Mars from 'The Planets Suite' by Gustav HOlst

[TheMaliciousStorm]

I wish there was a tutorial. I can't read sheet music, believe me I tried...and I'm just not smart enough I guess.

[hanullQa]

wow... great ^^

[willybass123]

I liked this a lot!

You played this with passion keeping the essence to it all!

[iwanabana]

would this be a little bit too fast? and starting from 1:07 it became somewhat "swing" instead of dotted

[hoogieboogieland]

most conductors ask for a slower tempo, but this is similar to the tempo holst used in conducting his recordings.

[iwanabana]

that is because that in the past, time wasn't sufficient and then music had to be played a lot faster than it should be

[chengwei1405]

This piece played by an orchestra is slower. However, when performed on piano, a quicker tempo is adopted because the piano is unable to fully replicate the variety of harmony and sound created by the use of multiple instruments... as such, a quicker tempo makes it more exciting, and keeps the audience from being bored.

[Pladask]

The dramatic crescendi on single chords are a pinnacle of this movement. As we know, this is impossible to do on a piano, thus we lose something, which again means one should add something. I suppose speed works. =)

[barytonezeb]

@hoogieboogieland according to wikipedia, the recordings were played at a faster tempo so they could fit on the records they used to record them

[ianmike6791]

You're absolutely right!

[icanhasheadache]

I play the cello, and our high school orchestra conductor told us off for playing that bit too swing-y today. An interesting coincidence.

[iwanabana]

hahaha i wish i had the chance to play this song...

i sing in choir, and all the others sing dotted rhythm as swing...and i wonder why.

[icanhasheadache]

It sounds pretty goofy if done as swing. It's not Mars, Bringer of Funk. War!!

[movie825]

Sorry for the double post, but for one pianist, not several

[chengwei1405]

there is no one piano version to my knowledge.

[bagnewauckland]

imslp . org / wiki / The_Planets,_Op.32_(Holst,_Gus­tav)

At the bottom is a Solo Piano version

[movie825]

Where would I get a free copy of this music? Yes yes, I'm cheap.

[meza321]

hi i have a school project and i was wondering if you guys knew when this piece of music was intended to play i mean like live. if you could tell me thanks alot ive been searching all day and ive had no luck.

[chengwei1405]

hey. I don't really understand what u mean 'when this piece of music was intended to play' explain?

[sijemeurtcesoir]

@chengwei1405 I believe what they meant was they wanted to know if this was intended to be a performance piece, or if it was meant to be a piano reduction used as a rehearsal aid

[paigemeow]

i am a massive music fan, and to be honest; this is my favourite piece of music ever :)

good structure, everything is amazing.

[meza321]

ye thats what i mean. when was it intended to play like for the first time live.

[DODECASONICO]

IT IS VERY FAST !

[CrazyPianist122792]

Hey, Cheng! Holst wrote the two piano version because he had neuritis in his right arm which prevented him from playing over the scores. He asked two of his colleagues if they could play the piano version in his soundproof music room, and then later on gave explicit detail on the piano version as to how the orchestration should be written out. The colleagues then wrote out the final intended orchestration.

[Bob65001]

interesting

[mmaow]

hey! i love the colours in this piece and i think you have brought them out really well! it's so much easier to like the orchestral version because the different instruments bring these qualities out really easily, it's definitely a difficult job to try to do that with pianos.

very well done, bravo! :D

[jaws93]

great playing

keep it up!