Themes from Pirates of the Caribbean

Key

D Minor, 

A Major, 

D Minor, 

Bb Minor, 

D Minor, 

Nationality

German


Time Signature

12/8, 6/8,

Stylistic Period

Pop

Level

4

LISTING

Annotation

Range: A4-D6

Tempo: Moderately Fast in 4

Includes Themes: He’s A Pirate, I Don’t Think Now’s the Time, The Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow, Up Is Down, One Day, He’s a Pirate

Left Hand

  • Double stops – 2 fingered fifths
  • One downward pitch bend.
  • Modulations – 4 key changes; majority of the piece is in D minor.
  • 5 measures in Bb Minor – mostly longer notes. No fast rhythmic passages in this key.
  • 1 run – d minor scale using 4 sixteenths 1 triplet in 3 beats in 12/8
  • Uses 1st and 3rd position – no fingering is marked.

Bowing

  • No bowing printed in part
  • Few articulations written in part. 
  • 3 notes of pizzicato

Rhythm

  • Lots of syncopation 
  • Quarter notes in triple meter – changes from a triple to duple feel within the measure.
*This piece is 7 pages long. The speed, rhythm, and length make this piece a challenge for level 4.
*This arrangement not sold individually  only available in the book, Uncharted.

 

Recordings

Violin and Piano
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Product Cover look inside The Piano Guys - Uncharted Piano Solo/Optional Violin Part. By The Piano Guys. Personality. Pop. Softcover. 112 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.199171).

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