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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
212,160
Piano & keyboards
Piano solo
270,987
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
154,855
Piano, Voice
113,912
Easy Piano
70,434
Organ
16,262
C Instruments
14,277
Big Note Piano
10,024
1 Piano, 4 hands
7,952
Accordion
6,546
Piano Accompaniment
6,353
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
2,231
Piano (band part)
1,725
2 Pianos, 4 hands
1,476
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 ensembles
6
Piano Quintet: piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass
6
Organ and Orchestra
5
Concertina
3
3 Pianos
2
Piano Trio: mixed chamber instrumentation
2
+ 35 instrumentations
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Guitars
Guitar notes and tablatures
79,492
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
50,514
Guitar
30,049
Lyrics and Chords
24,255
Ukulele
18,855
Bass guitar
13,406
2 Guitars (duet)
2,263
Guitar (band part)
2,139
Banjo
1,567
Mandolin
1,343
4 Guitars (Quartet)
1,058
Dulcimer
933
Piano, Guitar (duet)
908
Guitar Ensemble
712
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
2 Mandolins (duet)
11
Guitar, String Quartet
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
27,449
Choral Instrumental Pak
19,896
Choral 2-part
15,990
Choral TTBB
13,375
Voice solo
9,148
Choral
8,741
Choral SSAA
6,989
Choral Unison
6,280
Vocal duet, Piano
3,665
High voice
2,144
Vocal duet
1,546
Soprano voice, Piano
1,465
Tenor voice, Piano
848
Low voice, Piano
799
Alto voice, Piano
796
Baritone voice, Piano
597
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
Vocal duet, Organ
10
Choral SATTBB, keyboard
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)
26,517
Flute
22,751
Clarinet
20,384
Saxophone
18,501
Clarinet (band part)
14,985
Flute and Piano
14,254
Alto Saxophone
13,049
Tenor Saxophone
11,416
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
11,320
Clarinet and Piano
10,298
Alto Saxophone and Piano
7,844
Oboe, Piano (duet)
7,616
2 Saxophones (duet)
7,493
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
7,396
Flute (band part)
7,111
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
6,622
2 Flutes (duet)
6,412
Oboe (band part)
6,339
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
5,955
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
5,658
2 Clarinets (duet)
5,452
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
3,452
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
3,361
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
2,905
Oboe
2,660
3 Saxophones (trio)
2,564
Recorder
2,456
3 Clarinets (trio)
2,455
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
2,067
Flute and Guitar
2,064
Clarinet Ensemble
1,934
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
1,926
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
1,395
2 Oboes (duet)
1,293
2 Recorders (duet)
1,268
English horn, Piano
1,173
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
1,066
Harmonica
1,060
Recorder Quartet
998
Flute, Violin
913
Ocarina
902
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
857
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
811
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
805
Bass Clarinet, Piano
730
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
711
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)
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)
364
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
351
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
349
Flute, Trumpet (duet)
338
Flute, Viola (duet)
332
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
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
123
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
Oboe and viola (duet)
77
Flute, Organ (duet)
77
Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano (trio)
75
Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (Quartet)
73
Flute and Strings Trio
68
Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
63
Clarinet Quartet: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello
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, Orchestra
31
Flute, Cello, Guitar
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, trumpet and piano
25
Flute, French horn (duet)
25
Clarinet, Organ
25
Clarinet, Orchestra
24
2 Oboes, Piano
22
Oboe, Violin, Piano
19
Flute, Viola and Cello
19
Oboe, Clarinet and Piano (Trio)
16
Clarinet, Double bass (duet)
16
Saxophone and Orchestra
15
English horn, Harp (duet)
15
2 Flutes and Guitar
14
Oboe ensemble
14
2 Harmonicas
11
Descant (Soprano) Recorder, Basso continuo
11
2 Oboes and English horn
10
Oboe, Organ
10
Recorder, Harp
10
2 Flutes and Harp
10
2 Oboes and Basson
9
Clarinet, String quartet and Piano
9
Saxophone, Tuba (duet)
9
Pan Flute
8
Oboe and Orchestra
7
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets (Quartet)
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 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2
2 Recorders, Guitar
2
3 Recorders, Piano
2
Flute, viola, cello and guitar
1
2 Oboes, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons
1
+ 175 instrumentations
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Woodbrass
Trumpet
18,789
Trombone (band part)
