MA Hamelin's 'Circus Galop' Audio + Sheet Music

[Cutexiaogal]

The notes remind mi of the machine gun bullets, and the song sounds like triggering a machine gun

[mkg2]

Honestly, after hearing this I don't think I'll ever be able to sleep again. 50 years from now my brain will still be processing this.

[tomekkobialka]

@mkg2 It took me 1.5 years. :p

[cubby3o5]

The guy who made this song is a troll.

[mrapplemurderer]

that ending

"the fatal accident"

named rather correctly if you ask me

[acornlam]

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[gsarci2011]

"THE FATAL ACCIDENT"...

hahahahahahaha!!!!

[TheDerrickoh]

lol this song was written to test MIDI software...its impossible to play at least with 1 person o.o. xD you cant play 21 notes at the same time

[Shott133]

@TheDerrickoh

> you cant play 21 notes at the same time

*lies on keys*

[pugNdrum]

3.56 O.o

[dudeiscool142]

My brain is fucked TT_TT

[zzxdxlnz]

if you try to play 3:04 you will be dead.

[plonikk]

jedno określenie: o ja pie*dole!

[suchislifebitch]

this is fucking impossible is you aren't asian!

[TimpBizkit]

Maybe slow it up a bit..........

[TheHambone12]

Word of warning, if you're a college freshmen and your college teacher expects you to play this entire thing by the end of your senior year...

DROP OUT NOW!!!

[E6ABHnavy]

But why hasn't anyone taken it piece by piece with numerous pianos? I'd like to see that live

[tomekkobialka]

@E6ABHnavy Because that's impossible. :p

[j14mp]

@tomekkobialka Why is it impossible? I don't see why it would be.

[tomekkobialka]

@j14mp Some passages are quite simply unplayable even by 10 pianists, because it'll be extremely difficult for all of them to keep in time, e.g. those cluster glissandi are just too complicated to be considered to be played live.

[j14mp]

@tomekkobialka Imagne if they could.. I'd pay any amount of money to witness it haha

[tomekkobialka]

@j14mp Me too. ;)

[LadyDeirdre]

@tomekkobialka It's pretty much impossible for humans to play, but it was never meant to be played or even playable by humans. Hamelin wrote it specifically for performance by player piano.

[Ramnza02]

By the way guys, this song was written for two seperate player pianos... the "THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE AND STUPID' comments can stop now.

[nanobak]

@Ramnza02 you have no idea of what you're talking about, do you?

This piece wasn't meant to be played by human beings. Period.

[Ramnza02]

@nanobak Can you read? "This song was meant to be played by two seperate PLAYER PIANOS." That means a PROGRAM RUNS THE PIANO. A player piano IS an unmanned piano.

Please, learn to read. It will help you in life.

[nanobak]

@Ramnza02 challenge accepted

[MrHeyheyhey27]

All they have to do is make a Piano Hero video game and put this on it, then some lonely guy with no life will beat it at 4 in the morning.

[ihategeorgedubyabush]

where can i get the sheet music?

[MANG0MAN1214]

looks like ill start practicing tonight, and will hopefully finish the song in 2020

[GummyWonka]

Ok seriously this is not human! x)

[MegaPurplePlant]

I fell on the piano and this happened.

[PianoGirl555]

Nope , this is not possible!!

[Andratos95]

i can play it with my left hand behind my back....

[BurashiKuteru]

Jesus fuckin' Christ!

[HuffinMuffin]

those last two notes make me think something bad happened to the performer

[trentmuch1]

I want to be able to play this!!

I'd be the world's most famous....... freak! :P

[Plingio]

Where can I get the midi or sheet music?

[Ishidalover]

In Soviet Russia, piano can't even play Circus Galop on you.

[voldekim]

I LOVE IT SO MUCH

[arsviatticae]

your tempo is a bit high

[SyoranTheMighty]

I dont know how to play the piano and I'm already saying to myself:

YOUR SHITTING ME.

[zzzut]

So many notes, so little time...

