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--INSTRUMENTS--
ACCORDION
AUTOHARP
BAGPIPE
BANJO
BASS
BASSOON
BOOKS
BOUZOUKI
BUGLE
CHORAL - VOCAL…
CLARINET
CORNET
DIDGERIDOO
DJ GEAR
DRUM
DULCIMER
ENGLISH HORN
EUPHONIUM
FLUTE
FRENCH HORN
GUITAR
HANDBELLS
HARMONICA
HARP
HARPSICHORD
LAP STEEL GUIT…
LUTE
MANDOLIN
MARCHING BAND
MARIMBA
MUSIC COURSE
OBOE
OCARINA
ORCHESTRA - BA…
ORGAN
PANPIPES
PERCUSSION
PIANO
RECORDER
SAXOPHONE
SYNTHESIZER K…
TROMBONE
TRUMPET
TUBA
UKULELE
VIBRAPHONE
VIOLA
VIOLIN - FIDDL…
VIOLONCELLO - …
XYLOPHONE
ZITHER
Not classified
210,885
Piano & keyboards
Piano solo
270,967
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
154,843
Piano, Voice
113,919
Easy Piano
70,437
Organ
16,261
C Instruments
14,276
Big Note Piano
10,023
1 Piano, 4 hands
7,954
Accordion
6,547
Piano Accompaniment
6,356
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
2,230
Piano (band part)
1,724
2 Pianos, 4 hands
1,475
Melody line, Piano
564
Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
561
Piano Quintet: piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
542
Piano Quartet: piano, 2 violins, cello
476
Organ, Trumpet (duet)
429
Organ, Piano (duet)
382
Harpsichord
292
Keyboard
266
1 Piano, 6 hands
240
Accordion, Voice
217
Solo instrument and Organ
165
2 Pianos, 8 hands
94
2 Accordions
78
Accordion ensemble
56
Organ, Voice
47
2 Organs (duet)
30
All Instruments
23
Fake Book
16
Accordion, Piano
13
Accordion, String(s)
12
Accordion and Orchestra
8
Piano Quintet: piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass
6
Piano ensembles
6
Organ and Orchestra
5
Concertina
3
Piano Trio: mixed chamber instrumentation
2
3 Pianos
2
+ 35 instrumentations
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Guitars
Guitar notes and tablatures
79,496
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
50,516
Guitar
30,050
Lyrics and Chords
24,256
Ukulele
18,854
Bass guitar
13,405
2 Guitars (duet)
2,260
Guitar (band part)
2,140
Banjo
1,566
Mandolin
1,343
4 Guitars (Quartet)
1,057
Dulcimer
932
Piano, Guitar (duet)
907
Guitar Ensemble
713
3 Guitars (trio)
526
Electric Bass (band part)
415
Baritone Ukulele
326
Band Scores
280
Lap Steel Guitar
210
Ukulele Ensemble
207
Dobro
92
2 Dulcimers (duet)
83
Mandolin, Piano (duet)
78
Mandolin, Guitar (duet)
66
Guitar, Violin, Cello (trio)
40
Guitar Tab, Voice, Bass, Drum
40
2 Ukuleles
31
3 Dulcimers (trio)
21
Guitar, Flute, Clarinet
18
Plectrum Orchestra
16
Guitar, Orchestra
12
Guitar, String Quartet
11
2 Mandolins (duet)
11
Zither
8
Lute
7
Bouzouki
5
2 Guitars and Orchestra
4
2 Guitars and Piano
2
Guitar, Harp
2
2 Guitars, Clarinet (trio)
1
+ 35 instrumentations
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Voice
Choral SATB
68,100
Choral 3-part
27,445
Choral Instrumental Pak
19,901
Choral 2-part
15,989
Choral TTBB
13,377
Voice solo
9,146
Choral
8,736
Choral SSAA
6,984
Choral Unison
6,280
Vocal duet, Piano
3,663
High voice
2,147
Vocal duet
1,546
Soprano voice, Piano
1,467
Tenor voice, Piano
847
Low voice, Piano
798
Alto voice, Piano
795
Baritone voice, Piano
597
Voice, Guitar
407
Medium voice, Piano
395
Choral SSATB
332
Medium Voice
247
Choral SSAATTBB
239
Mezzo-Soprano voice, Piano
195
Choral SSATTB
160
Tenor voice
141
Choral SSATBB
125
Soli, Mixted choir and accompaniment
105
Choral SATTB
93
Choral SSAB a cappella
83
Soprano voice
82
High voice, Piano
63
Choral SSAB, Piano
62
Choral, Organ
59
Voice, Basso continuo
55
Choral SSAATB
53
Low voice
51
Children choir
43
Choral SAATB A Cappella
32
Voix Masculines
25
Choral SATBB
25
Baritone voice
19
Choral, Orchestra
13
Choral SATTBB, keyboard
11
Choral SSAATB A Cappella
10
Vocal duet, Organ
10
Soprano voice, Orchestra
9
Choral SATTBB A Cappella
6
Vocal (with Chords Symbols)
4
Lyrics only
3
