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Midnight Sky
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Piano,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1016900 By Miley Cyrus. By Alexandra Leah Tamposi, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Watt, Andrew Wotman, Ilsey Juber,...
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Piano,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1016900 By Miley Cyrus. By Alexandra Leah Tamposi, Ali Tamposi, Andrew Watt, Andrew Wotman, Ilsey Juber, Isley Anna Juber, Johnathan Bellion, Jon Bellion, Jonathan David Bellion, Louis Bell, and Miley Cyrus. Arranged by Rangel Malavé. Pop. Score and part. 9 pages. Rangel Malave #6073709. Published by Rangel Malave (A0.1016900). This is a upbeat arrangement of the new Miley's hit, Midnight Sky, for viola solo with piano accompainment. I tried to give the piano part the disco-pop groove of the song, so maybe is a little bit tricky to play. So far, the piano part is as interesting as the solo part, and both players will have so much fun with this arrangement.Note: I choosed a viola for the solo for personal taste, but other instruments with similar range can play it as well.
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Champagne Problems
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Piano,Viola - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1454376 By Taylor Swift. By Taylor Swift and William Bowery. Arranged by Elena Fortin. 21st Century,Cont...
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Piano,Viola - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1454376 By Taylor Swift. By Taylor Swift and William Bowery. Arranged by Elena Fortin. 21st Century,Contemporary,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter. Score and part. 4 pages. Elena Fortin #1033477. Published by Elena Fortin (A0.1454376). Champagne Problems by Taylor Swift and William BoweryArranged for Viola and Piano by Elena FortinOne of my students is doing a modified arrangement of this Taylor Swift/William Bowery hit. Her Mom plays viola and asked if she could accompany her for her end-of-year performance. I wrote this arrangement for the pair of them. It's fun to make music together as a family!The piano part is an easy - early intermediate arrangement. The viola part is written for an intermediate player. The ending could be quite challenging with some quick sixteenth note scales for the viola player that talk to the sixteenth notes in the piano part. The ensemble is a little bit challenging--I would suggest that the piano player learn their part really well--there are some rhythm patterns that need to be solid to play it with another player.The violist should listen carefully to the left hand of the piano player--that is where you should hear the heartbeat of the piece!Enjoy!Elena Fortin
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Suite in Sea
Suite in Sea
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Piano,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1462840 Composed by Kara Williams. Arranged by Kara Williams. Chamber,Classical,Comedy,Contemporary,Cont...
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Piano,Viola - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1462840 Composed by Kara Williams. Arranged by Kara Williams. Chamber,Classical,Comedy,Contemporary,Contest,Festival. Score and part. 24 pages. Kara Williams #1041594. Published by Kara Williams (A0.1462840). Originally written for clarinet and piano, Suite in Sea is a fun and quirky work composed by Kara Williams (drawing on her own time at sea in the Navy) that has been re-orchestrated for Viola and Piano by the composer.A suite of four short programmatic movements, we first follow a young sailor as they stagger around the deck on their first voyage - finally succumbing to the corkscrew motion of the ocean in Sea Sick Shanty; then enjoying a moment of peace and beauty as the ship sails through an Archipelago teaming with marine life; in Brew Time March, the young sailor excitedly hears the bugle call to have a break from work (brew time), grab a coffee and sit on the bow to watch the waves and lost in thoughts, they unexpectedly hears the sound of work recommencing, and scurry back, making it just in the nick of time, waiting eagerly for next the next call for Brew Time - and the preparation, spectacle, pride, and excitement of Sailing into Harbour concludes this suite suitable for an intermediate to more advanced player looking for something entertaining and a little bit different.To hear a midi version of the complete suite please visit:karawilliamsmusic.com.
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Viola Moods & Images
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Tabitha Kierszka
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Piano,Viola - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1041179 By Tabitha Kierszka. By Tabitha Kierszka. Arranged by Tabitha Kierszka. Instructional. Score and...
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Piano,Viola - Level 1 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1041179 By Tabitha Kierszka. By Tabitha Kierszka. Arranged by Tabitha Kierszka. Instructional. Score and part. 57 pages. Tabitha Kierszka #645910. Published by Tabitha Kierszka (A0.1041179). A collection of 18 pieces with descriptive titles for beginning violists. Online audio for demo and play-along purposes is available! There is a link inside the book. Each piece has two audio tracks: one with viola and piano (demo) and one with accompaniment only. 17 of the pieces are in 1st position, the 18th piece is in 3rd position, but without any shifting. Occasional use of the 4th finger. Three pieces: Quiet Thoughts, Two-Finger Jig and Longing require only the use of fingers 1 and 2! The pieces are arranged - more or less - in increasing order of difficulty. The piano part can easily be played by intermediate pianists. Score: 39 pages, separate viola part: 16 pages Titles: 1. Quiet Thoughts 2. Two-Finger Jig 3. Autumn Song 4. A Sailor's Song 5. Lullaby 6. Seagulls 7. Solemn Melody 8. Getting Ready! 9. Sailing on a Quiet Sea 10. In Classical Style (in 3 movements) 11. Emerald Hills 12. Jourmey by Train 13. Nostalgic Waltz 14. Smoothly 15. Climbing the Old Castle's Tower 16. Longing 17. A Little Tango 18. A Sad Tale.
