Molly on the Shore By Percy Grainger

[Prankster5000]

My High School Band is playing this. It's an awesome piece, but hard. We're two days away from our concert, so I hope that we do good!

[robdawg2011]

There is a wrong note in the clarinet solo at 3:55 ....anybody else notice it too?

[Prankster5000]

@robdawg2011 That isn't a wrong note. My band is playing this, it is written specifically to sound different from the other solo in the piece.

[mychemcutie723]

i have a really good friend who's in wind ensemble that was able to play the solo perfectly<3 so good.

[bandgeek1575]

5 people are jealous that they don't have the skill to play the clarinet solo.

[kerowyn1]

Were trying to play this now in strings we got it so far but where not nearly that fast yet

[neroshrimp1]

What a cute song haha

[BlueTeknachu]

5 people hate clarinets

[mileybabe1994]

We tried to sightread this in concert band at my high school, and my band director just sort of gave up it was that hard. Fun piece, I like it, just extremely difficutl!

[xbonxbonxbonx]

i remember playing this in wind ensemble. definitely hard but also fun piece

[drpepperfreak2]

@bandgeekforever17 Whoops wrong vid

[gabriel70149]

I love this song!!!

i play it in high school

GO LOW BRASS & LOW REEDS!

Bari Sax<3

[ShulzGB]

@gabriel70149 Hell yeah!

[freebenjeebies]

LOL I played this in High school with the Clarinet!! XD It was really fun to play once I got the fingerings down LOL!!! XD

[EpiclyAwesome7]

Thumbs up if you have played this song with Dr. Sandra Dackow as your conductor

[roselinabonnie1997]

The first clarinet in our Wind Ensamble played the Solo for the peice HE WAS AWESOME!!!. I heard him practicing the solo and he had it down two weeks later after he got the peice. He was AMAZING. I only wish we had him back now because I miss having a good clarinet player. His music brought tears to my eyes.

[colorguardigan]

This is one of those pieces that once you play it, you won't ever forget how. xD

[drpepperfreak2]

This isn't Molly on the Shore..

[bandgeekforever17]

@drpepperfreak2 Yeah, I'm pretty sure it is....

[livinglikebandgeek]

I love this song. I am playing this with the community band and I just love this song.

[bandgeek1575]

I can only imagine the bassoon part for this... I'm currently playing it on bass in orchestra. Not an easy piece for a noob bass player like myself.

[ClarinetSisters]

What level would this be?

[colorguardigan]

@ClarinetSisters It's a Grade 5. The string arrangement is Grade 6. Out of 6 levels.

I'm playing this in band (I play oboe) currently and I CAN PLAY IT! SO HAPPY.

[bigpoppa0414]

I play first tuba on this piece in our Wind Ensemble. I'm currently in tears while practicing this piece. :(

[tjordan78]

I played 1st clarinet on Molly on the Shore with the UCLA Wind Ensemble my freshman year at the National Band Conference. We stood up in front of the group for the piece. I want a sweatshirt for that.

[gibsonguy625]

All full concert band scores of Molly on the shore should come with tshirts for the first clarinets that say "I played first clarinet on molly on the shore" Its that extreme.

[ClarinetSisters]

I want to play this in band :)

[kittykatt827]

@ClarinetSisters It's effing awesome.

[bandgeekforever17]

Does anybody know where I can find the exact clarinet sheet music for this online?

[geniusboy98]

On a scale from zero to Stravinsky to Robert W. Smith to Grainger, how obnoxious do you want that?

[totalclarinetgeek]

You can probably tell by my username that I'm a clarinetist- and I really want to play this song in concert season!

[buzzerbeater9000]

Wow.

[Nerdydolfin]

Yes, I play clarinet. And this song is AWESOME!!!!

[Changfriedrice]

most fun piece i ever played in sophomore year, especially with mannin veen and arabesque.. yuck why can't we have fun pieces this year? lol

[ssaranaborss]

i can play this with ease. it just takes practice. quite enjoyable.

