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PIANO & KEYBOARDS
Piano solo
266112
Piano, Vocal and Guitar
154297
Piano, Voice
113031
Easy Piano
71172
Organ
16091
C Instruments
13749
Big Note Piano
9790
1 Piano, 4 hands
7901
Piano Accompaniment
6460
Accordion
6170
Piano (band part)
2933
Piano Trio: piano, violin, cello
2186
2 Pianos, 4 hands
1465
Melody line, Piano
564
Piano Quartet: piano, violin, viola, cello
559
Piano Quintet: piano, 2 violins, viola, cello
540
Piano Quartet: piano, 2 violins, cello
473
Organ, Trumpet (duet)
429
Organ, Piano (duet)
381
Harpsichord
292
Keyboard
264
1 Piano, 6 hands
238
Accordion, Voice
217
Solo instrument and Organ
165
2 Pianos, 8 hands
91
2 Accordions
77
Accordion ensemble
56
Organ, Voice
47
2 Organs (duet)
30
All Instruments
23
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
Accordion - Piano, Voice, Guitar chords
2
3 Pianos
2
Piano Trio: mixed chamber instrumentation
2
Fake Book
2
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GUITARS
Guitar notes and tablatures
79221
Melody line, (Lyrics) and Chords
50040
Guitar
29458
Lyrics and Chords
24201
Ukulele
18586
Bass guitar
12910
Guitar (band part)
3108
2 Guitars (duet)
2259
Banjo
1564
Mandolin
1117
4 Guitars (Quartet)
1037
Electric Bass (band part)
936
Dulcimer
921
Piano, Guitar (duet)
895
Guitar Ensemble
710
3 Guitars (trio)
517
Baritone Ukulele
326
Band Scores
280
Lap Steel Guitar
209
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
10
Zither
8
Lute
7
Bouzouki
5
2 Guitars and Orchestra
4
Guitar, Harp
2
2 Guitars and Piano
2
2 Guitars, Clarinet (trio)
1
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VOICE
Choral SATB
67519
Choral 3-part
27251
Choral 2-part
15858
Choral TTBB
13255
Voice solo
9030
Choral
8743
Choral SSAA
6904
Choral Unison
6279
Vocal duet, Piano
3651
High voice
2096
Vocal duet
1547
Soprano voice, Piano
1429
Tenor voice, Piano
821
Low voice, Piano
793
Alto voice, Piano
769
Baritone voice, Piano
596
Voice, Guitar
407
Medium voice, Piano
393
Choral SSATB
332
Medium Voice
247
Choral SSAATTBB
237
Mezzo-Soprano voice, Piano
194
Choral SSATTB
160
Tenor voice
141
Choral SSATBB
125
Soli, Mixted choir and accompaniment
106
Choral SATTB
93
Soprano voice
82
Choral SSAB a cappella
78
High voice, Piano
63
Choral, Organ
59
Choral SSAB, Piano
57
Voice, Basso continuo
55
Choral SSAATB
52
Low voice
50
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
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WOODWIND
Saxophone (band part)
27868
Flute
22226
Clarinet
19938
Saxophone
17349
Clarinet (band part)
15795
Flute and Piano
14098
Alto Saxophone
12884
Tenor Saxophone
11318
Saxophone Quartet: 4 saxophones
10979
Clarinet and Piano
10125
Alto Saxophone and Piano
7765
Oboe, Piano (duet)
7509
2 Saxophones (duet)
7386
Woodwind Quintet: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn
7346
Flute (band part)
6735
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon
6522
2 Flutes (duet)
6342
Oboe (band part)
6218
Clarinet Quartet: 4 clarinets
5896
Tenor Saxophone and Piano
5588
2 Clarinets (duet)
5390
Flute Quartet: 4 flutes
3354
Soprano Saxophone and Piano
3304
Saxophone Quintet: 5 Saxophones
2873
Oboe
2585
3 Saxophones (trio)
2499
Recorder
2438
3 Clarinets (trio)
2432
Flute, Clarinet (duet)
2059
Flute and Guitar
2028
Flute Trio: 3 flutes
1917
Clarinet Ensemble
1898
Eb Instruments
1851
Flute ensemble
1559
Baritone Saxophone, Piano
1491
Clarinet Quintet: 5 clarinets
1402
Soprano Saxophone
1381
Saxophone ensemble
1374
2 Oboes (duet)
1273
2 Recorders (duet)
1237
English horn, Piano
1143
Oboe, Bassoon (duet)
1033
Harmonica
1022
Recorder Quartet
982
Flute, Violin
913
Ocarina
902
Clarinet, Violin (duet)
835
Descant (Soprano) Recorder
803
Oboe, Clarinet (duet)
798
Bass Clarinet, Piano
729
Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon.
