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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
210,883
Piano & keyboards
Piano solo
270,972
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
154,844
Piano, Voice
113,907
Easy Piano
70,438
Organ
16,262
C Instruments
14,275
Big Note Piano
10,024
1 Piano, 4 hands
7,953
Accordion
6,546
Piano Accompaniment
6,352
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
2,232
Piano (band part)
1,724
2 Pianos, 4 hands
1,476
Melody line, Piano
564
Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
561
Piano Quintet: piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
541
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
164
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
79,500
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
50,516
Guitar
30,053
Lyrics and Chords
24,256
Ukulele
18,855
Bass guitar
13,400
2 Guitars (duet)
2,263
Guitar (band part)
2,141
Banjo
1,568
Mandolin
1,342
4 Guitars (Quartet)
1,056
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
205
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
68,095
Choral 3-part
27,438
Choral Instrumental Pak
19,903
Choral 2-part
15,990
Choral TTBB
13,373
Voice solo
9,147
Choral
8,740
Choral SSAA
6,988
Choral Unison
6,282
Vocal duet, Piano
3,663
High voice
2,147
Vocal duet
1,547
Soprano voice, Piano
1,467
Tenor voice, Piano
848
Low voice, Piano
799
Alto voice, Piano
796
Baritone voice, Piano
598
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
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
Vocal duet, Organ
10
Choral SSAATB A Cappella
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
22,761
Clarinet
20,387
Saxophone
18,498
Clarinet (band part)
14,983
Flute and Piano
14,253
Alto Saxophone
13,051
Tenor Saxophone
11,420
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
11,323
Clarinet and Piano
10,301
Alto Saxophone and Piano
7,844
Oboe, Piano (duet)
7,613
2 Saxophones (duet)
7,493
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
7,395
Flute (band part)
7,113
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
6,622
2 Flutes (duet)
6,415
Oboe (band part)
6,340
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
5,958
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
5,658
2 Clarinets (duet)
5,451
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
3,453
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
3,360
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
2,904
Oboe
2,661
3 Saxophones (trio)
2,564
3 Clarinets (trio)
2,457
Recorder
2,456
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
2,071
Flute and Guitar
2,065
Clarinet Ensemble
1,934
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
1,926
Eb Instruments
1,859
Flute ensemble
1,578
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
1,514
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
1,413
Soprano Saxophone
1,412
Saxophone ensemble
1,395
2 Oboes (duet)
1,293
2 Recorders (duet)
1,268
English horn, Piano
1,172
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
1,066
Harmonica
1,055
Recorder Quartet
999
Flute, Violin
913
Ocarina
903
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
857
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
810
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
656
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
583
Flute, Violoncello
555
Treble (Alto) Recorder
541
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
535
3 Recorders (trio)
513
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
510
Flute, Oboe (duet)
508
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
504
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
432
Piccolo
426
Bass Clarinet
409
Baritone Saxophone
401
Oboe, Flute
390
English Horn
373
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
372
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
370
Flute, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
364
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
351
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
267
Clarinet, Harp (duet)
263
Recorder Ensemble
255
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
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
63
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
55
Saxophone, Bassoon (duet)
49
Oboe, Trombone (duet)
48
Oboe, Harp
47
Flute and String Quartet
45
Harmonica, Piano
45
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
45
Flute, Tuba (duet)
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
Oboe, Cello and Piano
28
2 Recorders, Piano
28
Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello (Quartet)
27
Flute, French horn (duet)
25
Clarinet, trumpet and piano
25
Clarinet, Organ
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
2 Flutes and Guitar
14
Oboe ensemble
14
2 Harmonicas
11
Descant (Soprano) Recorder, Basso continuo
11
2 Oboes and English horn
10
Recorder, Harp
10
Oboe, Organ
10
2 Flutes and Harp
10
2 Oboes and Basson
9
Clarinet, String quartet and Piano
9
Saxophone, Tuba (duet)
9
Pan Flute
8
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets (Quartet)
7
Oboe and Orchestra
7
Flute, Guitar, Piano
7
2 Flutes, Basso continuo
6
Melodica
5
Oboe and String quartet
4
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano
3
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
3
2 Recorders, Guitar
2
3 Recorders, Piano
2
2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
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)
18,007
Trombone
15,582