[DanielProctor775]

I play piano in high school Jazz Band and bass trombone in Wind Ensemble and apparently my favorites are the most obnoxious/repetitive: Mars by Holst, Molly on the Shore by Grainger, Blue Rondo a la Turk by Brubeck, Sing Sang Sung by Goodwin, etc.

[ashchetum]

@ehelwagen I played Children's March also, freshman year, still one of my favorites.

[ehelwagen]

One of the best wind bands in the country!

[itsTiLER]

my director was looking for a piece to play because she needed one more for our concert and one of the clarinets at my school who got 1st chair at region band, whom i had shared this song with was there. i recommended this song and both of them were all "NOOOO" even my director knows it is extremely difficult.

[metalmetalvictory]

I play percussion for this. REST CITY TOWN.

[gohawksgo231]

high school band... Why did they have to make this cut time???? haha

[404jipjip]

Go clarinets!! :D

[kiltacular280]

Ha screw band my string ensemble played this

[balloonparty100]

@kiltacular280 pyshhh either way, there is no guarantee of survival.....

[kiltacular280]

@balloonparty100 it does tend to rush a bit doesnt it ;)

[balloonparty100]

@kiltacular280 yeahh im doomed....

[venskus2009]

bass clarinet = heaven at high F <3

[DJBlackNGold]

@venskus2009 Just remember.. when it comes to what embouchure/air stream to use? After a high E, you're on your own!

[jaypitt061990]

@venskus2009 yeah i know its pretty great

[FlamingSpaz29]

@venskus2009 Where the high F....? I got the sheet music for this yesterday, full thing, and highest note is like a high B.

[JOlivo94]

This has been the piece that could be heard amongst the Trumpet section as we show off to each other. We received the music Freshman year and it had been a competition who could play it the fastest and cleanest. Now, Senior year, it's a competition to see who has it memorized and can play it the fastest. We give up after the first 5 or so measures and call it at truce.

[StarkidLWP]

We tried to sightread this in Wind Ensemble. I play clarinet, and I'm a pretty good sight-reader.

I gave up about 30 measures in and went off to die.

[ehelwagen]

@StarkidLWP

It's a tough one!

[ilhorses101]

Love this so much. Wish my band director let us play this

[ashchetum]

I love how the music for this piece has 3rd 2nd 1st parts, and then the "Solo" part.

I'm on the "Solo Cornet" part. This is my favorite Granger piece.

[ehelwagen]

@ashchetum

Listen to the Children's March by Grainger. It's charming!

[TheKerstin64]

Any other Harry Potter fans find that the composer's name is Percy Grainger (although spelled differently) implying that Percy Weasley married Hermione?

[GunbladeBeserkr]

@TheKerstin64 lame

[trombonesalot]

@TheKerstin64 Did any Harry Potter fans notice that Percy Grainger lived from the years 1882 to 1961 and therefore has no connection to the Harry Potter series what so ever?

[PercussionGeek1]

It's really fun to listen to while your in percussion, considering you play for only a tenth of the song.

[MarioPainter925]

@PercussionGeek1 Well when this was written melodic percussion was a revolutionary thing to use.

[superduperandie]

My ears are very happy right now.

[TheAgsProdigy]

Played this song in 7th grade. The band director had it transposed into a woodwind ensemble with some brass and I ended up with the bass solo on the tuba. Oh the fun days :D

[omglolmurder]

i swear i have watched this more than 70,000 times myself

[DTNothing]

Solo Clarinet: I AM GOING TO DIE A VERY MUSICAL DEATH

[XBlackXRoseX868]

I had the bass solo in the beginning!

[footballXcrazyX2012]

yay horn, has more cues than real notes:P i think we win

[MrAdulator]

Omg the euph part on this.It's so hard. And high.

[AssassinSkills]

@MrAdulator lol, I know. It's like reading bass clef. It's also a finger twister.

