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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
212,134
Piano & keyboards
Piano solo
270,993
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
154,845
Piano, Voice
113,914
Easy Piano
70,441
Organ
16,260
C Instruments
14,275
Big Note Piano
10,018
1 Piano, 4 hands
7,953
Accordion
6,547
Piano Accompaniment
6,357
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
2,232
Piano (band part)
1,725
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
50,515
Guitar
30,048
Lyrics and Chords
24,256
Ukulele
18,853
Bass guitar
13,402
2 Guitars (duet)
2,261
Guitar (band part)
2,140
Banjo
1,568
Mandolin
1,340
4 Guitars (Quartet)
1,058
Dulcimer
933
Piano, Guitar (duet)
908
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)
79
Mandolin, Guitar (duet)
66
Guitar Tab, Voice, Bass, Drum
40
Guitar, Violin, Cello (trio)
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
68,104
Choral 3-part
27,451
Choral Instrumental Pak
19,901
Choral 2-part
15,989
Choral TTBB
13,371
Voice solo
9,149
Choral
8,740
Choral SSAA
6,991
Choral Unison
6,281
Vocal duet, Piano
3,665
High voice
2,146
Vocal duet
1,547
Soprano voice, Piano
1,467
Tenor voice, Piano
848
Low voice, Piano
798
Alto voice, Piano
795
Baritone voice, Piano
598
Voice, Guitar
407
Medium voice, Piano
395
Choral SSATB
331
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
106
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)
26,518
Flute
22,759
Clarinet
20,382
Saxophone
18,500
Clarinet (band part)
14,983
Flute and Piano
14,250
Alto Saxophone
13,049
Tenor Saxophone
11,419
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
11,322
Clarinet and Piano
10,301
Alto Saxophone and Piano
7,842
Oboe, Piano (duet)
7,611
2 Saxophones (duet)
7,491
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
7,396
Flute (band part)
7,112
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
6,618
2 Flutes (duet)
6,413
Oboe (band part)
6,342
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
5,959
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
5,659
2 Clarinets (duet)
5,453
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
3,453
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
3,362
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
2,905
Oboe
2,661
3 Saxophones (trio)
2,565
3 Clarinets (trio)
2,456
Recorder
2,456
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
2,071
Flute and Guitar
2,065
Clarinet Ensemble
1,931
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
1,927
Eb Instruments
1,859
Flute ensemble
1,578
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
1,513
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
1,059
Recorder Quartet
998
Flute, Violin
913
Ocarina
903
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
856
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
809
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
806
Bass Clarinet, Piano
729
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
712
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (trio)
695
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
676
Flute, Violin, Piano
655
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
582
Flute, Violoncello
554
Treble (Alto) Recorder
542
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
535
3 Recorders (trio)
513
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
511
Flute, Oboe (duet)
508
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
504
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
432
Piccolo
426
Bass Clarinet
410
Baritone Saxophone
401
Oboe, Flute
392
English Horn
373
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
372
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
369
Flute, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
364
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
350
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
349
Flute, Trumpet (duet)
339
Flute, Viola (duet)
333
Piccolo, Piano
330
Flute, Cello, Piano (trio)
315
Flute, Violin and Violoncello
313
Clarinet and Viola
306
5 Recorders
281
Recorder, Piano
276
2 Saxophones, Piano
274
Tenor Recorder
271
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)
119
Flute, Clarinet, Violin (trio)
113
Saxophone, Violin (duet)
110
Oboe, Trumpet (duet)
102
English Horn, Guitar (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
Clarinet Quartet: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello
63
Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
63
Saxophone and Organ
63
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
55
Saxophone, Bassoon (duet)
49
Oboe, Trombone (duet)
48
Oboe, Harp
47
Harmonica, Piano
45
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
45
Flute, Tuba (duet)
45
Flute and String Quartet
45
Saxophone and Harp
44
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
Clarinet, Organ
25
Clarinet, trumpet and piano
25
Flute, French horn (duet)
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
Saxophone and Orchestra
15
English horn, Harp (duet)
15
Oboe ensemble
14
2 Flutes and Guitar
14
2 Harmonicas
11
Descant (Soprano) Recorder, Basso continuo
11
Recorder, Harp
10
Oboe, Organ
10
2 Oboes and English horn
10
2 Flutes and Harp
10
Saxophone, Tuba (duet)
9
2 Oboes and Basson
9
Clarinet, String quartet and Piano
9
Pan Flute
8
Flute, Guitar, Piano
7
Oboe and Orchestra
7
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets (Quartet)
7
2 Flutes, Basso continuo
6
Melodica
5
Oboe and String quartet
4
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano
3
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
3
2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2
3 Recorders, Piano
2
2 Recorders, Guitar
2
2 Oboes, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons
1
Flute, viola, cello and guitar
1
+ 175 instrumentations
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Woodbrass
Trumpet
18,787
Trombone (band part)
18,494
Trumpet (band part)
18,009
Trombone
15,581
