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Make beautiful music
I am fairly gifted in that if you give me long enough, I can play a piece of music by figuring it out on my own. However some of the tricky stuff and harmony is a lot easier (and faster) with the help of sheet music.
With the help of the Internet, you no longer have to dig through boxes and piles at music stores to find the sheet music you want. At most sites you can even download entires scores in PDF version, and at many you can get a free sample of the music.
These are some of my favorite sheet music scores with a alternatives for purchasing and downloading each. You'll see that most is for piano or violin, but can easily be transposed for any other instrument or voice.
Last of the Mohicans Music Score
Disappointingly enough, I haven't been able to find the full score for my number one favorite movie soundtrack of all time. Here are a few tastes of what the score includes, while I scour the Net for more.
- Main Title from Mohican Press - includes only the first page of music in a graphic.
Trevor Jones: The Last Of The Mohicans (Main Title) Composed by Trevor Jones. Single for solo voice, solo piano and solo guitar. From the motion picture "The Last Of The Mohicans". D Minor. 1 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.VS6061)
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Pirates of the Caribbean Movie Score
The Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack is really beautiful if you get a chance to listen to it just on its own, outside the movie. It makes a great piano or violin solo, or piano-violin duet.
Klaus Badelt: Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl (Piano Solo) Composed by Klaus Badelt. Collection for solo piano. 31 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.313256)
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Forrest Gump Movie Score
The Forrest Gump title score is perfect for a piano solo or with string accompaniment.
Alan Silvestri: Forrest Gump Suite Composed by Alan Silvestri. Single for solo piano. From the motion picture "Forrest Gump". A Major. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.292074)
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Titanic Movie Score
The Titanic score is a classic. There are several easy piano arrangements available and even the horn accompaniments sound great with strings.
James Horner: Titanic Composed by James Horner (1953-). Collection for solo piano. From the motion picture "Titanic". 54 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.313098)
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Back To Titanic Collection for solo piano. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.313120)
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Beauty and the Beast Music Score
It isn't hard to hear why the Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack won so many music awards. Even though it's meant to be a kids movie, this is one of my favorite scores.
Beauty and the Beast By Alan Menken, Howard Ashman. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 80 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (311532)
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Soundtracks for the above movies
Besides making great piano and violin scores, the above five movies are excellent for easy listening classical music while you're writing or relaxing.
The Last Of The Mohicans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 11/14/2009) 
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl
Amazon Price: $14.99 (as of 11/14/2009)
Forrest Gump: The Soundtrack - 32 American Classics On 2 CDs
Amazon Price: (as of 11/14/2009)
Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture (1997)
Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 11/14/2009)
Beauty And The Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Amazon Price: (as of 11/14/2009)
Search for sheet music on eBay
eBay is a great place to find inexpensive and obscure sheet music.
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Country Songbooks
Garth Brooks: Double Live Performed by Garth Brooks. Songbook for voice, piano and guitar chords. 125 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.PF9906)
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Metallica Popular Sheet Music
It might sound strange but Metallica's most famous songs sound great on piano and especially great on strings. (Think Apocalyptica solo.) The music is arranged for very easy play, and the first book below has a great assortment of their hits.
Metallica: Best Of Metallica Performed by Metallica. Songbook for voice, piano and guitar chords. 88 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music. (HL.2502204)
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Metallica: Nothing Else Matters Performed by Metallica. Guitar tablature single for guitar and voice. E Minor. 11 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music. (HL.2503221)
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Metallica: One Performed by Metallica. Guitar tablature single for guitar and voice. B Minor. 15 pages. Published by Cherry Lane Music. (HL.2506981)
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Classical and Instrumental Singles
- Russian Sailors' Dance from 'The Red Poppy' By Reinhold Moritzovich Gliere. Arranged by Merle J. Isaac. For String Bass and Piano. Published by Carl Fischer. (B3394)
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Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance From the Ballet Gayaneh transcribed for Violin and Piano. By Aram Ilyich Khachaturian. Arranged by Jascha Heifetz. String. Size 8x11.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Sikorski. (50485183)
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John Barry: John Dunbar Theme Composed by John Barry. Single for solo piano. From the motion picture "Dances With Wolves". F Major. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.355949)
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Free Classical Pieces from 8notes.com
If you don't mind printing sheet music graphics from the website, 8notes.com is a great place to find simple compositions of popular classical music pieces. To access PDF downloads and more of the site, you can register for a $20 per year membership which covers nearly every feature on the site.
- Rimsky-Korsakov's The Flight of the Bumblebee
- Beethoven's Fur Elise
- Brahms's Hungarian Dance
- Greensleeves
- Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag
- Joplin's The Entertainer
- Organ arrangement for O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
- Mozart's Turkish March
- Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik
- Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries
- Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
- Offenbach's Can Can
- Rossini's William Tell Overture
Assorted Country Song Scores
Some of the best country songs also sound great as a piano, violin, or flute solo.
Tonight I Wanna Cry Performed by Keith Urban. Piano Vocal (Arranged for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 6 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (353134)
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This is arranged for piano and voice but could easily be played as a beautiful violin duet!
Alison Krauss: When You Say Nothing At All Performed by Alison Krauss, composed by Don Schlitz, Paul Overstreet. Single for voice, piano and guitar chords. Eb Major. 5 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.120033)
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Who You'd Be Today Performed by Kenny Chesney. Piano Vocal (Arranged for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (353016)
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The Devil Went Down to Georgia Performed by The Charlie Daniels Band. Piano Vocal (Arranged for piano and voice with guitar chords). Size 9x12 inches. 15 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (352933)
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More Assorted Popular Songs
Josh Groban: You Raise Me Up Performed by Josh Groban. Single for voice, piano and guitar chords. Eb Major. 7 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.352697)
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Schindler's List By John Williams. Piano Solo Songbook. Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (120924)
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The Backstreet Boys: I'll Never Break Your Heart Performed by The Backstreet Boys, composed by Albert Manno, Eugene Wilde. Single for voice, piano and guitar chords. Bb Major. 6 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.PV9891)
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Barry Manilow: I Write The Songs Performed by Barry Manilow, composed by Bruce Johnston. Songbook for voice, piano and guitar chords. A Major. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard. (HL.490315)
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The Moody Blues: Nights In White Satin Performed by The Moody Blues, composed by Justin Wayward. Single for voice, piano and guitar chords. D Major. 4 pages. Published by Tro - The Richmond Organization. (HL.378841)
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- Heather426 Heather426 Jun 2, 2009 @ 1:49 pm
- Love this lens! I play by ear and by reading too..my sons are both musicians and composers so will pass this on to them!
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- Captinmike Captinmike Apr 10, 2009 @ 8:38 am
- Great lens Kimberley, you have given me a few ideas on how I can improve my own lenses. Thanks
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- JenOfChicago JenOfChicago Apr 4, 2009 @ 5:46 pm
- It is getting harder to find anyplace that sells sheet music anymore, so this is a very useful lens. Thanks!
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