Love the song very nice played, altho im a clarinet player and the clarinets sounded very out of tune and try to accent too much keep ti short and steady sounds very flat
No, this is the right kind of tempo, the idea that Irish music should be as fast as possible is just false. HOWEVER, that is just about the ONLY thing right about this performance in any way at all. Irish tunes should never ever ever EVER be played by an orchestra, it's almost sacrilege, and even aside from that, each note in the tune is played like it's on its own, not a component of any kind of musical phrase.
OK, so they actually did get the tempo right, but apart from that it's just awful.
@Joe1729 It's actually not. Just about universally, orchestras are composed of strings, winds, percussion and other miscellaneous instrument groups. What this group is lacking in order to be called an orchestra is a section of strings. There are no strings in this ensemble. Thus, it is not an orchestra and is instead simply named a band.
@Gandrolok Okay, maybe there is some kind of formal definition of an orchestra that I was not aware of. However, if you had half a brain cell, you'd realise that that is *entirely irrelevant* to the point I was making.
Very good! Clarinets, more air, faster air, and tighter embouchure (this means more pressure from the bottom, i.e. flat chin, "wee-too" expression, tight corners of the mouth, and no biting; teeth rest gently on mouthpiece). This will get rid of the "bwEEp" sound that you get on staccato notes. Also on staccato notes, tongue the beginning and END of the note ("tut" on tip of the reed with the tip of the tongue")
I play trombone and i'm in seventh grade. I played this in band today. Best song ever!!!!
ulycar11 3 weeks ago
Love the song very nice played, altho im a clarinet player and the clarinets sounded very out of tune and try to accent too much keep ti short and steady sounds very flat
runescape2play 9 months ago
too academic and formal especially at the end, anyway good jobs
rdsaification 1 year ago
No, this is the right kind of tempo, the idea that Irish music should be as fast as possible is just false. HOWEVER, that is just about the ONLY thing right about this performance in any way at all. Irish tunes should never ever ever EVER be played by an orchestra, it's almost sacrilege, and even aside from that, each note in the tune is played like it's on its own, not a component of any kind of musical phrase.
OK, so they actually did get the tempo right, but apart from that it's just awful.
Joe1729 1 year ago
@Joe1729 Good thing it's not an orchestra, then. :)
Gandrolok 1 year ago
@Gandrolok A "Symphonic Band" is a type of orchestra.
Joe1729 1 year ago
@Joe1729 It's actually not. Just about universally, orchestras are composed of strings, winds, percussion and other miscellaneous instrument groups. What this group is lacking in order to be called an orchestra is a section of strings. There are no strings in this ensemble. Thus, it is not an orchestra and is instead simply named a band.
Gandrolok 1 year ago
@Gandrolok Okay, maybe there is some kind of formal definition of an orchestra that I was not aware of. However, if you had half a brain cell, you'd realise that that is *entirely irrelevant* to the point I was making.
Joe1729 1 year ago
Good! very good!
Carthrage 1 year ago
this song is super easy and im only 13
onlinepimp3 2 years ago
Well, get this. They're playing it about 60 beats under tempo. Give that a try, little kid.
MrDrewboggess 2 years ago 6
@MrDrewboggess i play it at 200
onlinepimp3 11 months ago
fuckin classic
shamrockgerry 2 years ago
its hard to play Irish Washerwoman at the original speed... i play around the world
in 80 measure and i have a lot of difficulty for this music... but i think if you have more pratice......
Wailander1 2 years ago
This song is usualy played alot faster, but this is still very nice
Buscurtains 2 years ago
we played this a lot faster!
MiekoCabral 2 years ago
Too slow, bad clarinet tone. The band as a whole sounds good, though.
Blue0ctane 2 years ago
wow this is slower than usal this was how fast we started partice with it is supposed to be 160 ur at like 120
ilovemynickjonas92 2 years ago
you guys were awesome.
my high school did this fall semester.
we were pretty best.
duude0711 2 years ago
TOO SLOW MAN
TRY PLAY AT ORIGINAL SPEED
cocodeoxys 3 years ago
I think that this tempo is pretty standard, if not even a little slower.
Gandrolok 3 years ago 3
original 160
cocodeoxys 3 years ago
Very good! Clarinets, more air, faster air, and tighter embouchure (this means more pressure from the bottom, i.e. flat chin, "wee-too" expression, tight corners of the mouth, and no biting; teeth rest gently on mouthpiece). This will get rid of the "bwEEp" sound that you get on staccato notes. Also on staccato notes, tongue the beginning and END of the note ("tut" on tip of the reed with the tip of the tongue")
clarinetmeister 3 years ago