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
10,429
French horn
8,792
Trumpet, Piano
7,330
French horn (band part)
6,818
Trombone and Piano
6,119
Tuba (band part)
4,974
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
4,495
French Horn and Piano
4,478
2 Trumpets (duet)
3,197
Tuba
3,161
2 Trombones (duet)
2,742
Brass Quartet
2,256
Tuba and Piano
2,160
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
1,861
Bass Clef Instruments
1,823
Bb Instruments
1,797
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
1,472
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
1,459
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
1,306
Euphonium
1,268
2 French horns (duet)
1,203
English horn, Piano
1,172
Brass Quartet: 4 horns
1,043
2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
1,036
Brass Trio
718
4 Tubas
654
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
651
Trumpet, Horn (duert)
566
Trombone ensemble
502
3 Trombones (trio)
489
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)
134
Trombone, Horn (duet)
126
Bass Trombone
123
Trumpet, Bassoon (duet)
119
Horn, Tuba (duet)
117
Horn, Cello (duet)
117
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
114
3 French horns (trio)
108
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
103
Trombone, Violin (duet)
92
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
88
Tuba ensemble
84
Euphonium (band part)
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
2 French horns, Piano
18
Flügelhorn
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
Trumpet, Euphonium (duet)
8
Trombone and Orchestra
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
33,589
Violin
23,555
Violin and Piano
19,177
Cello
15,664
Viola
13,011
Cello, Piano
12,135
Violin (band part)
10,215
Harp
9,022
Viola, Piano
8,932
2 Violins (duet)
6,171
Violin, Cello (duet)
5,851
Doublebass (band part)
5,090
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
4,655
2 Cellos (duet)
4,353
Viola (band part)
3,465
Cello (band part)
3,294
Violin, Viola (duet)
2,693
Double Bass
2,445
2 Violas (duet)
2,126
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
2,119
Double bass, Piano (duet)
1,792
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
1,780
Viola, Cello (duet)
1,427
4 Cellos
1,123
String Trio: 3 violins
1,013
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
366
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)
256
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
42
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
Violin, Cello, Clarinet
16
Violin, Double bass (duet)
16
Viola, Organ
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
77,074
Orchestra
21,020
String Orchestra
19,330
Marching band
17,443
Jazz Ensemble
16,962
Drums
12,898
Percussion (band part)
9,160
Handbells
6,575
Brass ensemble
5,672
Chamber Orchestra
3,611
Percussion
3,170
Drum (band part)
2,658
Jazz combo
2,527
Timpani (band part)
2,283
Percussion Ensemble
1,557
Marimba
708
Timpani
544
Xylophone
524
Vibraphone
454
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
3 Marimbas
18
Woodwind Trio: any 3 woodwinds
18
Marimba, Piano (duet)
17
Marimba and Organ
13
Xylophone or Marimba or Vibraphone
12
3 Percussions
11
Voice and Orchestra
11
2 Percussions
8
Bongos
7
2 Snare Drums (duet)
6
Cajon
4
Mariachi
4
Conga
4
Marimba or Xylophone and Piano
3
Bodhran
3
Voice Mezzo-Soprano, Orchestra
2
4 Percussions
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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Ragmala
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Liz Sharma
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Ragmala
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Forton Music - Digital
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2 Fl. 1 Ob. 1 Ob dbl CA. 2 Cl in Bb. 2 Hn in F. 2 Bsn. - Intermediate - Digital Download SKU: F2.FM611 Composed by Liz Sharma. A wind dectet written in Indian Ragas. Score and parts. 30 pages. Forton Music - Digital #FM611. Published by Forton Music - Digital (F2.FM611). ISBN 9790570485109.'Ragmala' (meaning 'A garland of ragas) concerns the passing of a day, and is written in Indian ragas. Indian classical music is largely improvised according to the strict rules of melody (raga) and rhythm patterns (tala). The Indian scale is Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa. A little like tonic sol-fa on that Sa can be pitched on any note the main performer chooses. However, whereas any note in Western classical music can be natural, sharp or flat, in Indian music Sa and Pa are only allowed to be natural, Ri, Ga, Dha and Ni can be flattened but never sharpened, whilst Ma can be sharpened, but never flattened. A raga (of which there are hundreds all with different names), is a cross between a scale and a melody, based on combinations of notes, and only the fixed notes of the raga can be used. Some ragas have a different order of notes when ascending or descending. Each raga is supposed to express the mood of a particular time of day, or season. There is a different concept of harmony in Indian music, as chord based harmony does not exist. Groups of classical musicians in India tend to be smaller, with most players playing different versions of the main melody. The harmony is formed by the rising and falling melody against a drone-like bass. in 'Ragmala' I have followed the rules of the ragas, but in a manner foreign to most Indian classical musicians, as I have allowed harmonies to form between the ten individual lines.
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