Scaramouche by: Nobuya Sugawa

[SelmerArty]

I love this piece, especially when good people like you perform. You have good control of your tone and tonguing. Did you go to a music college?

[orJorjor]

What is the melody at 8:58? It sounds familiar from something...

[SelmerArty]

@orJorjor it is "picture at an exhibition" by mussorgsky

[iloveny1206]

スカラムーシュの動画は沢山有れど、やっぱり須川さんと美奈子さ­んを超える演奏を聴いたことが無い。本当に小さな音符ひとつひと­つを全て余すところ無く息を入れて音に張りがあって、音程を外さ­ないで演奏できているのは須川さんだけ。須川さんとサックスが一­体になっているだけでなく、サックスとピアノの息も最高にぴった­り。美奈子さんも凄い。

[Musicmania808]

so awesome :)

[iljabondarchuck777]

Cool, cool, cool!!!!!!!

[SneakyTeaBag]

Does anyone know where I can get the chord progressions for Scaramouche? I don't have the piano music and need to give the piano play some chords to improvise over.

[summervillesax]

@SneakyTeaBag Buy the music? You can get it at sheetmusicplus. i got it for like 20 bucks or something like that. Either way its, pretty cheap

[zephyrsimon]

reupload it!

[AlexiPantz12]

It looks like you are really into the piece, in a good way! I like your last note where you just slide it up the octave to altissimo D! Other then that, awesome sound and pulse and all that!

[POWERBALL95]

very well noguya, I'm gona play it in two weeks ;)

[Wishtoplayjazzwell]

stayed mouth open the 9 mins

[masatosui]

Amazing!

[FDcreations]

Amazing how he makes every piece his own!!

[summervillesax]

i'm so jealous. he makes brazleira look so easy! its not i guarantee you!

[jfro1994]

Its easy to play, but when technique and tone at this level is a feat to achieve in itself.

[bleox]

Thx Peoples

[xReykjavic]

What kind of saxophone do you use?

[gangstandnerdy]

This is my solo for the year, and he plays it amazingly definitely going to try my hardest to sound close to him although never as good

[UltraJetProductions]

Damn. He just made me look like a... Damn.

[spmlt2]

8:41 :D

[legendarylink1000]

Ah this piece, this piece. No easy feat. It took me months to perfect, but it was well worth it in the end. Beautiful and challenging. But I feel the most rewarding part is to perform and say, "Hey, ma'! Look what I can do!" lol

[lillcoopsx]

freaking amazing.

i love the way he just looks at the audience with a suprised look when he does a really difficult part.

[bleox]

Wow Implaying this piece with my tutor for saxophone. And you won't believ it, but I'm only 12. I've been playin for 2 years, and my tutor said I'm ready for this piece. I hope one day I'll be as good as Nobuya, but I think I'm almost ready. And his music stand is too low lol. And amazing Piano Player

[legendarylink1000]

@bleox I believe it. One of the best saxophonists I know has only been playing for 2 years, yet he does these levels of pieces...easily lol. Keep going guy/ gal. You can be great some day.

[michgur]

@bleox That are only your dreams ;)

[zachindie]

@bleox His music stand is not too low, that is how you should have your stand when you're performing a solo so the stand does not interfere with the sound.

[xXmindindulgedXx]

@zachindie I'm pretty sure he has most of it memorized, because he's looking at his audience most of the time. But you're right about the stand "dilemma." lol

[ackjazz707]

@zachindie or with the audience's view of the performer's hands

[elphaphoenix]

@bleox saxohpone is one of the most easiest instruments to play.

[jij9205]

@elphaphoenix remember, you can always play, but it's hard to play well. I've been playing for more than 5 years, and still learning.

[Melb4eva]

try being good at it.

no instrument is easy to play

[elphaphoenix]

@Melb4eva lmao i am good at it, its so easy to be good at,

[nsetsuko]

@elphaphoenix Oh, is it now? Where's your videos then?

