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Dust in the Wind is a song recorded by American progressive rock band Kansas and written by band member Kerry Livgren, first released on their 1977 album Point of Know Return.

The song peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 the week of April 22, 1978, making it Kansas's only top ten Billboard Hot 100 charting single. The 45-rpm single was certified Gold for sales of one million units by the RIAA shortly after the height of its popularity as a hit single. More than 25 years later, the RIAA certified Gold the digital download format of the song, Kansas' only single to do so certified as of September 17, 2008.

Arranged for String Quartet. Key of C. Early intermediate.

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Kansas’s acoustic hit “Dust In The Wind” is a reflective song about the inevitability of mortality and the insignificant role every person plays in the bigger picture. It was written by guitarist Kerry Livgren, who was inspired by a Native American poem containing the line “For all we are is dust in the wind”.

The music came from a picking exercise he was doing that his wife suggested he make a song out of. It was the last addition to the album. “Dust In The Wind” was a top 10 hit in the US and Canada in the spring of 1977 and remains the biggest hit of their career.

Lyrics:

I close my eyes Only for a moment, and the moment's gone All my dreams Pass before my eyes, a curiosity

Dust in the wind All they are is dust in the wind

Same old song Just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind

Oh Now, don't hang on Nothin' lasts forever but the earth and sky It slips away And all your money won't another minute buy

Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind

(All we are is dust in the wind) Dust in the wind (Everything is dust in the wind) Everything is dust in the wind.

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This is a great song by Kerry Livgren and performed by the group Kansas.  This has melody and harmony for each string instrument and a guitar accompaniment or piano accompaniment.  Everyone will enjoy playing the solo parts of this mega hit 70s rock tune.

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Arrangement of the song Dust In The Wind (Kansas) for Viola Solo and Piano Accompaniment.

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An accurate transcription of the lead guitar part of the song Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. The part includes both regular music notation and tablature (TAB).

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Arranged for TBB Men's Choir and Piano.

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Arrangement de Dust in the wind du groupe Kansas pour harpe celtique

Niveau : intermédiaire-avancé.

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Arrangement of the song Dust In The Wind (Kansas) for Violin Solo.

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Contemporary A Cappella arrangement for TTTBBB + Trio and Vocal Percussion.

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Seeking a modern setting for a French Horn solo?  Is the community--or are the students--feeling that classical music is stuffy?  Got a budding Guitar Hero with nowhere to play?  Want to give the orchestra a break, without stopping the program completely?  Need a relaxed, quasi-Adagio for the concert's pacing?

This is a record-copy of KANSAS' classic rock ballad, scored for a fairly small ensemble.  Most instruments can be substituted:  Flute for Alto Flute, Viola or Cello for Violin, Flugelhorn for the Horn part, or 4 Trombone parts instead of 3 with Solo Horn.

Acoustic Guitar (will need amp).  (Part copied verbatim from the official video, with thanks to Kansas - Dust In The Wind Guitar Lesson Pt.1 - Intro & Verse (youtube.com))

French Horn solo--  Steve Walsh's epic, almost-apocalyptic style seemed perfectly suited to the mystique of the French Horn.  (Measure 102 is “as though spoken� like in the recording here:  https://youtu.be/tH2w6Oxx0kQ?t=126.  If the audience isn't familiar with Steve's style, it may be better left as a quarter- or eighth-note (written F sharp), but if you've got a Hornist with the chops, I’ve tried to put the articulations in to imitate a spoken voice.)

3 Trombones-- Mainly triadic pads, with two instances of 9ths in the upper bass clef.

1 Tenor Sax / Double on Alto Flute  The Sax will sound great sotto voce to the Horn.  The Flute should be as soft as possible, and ethereal.

Solo Violin  (Could be sectional, instead of solo.)

Solo Cello  (Ibid.)

The official video has bongos at the end, but I felt the sparse score worked well.  They could easily be improvised, if needed.