Sample Compositions

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!
 
 
   Click on the flashing green triangle to play the song.
 


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
 
 
 Play song  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.
 


Copyright Information

Some of the songs featured on this page are Music Copyright © 1992 - 1996 VOYETRA Technologies.