[elphaphoenix]

@nsetsuko i don't need videos to prove im good.

[nsetsuko]

@elphaphoenix Well, until then, you just look like a lot of talk to everyone here.

[bleox]

@elphaphoenix Dude, you can play, sure saxophone is easy to play. But putting the expression and fragility it takes to be good takes years. I've been playing for 2 years, and sure I can play this piece without many mistakes, but I can't put the expression he's putting into it. I would like to see you play this the same way he does, considering how you're sooo good, and I'll give you 2 years and you won't be able to play it like him.

[franciscojosesax]

@elphaphoenix , yes is the most easiest instrument to play bad, thanks elpha.

[SaxDude1995]

@elphaphoenix Rephrase that "the saxophone is one of the easiest instruments to play BADLY". It's one of few instruments you can pick up and start honking christmas carols within an hour or so, it says nothing about its difficulty after that stage...

[bleox]

Wow Implaying this piece with my tutor for saxophone. And you won't believ it, but I'm only 12. I've been playin for 2 years, and my tutor said I'm ready for this piece. I hope one day I'll be as good as Nobuya, but I think I'm almost ready. And his music stand is too low lol.

[bleox]

Wow Implaying this piece with my tutor for saxophone. And you won't believ it, but I'm only 12. I've been playin for 2 years, and my tutor said I'm ready for this piece. I hope one day I'll be as good as Nobuya, but I think I'm almost ready

[thewelford]

I'd love to have been turning pages for the piano player.

[saxoclarinetist414]

I will be performing this piece on my junior saxophone recital, and am performing the third movement tomorrow for the studio recital. i'm pretty excited about it =) i love the way Sugawa plays this, this is the best recording of it i have heard.

[NYhunter4]

working on this right now also. how fast is this piece supposed to be?

[TheThinh911]

i love to see Kenny G and Nobuya Sugawa make a duet all and competition.they both have saxo spirit .

[doublee94]

I'm learning this piece for this year's solo and ensemble competition, and I love it. :) It always makes me smile to hear it, especially "Brazileira." This performance is beautiful and inspiring!

[xmaschick95]

@doublee94 Im learning this for solo and ensemble too. its lots of work.

[TheElPutoNegro]

he makes it look so easy, but me and my friend have tried this piece, wasnt too great, not yet at least. Leave it to the asians to show everyone up

[TheJewbag42]

This GUY IS SAXOPHONE JESUS

[XdarkdomainX]

little mussorsky at the end i like it :)

[BaTh82]

he is the best saxophone player I know

[QQWEERTTYUUI]

i don't like this performance, you have to remember that this piece is based on the French Revolution, Paris, the city o lights, the beautiful french women , the enjoying life, the movement, not the fun or the entertaining. very very bad, the fucking japanese play all very quick but without the essence.

[dugger31690]

@QQWEERTTYUUI, I belive you are very mistaken, In the composition of Scaramouche, Milhaud used music he had written to accompany the Molière comedy Le Médecin Volant. The protagonist of this play is Sganarelle, a scheming valet who pretends to be a physician. He is based on the Commedia dell’Arte stock character Scaramouche (or Scaramuccia), an unscrupulous and unreliable servant. His affinity for intrigue often lands him in difficult situations, yet he always manages to extricate himself.

[javisaxo8]

Fantastic¡

[0903Ai]

音すごくきれいだし8：40～の終わり方ちょーかっこいい

[narutocola1]

i like how he played mussorgsky's pictures at an exhibition at the end

[XdarkdomainX]

the pianist looks like shes having fun...

[Musicmania808]

love 8:45 to 8:50 very well performed piece

[rabbittown1900]

良い曲ですね。

[LOLmiester31]

Certainly the 7th grader could 'play' this piece, but you could just as well pick any piece, perform it, miss nearly every note, and still say that you 'played' it. see what I mean?

[CRoseG100]

I love Sugawa's playing, but I think it's a bit fast. The Brazileira loses some of it's samba, dance-like quality at that tempo, yet that said he played it so cleanly you can't argue to much.

