Maharaja - Doug Spata

Maharaja - Doug Spata
(String Orchestra)
"'Maharaja' is a Bollywood-style dance with the characteristic flourishes and harmonies of traditional Indian music. Finger snaps and slurred pizzicatos imitate tabla drums to add to the exotic textures." -Doug Spata
Grade 3.5 Composition
Composed by Doug Spata (2009)
Published by Highland/Etling Publishing, div. of Alfred Music (2011)
Hosted on www.jwpepper.com, www.alfred.com, www.dougspata.com
Instrumentation:
Violins (16)
Viola (5)
Cello (5)
String Bass (5)
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[@zephyrcook3617]

All of Doug Spatas pieces are really fun and incredible

[@viola0027]

If you guys play Maharaja in 140 BPM/1.25x speed, its gonna be even harder.
(Random kid who experienced it himself)

[@E_FoxSnowspirit]

We are all school music students here.
Together we will rise!

[@ArtisticDragonKing]

Haha playing this in high school right now! I'm actually in love with it

[@abigailnechayev1346]

I heard this song today at school, it is soooo good

[@themenwriteinthesugar7643]

this sounds so fun to play omggmogmmgg THE BASS PART IS FIRE
so glad to be a bass but like only the 8th graders get to play :(

[@raine1727]

the 8th graders at my school wouldn't be able to play this lol

[@AnonymousFish1204]

Second? I like this song that's all......

[@ArtisticDragonKing]

Omg I've never been so in love with a song... This is so fun to play, and even more thrilling to listen to! It's such a bop 😂

[@abigailnechayev1346]

It is a bop 😂

[@talanplentyhorse-noel6442]

This song soooooo lovely, idk if my orchestra will play this piece, it is soo fun, i will buy thia piece if I have to!!

[@satirestudios5413]

My school has a band, choir, orchestra, and a chamber orchestra. This should be for chamber kids but here we are

[@v.h.w.2580]

Sounds fun

[@weeenn8345]

I played this in my orchestra, let’s just say I couldn’t even play a single note

[@aggressivepianonoises813]

I can never stop cringing deep down whenever I hear those e string slurs. Cuts deep.

[@mrswag535]

Why?

[@weeenn8345]

@@mrswag535 Because I suck, I quit orchestra lmao

[@satirestudios5413]

@@mrswag535 this song is hard ASF, switching from the snap to the notes, especially as a second violin

[@nothankyou9389]

When you sit next to a Cello and a Violin

[@viola0027]

If you sit next to a cello and a violin, then ur prob a viola

[@leolikesshrek1175]

L viola, cello and violin gang rise up

[@udon5594]

@@leolikesshrek1175 real

[@Critiri]

haha our orchestra is so bad at this

[@jaredhira]

Well I'm sorry to hear that. I hope your orchestra still has time to practice and get better at it though.

[@moomaniac2932]

I like you

[@cyberdragon5437]

We never even got to play it because my orchestra sucked. I wanted to play it so bad too. That and gauntlet