18,494
Trumpet (band part)
18,002
Trombone
15,581
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
10,428
French horn
8,794
Trumpet, Piano
7,331
French horn (band part)
6,820
Trombone and Piano
6,121
Tuba (band part)
4,973
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
4,493
French Horn and Piano
4,478
2 Trumpets (duet)
3,193
Tuba
3,160
2 Trombones (duet)
2,742
Brass Quartet
2,255
Tuba and Piano
2,157
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
1,861
Bass Clef Instruments
1,823
Bb Instruments
1,797
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
1,473
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
1,458
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
1,305
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)
650
Trumpet, Horn (duert)
566
Trombone ensemble
502
3 Trombones (trio)
489
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
271
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
Tuba ensemble
84
Euphonium (band part)
84
2 Euphoniums (duet)
82
Trombone, Organ
61
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
4 Euphoniums
20
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone (trio)
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
33,583
Violin
23,554
Violin and Piano
19,178
Cello
15,663
Viola
13,010
Cello, Piano
12,131
Violin (band part)
10,216
Harp
9,019
Viola, Piano
8,934
2 Violins (duet)
6,172
Violin, Cello (duet)
5,853
Doublebass (band part)
5,090
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
4,654
2 Cellos (duet)
4,355
Viola (band part)
3,466
Cello (band part)
3,295
Violin, Viola (duet)
2,692
Double Bass
2,444
2 Violas (duet)
2,124
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
2,119
Double bass, Piano (duet)
1,791
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
1,778
Viola, Cello (duet)
1,427
4 Cellos
1,124
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
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
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
Cello and Marimba
15
Harp, Trombone (duet)
15
Violin, Trumpet and Piano
14
4 Harps
12
Harp, Orchestra
9
Harp and Organ
8
Harp, String quartet
6
5 Harps
6
Violin, Clarinet and Guitar
3
Double basses ensemble
3
+ 79 instrumentations
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Orchestra & Percussion
Concert band
77,062
Orchestra
21,017
String Orchestra
19,329
Marching band
17,445
Jazz Ensemble
16,958
Drums
12,900
Percussion (band part)
9,160
Handbells
6,576
Brass ensemble
5,673
Chamber Orchestra
3,612
Percussion
3,170
Drum (band part)
2,658
Jazz combo
2,526
Timpani (band part)
2,283
Percussion Ensemble
1,556
Marimba
708
Timpani
544
Xylophone
523
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
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
Cajon
4
Mariachi
4
Conga
4
Bodhran
3
Marimba or Xylophone and Piano
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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"Deep River," from Crossing Jordan for baritone, piano and cello
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Piano, Voice
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
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Spiritual
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Maria Thompson Corley
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"Deep River," from Crossing Jo
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Maria Thompson Corley
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1284044 Composed by Spiritual. Arranged by Maria Thompson Corley. 21st Century,Chamber,Sacred,Spiritual,Traditional. Score. 9 pages. Maria Thompson Corley #875216. Published by Maria Thompson Corley (A0.1284044). “Crossing Jordan†grew out of my daughter Kiana’s surprise request that I arrange a spiritual for voice, piano and cello for her senior recital. She received a degree in commercial music the year before COVID shut everything down, at a time before climate change made blizzards an anomaly here in Central PA. As a result, snow days still existed. I spent one of them doing the first draft of “Deep River,†her favorite.Later, I decided that if singers engage a cellist for a concert, they might like to program more than one piece for them, so I chose two more water-themed spirituals to complete the set. “His Name So Sweet†is a more meditative version of the song than I’ve generally heard. I wanted the piano, cello, and briefly the voice to imitate the fountain in the text. The mood is ecstasy, resulting from the fundamental change that baptism is meant to create. “Deep River†also includes “Michael Row The Boat Ashore†and “The Water Is Wide.†The latter isn’t a spiritual, however, taken together the message is that the river is deep, the water is wide, but with (the Archangel?) Michael’s help, Jordan can be crossed. “Wade in the Water†is one of the most well-known spirituals. I focus on the idea of escaping enslavement: the opening is quiet, furtive, maybe even nervous. The Moses in the text can be understood to be Harriet Tubman, who might urge escapees to wade in the water so pursuing dogs couldn’t follow their scent. In my mind, the ending symbolizes that the party has vanished, never to be enslaved again.The YouTube link is for soprano.
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