This document contains the sheet music for the Jaques Offenbach song "The Infernal Gallop" from his opera buffe production titled "Orpheus In The Underworld." This song is more commonly referred to in popular music as "The Can-Can." The sheet music provided here is the basic melody of the piece only, suitable for use by beginning band members. You can view the music or download the individual parts arranged for standard concert band instrumentation.

The Can-Can

Free Sheet Music For The Jaques Offenbach song, "The Can-Can"

You can view the full score of the song and listen to it using the Sibelius Scorch viewer below (requires a plugin from the Sibelius web site). You can also download individual parts in PDF or Sibelius format using the links farther down on the page.

This piece is useful for teaching musical concepts such as the B-Flat Scale and the idea of call and response (question/answer) as seen in measure 6 in the Scorch document below.

 

Parts Included In This File:

• The Can-Can For Flute, Guitar, and C Instruments [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (B-flat instruments) [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for Alto Sax and Bari Sax (E-flat instruments) [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for B-flat Trumpet or Tenor Sax [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for French Horn [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for Trombone, Baritone, or electric bass guitar [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for Tuba [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can for Percussion [PDF] [Sibelius]

• The Can-Can FULL SCORE [PDF] [Sibelius]
  
  

 

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