Maharaja, by Doug Spata – Score & Sound

Maharaja
By Doug Spata
Item: 00-35964
Series: Highland/Etling String Orchestra
Ensemble: String Orchestra
Format: Conductor Score & Parts
Grade: 3.5
Add some sizzle to your next concert with some Bollywood style! Maharaja combines rhythms and motifs from Indian music with exciting melodies. Slurred pizzicato imitates the sound of tabla drums while finger snaps and triplet flourishes add to the Southeast Asian flavor. Teachers will appreciate challenging their students with advanced fingerings and rhythms throughout the piece and students and audiences will thrill to this unique musical experience.

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[ReKtSoN]

when your director is this close 👌 to yeeting this piece out the window

[themenwriteinthesugar]

i remember wanting to learn this so bad in middle school and its still an absolute bop...sometimes i wish i didnt switch to band

[viola]

Putting it on 1.25 speed/140 tempo is so cool

[faierest]

this was one of the songs we played in orchestra during my high school years and i remember being in love with it. gosh, the scenes i can picture with this score in the background.

[jacksond]

I played this on my phone and my friend immediately said "I just love music I can be a scarab to", then went home and searched for "music to be a scarab to" Fun

[JacksonHollo]

am i the only one who actually really enjoyed playing this?

[gyuholee-on]

Played this in my majority asian-indian orchestra in 7th grade. Quite easy.

[Akanaise]

A lot of us didn’t know how to snap when we learned this in our orchestra, looking back, how did a bunch a 5th graders not know how to snap

[Pikminthusiast]

I have this song at my orchestra right now!

[ViolaBud]

Our orchestra’s Bassist and I (Violist) duet this piece ALL. THE. TIME.

[AcidSpitter]

This piece inspired me to start writing stuff like this

[Sirus-the-witch-]

I'm learning this in school rn it's so fun

[yoshihasbagels]

Bro I learned this in middle school it was so fun

[preppybeads]

When ur orchestra teacher is 👌 close to making this song a beat faster
The whole class: NOOOO
That one

[Mouyshi]

my orchestra played this, gold rating lamawo

[Silver-washing-Patched-bixy]

I love this song to the death. I mean literally. This song is gonna be the death of us at the concert TwT lol

[brooklyn_k]

I remember playing this is middle school and getting in trouble because everyone kept calling it marijuana lol

[GoofyGang_Official]

"lets get em' boys" ahh song

[tryhard]

I remember playing this back in 7th grade

[valeriacamarillo]

I’m playing this piece in school and I need help. How do you do it? (Mind you I switched to symphonic and was in concert for two years.)