[Cassiusisback]

im sure this was a masterclass, a concert for sax-students, he was amusing them, as he did with us in berlin. he even apologized to us after the concert for being so frivolous : ) i liked him very much, he knows what music is about!

[longaniza0009]

maestrazo de dedos!! mmm pero donde quedó el sentimiento, y el swing? ... algun dia lograre esa presicion........

[XdarkdomainX]

first movement is the funnest to play

[XdarkdomainX]

im playing this in 7th gr. for reall its fun, ahha trust me ive played bach and all, gr. 6 i just havnt had time to upload it :(

[russe1243]

@XdarkdomainX bach died before the saxophone was invented.....

[XdarkdomainX]

i know that< why r u telling me this?

[zachindie]

@XdarkdomainX hahaha, you can not play this. 7th graders aren't meant to play music of this level. try to sell it somewhere else noob.

[XdarkdomainX]

its true, give me some time to buy a camera and i will upload it i can answer any questions (horn im playing, piece, whos my teacher, etc.) trust me

[zachindie]

@XdarkdomainX I do not. I doubt you'll ever have any videos of you "playing" on your page.

[XdarkdomainX]

@zachindie i will bet you all the money in the world i can play this and im 13 too,

[XdarkdomainX]

@zachindie and fine ill borrow my friends video cam and do one with that, and ill upload it as a rsponce vid, and ull believe me simple as that

[zachindie]

@XdarkdomainX I'm still waiting. If it would make you feel better, I could post a video in reply to your recording. Hahahaha.

[XdarkdomainX]

@zachindie GUESS WAT! playing in the mtna november 6th and will be profecianally recorded, playing first movement of this and both movements of sonata #4 (bach)

[XdarkdomainX]

@zachindie aight, im uploading soon, i recently played in the MTNA with this and am traveling to NJ in january for the national competion, (after winning with this piece in both the state and regional levels) and will get an upload sooner, unless you prefer it in my basement with out a pianist, i could play a bach too, (other piece i was playing) to help your choice,

[zachindie]

@XdarkdomainX I don't really care where you record it; I still doubt you're going to upload a video considering you said you would 7 months ago.

[Borne1990]

Increible.

[TheWombleizer]

I love this so much. So clean and accurate :)

[Musicmania808]

I love this song!!!

Does anybody have the sheet music to this?

I'd be really grateful!!!

[TMNoob3]

My best friend can play this just as fast, its awesome! And he is a freshman too!

Not to be elitist, its just that i thought he was playing under-tempo, but i was wrong. Props to this dude. :D

[gravitypullsyoudown]

@TMNoob3 is it awseome to play things fast? musicality!!!

[TMNoob3]

@gravitypullsyoudown

You don't know my friend, he played faster, and it was like one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard.

I know some people speed song like crazy and fail horribly at it. So i know where your coming from, but my friend is real talented. :)

[ferranplanas]

the end of the third movement is not so. But I love it anyway.

That guy is a crack!

[ashkenazyjuice]

My friend, Xintong, is playing this piece for S&E this year :))

[0000kinpin0000]

haha, I love his face ay 8:47, brilliant performance.

[shizzlenip]

8:22

[vingtmoni]

bravissimo!!!!

[Gregster360]

Holy hell @ The end!!!!!!

[Torcova]

Agreed... I had to change my pants.

[CWinters942]

oh so thats how its supposed to sound like, i could never reach that tempo

[kylegeee]

what a performer. i'm in love with the way he plays saxophone.

[dandruf]

just out of curiosity, am i the only one who enjoys the third movement at the tempo he's playing it at?

[Chipusia]

Да, парень хорош.

[Honz230]

This guy is a great technical player. He can play those movements faster than I could ever do it but I feel as though his speed (in the third movement especailly) is taking away from the style.

The piece is supposed to be a Latin-esque dance and at sounds more like a latin drinking song at this speed.