[pvsEuph16]

@MrAdulator i said that myself at first, though i played this in eighth grade and recently got braces, but after a month i was hitting the C slurring from the Ab. it was a good part but the cues fogged what we had to actually play!

[AssassinSkills]

I like the end, it catches me off guard.

[tromuniapp]

You know it's Grainger when you hear it.

[Volcotorc]

This song is of the classics

[ffrmaster34]

What's satisfying? Sight-reading this as a Second Clarinet part and I'm STILL the only person in my band that can play this song good enough. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.

[chevster23]

its the oboe

[Holycrap27]

Does anyone know the weird instrument playing the melody at 1:11 and 1:16 (which sounds like the same instrument but with something else added)

[footballXcrazyX2012]

@Holycrap27 its first trumpet(or cornet) and soprano sax i remember this cuz they were so out of tune when my band was playing this, and these guys arent. we are stilling working at it

[ihighfiveyourface]

@Holycrap27 IT'S THE SOPRANO SAX <333

[ghlaekgh]

@Holycrap27

It's a cornet.

[geniusboy98]

BASS CLARINET FTW!!!!

[mitsukikosan]

thank goodness! finally a video that's not a video of a group playing it...

[nutnashell06]

I loved playing this, bass clarinet/ 1st clarinet! in other words, woodwinds ftw!

[nickelback97]

Okay. im a flute and i need to know where to get this sheet music:/ if anyone can help me, please inbox me!

[hoppy318]

:23-:32 is Bass and Alto Clarinets, Baritone Sax, Bassoons

:32-:37 is 1st Clarinets & Oboes

[JEWong47]

I love this song xD This was one of the songs we played for my first concert with the Desert Winds. I had the... 4th horn part I think. Wish I could've been a woodwind for this xD

[Wavvey101]

We played this in My High school String Orchestra, and It was sooo much fun I love this song, This is agreat Recording also!

[Holycrap27]

Can someone tell me what instruments are playing the melody in:

0:23 - 0:32

0:32 -0:37

My guess is bari sax and bass clarinet, then alto and tenor sax, but that makes no sense because the alto sax plays something different in that part(I have the sheet music for it)

[tubaelmougy]

@Holycrap27 0:23 - 0:32 is bassoon and bass clarinet. no sax.

0:32 -0:37 sounds like alto. muted trumpet maybe? doesnt sound like muted trumpet though...

[dbrockbassoon]

@tubaelmougy

Just to set the record straight, at 0:23 you hear Bassoons, Contrabassoon, Bass Clarinets, and String Bass.

At 0:32 You hear the clarinets and Soprano Saxophone playing the melody and the bassoons and other saxophones playing the accompaniment.

Hope this helps! Cheers. :D

[xSerru]

@Holycrap27 0:23 - 0:32 is Bassoon, bass clarinet and tuba.

0:32 - 0:37 is saxophone.

[Holycrap27]

@xSerru I play alto sax and it's playing the background in 0:32

[seanrulez1]

@xSerru TUBA FTW

[MrWebsii]

@Holycrap27 the end parts the first clarinet

[snipe123snipe]

1st Horn. fun piece*

[Sleyah]

We've played this two years in a row at school. Our band director loves it for some reason...(I'm a flute player)

[footballXcrazyX2012]

i love this song! 3rd horn is really fun im really glad im not 1 or 2 horn, there are more cues than notes! put they do get more melody. oh well i like 3rd you get the best of both worlds! and at the end you have a FFFF my band has named that after me :D

[Nerdydolfin]

Love this song. Hard as heck though, even on 4th clarinet. When you get the hang of it it's really fun to play!

[Maskylover]

this song is hard for alto sax well the beginning is easy but it gets really hard

[gifflagurl1912]

We read this song in my band class last year, OH MY GOD!! The clarinet part is literally breathtaking!!! XD LOVE this piece!

[fivestander]

On a scale of one to Grainger, how obnoxious do you want that?