696
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet (trio)
680
Saxophone, Clarinet (duet)
676
Clarinet, Bassoon (duet)
580
Flute, Violoncello
551
Treble (Alto) Recorder
533
Flute, Oboe, Bassoon
528
3 Recorders (trio)
510
Clarinet, Guitar (duet)
505
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon (trio)
497
Flute, Oboe (duet)
494
Flute Quintet : 5 flutes
425
Piccolo
425
Bass Clarinet
407
Baritone Saxophone
393
Oboe, Flute
389
Descent (Soprano) Recorder, Piano
370
Clarinet, Cello (duet)
368
English Horn
366
Flute, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
357
Clarinet, Trumpet (duet)
351
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Piano
349
Flute, Trumpet (duet)
338
Flute, Viola (duet)
333
Piccolo, Piano
330
Flute, Cello, Piano (trio)
314
Flute, Violin and Violoncello
311
Flute, Violin, Piano
306
Clarinet and Viola
304
5 Recorders
280
Recorder, Piano
275
2 Saxophones, Piano
272
Tenor Recorder
271
Flute, Saxophone (duet)
271
2 Flutes, Piano
268
Clarinet, Harp (duet)
263
Recorder Ensemble
249
Saxophone and Guitar
243
3 Oboes
234
Oboe, Cello
222
Oboe, Violin (duet)
218
Saxophone and Piano
208
2 Clarinets, Piano
206
Flute, Trombone (duet)
180
Flute, Bassoon, and Piano
174
Oboe, Guitar (duet)
135
Flute, Oboe, Violin
124
Pennywhistle
119
Clarinet, Trombone (duet)
118
Clarinet, Cello, Piano (trio)
114
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
86
Recorder, Guitar (duet)
85
Flute, Harp and Cello
79
Flute, harp and violin
78
Flute, Organ (duet)
77
Oboe and viola (duet)
77
Flute, Oboe, Piano (trio)
76
Clarinet, Bassoon, Piano (trio)
75
Flute, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon (Quartet)
72
Flute and Strings Trio
68
Saxophone and Organ
63
Clarinet Quartet: Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Cello
63
Flute, Violin, Violoncello and Piano
63
Flute, Viola and Piano
57
Treble (Alto) Recorder, Basso continuo
55
Oboe, Trombone (duet)
48
Oboe, Harp
47
Saxophone, Bassoon (duet)
47
Clarinette, Viola and Piano (trio)
45
Flute and String Quartet
45
Harmonica, Piano
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
Flute, Orchestra
32
Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
31
Flute, Cello, Guitar
31
Clarinet, Tuba
30
Flute, Violin, Guitar
29
Flute, Tuba (duet)
28
Oboe, Cello and Piano
28
Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello (Quartet)
27
2 Recorders, Piano
27
Clarinet, Organ
25
Flute, French horn (duet)
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)
15
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
Recorder, Harp
10
Oboe, Organ
10
2 Oboes and English horn
10
2 Flutes and Harp
10
2 Oboes and Basson
9
Saxophone, Tuba (duet)
9
Clarinet, String quartet and Piano
9
Pan Flute
8
Flute, Guitar, Piano
7
2 Flutes, 2 Clarinets (Quartet)
7
Oboe and Orchestra
7
2 Flutes, Basso continuo
6
Melodica
5
Oboe and String quartet
4
Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano
3
Clarinet, Saxophone, Piano
3
2 Recorders, Guitar
2
2 clarinets, 2 bassoons
2
3 Recorders, Piano
2
Flute, viola, cello and guitar
1
2 Oboes, 2 Horns and 2 Bassoons
1
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WOODBRASS
Trombone (band part)
19521
Trumpet (band part)
19325
Trumpet
18292
Trombone
15142
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba
10295
French horn
8667
French horn (band part)
7761
Trumpet, Piano
7211
Trombone and Piano
6013
Tuba (band part)
5082
Brass quartet : 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba
4463
French Horn and Piano
4391
2 Trumpets (duet)
3133
Tuba
3098
2 Trombones (duet)
2700
Brass Quartet
2239
Tuba and Piano
2117
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone
1849
Bass Clef Instruments
1816
Bb Instruments
1789
Brass Quartet: 4 trombones
1460
Trumpet, Trombone (duet)
1443
Euphonium, Piano (duet)
1296
Euphonium
1233
2 French horns (duet)
1188
English horn, Piano
1143
2 Euphoniums and 2 Tubas
1031
Brass Quartet: 4 horns
1019
Brass Trio
715
Trumpet, Saxophone (duet)
649
4 Tubas
645
Trumpet, Horn (duert)
562
Trombone ensemble
501
3 Trombones (trio)
486
Tuba or Euphonium or Saxhorn
381
Cornet
368
3 Trumpets (trio)
366
English Horn
366
2 Tubas (duet)
360
F Instruments
296
Brass Quartet: 4 trumpets
293
Horn Ensemble
281
Bass Trombone and Piano
278
Trumpet ensemble
269
Trumpet, Tuba (duet)
243
Trombone, Tuba (duet)
230
Tuba and Organ
157
2 Trumpets, Keyboard (piano or organ)
154
Euphonium, Tuba (duet)
146
Trombone, cello (duet)
140
Trumpet, violin (duet)
134
Bass Trombone
121
Trombone, Horn (duet)
121
