Flûte traversière, Orgue (duo)
1
Hautbois, Guitare (duo)
1
Clarinette, Orgue
1
Flûte de Pan
1
Clarinette et Alto
1
Flûte irlandaise
1
Clarinette, Contrebasse (duo)
1
Clarinette, Tuba
1
Quintette de Clarinette: Clarinette, Quatuor à Cordes
1
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Trompette, Piano
2 424
Trombone et Piano
1 999
Cor et Piano
1 702
Trompette
553
Tuba et Piano
533
Cor anglais, Piano
467
2 Trombones (duo)
262
2 Trompettes (duo)
250
Quatuor de Cuivres: 2 trompettes, Cor, trombone
248
Euphonium, Piano (duo)
182
Trompette, Cor (duo)
180
Trompette, Trombone (duo)
172
Quintette de Cuivres: 2 trompettes, Cor, trombone, tuba
149
2 Cors (duo)
99
Quatuor de Cuivres
96
Trombone
59
Quatuor de cuivres: 2 trompettes, 2 trombones
52
Quatuor de Cuivres : 2 trompettes, trombone, tuba
45
Tuba
41
Cor
35
2 Trompettes, Clavier (piano ou orgue)
29
Tuba et Orgue
26
Trompette (partie séparée)
23
Trompette, Trombone, Piano
16
Euphonium
15
Cor Anglais
15
3 Trompettes (trio)
14
Trompette, Violoncelle et Piano
11
Instruments en Sib
11
Bass Clef Instruments
11
Quatuor de cuivres: 4 trombones
10
Instruments en Fa
10
Trombone basse et Piano
10
2 Tubas (duo)
9
Trombone basse
9
Trio de Cuivres
8
2 Trombones, Piano
7
Quatuor de cuivres: 4 cors
7
2 Cors, Piano
7
Trombone (partie séparée)
6
3 Trombones (trio)
6
Cor anglais, Guitare (duo)
4
2 Cors Anglais Et Pianoforte
3
Trompette, Saxophone (duo)
3
Quatuor de cuivres: 4 trompettes
3
2 Euphoniums (duo)
3
Trombone, Cor (duo)
3
Cor, Tuba (duo)
2
Trompette, Tuba (duo)
2
Cor, Violoncelle (duo)
2
Saxhorn basse ou Euphonium ou Tuba et Piano
2
Cor (partie séparée)
1
Tuba (partie séparée)
1
2 Euphoniums et 2 Tubas
1
Trombone, Orgue
1
Trombone, Violon (duo)
1
Trombone et orchestre
1
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Violon et Piano
5 311
Violoncelle, Piano
2 963
Alto, Piano
2 602
Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle
636
Contrebasse, Piano (duo)
458
Piano Trio: Violon, Alto, Piano
433
Violon
270
2 Violoncelles (duo)
239
2 Violons (duo)
186
Quintette à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle, basse
174
Violon, Violoncelle (duo)
138
2 Altos (duo)
122
Violoncelle
109
Violon, Alto (duo)
79
Alto seul
77
Trio à Cordes: violon, alto, violoncelle
68
Trio à Cordes: 2 violons, violoncelle
44
2 Violons, Piano
44
Harpe
41
Trio à cordes: 3 violins
33
Contre Basse
26
Alto (partie séparée)
25
Trio à Cordes: 2 violons, alto
20
Violon, Clarinette, Piano (trio)
18
Violon (partie séparée)
17
Trio à Cordes: 3 violoncelles
15
2 Violoncelles, Piano
14
2 Contrebasses (duo)
10
Violoncelle (partie séparée)
10
Contrebasse (partie séparée)
10
Harpe, Flûte (duo)
9
Quintette à cordes: 2 violons, 2 altos, violoncelle
9
Trio à cordes: 3 altos
9
Violon, Guitare (duo)
8
4 Violoncelles
8
Harpe, Violon (duo)
7
Violoncelle, Contrebasse (duo)
7
Alto, Violoncelle (duo)
7
Harpe, Voix
6
Quatuor à cordes : 4 altos
5
Violoncelle, Orgue
4
Violoncelle, Basse continue
3
Violon, Basson (duo)
3
Quatuor à cordes: 4 violons
3
Harpe et Piano
3
2 Altos, Piano
3
Alto et Basson
2
Harpe, Violoncelle (duo)
2
Violoncelle, Orchestre
2
Alto, Orgue
2
Alto et orchestre
1
Alto et Harpe
1
Violon, Trompette et Piano
1
Violoncelle , Guitare (duo)
1
Ensemble de Violoncelles
1
Flûte, Contrebasse (duo)
1
Violon, Orgue
1
2 Harpes (duo)
1
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Orchestre d'harmonie
554
Cloches
438
Ensemble de cuivres
232
Orchestre à Cordes
223
Orchestre
186
Ensemble Jazz
150
Fanfare
113
Orchestre de chambre
89
Jazz combo
70
Xylophone, Piano
70
Marimba
31
Vibraphone
24
Quintette à cordes : 2 Violons, Alto, Violoncelle, Contrebasse, Clavier
9
Ensemble de Percussions
8
Batterie
7
Percussion (partie séparée)
6
Ensemble d'École
5
Marimba, Piano (duo)
4
Piano et Orchestre
3
2 Xylophones
3
Xylophone
2
Instrumentation Flexible
1
Marimba et Orgue
1
Quintette à Vent
1
Marimba ou Xylophone et Piano
1
Caisse Claire
1
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Satie: Gnossienne No.3 - clarinet quintet
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Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Downl…
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Clarinet Quintet,Woodwind Ensemble Bass Clarinet,E-Flat Clarinet - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.553497 Composed by Erik Satie. Arranged by Ray Thompson. 20th Century,Holiday,Standards,Wedding. 9 pages. RayThompsonMusic #2989179. Published by RayThompsonMusic (A0.553497). This piece,originally for piano, is one of three. Satie wrote it without bar lines: I have added dashed ones to aid performance. The melody moves around the instruments,and I have varied the accompaniment giving the bass to the three lower clarinets. The expression marks are my own. Satie marks the piece p throughout, with some cresc/dim. My arrangement differs from many others, in that the melody is NOT given to one instrument throughout. More interesting for the players! The piece is in Satie's original key. Alternative Bb parts provided for Eb clt. and alto clt.
