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Viola Duet Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283733 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Dou...
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Viola Duet Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283733 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Doubleday. Pop. Score. 10 pages. Julie Doubleday #874928. Published by Julie Doubleday (A0.1283733). Gold On The Ceiling for Viola Duet - both parts are equal in this arrangement with the melody split between the two parts.
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Violin Duet Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283738 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie D...
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Violin Duet Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283738 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Doubleday. Pop. 10 pages. Julie Doubleday #874933. Published by Julie Doubleday (A0.1283738). Gold On The Ceiling for Violin Duet - both parts are equal in this arrangement with the melody split between the two parts.
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Cello Duet Cello - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283735 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Dou...
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Cello Duet Cello - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283735 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Doubleday. Pop. Score. 10 pages. Julie Doubleday #874930. Published by Julie Doubleday (A0.1283735). Gold On The Ceiling for Violoncello Duet - both parts are equal in this arrangement with the melody split between the two parts.
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String Trio Cello,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283720 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by J...
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String Trio Cello,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283720 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Doubleday. Pop. 18 pages. Julie Doubleday #874915. Published by Julie Doubleday (A0.1283720). Gold On The Ceiling by The Black Keys.
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String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283718 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patri...
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String Quartet Cello,String Quartet,Viola,Violin - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1283718 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Julie Doubleday. Pop. 23 pages. Julie Doubleday #874913. Published by Julie Doubleday (A0.1283718). Gold On The Ceiling by The Black Keys.
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Gold On The Ceiling for String Trio (Violin 1, Violin 2, Cello)
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Veronica Joines. Score, Set of Parts. 10 pages. Published by Veronica Joines ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Veronica Joines. Score, Set of Parts. 10 pages. Published by Veronica Joines
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Bass Guitar TAB - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1406038 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Jared Plan...
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Bass Guitar TAB - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1406038 By The Black Keys. By Brian Burton, Dan Auerbach, and Patrick Carney. Arranged by Jared Plane. Blues,Pop,Rock. Score. 2 pages. Jared Plane #989127. Published by Jared Plane (A0.1406038). This bass line arrangement is loosley based off of the original bass line from the Black Keys song, Gold On The Ceiling released on their 2011 album, El Camino. This bass part has been transcribed and arranged for performance on the bass guitar. This bass line is perfect for beginner bass players and students.
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by The Sum of the Parts. Set of Parts. 2 pages. Published by The Sum of the Parts (music)...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by The Sum of the Parts. Set of Parts. 2 pages. Published by The Sum of the Parts (music)
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Sonata Hymnica No. 2
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.972646 Composed by James Siddons. Arranged by James Siddons Music and Writings. 20th Century,Concert,Folk...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.972646 Composed by James Siddons. Arranged by James Siddons Music and Writings. 20th Century,Concert,Folk,Gospel,Jazz. Score. 17 pages. James Siddons Music and Writings #4350577. Published by James Siddons Music and Writings (A0.972646). About the Sonata Hymnica Series Program Note Composer James Siddons draws on the ethos of American rural hymns and spirituals to create evocations of the deeper, larger meaning of familiar church melodies. These sonatas for piano solo explore these deeper meanings in a variety of contemporary musical influences, while keeping in mind the acoustics of small rural churches of the late nineteenth century, with wooden floors and walls, high ceilings, and dimensions determined by local builders who knew how to shape a room for excellent acoustics in an age of no electricity and no microphones. These sonatas are but partly about the specific melodies and words, and mostly about their meaning in spiritual contemplation . . . and the piano, resonating, reverberant, sometimes whispering---as a sacred harp. Although these sonatas have no specific titles, the first sonata may be thought of as the Prayer Sonata, the second as the Travel Sonata, as in a spiritual journey, and the third sonata is about our greatest fear, that of being alone and without God. Performance Note The pianist must keep in mind that these sonatas are about playing the piano as much as playing a composition. Musical effects characteristic of the piano and descriptive of the memory in American culture are the substances of these piano solos. Touch is important: in many places, several dynamics are called for on the same beat. All three pedals on an American piano (damper, sostenuto, and sustain) are needed. The orchestral and cinematic structure of this music requires extensive use of three staffs, which may consist of two treble and one bass staff, or one treble and two bass staffs. In basic grand-staff passages, the two staffs may both be treble or both bass. The musical influences in these sonatas include religious song in rural America, the chromaticism and Expressionism of Arnold Schoenberg and his followers, and the tone colors of the music of Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. Durations Sonata Hymnica No. 1 --- 15 minutes.Sonata Hymnica No. 2 --- 11 minutes. Sonata Hymnica No. 3 --- 9 minutes. About the Composer Composer, musicologist, and pianist James Siddons studied composition with Dika Newlin, a protégé of Arnold Schoenberg, and electronic music with Merrill Ellis, founder of the electronic music program at the University of North Texas, where he also earned a PhD in musicology. After a year at the University of London, where he studied musical analysis at King’s College and electronic music at Goldsmiths’ College, Siddons spent two years in Japan as a research scholar at Tokyo University of Arts, participating in the Ethnomusicology Seminar of Fumio Koizumi. Siddons has also studied theology and liturgy at the Duke University Divinity School. In addition to books and articles on contemporary music and music in Japan, Siddons was written compositions in many genres. Recordings of his piano performances are available at online streaming services. His website is www.JamesSiddons.com His performing rights organization is ASCAP.