Trumpet, Bassoon (duet)
119
Horn, Cello (duet)
117
Horn, Tuba (duet)
115
Brass Quartet: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
114
3 French horns (trio)
106
English Horn, Guitar (duet)
103
Trombone, Violin (duet)
92
Trumpet, Cello (duet)
88
Tuba ensemble
83
2 Euphoniums (duet)
82
Trombone, Organ
62
French Horn and Harp
56
French horn and Basson (duet)
49
Trumpet, Trombone, Piano
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)
27
Trombone, Viola (duet)
27
Horn and Organ
22
4 Euphoniums
20
Horn, Trumpet, Trombone (trio)
20
Trumpet, Orchestra
19
2 French horns, Piano
18
Cornet and Piano
17
English horn, Harp (duet)
15
3 Euphoniums
15
Brass Quintet: 2 trumpets, horn, 2 trombones
14
Flügelhorn
12
Horn and Orchestra
10
Trumpet, Euphonium (duet)
8
Euphonium (band part)
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
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STRINGS
String Quartet: 2 violins, viola, cello
33129
Violin
23160
Violin and Piano
18997
Cello
15326
Viola
12742
Cello, Piano
11927
Violin (band part)
11264
Harp
9003
Viola, Piano
8797
Doublebass (band part)
6803
2 Violins (duet)
6054
Violin, Cello (duet)
5710
String Trio: violin, viola, cello
4598
2 Cellos (duet)
4285
Viola (band part)
4003
Cello (band part)
4001
Violin, Viola (duet)
2631
Double Bass
2335
2 Violas (duet)
2107
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass
2103
Double bass, Piano (duet)
1750
String Trio: 2 violins, cello
1748
Viola, Cello (duet)
1397
4 Cellos
1114
String Trio: 3 violins
1001
Violin, Guitar (duet)
901
String trio
879
Piano Trio: Violin, Viola, Piano
814
Harp, Flute (duet)
730
String Trio: 3 cellos
704
Cello, Guitar (duet)
668
2 Harps (duet)
639
String quartet: 4 violins
522
Harp (band part)
455
Harp, Violin (duet)
411
String Trio: 3 violas
353
2 Double basses (duet)
349
2 Violins, Piano
346
String Quartet : 4 violas
340
Viola, Guitar (duet)
337
Cello, String Bass (duet)
325
String Trio: 2 violins, viola
319
Violin, Bassoon (duet)
243
Viola and Bassoon
166
String Quintet: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello
162
Harp, Cello (duet)
128
2 Cellos, Piano
119
Harp and Piano
106
Violin, Clarinet, Piano (trio)
105
Harp, Voice
96
String Quintet: 2 violins, viola, 2 cellos
93
Cello Ensemble
92
Violin, Organ
81
Cello, Organ
74
Viola and Harp
72
2 Violas, Piano
72
Cello, Orchestra
68
4 Double Basses
65
Flute, Doublebass (duet)
59
Violin, Basso continuo
55
Harp, Violin, Violoncello
48
Violin ensemble
47
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
Violin, Double bass (duet)
16
Violin, Cello, Clarinet
16
Harp, Trombone (duet)
15
Viola, Organ
15
Cello and Marimba
15
Violin, Trumpet and Piano
13
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
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PERCUSSION & ORCHESTRA
Concert band
77354
Orchestra
20750
String Orchestra
18713
Jazz Ensemble
14463
Drums
12345
Percussion (band part)
10341
Marching band
8688
Handbells
6563
Brass ensemble
5506
Drum (band part)
5421
Chamber Orchestra
3608
Percussion
3166
Jazz combo
2431
Timpani (band part)
1986
Percussion Ensemble
1548
Marimba
709
Timpani
546
Xylophone
522
Vibraphone
447
Woodwind Quintet
309
Flexible Instrumentation
280
Snare drums
189
Xylophone, Piano
155
Piano and Orchestra
143
Woodwind Quartet: any 4 woodwinds
120
Vibraphone (band part)
104
Big band
69
2 Xylophones
62
String Quintet : 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Doublebass, Keyboard
61
Orchestra, Violin
57
Brass Quintet: other combinaisons
40
Vibraphone and Marimba
33
Drums-Marching band
32
Vibraphone, Piano
29
Symphonic Band
27
School Ensemble
25
2 Marimbas
24
Xylophone (band part)
18
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
10
2 Percussions
8
Bongos
7
2 Snare Drums (duet)
6
Cajon
4
Mariachi
4
Conga
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
Instrumentations suivantes
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OTHERS
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Three Chromicons for piano solo
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Joseph Dillon For…
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Piano Solo - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Joseph Dillon Ford. 21st Century, Contemporary Classical, Impressionistic. Score. 22 pages. Published by David Warin Solomons