Children choir, Piano
2
+ 45 instrumentations
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Woodwind
Saxophone (band part)
26,511
Flute
22,754
Clarinet
20,389
Saxophone
18,502
Clarinet (band part)
14,984
Flute and Piano
14,253
Alto Saxophone
13,051
Tenor Saxophone
11,419
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
11,321
Clarinet and Piano
10,301
Alto Saxophone and Piano
7,841
Oboe, Piano (duet)
7,614
2 Saxophones (duet)
7,493
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
7,395
Flute (band part)
7,112
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
6,619
2 Flutes (duet)
6,415
Oboe (band part)
6,340
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
5,957
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
5,658
2 Clarinets (duet)
5,452
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
3,452
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
3,360
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
2,906
Oboe
2,659
3 Saxophones (trio)
2,564
3 Clarinets (trio)
2,456
Recorder
2,456
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
2,071
Flute and Guitar
2,064
Clarinet Ensemble
1,931
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
1,927
Eb Instruments
1,859
Flute ensemble
1,578
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
1,514
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
1,413
Soprano Saxophone
1,411
Saxophone ensemble
1,396
2 Oboes (duet)
1,293
2 Recorders (duet)
1,269
English horn, Piano
1,173
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
1,067
Harmonica
1,054
Recorder Quartet
999
Flute, Violin
913
Ocarina
902
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
855
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
811
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
806
Bass Clarinet, Piano
730
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
711
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (trio)
695
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
676
Flute, Violin, Piano
655
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
582
Flute, Violoncello
555
Treble (Alto) Recorder
542
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
535
3 Recorders (trio)
513
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
511
Flute, Oboe (duet)
508
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
505
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
432
Piccolo
426
Bass Clarinet
410
Baritone Saxophone
401
Oboe, Flute
392
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
372
English Horn
372
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
371
Flute, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
363
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
349
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
349
Flute, Trumpet (duet)
338
Flute, Viola (duet)
333
Piccolo, Piano
330
Flute, Cello, Piano (trio)
314
Flute, Violin and Violoncello
313
Clarinet and Viola
305
5 Recorders
281
Recorder, Piano
276
2 Saxophones, Piano
274
Tenor Recorder
272
Flute, Saxophone (duet)
271
2 Flutes, Piano
268
Clarinet, Harp (duet)
263
Recorder Ensemble
256
Oboe, Cello
246
Saxophone and Guitar
243
3 Oboes
235
Oboe, Violin (duet)
219
Saxophone and Piano
209
2 Clarinets, Piano
206
Flute, Trombone (duet)
181
Flute, Bassoon, and Piano
175
Oboe, Guitar (duet)
135
Clarinet, Cello, Piano (trio)
132
Flute, Oboe, Piano (trio)
130
Flute, Oboe, Violin
124
Pennywhistle
121
Clarinet, Trombone (duet)
118
Flute, Clarinet, Violin (trio)
113
Saxophone, Violin (duet)
110
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
103
Oboe, Trumpet (duet)
102
2 Clarinets, Bassoon
101
Wind ensemble
100
Bagpipe
93
4 Oboes
87
Recorder, Guitar (duet)
85
Flute, Viola and Piano
81
Flute, Harp and Cello
79