[mikeydeeish]

I think the "Fatal Accident" may represent the piano player having a heart attack and falling on the keyboard

[MarcheseCadmio88]

Bwaaargh!

[MrBaseBall161]

Sit on your piano it sounds just like it

[sbanchi]

I can play it perfectly from 3:18 to 3:20.

[BasileusR]

@sbanchi you are very funny

[alan850627]

HAHAHA, who ever made this midi made a mistake on the last two chords :) They thought it's still in bass clef but it's in treble clef :DD

[Basti81291]

thumbs up if u saw the (no accent)

[xblackx21]

Chuck Norris can play this with his dick!! 

[5BLD]

'the fatal accident' lol

[drummingkid150]

Some parts sound like PacMan.

[thisisthemartman]

.........no comment......

[cowzilla8]

Hamelin's thoughts when writing this piece," must create a piece that is of a Chuck Norris level."

[Laudan08]

LMAO at the player piano fixer. LEMME check if it REALLY works!!!

[xtfcr7]

I don't know how he wrote twelve staves of nonsense at one point. Thanks for posting the score!

[HeistheRedeemer]

Stop! my brain's being sucked out of my ears! AHHHHHHHHH!

[HeistheRedeemer]

the piano then catches on fire and the world shakes

[BMNicolas]

What the hell just happened?

[karadan100]

And that was Chuck Norris playing the piano with his left foot whilst eating a sandwich during a blow job.

[acer19994]

has anyone been able to play this. it seems almost impossible. unless you have 4 arms.

[teknomaniak19]

written for player piano. You wouldn't even be able to move your fingers fast enough for a human to play it.

[DrRegas]

WARNING!

The very thought of playing this song will cause instant death! This song is strictly reserved for chuck norris only! Please consult with your doctor before listening to this song!

[tomekkobialka]

@DrRegas It'll probably be too late before people read your comment...

[twooffour]

@DrRegas

Chuck Norris can play Hamelin's Circus Galop. :DD

[TimpBizkit]

@DrRegas I thought Chuck norris was a decent cowboy but a piano whizz??

[falconfira]

@DrRegas yeah right, it isn.... *dead*

[superxinxinxin]

That is awesome. But don't try it at home.

[Oistrakhfollower]

@superxinxinxin Yeah. Otherwise the next door would kill you...

[ItsumoYume]

....circus galop...it just reminds me of a film/novel...thing I need to make... @-@ just as crazy as this piece, still wondering if it can come out right. >_<' [I have my doubts..]

[ChopinLiszt82]

You have to commit suicide and cut down your fingers to play this heck.

[xxKita93xx]

High Expectations Asian Dad: You can play this? Great. Now play it backwards.

[1alphasam]

@xxKita93xx more like play it one handed

[xxKita93xx]

@1alphasam That is also a possibility

[Valigarmanda1]

How to play Circus Galop:

Step 1: Roll face on piano.

[Oistrakhfollower]

@Valigarmanda1 Step 2: Use your feet, too

[EpicPWNAGEable]

Chuck Norris can do this blindfolded with one hand in a pussy.

[jdgcomposer]

enter mario bros.

[DxTxPx]

lol 

[tapiq]

piano laser beams 3:02

[PeTyZoOsSs]

lol at the end: ''The fatal accident''

[Simo2009BORO]

@PeTyZoOsSs dont you think the guy who played that had that fatal accident at the end??

[Darknessenceify]

@Simo2009BORO I think this was his fatal accident

[Simo2009BORO]

@Darknessenceify Lol yeah definetly

[ScrollingMusic]

This is a great video! It's interesting to see this written out not in music notation software, but actually hand-written on staves.

[lhc89]

1:33 - Musical laser beam!

[Greendog2525]

play him off, Keyboard Cat.