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Watermelon Man for Clarinet Quintet & Opt. Drumset
Quintette de Clarinettes: 5 clarinettes
By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published…
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By Herbie Hancock. Arranged by Keith Terrett. Score, Set of Parts. 22 pages. Published by Music for all Occasions
Arranged for Clarinet Quintet & optional drumset, "Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album, Takin' Off (1962), in a grooving hard bop version that featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon.<br> <br> A single of the tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a latin pop single the next year on Battle Records, where it became a surprise hit, reaching #10 on the pop charts. Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).<br> <br> Hancock's first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon. A single reached the Top 100 of the pop chart. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a Latin pop single and it became a surprise hit, reaching No. 10 on the pop chart.[2] Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).<br> <br> Hancock wrote the piece to help sell his debut album as a leader, Takin' Off (1962), on Blue Note Records; it was the first piece of music he had ever composed with a commercial goal in mind. The popularity of the piece, due primarily to Mongo Santamaría, paid Hancock's bills for five or six years. Hancock did not feel the composition was a sellout however, describing that structurally, it was one of his strongest pieces due to its almost mathematical balance.<br> <br> The form is a sixteen bar blues. Recalling the piece, Hancock said, "I remember the cry of the watermelon man making the rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago. The wheels of his wagon beat out the rhythm on the cobblestones." The tune, based on a bluesy piano riff, drew on elements of R&B, soul jazz and bebop, all combined into a pop hook. Hancock joined bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins in the rhythm section, with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. Hancock's chordal work draws from the gospel tradition, while he builds his solo on repeated riffs and trilled figures.<br> <br> Hancock filled in for pianist Chick Corea in Mongo Santamaría's band one weekend at a nightclub in The Bronx when Corea gave notice that he was leaving. Hancock played the tune for Santamaría at friend Donald Byrd's urging. Santamaría started accompanying him on his congas, then his band joined in, and the small audience slowly got up from their tables and started dancing, laughing and having a great time. Santamaría later asked Hancock if he could record the tune. On December 17, 1962, Mongo Santamaría recorded a three-minute version, suitable for radio, where he joined timbalero Francisco "Kako" Baster in a cha-cha beat, while drummer Ray Lucas performed a backbeat. Santamaría included the track on his album Watermelon Man (1962). Santamaría's recording is sometimes considered the beginning of Latin boogaloo, a fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with those of R&B<br> <br> Hancock re-recorded the tune for Head Hunters (1973), combining synthesizers with a Sly Stone and James Brown funk influence, adding an eight-bar section. Hancock described his composition "Chameleon", also from Head Hunters, to Down Beat magazine in 1979: "In the popular forms of funk, which I've been trying to get into, the attention is on the rhythmic interplay between different instruments. The part the Clavinet plays has to fit with the part the drums play and the line the bass plays and the line that the guitar plays. It's almost like African drummers where seven drummers play different parts"; "Watermelon Man" shares a similar construction. A live version was released on the double LP Flood (1975), recorded in Japan.<br> <br> On the intro and outro of the tune, percussionist Bill Summers blows into beer bottles imitating hindewhu, a style of singing/whistle-playing found in Pygmy music of Central Africa. Hancock and Summers were struck by the sound, which they heard on the ethnomusicology LP, The Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies (1966), by Simha Arom and Geneviève Taurelle.<br> <br> This version was often featured on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segments.<br> <br> The tune is a jazz standard and has been recorded over two hundred times. Hancock's recording has been sampled in "1-900-LL-Cool-J" from Walking with a Panther (1989) by LL Cool J, "Open Your Eyes" from Organized Konfusion (1991) by Organized Konfusion, "Smoke Some Kill" from Smoke Some Kill (1988) by Schoolly D, and "Pocket Full of Furl" from Uptown 4 Life (1996) by U.N.L.V. In 2003, pianist David Benoit covered the song from his album Right Here, Right Now.