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Does anybody know which arrangement of the Massenet Meditation from Thais Pat Sheridan played on his Lollipops album? I would very much like to learn it.
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Meditation from Thais Jules Massenet
arr. Rich Ridenour and Patrick Sheridan
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scroll down to the bottom of pg 1
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Too bad. Thank you sir.
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In which key does Mr. Sheridan play this piece?

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If you have the free composition software Musescore (http://musescore.com/), there's a version for tuba arranged by one of the community members (http://musescore.com/user/329961/scores/292776). I think it's fairly accurate to the original, and as a bonus, you can easily just transpose the score up or down with just a few clicks! It should at least serve as a way to become familiar with the piece, if you're not willing to read from the original.
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If you want to play the violin part with the piano accompaniment, available for free from IMSLP, you have to play the part in D major.

Engraving and transposing the solo part is doable with not too much trouble as seen with th Musescire sample. Doing the same with the piano part is very much harder.

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When I played this piece I just used the violin part.

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Mark E. Chachich wrote:When I played this piece I just used the violin part.

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It's concert pitch - read the violin part ;)
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J.c. Sherman wrote:
Mark E. Chachich wrote:When I played this piece I just used the violin part.

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Ditto...

It's concert pitch - read the violin part ;)
I agree with this approach of reading. Not everybody does, so as hinted in my current signature, I made a bass clef version available for free. It fits Marsick’s piano score that is available for free from IMSLP.

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I was interested in your transcription, but the link seems to hate me...
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Very rarely I have to reject applications. Some of my editions have, without asking, been put up on sites that I have no relation to. Even with the logo of an organisation unknown to me. I will not disclose my criteriae for doing so, but it is always a good idea to identify oneself as an instrumentalist or even better to reply to my Welcome-mail.

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