The pdf file contains the original score (in letter format) followed by the somewhat larger copy with dedication by the composer and fingerings by Valentin Bogolubov who premiered the 3 Chromicons.<br> <br> The sound sample is the live performance.<br> <br> The Three Chromicons were premiered by pianist Valentin Bogolubov at the Société de concerts de St-Bruno, Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada, on 27 January 2007. Bogolubov's adventurous, technically demanding program, which also featured the works of Alexander Scriabin and Jean Chatillon, was accompanied by video animation of numerous works of art, four of which were created by the composer (among them, the Chromicon No. 3).<br> <br> Ford explains the significance of these unique scores:<br> <br> "In both my earliest chromicons, which I had begun to create by the 1980s, and in those I continue to make today, color is the element that links what is seen to what is heard. Unlike composer Alexander Scriabin, who may have been a true synaesthete as the result of a rare neurological condition enabling him actually to hear colors, my approach to color music has been by way of analogy. Although the tones in a musical scale and the colors of a prism both result from specific vibratory frequencies, scales can be replicated in various octaves while there is no comparable transposition observable in the case of the spectrum. However, the analogy between pitch and hue is implicit in the term "chromatic scale" (the Greek chrôma signifies "color"), and on that basis it is possible to equate the twelve tones of Western music with the hues on a twelvefold color wheel: red, red-orange, orange, yellow-orange, yellow, yellow-green, green, blue-green, blue, blue-violet, violet, and red-violet."<br> <br> "By placing the pitch names of the chromatic scale in a separate band around the periphery of a such color wheel, much like the numbers on the face of a clock, and by rotating the central color wheel, it is possible for any given pitch to be aligned and associated with any hue. Such an easily constructed device, which I have dubbed the "chromonomicon," is the key necessary to decipher the musical meaning of my chromicons. The chromicon can be thought of as a calligraphic text in which each discrete area of color is a separate letter."<br> <br> "Although there are literally millions of possible colors, all of them can be categorized as one of the twelve hues shown on the chromonomicon. Instead of being written from left to right or from right to left, the color-letters in a chromicon are arranged concentrically. The shapes of the individual letters, usually painted in watercolor and "illuminated" with metallic paints, colored pencils, and other media, are the result of each artist's creative meditation. The personal meaning of the chromiconic text as a whole emerges during and after this meditation, and may be expressed by a conventional title or accompanying commentary."<br> <br> "Now, anyone wishing to realize a chromicon is at liberty to follow any path—straight or curvilinear—from the centermost letter to the periphery, constructing a cantus (melody) by notating the musical pitches associated with each contiguous color-letter encountered along the way. The cantus thereafter serves as the structural basis of a new, freely composed work. The individual pitches in the cantus may be moved to any octave, and may be repeated any number of times before proceeding to the next pitch in the sequence. Customarily, once the final tone of the cantus is reached, the entire melody is heard in reverse (retrograde), resulting in a palindrome. That palindrome is itself subject to varied repetition, so that in formal terms, each realization of a chromicon amounts to a 'mirror' theme with variations."<br> <br> "Chromicon No. 3 travels even further back in collective human memory to the eighteenth century. For all its contemporary melodic and harmonic inflections, the style is pervasively contrapuntal, summoning to mind the polyphonic keyboard textures of Bach and Handel. It eschews the worldly strife and diversions mirrored in the first two chromicons, maintaining a dignified, highly stylized manner throughout, but with its unexpected final cadence on D, there seems to be a fleeting intimation of transcendence."<br> <br> Video of Chromicon III<br> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHMw-vzZlGE
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Piano solo
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Three Chromicons for piano solo
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David Warin Solomons
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