<br> <br> A live and funky performance at the 1999 Montreux Jazz Festival Casino Lights '99 featured Fourplay, George Duke, Boney James and Kirk Whalum trading choruses, and Rick Braun.Arranged for Clarinet Quintet & optional drumset, "Watermelon Man" is a jazz standard written by Herbie Hancock, first released on his debut album, Takin' Off (1962), in a grooving hard bop version that featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon.<br> <br> A single of the tune reached the Top 100 of the pop charts. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a latin pop single the next year on Battle Records, where it became a surprise hit, reaching #10 on the pop charts. Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).<br> <br> Hancock's first version was released as a grooving hard bop record, and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon. A single reached the Top 100 of the pop chart. Cuban percussionist Mongo Santamaría released the tune as a Latin pop single and it became a surprise hit, reaching No. 10 on the pop chart.[2] Santamaría's recording was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998. Hancock radically re-worked the tune, combining elements of funk, for the album Head Hunters (1973).<br> <br> Hancock wrote the piece to help sell his debut album as a leader, Takin' Off (1962), on Blue Note Records; it was the first piece of music he had ever composed with a commercial goal in mind. The popularity of the piece, due primarily to Mongo Santamaría, paid Hancock's bills for five or six years. Hancock did not feel the composition was a sellout however, describing that structurally, it was one of his strongest pieces due to its almost mathematical balance.<br> <br> The form is a sixteen bar blues. Recalling the piece, Hancock said, "I remember the cry of the watermelon man making the rounds through the back streets and alleys of Chicago. The wheels of his wagon beat out the rhythm on the cobblestones." The tune, based on a bluesy piano riff, drew on elements of R&B, soul jazz and bebop, all combined into a pop hook. Hancock joined bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins in the rhythm section, with Freddie Hubbard on trumpet and Dexter Gordon on tenor saxophone. Hancock's chordal work draws from the gospel tradition, while he builds his solo on repeated riffs and trilled figures.<br> <br> Hancock filled in for pianist Chick Corea in Mongo Santamaría's band one weekend at a nightclub in The Bronx when Corea gave notice that he was leaving. Hancock played the tune for Santamaría at friend Donald Byrd's urging. Santamaría started accompanying him on his congas, then his band joined in, and the small audience slowly got up from their tables and started dancing, laughing and having a great time. Santamaría later asked Hancock if he could record the tune. On December 17, 1962, Mongo Santamaría recorded a three-minute version, suitable for radio, where he joined timbalero Francisco "Kako" Baster in a cha-cha beat, while drummer Ray Lucas performed a backbeat. Santamaría included the track on his album Watermelon Man (1962). Santamaría's recording is sometimes considered the beginning of Latin boogaloo, a fusion of Afro-Cuban rhythms with those of R&B<br> <br> Hancock re-recorded the tune for Head Hunters (1973), combining synthesizers with a Sly Stone and James Brown funk influence, adding an eight-bar section. Hancock described his composition "Chameleon", also from Head Hunters, to Down Beat magazine in 1979: "In the popular forms of funk, which I've been trying to get into, the attention is on the rhythmic interplay between different instruments. The part the Clavinet plays has to fit with the part the drums play and the line the bass plays and the line that the guitar plays. It's almost like African drummers where seven drummers play different parts"; "Watermelon Man" shares a similar construction. A live version was released on the double LP Flood (1975), recorded in Japan.<br> <br> On the intro and outro of the tune, percussionist Bill Summers blows into beer bottles imitating hindewhu, a style of singing/whistle-playing found in Pygmy music of Central Africa. Hancock and Summers were struck by the sound, which they heard on the ethnomusicology LP, The Music of the Ba-Benzélé Pygmies (1966), by Simha Arom and Geneviève Taurelle.<br> <br> This version was often featured on The Weather Channel's Local on the 8s segments.<br> <br> The tune is a jazz standard and has been recorded over two hundred times. Hancock's recording has been sampled in "1-900-LL-Cool-J" from Walking with a Panther (1989) by LL Cool J, "Open Your Eyes" from Organized Konfusion (1991) by Organized Konfusion, "Smoke Some Kill" from Smoke Some Kill (1988) by Schoolly D, and "Pocket Full of Furl" from Uptown 4 Life (1996) by U.N.L.V. In 2003, pianist David Benoit covered the song from his album Right Here, Right Now.<br> <br> A live and funky performance at the 1999 Montreux Jazz Festival Casino Lights '99 featured Fourplay, George Duke, Boney James and Kirk Whalum trading choruses, and Rick Braun.
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