[w00p18]

i played this in middle school my 8th grade year and we made first in state just look up molly on the shore and its the first one

[xXinsanity92Xx]

I played this in wind ensemble my sophomore year of high school... or tried to. I was on third clarinet and still managed to fail xD Great piece, hope I get another chance to perform it.

[waterpoloman1992]

@GrassPokemonFTW i had been playing bassoon for like a year when my band teacher made us play this and put me on first part. thats exactly what i was thinking every time he made us play that

[CatFlashBlue]

I love the clarinet and bass clarinet parts for this. I'm playing the string orchestra version for my orchestra- violas rule =D We get the melody a lot in this one.

[necorelli]

@CatFlashBlue

lol, viola's getting melody

[CatFlashBlue]

@necorelli violas don't usually have the melody because they have a more important job. They connect the cellos to the 2nd violins and complete the chords. The violas make it sound complete and rich. Even more importantly, the violas play a lot of major and minor 3rds, and are often the deciding factor in whether a song is major or minor in sound. And that is huge. I could go on forever as to why the violins tend to get the melody, which is the least important part of the song. It's just, the

[CatFlashBlue]

@necorelli composer looks at a piece and has to ask "what instrument should I sacrifice to the melody?" because in many ways, the melody is the least important part of the song. It's the easiest to write because it's the most obviously heard, and therefore easiest imagined. With my experience in composition, it is a lot more fun writing the stuff around the melody, because it is so difficult and complex- and there are endless possibilities. Usually the flutes, clarinets, or violins end up

[CatFlashBlue]

@necorelli playing the melody because the highest voice is almost always the most easily given up, but of course this is a vast generalization considering the insane complexities of composition. Anywhoozel, I am just annoyed that people think the viola is so in the background, but also at people who have a sort of "viola nationalism" and say "violins suck" or whatever. In the composing and professional world, there is a much better understanding of the equal yet different importance of all

[CatFlashBlue]

@necorelli instruments. There, glad I got that off my chest. I know you weren't expecting it, but I hoped you enjoyed reading... even if just to laugh at my ridiculousness. I tend to get into music rants easily. Thanks for reading.

[Gavmac333]

i finally mastered this song... then saw that it was in cut time and nearly crapped myself.

[554Key]

@Gavmac333 rofl

[bongloadz4satan]

@Gavmac333 How did you not notice it earlier?

[MiniMaciosek]

@Gavmac333 I don't blame you.

[AYJAYShow]

hooray for playing trumpet 4 on this song! lololol

[calebaren]

playing this in orchestra; nothing like this :)

[crandalh1988]

And believe me this sint easy for brass players either! I played euphonium and there were some parts that were way up range!

[BenRikhoff]

I love this song. It is fun to play. it has lots of energy. Highly recomended to any orchestra

[mapaxton1]

i play the flute. daaamn this song is fun.

[ehelwagen]

I love the reediness in this performance!!!

[asd123ish]

When the bass clarinets and bassoons play I can hear the parts clacking as they play ^_^

[Llynze]

@asd123ish Just so you know the difficulty in this, we bassoonists only have 5 holes and a G key. Bb and anything below is keyed. So if you can hear the keys clicking, it comes purely from the pinkies and thumbs (the G key is a quiet key...at least on my bassoon). I'm pretty sure its similar on the bass clarinet

[luigisorchestra]

@Llynze I like hearing the click of a key going down. It adds a nice percussive element to the wind pieces. :)

[asd123ish]

@Llynze I play bassoon and we did Molly on the Shore last year, so I know how hard it is and what's making the clacking noise.

[BCCM152]

Nice Eb Clarinet! And everyone else as well. Bravo.

[drakedbz]

I love this song! We played it last year (I play Eb Clarinet). Unfortunately, people get mad when I play the part (from memory) as a finger/tongue warm up, cuz everyone else in my band hates it lol.

[koolkat104]

... And half the band faints from lack of breathing time.

...And the brass players and that one random circular breathing kid laugh.

