James Barger - Flight of the Bumble Bee

[lucastanitas]

is this Rimsky Korsakov's version?

[fefewang1]

Dang boy! Air circulating!! Great job!!

[ianwashere12345]

Great, Did you take from "The Fever"? I graduated from WT, it is good to know good Sax work is still going on there.

[MaGiCpEnGu1n]

And to think I thought that I played fast songs. Psst god dude that was just amazing!!!!

[nattanon1992]

เทพไปไหมเธอจ๋า...

[TenorSaxBoy5895]

3 Bari saxaphonists watched this video

[121jeydonwale]

I have that sax! Its black nickel with gold keys! I love it. Gonna hav to learn this:)

[Hypnotoad206]

Wow man SKILLS !!!! I was the first junior at my school to play carnival of Venice and take it to state. The original one not the new arraigned one. I spent 6 months 3 hrs a day with a private tutor. (no im not Asian) hahaha

[mack583659]

cool i have the exacts same model canonball except i have both tenor and alto

[J4ckpot23]

do u have any asian in u?

[missgabriellaful]

Are u tad person who cn breathe n play at the same time?

[missgabriellaful]

I Dun see u breathe at all!

[ducksongrules1234]

:O

[thunderfoot43]

Those are some crazy circular breathing skills.

[blaignes93]

i am trying to learn this song i wont show off and say what grade i am in :P but really showing off isnt the thing its enjoying music and when people want to hear you they will but no reason for showing off :P and my vids are not soo good because i dont need to post awesome vids on youtube hopefully you got my message :P

[jbargermusic]

@blaignes93 Thanks for your comment - I completely agree with you about the true purpose of music. This was never posted with the intention of "showing off," it was simply a piece I performed on a recital that I wanted to share with family and friends who were unable to attend. I hope that you'll watch some of the other videos on my channel and see that technique is not what I'm all about. Best of luck! :)

[blaignes93]

@jbargermusic thanks best of luck to your later performances



[maxwheeler100]

There was an eighth grader at my school a couple years ago that played this perfectly.

[bennyisawesome]

i am so super jealous (;

[kateryna012]

I now teach this work, but such compliance is not heard! simply super

[kishe7]

wow when i'm older i wasnt to be able to play it on sax piano tuba and all the other instruments i play cuz that is amazing

[MrJaliprandi]

Tocam muito. mas o som da mal gravado. vira uma confusão de sons....

[crazyman0302]

Holy shit, all whice circular breathed, damn impressive

[Coufu]

Awesome job. Wish I could circular breathe. Do you mark exactly where you're going to circular breathe or do you just do it as you need it?

[illibafu]

bravissimo! which arrangement is it?

[SayYes101]

This is incredible!! Way to be: I aspire to be at this man's level at some point.

[jbargermusic]

@SayYes101 Thank you! Best of luck to you in your musical endeavors!

[SayYes101]

@jbargermusic Thank you as well! How long have you been playing for? How long did this piece in particular take to perfect?

[Jacob61997]

wow im trying to learn this song right now, holy cow thats fast!!

[soccerfrogced13]

gosh, so amazing

[vert369]

what key is that song in?

[stuffedicing]

i play flute, when i searched the flute part i got all excited. now i'm jealous

[soundwavefreak6659]

to bad about the intonation im impressed though

[soundwavefreak6659]

to bad about the intonation

[justinivitch]

this should be played by epic sax guy so he would kick all of these guys their *sses

[THEMOMASTER]

i play saxophone and my lips hurt just from watching this

[watermelon0221]

Hi ,great job! can you tell me,who transcribed this one,you played. thank you

[elizabethrudy]

Wow, absolutely wonderful, superb. My son plays saxophone (jr. high) and I play occassionally. I agree with the other comment, the sound quality is so good! I never sounded that good, but this gives me new hope!

[playsthesax55]

I've heard a few recordings by you on youtube and I just wanted to say that you the best undergrad saxophonist I've ever heard! Your performance on the caprice floored me, I'm working on it, but It will be years until I can make it so virtuostic and clean.

I'm a junior in High School, and looking around for a college for a saxophone performance major, could you tell me a little about the professor there?

thanks.

[herno92]

1 word: Circular Breathing (see how he inflates his cheeks and always maintain the sound

[19saxman91]

Wow. That was amazing.

[trinity0408]

After reading most of the comments, I decided to say something. I just started playing the sax, and I am 37. I started in August, actually. For how long I have played, mechanically I am doing very well. My technique (sound quality and other things), however needs a lot of work. I would love to be able to play this song at normal speed. (I am playing marches at about 70 - LOL. I have been told to speed it up by next week, if I can). This guy is amazing. He does give me inspiration though. :)

[fluffynelson28]

I'm trying to learn this... I'm in eighth grade but so far I can play the first six measures at a tempo of 100... Someday I hope to be able to play the full song at the right tempo!!!! Time to practice hahaha

[gobias3]

@sAmWiLhAm what does being 15 have anything to do with it? youre 3 and a half years into the sax, u should know how to play that song by now. stop wasting your time with hot cross buns and learn some actual songs faggot

[musicbox11]

@gobias3 what a prick get a life man

[letters129]

@gobias3

stop being such an asshat

[MooMooCow95]

I'm attempting to learn this song but I don't think I'll be this good for like another 38742983749 years >_<

[gobias3]

@sAmWiLhAm then get off your lazy ass and learn it what is wrong with kids these days jesus christ

[DigitalGunStudios]

i found a sax coiver thanx u rock!