[Therachh3]

some 10 year old in asia can probably do this blindfolded

[spyrocrap10]

my mind is full of fuck

[hostrauer]

mad clown disease

[AlexanderWung]

to play this, you must go into the world of naruto, practise piano for 15 hours a day for 50 years, and then use the shadow clone technique to play this and then practise it for another 5 years. Maybe you have a chance of success

[Lukecash12]

Hamelin's handwriting reminds me distinctly of Sorabji's handwriting.

[chrism216]

the most scary thing is, in those parts where it all seems like a giant confusing mess, inside it all makes sense

[whereismywatch157]

I'd love to hear the 5 Browns play this.

[mindstormmaster]

Is this the original manuscript?

[Musicman180]

@mindstormmaster presumeably

[picaticatara]

how would this be possible if you can only use one piano!?

[Musicman180]

@picaticatara check out the midi piano playing it... :O

[aesopp18038]

1:34.........................

[aesopp18038]

1:34....

[aesopp18038]

1:34................

[Darkserpentes]

Where did you find those notes from?

[auntiepicklebottom]

@ch252525 8 pianos

[StardollCheater]

There's no point in sheet music... I mean, who would DARE to play this? :l

[BearAZ]

I love the controlled utter chaos of this work!! Hamelin is an evil genius!

[allenamenbesetzt]

Player Piano guy: Hey Hamelin, I got a piano that plays exactly what you tell it to. No physical limitations in contrast to a normal pianist. If you want to try it out, gimme a music sheet, I'll implement it for you. Tis' nothing hard for me, hahaha.

Hamelin: Wait a sec... *handsovermusic sheet*

Player Piano guy: ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[3ejays]

Chuck noris's warmup.

[BassLudeman]

this is like ragtime on steroids...or steroids on ragtime....

[GermanTeen1]

1:34 HOLY SHIT ! oO

[GermanTeen1]

Lololololol

[s694019001]

could you put a link to this sheet music please! i would love to have a copy

[MrOwn1]

3:59 the fatal accident :v

[Norgelt]

How many time it takes for Marc-Antré Hamelin to do this song?!!! (C'est un pur génie!!!)

[Guaduldi]

can you make a tutorial for this song????? XD

[afroman1419]

sounds like boss music

[licricardososa]

It's a wonderful joke! Thank you. Ricardo, from Argentina

[pianist7137]

@ch252525 I tried. Care to help? I tried arranging for 5 pianos 4 hands plus another 2 pianos. I've seperated the parts but i'm not sure how to balance them out.. Based on what I have here, I'll say it's still unplayable in terms of coordination. It'll take a genius to resolve that issue. I did the score on sibelius btw =))

[XxazidxX]

*cries in corner covering ears*

[iluvKH4eva]

omg! it got faster on this video! my brain can't cope!

[ClairvoyantLegacy]

IS THIS EVEN HUMANLY POSSIBLE?

[F1R1NMAHLAZAH]

@ClairvoyantLegacy No....seriously, no. :D

[iambobthebullyJMD]

...he's doing, maybe YOU do not...........................­........ok that was probably the strangest translation EVER...now all of you are probably getting what he is saying? right?

[iambobthebullyJMD]

lovesGenet (i think is saying) wow. this has the humor(?) of today's world. but how many pianos is it written for. the page looks like orchestra music. Dont compare Nancarrow, this has a completely different humor(?). Crazy schizoid(?) somethin new that HAMELIN bring to the field. DAMN! you people always showing dropping the names you learn in school. Well who is you, i say who? who where does you teach? Nanacarrow does one thing and Hamelin world with its need for more and more. He knows ....

[superdiaper]

I think he just thought "right, let's see them play this in the future. muhahaha they will never succeed" then he wrote this.

and the ending always makes me laugh.....he fell over after the last note.

[11918151119]

Magic mushroom music!

[fallout4me]

explanation, he was having a hand spasm and at 0:52 it would repeat over and over and he died.

[tonyngjichun]

LoL at last "The Fatal Accident"

LMFAO...

[abcmoidef]

I love this music ! It's fabulous

Where did you find the sheet music, please ?