[wackedout839]

I remember playing this song. looking over the sax's shoulders and seeing their's or the clarinets scared me. thats why i was relieved to b playing trumpet

[AlfredoVazquez12]

@wackedout839 it is for trumpet if your playing first third or fourth part the second trumpet part was ridiculous.

[wackedout839]

@AlfredoVazquez12 yeah but still

[Cajenshrimp]

This is just one of those songs where I can say "Thank God I'm a brass player."

[cj1lorenz]

I want to play this song once in my life. THATS IT!!!!!!

[Kizales]

We're doing this piece in our Orchestra! (We only consist of strings so it's not fully traditional lol)

[euphzilla321]

i named my dog Molly after this song.

[jbmusical1]

this is my all time favorite piece. i played the 2nd clarinet part and the alto clarinet part my 9th grade year in high school. ever since then ive learned the clarinet solo on every instrument i play

[zertyuiop1230]

lol, funny story: there this one time my director said once 'cause we haven't played this a for a couple of days and he said, "We haven't touched Molly in a while." He didn't mean to say it like that, and our first chair clarinet started laughing. No one didn't know why she was laughing, and then we all knew why she found it so funny.

[Acdcfan292]

@zertyuiop1230 Was her name Molly?

[sesshylover24]

@zertyuiop1230 my band teacher once said "french-horney" XD

[footballXcrazyX2012]

@zertyuiop1230 my band director said that too!

[Halo3rockss]

amazing

[Jwlzilla]

Trumpet solo FTW

[NarumiKenshin]

@Jwlzilla Only that it is a duet with the best instrument ever, Soprano Sax =D

[GrassPokemonFTW]

Teacher: OK, who wants to play Molly on the Shore?

Brass: Yeah, sure! It's pretty easy.

Woodwind: HELL NO!

[NeuronRage]

@GrassPokemonFTW Ok the Brass isn't easy either. I have to play the french horn part which shall explode my lungs with the high A-flat I have to hit.

[GrassPokemonFTW]

@NeuronRage I was talking about the brass section as a whole, and their parts collectively. The notes are of same difficulty between brass and woodwind; the main difference is that the woodwinds have to keep up that melody without so much as a breath. Granted, that note is high for french horns, and they get hit pretty hard there, but otherwise? Sorry, I'm also sort of speaking from my class's perspective; the brass players found this piece really easy while the woodwinds groveled in pain. :P

[paradox56533]

@GrassPokemonFTW ur comment just made my day lol

[gtruff11]

I beg to differ. I love playing this and I am a clarinet. :D

[kcraw33]

luv this song because i play clarinet and that just shows that clarinets are more important that brass :P

[JJBRMusic]

@kcraw33 LIES XD

[ziggyfly14]

@jeffreyballance I think the tempo is just right. Any faster and it would sound uneasy and rushed. It was a very clean performance.

[Holycrap27]

Soo do you tongue fast part or not??

[UnleashedPro926]

@Holycrap27 what part are you refering to?

[Holycrap27]

@Holycrap27 the beginning clarinet part

[NarumiKenshin]

@Holycrap27 In the beginning part, the 16th note pickups into the next measure are slurred. The eighth notes are tongued, while the triplets are not. So it goes, slurred two 16th's into a measure of 8ths tongued, leading to a triplet slurred with six 8th notes in that measure tongued. The tongued notes are all marked staccato. Hope this helps =P

[ohsnapitbejenna]

Grainger is SO much fun to play.

[awesomessful]

Clarinets... I salute you.

[SuperAnnoyMouse]

LOL! the two people who disliked this obviously doesn't understand the difficulty of this piece :/

[lomoman119]

Yes perfect blend of the soprano sax the solo instrument!!!!

[yamborski]

Learn to circular breathe. 

[Xcrazzykidss321X]

As a Clarinet player, I just died and went to heaven. That was simply beautiful.

[ThatGuyThisTime]

Breathing is for pansies.

[polkadotlove78]

i don't remember ever playing it that fast hahaha. thank god. we played it fast but damnnnn.