[RandomAwe]

O.o you have inspired me to continue on my life goal - To learn Flight of the Bumble Bee on Alto before I turn 16 ....

Maybe I'll be more realistic, before I turn 17...

[CEwindsSaxes]

awesome job!

[panhead247]

wow im going for this right now and i can play it at a medium speed... how do you do it??? haha and as joetighe said CHOPS!

[XxTorrentWolfxX]

lolwut

[Zuffaux]

Awesome! Where did you get the sheet for this? I gotta start to learn this song for finger dexterity.

[SophiTruphi]

Bravo!

[jbargermusic]

@SophiTruphi Thank you Sun! I'm glad you found me on here :-)

[SophiTruphi]

bravo!

[WAAAAFFLES]

wow. this just shows how little i know about the true sound quality possible from a saxaphone. some of the people i know that play sound pretty good, but you just completely demolished them..great job!

[jbargermusic]

@WAAAAFFLES Thank you!

[joetighe]

Very cool musician. He has chops.

[jbargermusic]

@joetighe Thanks Joe!

[wafflizerz]

Nice job you sound amazing!

[jbargermusic]

@wafflizerz Thank you!

[phiIimander]

For the people who wants to know what sax he is using it is a french buffet crampon

[jbargermusic]

@phiIimander The saxophone I'm using in the video is a Selmer SA-80 Series II with a Selmer Larry Teal mouthpiece and Vandoren Optimum ligature.

[EmulatorDX]

Such control!

[MrWii56789]

i cant do that on my sax lol...

[MrWii56789]

i cant do tha on my sax lol

[stenzi517]

nice!

[magicrice2000]

Your tone is stellar. what saxophone are you using?

[dpk2029]

Nicccccee... is tehe person performing the same person who posted thsi video?

[dannsax]

Perfecta interpretacion. Es lo unico que se puede decir, simplemente perfecto.

[veryfun41]

This is very good :)

[ShadowUMP]

i wonder if it's possible to do it tongued?

[DigitalTru7h]

lol, it would fall off.

[mdeonx16]

@ShadowUMP I've been playing saxophone in school band since 4th grade and I'm now a freshman in college, I think it's damned near impossible to play this without slurring XD

[ShadowUMP]

@ShadowUMP lol maybe real fast double tounging

[EYTMusic]

@ShadowUMP Only if you have 10 tounges. ;)

[stevenhelpme]

@ShadowUMP imagine that...

[ApertureAce]

@ShadowUMP Not unless you want pull your tongue muscle.

[cranker9999]

@ShadowUMP u cud do it double tongued

[kinigit]

@ShadowUMP Yep, if double tongueing.. Have to have a lot of control of that muscle though, and the coordination the articulation up with the fingers.

[sydmc2525]

@ShadowUMP  Double tonguing for the win! XD

[DaMan478]

@ShadowUMP no.

[GeritWag]

If I tried to play this I would probably break the reed in the first 10 seconds....

[tsecheuk]

wow! it's so fast.

[Dcforlife025]

i have the guitar music to this,would it still be the same on my alto sax?

[tjones3293]

No, you would have to transpose it to the sax's key

[Genesis415]

@Dcforlife025 well it would sound 3 semitones lower due to the saxophone being in E flat

[bh4bm]

@Dcforlife025 yeah i think it will cause i have a alto sax too

[Crazyguitarman1991]

@Dcforlife025

no, it would be in a different key..

[DareMeTheCrazy]

Can someone send me the music to this for the Alto Saxophone?

[ShadowUMP]

speechless

[Ragamuffin5122]

was that all slurred? And i wish i could find the notes for this song on the internet...

[philimander]

that was AMAZING! 5 STARS but I accidentally did 4. Sorry!

[IIIThreat]

I think I just crapped myself... LoL! Great job, but then again you're from Texas, so I wouldn't have expected anything less. Ha ha! I'm preparing this myself for my junior recital...and it's a year away. LoL!

[Blackpairable]

wonderful

[hzjhk]

Very nice James! How long did you practice for this song? I practiced two days and i can only reach your speed for about 8 bars, and i'm getting blisters on my fingers.

[katerocks4life]

Wow.

Are you doing circulatory breathing?

[tsecheuk]

very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!★☆

[bigw2012]

man that's awesome.....so i already learned parts of it by ear but it's so hard!! props to you....i plan to learn this before leaving high school!!!

[Lottanubs]

Are you circulatory breathing or am I just trippin' out?

[FLeastwood]

This is incredible.

[jbargermusic]

Thank you!

[krnw0n1]

sounds good james!

Won

[jbargermusic]

Thanks Won! I hope things are going great for you in Austin!

[tds0221]

i play the alto and bari. but this is my next goal for my alto. great job.

[jbargermusic]

Thank you tds! Best of luck to you.

[darkstar32526]

damn thats nice! im a sax player myself and im 12! ur like a role model to meee!!!!

[jbargermusic]

It's great to hear such ambition from a 12-year old! Keep up the enthusiasm and practice hard ^_^

[dpk2029]

@darkstar32526 if your 12 you shouldn't be swearing then lol jk.

[liamjazz]

Awesome!!! Wsh I could see your fingers up close!!

[DidSax2]

Damn. where is the respirations???? :O Just perfect!

[drummingkid150]

I'm jealous.

[DragoonYoshi]

Wow, you are amazing 5/5