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This very bouncy song in C minor is called Ghost Ship Shuffle. It was written by Michael Land for the game Monkey Island. If I remember correctly, it is during a scene where some skeletons are being musical on a ship and has many audible slides. This is only a …
This arrangement of Flutey – World Map from Castle Crashers by The Behemoth is written for violin. In 2019, a student requested “Castle Crashers – Flutey”. I recognized Castle Crashers as the name of a game but was unfamiliar with what sort of game precisely and unfamiliar with the song. …
“Rejoice and Be Merry”, also known as “A Gallery Carol” or “The Gallery Carol”, probably dates back to the 18th century. This particular arrangement of “Rejoice and Be Merry” was written for a children’s chamber group. The key signature is a standard G major. It is scored to be fairly …
My conductor at university loved to bring up the story of one composer who specified what mute the string section should use in performances of his piece. What this tells us is that different mutes impact the violin or cello differently, and perceptibly so! Mutes are generally made of plastic …
This easy arrangement of Lehár’s famous Merry Widow Waltz in G major was put together for a children’s chamber music group. There is 3rd position in the violin part and chords in the piano part. It is slightly beyond beginner music, but it is only beginner shifting. The Merry Widow, …
My 2020 plan for children’s chamber music included this arrangement of Niccolò Paganini’s well-known theme from Witches’ Dance. It is also known as Le streghe, and the original music can be found at IMSLP. My students had fun doing this (or so they said)! Unfortunately, Covid-19 interrupted the chamber music …
This is sheet music for an excerpt from Paruvam Vana Jallai, composed by A. R. Rahman, from the movie Roja, an Indian Tamil-language film. It is arranged for the violin. To download free sheet music for an excerpt from Paruvam Vana Jallai of Roja arranged for violin as a .pdf, please …
This is an easy arrangement of the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty! for a string quartet or ensemble in D major. The text was written by Reginald Heber and the tune by John B. Dykes. It is a well-known Christian hymn that appears in at least 1451 hymnals, …
This is an arrangement for the theme of the movie Pirates of the Caribbean for solo violin in the original key of D minor. It is composed by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt. The arrangement is simple in that we are faithful to the original sound without further simplifications, but …
The sheet music offered here is a violin arrangement of “A Thousand Years”, a song featured in the movie The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and composed by Christina Perri and David Hodges. This version is arranged for simple violin but also contains the lyrics to help one …
