Sample Compositions - The Infinite Variety of Music

Sample Compositions

These are songs and compositions created by the authors of this page, as well as famous songs used in the lessons. Feel free to browse this collection; perhaps you may find something that will be the inspiration for your own composition!

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Songs by the Authors

	Gonna Fly Now arr. by Kirk Kimmel
	Style: Movie Theme From the movie "Rocky", arranged for Langley High School Marching Band.
	Star Wars music from "Dark Forces" by LucasArts arr. by Kirk Kimmel
	Style: Game Music This is a medley of the main Star Wars theme and the main theme from Dark Forces.
	Voyager I by Kirk Kimmel
	Style: Symphonic
	Voyager V by Kirk Kimmel
	Style: Baroque
	Untitled by Kirk Kimmel
	Style: Symphonic March

Famous Songs

	Invention by J.S. Bach
	Style: Classical By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), composed sometime between 1718 and 1723. Bach composed numerous "Invention" tunes, of which this is the first.
	The Entertainer by Scott Joplin
	Style: Ragtime By Scott Joplin (1868-1917), composed in 1902. This is one of his most well-known tunes, partially due to its use as background music in The Sting, a movie produced in 1973.
	Air on G by J.S. Bach
	Style: Classical
	In the Mood by Glenn Miller
	Style: Big Band His most widely-known piece, written between 1937 and 1939.
	Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
	Style: Classical / Jazz George Gershwin created a blend of popular, Jazz, classical, and other styles into one tremendous piece, written in 1924.

Other Song/Style Samples

	Acid Rock by Unknown
	Style: Acid Rock
	Jazz by Unknown
	Style: Jazz

Songs used in the UcodPiano

	Greensleeves
	Style: Folk Tune An old English tune that has had many variations over the years, including Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves.
	Ode to Joy by W. A. Mozart
	Style: Classical By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), the theme melody sung by the chorus in his Symphony Number 9.
	Give my Regards to Broadway by George M. Cohan
	Style: Showtune
	Scales: C Major
	The C Major scale has no sharps or flats.

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