Flute, harp and violin
78
Flute, Organ (duet)
77
Oboe and viola (duet)
77
Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano (trio)
76
Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (Quartet)
73
Flute and Strings Trio
68
Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
63
Saxophone and Organ
63
Clarinet Quartet: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello
62
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
55
Saxophone, Bassoon (duet)
49
Oboe, Trombone (duet)
48
Oboe, Harp
47
Flute, Tuba (duet)
45
Flute and String Quartet
45
Harmonica, Piano
45
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
45
Saxophone and Harp
43
Clarinet Quintet: Clarinet, String Quartet
39
Flute, Basso continuo
38
Flute, Viola and harp
37
2 English horns and Pianoforte
36
Saxophone and cello
34
Flute, trombone and piano
33
Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
32
Flute, Cello, Guitar
31
Flute, Orchestra
31
Clarinet, Tuba
30
Flute, Violin, Guitar
29
2 Recorders, Piano
28
Oboe, Cello and Piano
28
Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello (Quartet)
27
Flute, French horn (duet)
25
Clarinet, Organ
25
Clarinet, trumpet and piano
25
Clarinet, Orchestra
24
2 Oboes, Piano
22
Flute, Viola and Cello
19
Oboe, Violin, Piano
19
Clarinet, Double bass (duet)
16
Oboe, Clarinet and Piano (Trio)
16
English horn, Harp (duet)
15
Saxophone and Orchestra
15
Oboe ensemble
14
2 Flutes and Guitar
14
Descant (Soprano) Recorder, Basso continuo
11
2 Harmonicas
11
2 Oboes and English horn
10
2 Flutes and Harp
10
Recorder, Harp
10
Oboe, Organ
10
Saxophone, Tuba (duet)
9
Clarinet, String quartet and Piano
9
2 Oboes and Basson
9
Pan Flute
8
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets (Quartet)
7
Flute, Guitar, Piano
7
Oboe and Orchestra
7
2 Flutes, Basso continuo
6
Melodica
5
Oboe and String quartet
4
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano
3
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
3
3 Recorders, Piano
2
2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2
2 Recorders, Guitar
2
Flute, viola, cello and guitar
1
2 Oboes, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons
1
+ 175 instrumentations
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Woodbrass
Trumpet
18,785
Trombone (band part)
18,495
Trumpet (band part)
18,006
Trombone
15,579
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
10,427
French horn
8,794
Trumpet, Piano
7,332
French horn (band part)
6,820
Trombone and Piano
6,118
Tuba (band part)
4,974
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
4,493
French Horn and Piano
4,475
2 Trumpets (duet)
3,196
Tuba
3,157
2 Trombones (duet)
2,742
Brass Quartet
2,256
Tuba and Piano
2,158
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
1,862
Bass Clef Instruments
1,823
Bb Instruments
1,797
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
1,473
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
1,458
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
1,306
Euphonium
1,268
2 French horns (duet)
1,204
English horn, Piano
1,173
Brass Quartet: 4 horns
1,045
2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
1,037
Brass Trio
719
4 Tubas
654
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
651
Trumpet, Horn (duert)
566
Trombone ensemble
502
3 Trombones (trio)
490
3 Trumpets (trio)
402
Tuba or Euphonium or Saxhorn
381
English Horn
372
Cornet
368
2 Tubas (duet)
366
Brass Quartet: 4 trumpets
310
F Instruments
303
Horn Ensemble
283
Bass Trombone and Piano
281
Trumpet ensemble
272
Trumpet, Tuba (duet)
245
Trombone, Tuba (duet)
231
Tuba and Organ
157
2 Trumpets, Keyboard (piano or organ)
154
Euphonium, Tuba (duet)
147
Trombone, cello (duet)
140
Trumpet, violin (duet)
135
Trombone, Horn (duet)
126
Bass Trombone
