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Solo and piano
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Solo-and-piano repertoire covers a single melodic instrument (often with piano accompaniment) or piano alone — individual-study and recital repertoire rather than a full ensemble score.
Waltz of the Flowers (theme)
Solo and piano · easy to medium (grades 1-3) · 1 min · two-staff keyboard: melody (treble, any C instrument or recorder) + oom-pah-pah waltz bass
The cantabile horn theme of Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers (Nutcracker, 1892), engraved as a clean two-staff keyboard edition in D major: the singing melody over an oom-pah-pah waltz bass. Instrumental, no lyrics set.
Open the score →The Irish Washerwoman
Solo and piano · easy to medium (grades 1-3) · 1 min · two-staff piano/keyboard: treble melody + simple bass (playable as melody instrument + bass, or piano)
'The Irish Washerwoman' -- the classic Irish traditional jig in G major, 6/8, engraved as a two-staff classroom edition. Instrumental, no lyrics.
Open the score →The Easy Winners
Solo and piano · medium (grade 3, intermediate) · 1 min · piano / 2-staff (treble melody + stride bass); playable as melody instrument + bass
'The Easy Winners' (Scott Joplin, 1901) -- the bright A strain of Joplin's ragtime two-step, engraved as a two-staff classroom edition in C major. Instrumental, no lyrics.
Open the score →Solace (A Mexican Serenade) -- main theme
Solo and piano · medium (grade 3, intermediate) · 1 min · two staves -- melody (treble, any C instrument or piano right hand) + habanera bass (piano left hand or bass instrument)
'Solace (A Mexican Serenade)' -- the main theme of Scott Joplin's 1909 habanera-flavored rag, engraved as a two-staff classroom edition in C major. Instrumental, no lyrics.
Open the score →The Washington Post
Solo and piano · medium (grade 3, intermediate) · 1 min · 2-staff piano (or melody instrument + bass instrument): treble melody plus a plain root-motion march bass
'The Washington Post' (Sousa, 1889) -- the main strain of Sousa's celebrated march, engraved as a two-staff classroom edition in G major, 6/8. Instrumental, no lyrics.
Open the score →Prelude in C
Solo and piano · medium (grade 3, intermediate) · 1 min · piano (keyboard), 2 staves -- right-hand arpeggios over a left-hand bass
'Prelude in C' (J.S. Bach, BWV 846, 1722) -- the iconic opening prelude of The Well-Tempered Clavier, engraved as a two-staff classroom edition in C major. Instrumental, no lyrics.
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