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
10,427
French horn
8,794
Trumpet, Piano
7,330
French horn (band part)
6,821
Trombone and Piano
6,120
Tuba (band part)
4,973
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
4,494
French Horn and Piano
4,478
2 Trumpets (duet)
3,196
Tuba
3,159
2 Trombones (duet)
2,740
Brass Quartet
2,256
Tuba and Piano
2,160
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
1,862
Bass Clef Instruments
1,822
Bb Instruments
1,796
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
1,473
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
1,457
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
1,306
Euphonium
1,267
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
718
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
373
Cornet
368
2 Tubas (duet)
366
Brass Quartet: 4 trumpets
310
F Instruments
302
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)
102
Trombone, Violin (duet)
93
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
88
Tuba ensemble
84
Euphonium (band part)
84
2 Euphoniums (duet)
81
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
2 French horns, Piano
18
Flügelhorn
18
Cornet and Piano
17
English horn, Harp (duet)
15
3 Euphoniums
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
33,590
Violin
23,547
Violin and Piano
19,178
Cello
15,662
Viola
13,010
Cello, Piano
12,133
Violin (band part)
10,218
Harp
9,017
Viola, Piano
8,932
2 Violins (duet)
6,172
Violin, Cello (duet)
5,850
Doublebass (band part)
5,090
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
4,655
2 Cellos (duet)
4,355
Viola (band part)
3,466
Cello (band part)
3,295
Violin, Viola (duet)
2,693
Double Bass
2,445
2 Violas (duet)
2,125
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
2,119
Double bass, Piano (duet)
1,791
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
1,779
Viola, Cello (duet)
1,426
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)
725
String Trio: 3 cellos
710
Cello, Guitar (duet)
680
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
357
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
71
Cello, Orchestra
68
4 Double Basses
66
Flute, Doublebass (duet)
59
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
23
Autoharp
21
Viola and orchestra
19
Violin, Double bass (duet)
16
Violin, Cello, Clarinet
16
Viola, Organ
16
Cello and Marimba
15
Harp, Trombone (duet)
15
Violin, Trumpet and Piano
14
4 Harps
12
Harp, Orchestra
9
Harp and Organ
8
5 Harps
6
Harp, String quartet
6
Double basses ensemble
3
Violin, Clarinet and Guitar
3
+ 79 instrumentations
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Orchestra & Percussion
Concert band
77,071
Orchestra
21,018
String Orchestra
19,330
Marching band
17,442
Jazz Ensemble
16,962
Drums
12,896
Percussion (band part)
9,159
Handbells
6,572
Brass ensemble
5,672
Chamber Orchestra
3,612
Percussion
3,169
Drum (band part)
2,659
Jazz combo
2,527
Timpani (band part)
2,283
Percussion Ensemble
1,555
Marimba
708
Timpani
544
Xylophone
524
Vibraphone
455
Woodwind Quintet
309
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
60
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
3 Marimbas
18
Woodwind Trio: any 3 woodwinds
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
Conga
4
Cajon
4
Mariachi
4
Bodhran
3
Marimba or Xylophone and Piano
3
4 Percussions
2
Voice Mezzo-Soprano, Orchestra
2
Marimba, Saxophone (duet)
1
Snare drums, Piano
1
+ 52 instrumentations
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Musical course - Solfege
420
Music Theory
53
Stationery
33
Musical Awakening
1
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Scarborough Fair arr. for two violins, cello and piano
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Traditional
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Colin Kirkpatrick
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Scarborough Fair arr. for two
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Colin Kirkpatrick Publications
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Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1473773 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Colin Kirkpatrick. Folk,Historic,Traditional. 20 pages. Colin Kirkpatrick Publications #1051492. Published by Colin Kirkpatrick Publications (A0.1473773). This is one of the most popular and best-loved folksongs of all time, made famous by Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan and many others. The song is in the Dorian mode and thought to have originated over four hundred years ago. Scarborough (SKAH-buh-ruh) is an English coastal town in the county of Yorkshire. It was occupied by the Romans during the fourth and fifth centuries but today has become the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast with a thriving fishing industry. There are many different versions of the lyrics and by the end of the 19th century, dozens of variants existed. The repeated chorus of “parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme” is significant. In olden times, these herbs had medicinal purposes. In addition, parsley was associated with comfort, sage with strength, rosemary with love and thyme with courage. The song takes the form of a melancholy dialogue between two individuals who were once lovers but now live separate lives. Each of them asks the listener to pass on a message to the other. The young man requests impossible tasks from his former lover, saying that if she can perform them, he will take her back. In return, she requests equally impossible things of him, saying she will perform her tasks when he performs his. The fact that all the tasks are impossible seems to imply that neither of them have any intention of becoming reunited. This arrangement stays well within the instrumental ranges and attempts to reflect the melancholy feeling of the lyrics. This arrangement would make a splendid encore piece for a recital.
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