Holst - Mercury, The Winged Messenger (from The Planets) - Piano Tutorial

🌌 Gustav Holst's vision of Mercury, in music! 🎹

Learn how to play Mercury, The Winged Messenger (from The Planets) by Gustav Holst on piano with this Synthesia piano tutorial! Please enjoy!

Although it is the first planet from the sun, #Mercury is the third piece by #GustavHolst from his amazing suite #ThePlanets composed in the early twentieth century. This incredible solo piano arrangement of Holst's masterpiece is fleeting, exciting, terrifying, and mystifying all at the same time. If you are an advanced level pianist looking for challenging repertoire, this expertly arranged piece will be perfect for you to master!

This piano arrangement of Mercury, The Winged Messenger (from The Planets) is fantastic to play! You can learn it with our #SheetMusicBoss Synthesia #PianoTutorial, or from our official Sheet Music Boss sheet music at the top of the description!

Arranged by Andrew Wrangell
Edited by Samuel Dickenson
Produced by Andrew Wrangell & Samuel Dickenson

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[Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

*Mercury:* "You wanna see me make a song about myself? You wanna see me do it again?"

[wofi]

Holy cow I just realized those ostinato notes are meant to be like morse code, Holst was a genius wow

[evanmisejka]

The tempo here is just right for me. I've heard so many versions where it is so fast that it is impossible to be musical. Thank you SMB.

[prunabluepepper]

You can hear when Mercury brings good news and bad news, does feather light steps to deliver his notes.

[Caramel_Carabu]

Is it just me or do you find it relaxing 😌

[theodorestephens]

Honestly I’ve been waiting for these holst pieces

[Warcrafter]

YES! I cannot wait for the others! Especially Jupiter!

[itsaname]

you really can feel his light movement

[SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Ah I remember the time I walked on this planet. Good times

[hexshadowman]

It makes me think of those scenes in movies when a message is being relayed across the world in a globetrotting montage through different countries.

[alexkarpenter]

The next part seems to be the best one :)

[deathless]

You are really Talented
Keep up the great work👍
@musicsheetboss

[RealDragonMA]

Nice job ! What about "On my Way" by Phil Collins ?! (A hard version)

[trip]

Day 59: I'd love it if you could do Evolution or The Hand from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure!

[eduardouc]

DUDEEE, You should make all the planets ❤❤

[chaoskumagawa]

Metal Beat from the game Metal Masters composed by Alberto J. Gonzalez.

Captain Jack by Billy Joel.

Superstition by Stevie Wonder.

Goodbye Earl by Dixie Chix.

[quintinfoutz]

Great job on another good video SheetMusicBoss! I would like to request an extended version of the other father song from coraline.

[Aqua-ekyb]

Hi, err, can you make a Piano tutorial of "HOME - Resonance" pls

[davidmuren]

I’m desperately trying to think of a song for them to play, they’ve almost done everything

[RaptorWaderMusic]

Can you do from The Lion Guard "BRING BACK A LEGEND"