123
Trumpet, Bassoon (duet)
119
Horn, Cello (duet)
118
Horn, Tuba (duet)
117
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
114
3 French horns (trio)
108
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
103
Trombone, Violin (duet)
93
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
88
Euphonium (band part)
84
Tuba ensemble
84
2 Euphoniums (duet)
82
Trombone, Organ
62
French Horn and Harp
56
Trumpet, Trombone, Piano
50
French horn and Basson (duet)
49
Trumpet, Cello, Piano
45
Brass quartet : Horn, Trombone, Tuba, B-Flat Trumpet
43
2 Trombones, Piano
42
Trumpet, Harp
39
Trumpet and Guitar
37
2 English horns and Pianoforte
36
Clarinet, Horn (duet)
35
3 Tubas (trio)
31
Trombone, Viola (duet)
28
Horn and Organ
22
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone (trio)
20
4 Euphoniums
20
Trumpet, Orchestra
19
Flügelhorn
18
2 French horns, Piano
18
Cornet and Piano
17
3 Euphoniums
15
English horn, Harp (duet)
15
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones
14
Horn and Orchestra
10
Trombone and Orchestra
8
Trumpet, Euphonium (duet)
8
Horn, Cello and Piano
7
Euphonium or Saxhorn and Piano
5
Instruments en Sol
4
Bass Saxhorn or Euphonium or Tuba and Piano
3
Cornet and Orchestra
2
+ 90 instrumentations
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Strings
String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello
33,587
Violin
23,553
Violin and Piano
19,175
Cello
15,661
Viola
13,012
Cello, Piano
12,129
Violin (band part)
10,217
Harp
9,019
Viola, Piano
8,934
2 Violins (duet)
6,172
Violin, Cello (duet)
5,852
Doublebass (band part)
5,090
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
4,654
2 Cellos (duet)
4,353
Viola (band part)
3,466
Cello (band part)
3,294
Violin, Viola (duet)
2,693
Double Bass
2,445
2 Violas (duet)
2,125
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
2,118
Double bass, Piano (duet)
1,792
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
1,780
Viola, Cello (duet)
1,427
4 Cellos
1,124
String Trio: 3 violins
1,014
Violin, Guitar (duet)
911
String trio
880
Piano Trio: Violin, Viola, Piano
818
Harp, Flute (duet)
726
String Trio: 3 cellos
710
Cello, Guitar (duet)
681
2 Harps (duet)
639
String quartet: 4 violins
530
Harp, Violin (duet)
411
String Trio: 2 violins, viola
367
Viola, Guitar (duet)
362
String Trio: 3 violas
356
2 Double basses (duet)
354
2 Violins, Piano
347
String Quartet : 4 violas
347
Cello, String Bass (duet)
327
Violin, Bassoon (duet)
257
Viola and Bassoon
167
String Quintet: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
163
Harp, Cello (duet)
129
2 Cellos, Piano
119
Harp and Piano
107
Violin, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
105
Harp, Voice
96
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos
95
Cello Ensemble
93
Harp (band part)
90
Violin, Organ
81
Cello, Organ
75
2 Violas, Piano
72
Viola and Harp
72
Cello, Orchestra
68
4 Double Basses
66
Flute, Doublebass (duet)
60
Violin, Basso continuo
55
Violin ensemble
48
Harp, Violin, Violoncello
48
3 double basses
43
Violoncello, Basso continuo
41
2 Violins and Basso
39
3 Harps
34
Violin, Tuba (duet)
32
Viola ensemble
31
Harp and mandolin
24
Autoharp
21
Viola and orchestra
19
Viola, Organ
16
Violin, Cello, Clarinet
16
Violin, Double bass (duet)
16
Harp, Trombone (duet)
15
Cello and Marimba
15
Violin, Trumpet and Piano
14
4 Harps
12
Harp, Orchestra
9
Harp and Organ
8
5 Harps
6
Harp, String quartet
6
Violin, Clarinet and Guitar
3
Double basses ensemble
3
+ 79 instrumentations
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Orchestra & Percussion
Concert band
77,071
Orchestra
21,014
String Orchestra
19,327
Marching band
17,445
Jazz Ensemble
16,960
Drums
12,895
Percussion (band part)
9,157
Handbells
6,578
Brass ensemble
5,671