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Gold on the Ceiling by The Black Keys - Guitar TAB Transcription
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Performed by: The Black Keys: Gold on the Ceiling Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music ...
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Performed by: The Black Keys: Gold on the Ceiling Digital Sheetmusic - instantly downloadable sheet music plus an interactive, downloadable digital sheet music file (this arrangement contains complete lyrics), scoring: Guitar Tab;Guitar/Vocal, instruments: Voice;Guitar 1;Guitar 2;Guitar 3;Guitar 4;Backup Vocals; 5 pages --
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Gold on the Ceiling - Tenor Sax 2
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Alto Sax 2
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Tenor Sax 1
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Drums
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Bass
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Guitar
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Alto Sax 1
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Paul Murtha
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Gold on the Ceiling - Alto Sax
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Aux Percussion
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Trombone 4
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Trombone 3
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Paul Murtha
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Trombone 1
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Rock
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The Black Keys
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Paul Murtha
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Gold on the Ceiling - Trombone
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Gold on the Ceiling - Baritone Sax
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Gold on the Ceiling - Baritone
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Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music ...
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By The Black Keys. Arranged by Paul Murtha. Pop; Rock. Jazz Band. 2 pages. Published by Hal Leonard - Digital Sheet Music
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Sonata Hymnica No. 1
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Piano solo
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James Siddons
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James Siddons Music and Writin
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Sonata Hymnica No. 1
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James Siddons Music and Writings
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SheetMusicPlus
Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.972645 Composed by James Siddons. Arranged by James Siddons Music and Writings. 20th Century,Concert,Folk...
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Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.972645 Composed by James Siddons. Arranged by James Siddons Music and Writings. 20th Century,Concert,Folk,Gospel,Jazz. Score. 19 pages. James Siddons Music and Writings #4350561. Published by James Siddons Music and Writings (A0.972645). About the Sonata Hymnica Series Program Note Composer James Siddons draws on the ethos of American rural hymns and spirituals to create evocations of the deeper, larger meaning of familiar church melodies. These sonatas for piano solo explore these deeper meanings in a variety of contemporary musical influences, while keeping in mind the acoustics of small rural churches of the late nineteenth century, with wooden floors and walls, high ceilings, and dimensions determined by local builders who knew how to shape a room for excellent acoustics in an age of no electricity and no microphones. These sonatas are but partly about the specific melodies and words, and mostly about their meaning in spiritual contemplation . . . and the piano, resonating, reverberant, sometimes whispering---as a sacred harp. Although these sonatas have no specific titles, the first sonata may be thought of as the Prayer Sonata, the second as the Travel Sonata, as in a spiritual journey, and the third sonata is about our greatest fear, that of being alone and without God. Performance Note The pianist must keep in mind that these sonatas are about playing the piano as much as playing a composition. Musical effects characteristic of the piano and descriptive of the memory in American culture are the substances of these piano solos. Touch is important: in many places, several dynamics are called for on the same beat. All three pedals on an American piano (damper, sostenuto, and sustain) are needed. The orchestral and cinematic structure of this music requires extensive use of three staffs, which may consist of two treble and one bass staff, or one treble and two bass staffs. In basic grand-staff passages, the two staffs may both be treble or both bass. The musical influences in these sonatas include religious song in rural America, the chromaticism and Expressionism of Arnold Schoenberg and his followers, and the tone colors of the music of Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu.DurationsSonata Hymnica No. 1 --- 15 minutes.Sonata Hymnica No. 2 --- 11 minutes. Sonata Hymnica No. 3 --- 9 minutes. About the Composer Composer, musicologist, and pianist James Siddons studied composition with Dika Newlin, a protégé of Arnold Schoenberg, and electronic music with Merrill Ellis, founder of the electronic music program at the University of North Texas, where he also earned a PhD in musicology. After a year at the University of London, where he studied musical analysis at King’s College and electronic music at Goldsmiths’ College, Siddons spent two years in Japan as a research scholar at Tokyo University of Arts, participating in the Ethnomusicology Seminar of Fumio Koizumi. Siddons has also studied theology and liturgy at the Duke University Divinity School. In addition to books and articles on contemporary music and music in Japan, Siddons was written compositions in many genres. Recordings of his piano performances are available at online streaming services. His website is www.JamesSiddons.com His performing rights organization is ASCAP.
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