Sorry 4 my english, i'm bad

[coolsims94]

OH MY GOD WTF!!!!! THE BLACK CLOUDS ARE ATTACKING ME!!!!! OH NOO'S THERE GETTING BIGGER AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THERE EATING MY HANDS!! MY PRECIOUS PRECIOUS HANDS!!! *crys in pain* OMFG SOMEONE HELP MEEEE!!!! NOW THERE EATING MY F***ING LEGS! *Dies*

[sanctusignis]

Marc-Andre Hamelin indeed does have an interesting sense of humor!

[RubixB0y]

i dont think he was composing just haveing a seisure with a pen in his hand

[PrestoPossibile]

pure kitsch...

[makwingka1985hk]

how to play it 

[AnAmericanComposer]

I love the 11th clusters it's my favorite part ZOOOMMMMMM! Then after that the part right before it with the angry chords

[tweriovnzxclb]

great, new ringtone for my company cellphone

[AnAmericanComposer]

All I understood was that there was a "C" chord at the beginning....after that everything just kinda blurred together.

[Mandaramaster]

easy.....

[sshuck]

This music isn't normal.

[GiantPanduh]

@sshuck

wtf is normal, you dense mother fucker?

[sshuck]

@GiantPanduh Not having outbursts like that?

[AnAmericanComposer]

@sshuck lol

[DShadow]

SPEED CLASSIC

[gwhizofto]

The piano collapses at the end, into a hunk of defeated bolts and wires, having tried to perform this task its master set for it.

[Kethvan]

Klavier Insano Extravaganza!

[Xuuma]

hahaha that's insane , I couldn't stop laughing :D

[stephendedaelus]

oh god it's like ragtime hell

[PancakesoftheLove]

Jesus fuck, that 8+ staves bit is a fugue.

You're kidding me. Right?

...I'll just go into the corner of my room and go barking mad.

[magdluke]

Mmm... feels like I just got arse-raped by a squadron of evil clowns

[gigigood1]

@magdluke thats actually kind of scary

[oseltrenado]

Who can to play it? xDD

[jules0659]

Hahahahahaha!!

[pianist7137]

@ch252525 @ch252525 I'm attempting to make such an arrangement.. Wish me all the best LOL!! I think it'll be REAL TOUGH playing together though..

[Grebdews87]

So.... Why haven't the five Browns caught on and put this on an album yet?

[L02T]

I'm surprised he actually wrote down notes instead of just lines...

[BlackViolinist13]

oh... so crazy :D

[looney1023]

lol the fatal accident at the end!

[Stick234567]

Try it on the harp, or harmonica...death

[NormanicusDiabolicus]

Quite easy really. About grade 3 is about right.

[kandutery]

try to play it with a pipe organ xD

[FeloFilms]

what the?, look at this song, maybe hamelin was a serial killer who hated the pianists ( not a bad comment) but just listen it, im scared!

[hjiuhfhrehui]

so...... lets give it a try.. XD ( NOT )

[chutdigadut]

did Hamelin REALLY compose this? I'm sorry, I feel pretty stupid for asking

[mortenkul]

@chutdigadut I don't think no one has ever played this... It's written for maybe 4 hands it looks

[chutdigadut]

@mortenkul right, but I was wondering if Hamelin really write this music, but I already found out that he DID write it haha

[mortenkul]

@chutdigadut Yes, and what makes it more awesome is that on his living time, there was no audio program for this sheets and so on.. So he must have known how it would sound like x) ... - That means ofc that I don't think he played this song when writing it at same time... He couldn't have been soooo bored that he just sat down on his piano chair and started to write all this ! It's just black... and it's for 10-15 pianos to make / to make play it : D

[mickyj300x]

Psh, Kastle could play that with one hand. Only he has the custom signals required to play this.

[orezpraw]

Do you have a PDF or scans of the score that you can upload somewhere?

[CharonM72]

i second this, it's just not the same automatically transcribed from the midi.

[looney1023]

so how many times did the program crash trying to play it lol?

[meticulum]

It's impossible, period. Especially at the speed at which this version is played.