Chamber Orchestra
3,612
Percussion
3,169
Drum (band part)
2,658
Jazz combo
2,526
Timpani (band part)
2,283
Percussion Ensemble
1,555
Marimba
708
Timpani
544
Xylophone
524
Vibraphone
455
Woodwind Quintet
310
Flexible Instrumentation
282
Snare drums
189
Xylophone, Piano
156
Piano and Orchestra
144
Woodwind Quartet: any 4 woodwinds
120
Vibraphone (band part)
96
Orchestra, Violin
71
Big band
69
2 Xylophones
63
String Quintet : 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Doublebass, Keyboard
61
Brass Quintet: other combinaisons
41
Xylophone (band part)
35
Vibraphone and Marimba
33
Drums-Marching band
32
Vibraphone, Piano
29
Symphonic Band
27
School Ensemble
25
2 Marimbas
24
Woodwind Trio: any 3 woodwinds
18
3 Marimbas
18
Marimba, Piano (duet)
17
Marimba and Organ
13
Xylophone or Marimba or Vibraphone
12
Voice and Orchestra
11
3 Percussions
11
2 Percussions
8
Bongos
7
2 Snare Drums (duet)
6
Cajon
4
Conga
4
Mariachi
4
Bodhran
3
Marimba or Xylophone and Piano
3
4 Percussions
2
Voice Mezzo-Soprano, Orchestra
2
Snare drums, Piano
1
Marimba, Saxophone (duet)
1
+ 52 instrumentations
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Musical course - Solfege
421
Music Theory
53
Stationery
33
Musical Awakening
1
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Largo (from Xerxes) for B flat clarinet and piano
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Clarinet and Piano
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EASY
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G F Handel
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Colin Kirkpatrick
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Largo
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Colin Kirkpatrick Publications
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SheetMusicPlus
B-Flat Clarinet,Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1313805 Composed by G F Handel. Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick. Baroque,Historic,Instructional,Opera. Score and part. 6 pages. Colin Kirkpatrick Publications #902523. Published by Colin Kirkpatrick Publications (A0.1313805). This piece is probably Handel’s best-known melody, although it began life as an operatic aria. The opera was called Xerxes, sometimes written Serses and pronounced something like “ZERT-seesâ€. It was commissioned by The King’s Theatre in London and composed by Handel (who had become naturalized British and lived in London at the time) around 1737 and 1738. The opera is loosely based on the real historical figure King Xerxes, who ruled from around 522-486 BC and was the fourth king of the Achaemenid Empire, a vast region that covered most of the present-day Middle East including modern Turkey.  The melody is often known simply as Handel’s Largo (despite being marked “Larghetto†in the musical score) and is the opening aria in the opera. Known by its opening line Ombra mai fu the aria is sung by Xerxes to a plane tree: “Tender and beautiful fronds of my beloved plane tree, let fate smile upon you...â€Although the melody has survived over the years, the opera itself was a complete failure when it was first performed at the King’s Theatre in London’s Haymarket in 1738. The style of the opera was not appreciated by London opera-goers and it generally received poor reviews. The audience may have been confused by the innovative nature of the work because Handel introduced unexpected comic elements into the plot.This arrangement for clarinet in B flat and piano is in E flat major. The lowest note in the clarinet part is written C just below the treble staff and the highest note is written F on the top line. The piano part has been kept as simple as possible.
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