Piano six hands

Music described as piano six hands (or piano trio^[1]) is for three pianists at one piano, as distinct from piano duet which is music for two pianists at one or two pianos. Because of the limited range available to each player, many of the pieces written for this combination are elementary in nature; many more are arrangements of pieces for other forces. But there are a small number of original works, and a handful of virtuoso three-player groups have emerged in the 21st century.

Examples

Compositions include five pieces by Percy Grainger, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Romance and Valse, Alfred Schnittke's Hommage, Carl Czerny's opp. 17 and 741, Jean Cras's "Âmes d’enfants", Paul Robinson's^[2] "Pensees" and "Monmartre", various pieces by German composer Armin Fuchs,^[3] Bulgarian composer Tomislav Baynov^[4]'s "Metrorhythmia 1",^[5][6] John Pitts's "Are You Going?",^[7] Greek composer Dionysis Boukouvalas's "Fantasy on a theme by Steve Reich", Canadian composer Paul Frehner's "Slowdown.",^[8] American composer Eric Quezada's Scherzo for one piano six hands Op. 5.^[9]

Performing groups

• AXA: One Piano, Six Hands^[10]
• ATM Triet^[11]
• Severnside Composers Alliance ^[12]
• Trio Philagrande ^[13]

References

Musical ensembles by number
Solo: 1	Drum solo Guitar solo One-man band Piano solo
Duet: 2	Piano duet Piano four hands Musical duo
Trio: 3	Clarinet-cello-piano Clarinet-viola-piano Clarinet-violin-piano Flute, viola and harp Jazz trio Oboe-bassoon-piano Organ trio Piano Piano six hands Power trio (in rock music and heavy metal music) String
Quartet: 4	Jazz quartet Piano Rock or pop quartet Saxophone String Wind Woodwind
Quintet: 5	Brass Piano Pierrot ensemble Rock or pop quintet String Wind
Sextet: 6	Piano String
Other	Septet: 7 Octet: 8 String Nonet: 9 Decet: 10 Duodecet: 12
Large groups	Big band Choir Concert band Orchestra Singakademie