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solo accompaniment help

Posted by Help? on 4/29/2026, 9:03 am

I'm in a bit of a bind and hope to find some help here.
I was asked to help a couple of students with their solos for state S&E. They're both freshmen and great kids. One is a clarinet playing Selanka. The other is a bass clarinet playing Undercurrent.
The problem is finding good piano accompaniments. Hiring a pianist is not an option, and aside from finding a couple of "meh" recordings on Youtube, I haven't been able to find anything.
Does anyone happen to have decent accompaniments for these pieces? It would really help them out.
Thanks in advance.

Re: solo accompaniment help

Posted by Respectfully on 4/30/2026, 7:38 am, in reply to "solo accompaniment help"

Call the closest college or largest church near you, ask if there's a pianist that can perform it. Have them do so, record it, pay for their time.

Re: solo accompaniment help

Posted by Keith Dye on 4/30/2026, 7:13 am, in reply to "solo accompaniment help"

Have you looked at getting a copy of Moises? It's an AI program that separates the "stems" of a recording into different tracks.

I've tried it with a couple of the Hindemith Sonatas and the results are fantastic. You do need to have a good recording of the piece w/ accompaniment. It is NOT that expensive. You can also make tempo changes once you've extracted the piano part into a separate track and more.

I'm not sure what the free trial allows, but one is available.

https://moises.ai/products/moises-desktop-app/

Re: solo accompaniment help

Posted by cw75 on 4/29/2026, 10:05 pm, in reply to "solo accompaniment help"

I have the accompaniments for both (and a lot of others) I created years ago using Sibelius that you can have for free if you like: A recording of just the accompaniment alone as well as a recording of the solo and accompaniment for practicing. Contact me off list and I'll be glad to get them to you from my Google Drive. Anyone is welcome to any that I still have as I'm retired and no longer use them.

whitmer75@hotmail.com

Re: solo accompaniment help

Posted by Programs? on 4/29/2026, 4:22 pm, in reply to "solo accompaniment help"

I'm admittedly unfamiliar with both songs but maybe the accompaniment can be written into Finale? I've had to put some state solos into SmartMusic before and it was nice in at least having a click off and being able to adjust tempo.

Re: solo accompaniment help

Posted by Try on 4/29/2026, 2:13 pm, in reply to "solo accompaniment help"

Honestly, if it is not a too much, I would just put it into notation software and download the mp3.

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