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The Water is Wide for Viola & Piano
The Water is Wide for Viola & Piano
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Composed by Traditional Scottish. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Christian, Repertoire, Technique Training, Easter, Lent. Score, Set of Parts. 17 pag...
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Composed by Traditional Scottish. Arranged by James M. Guthrie. Christian, Repertoire, Technique Training, Easter, Lent. Score, Set of Parts. 17 pages. Published by jmsgu3
The Water Is Wide (O Waly Waly)
Duration: 5:24
Score: 10 pg. 121 ms., MM quarter = 94, final verse MM quarter = 80, common time
Solo part: 3 pg.
Piano part: 4 pg.
A thought-provoking arrangement of a Traditional Scottish Folksong. Probably most widely known as "The Water Is Wide,"
it is also well known by it's more ancient title: "O Waly Waly." The tune is also known as " When I Survey the Wondrous Cross," and "The Gift of Love."
This is an original arrangement from the ground up.
Programming:
If you are looking for something with new contrapuntal and harmonic adventures for a Lenten prelude or a meditation during Holy Week, this will fit the bill.
It could also work well in a recital setting because it fits well on the instrument, and provides a chance to show off long, sensitive musical phrases.
Some of the figures in the descant verse are a wee-bit more advanced so, this is for intermediate players rather than beginners.
Keep in mind these performance ideas:
1. It's a simple tune that needs to unfold in the due course of time, so don't rush it. A slight ritardando at the end of each verse may help if you want to further delineate the verses.
2. There is a lot of interesting counterpoint here, so be prepared to give-and-take on the dynamics more than what I have indicated.
3. The final verse is much slower and more mysterious, and the dynamics are crucial - the quieter the better. Piano - the last chord: take your time on the roll, make it nice and slow.
Synopsis of the arrangement:
verse 1: Simple quiet duet with the melody in the solo instrument.
verse 2: Melody in the solo instrument accompanied by a 2-part canon in the piano.
verse 3: Melody in the piano in 4-part harmony.
verse 4: 3-part canon on the melody (with a free accompaniment voice).
verse 5: 2-part canon with a free accompaniment in the solo part
verse 6: Melody in octaves with free bass in octaves; descant in the solo part - loudest verse.
verse 7: Very quiet ending verse - Modulates down a fourth, melody in the solo part accompanied by simple quartal/quintal
piano clusters over bass chords that suggest submerged church bells.
For better insight into the performance of this music: express the emotion indicated by the lyrics:
The Water Is Wide:
The water is wide, I cannot get over
Neither have I wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And both shall row, my love and I
A ship there is and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not so deep as the love I'm in
I know not if I sink or swim
I leaned my back against an oak
Thinking it was a trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
So did my love prove false to me
I reached my finger into some soft bush
Thinking the fairest flower to find
I pricked my finger to the bone
And left the fairest flower behind
Oh love be handsome and love be kind
Gay as a jewel when first it is new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like the morning dew
Must I go bound while you go free
Must I love a man who doesn't love me
Must I be born with so little art
As to love a man who'll break my heart
When cockle shells turn silver bells
Then will my love come back to me
When roses bloom in winter's gloom
Then will my love return to me
The lyrics for "Waly, Waly, Gin Love Be Bonny" from Ramsay's Tea Table Miscellany (1724).
O Waly, waly (a lament – "woe is me") up the bank,
And waly, waly doun the brae (hill),
And waly, waly, yon burn-side (riverside),
Where I and my love wont to gae.
I lean'd my back into an aik (oak),
I thocht it was a trusty tree;
But first it bow'd, and syne (soon) it brak (broke),
Sae my true love did lightly me.
O waly, waly, but love be bonnie (beautiful),
A little time while it is new,
But when 'tis auld (old), it waxeth cauld (cold),
And fades away like the morning dew.
O wherefore should I busk my heid (adorn my head)?
Or wherefore should I kame (comb) my hair?
For my true love has me forsook,
And says he'll never love me mair (more).
Now Arthur Seat shall be my bed,
The sheets shall ne'er be fyl'd by me,
Saint Anton's well shall be my drink,
Since my true love has forsaken me.
Martinmas wind, when wilt thou blaw (blow),
And shake the green leaves off the tree?
O gentle death, when wilt thou come?
For of my life I am weary.
'Tis not the frost, that freezes fell,
Nor blawing snaws (snow) inclemency,
'Tis not sic cauld (such cold) that makes me cry,
But my love's heart grown cauld to me.
When we cam in by Glasgow town,
We were a comely sight to see;
My love was clad in the black velvet,
And I my sell in cramasie (crimson).
But had I wist (known), before I kiss'd,
That love had been sae ill to win,
I'd lock my heart in a case of gold,
And pin'd it with a silver pin.
Oh, oh! if my young babe were born,
And set upon the nurse's knee,
And I my sell were dead and gane,
For a maid again I'll never be.[4]
(Lyrics courtesy of Wikipedia)
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