[mlitenite]

is he a kid? Wow, thats preety good, good tone too, i can playthat, but in regular time, lol.

[haigsax]

he's like 48....

he's the next saxophone legend after londeix!

[flic71]

BRAVISSIMI!!!

Bravissimi tutti e due!!!

[nejihyuga665]

how do you get such a great tone quality on your saxophone?

[maxohpne]

@nejihyuga665 he practices...

[emmerz12]

personally i find the third movement to be the hardest. i'm playing it now as well. the 2nd moveent is easy note wise.

[sax0girl]

i haven't really looked at the 3rd movement yet. the 2nd movement is quite easy note wise its just takes quite a bit of concentration though to play soft and pretty, but never mind.

[271310104054]

2nd movement is really easy note wise, but very hard if u want to shape it and perform with feelings

[slayyergunzo]

where can i get this music score?

[sax0girl]

just ask at your local music store. either they'll be able to order it or they should know where you can get it

[jazzysax123]

they have them online. Usually you have to import it from France, but some are available in most music stores.

[sax0girl]

this guy's really good. i'm getting this piece very soon so i can play it solo next year. I'm glad i only have to play the 2nd movement, it sounds the easiest, but is really??? I'm only preparing for my grade 6 ameb exam and i've only been playing for 6 and a bit years. i really hope i can handle it

[andrewtswong]

the second movemnet is the easiest.

the first movement is hell.i m playing it too./

[sax0girl]

well i got the music. yes, i agree the 2nd movement's the easiest. i have til April to learn it, i really didn't have to give myself so much time. But i did have a go at the 1st movement and i don't think i could ever play that up to speed.

[slayyergunzo]

Your performence.

" the best "

[GuitarManiacTDW]

what altissimo note does he hit at the end????

[DCATPYEO]

D, or a concert F.

[Dancejamjam]

haha i dont think brazileira is the easiest... #2 is really easy if you know how to apply your vibrato and such... and the fingering though the middle isnt really as hard as the awkward high in the middle of the solo in #3... but just my opinion=]

[jmk170393]

you should really stand to the right, in front of the piano so you can communicate better with the pianist.

[rosski47]

You really gonna tell Nobuya Sugawa how to play?

[saxophoney]

This is Nobuya Sugawa, one of the most famous saxophonist in the world. I think he know's where to stand. He's no student.

[andwii]

I personally think Eugene Rousseau is the best... But this guy is good... Better than I will ever be...

[hurricane0009]

i got my 8th grade exam 2moz and i gotta play the thrid movment brazillia sooo nervous lol

[Juntheboon]

He plays on full gold plated Yamaha's, I believe 875EX's.

[racealistic]

Lawl gold ? hardly.. its just brass.

[Juntheboon]

No no. He plays on gold. The one in the vid might not be, but he usually plays gold.

[heidian1988]

@Juntheboon He plays Yamaha 875 ,which is the original version and all handmade

[shinka1911]

OMGAWSH!

[suusth4]

my teacher gave me this solo.... my gosh, this will be a hard job :P

[123Eros]

Agreed. When i got this piece it was really hard. The point is that you play it slow and when you got it play it faster and faster....

that's works for me. When you play this piece is good if you train stacato or double thounging. The piece isn't really hard. The hardest is 3. Brazileira, but if you do as i said, you will play it well...

[andwii]

I think Brazileira is the easiest to play... but it is all opinion and what you are better with playing... I am a jazz musician and I love to play ballads... So #2 and #3 are the easiest for me to play... but half way through #2 is hard for me... I am practicing. Going to play this song in solo and ensemble this year...

[123Eros]

Good luck with that :)

[mcdoogle456]

hmmm braziliera is very hard...but i see where you're coming from...I havent played braziliera in 5 years and when i tried it again yesterday i could play it really well still

once you get it, you get it for life

then it gets easy

[ItsallaboutTrevor]

wonder what kind of saxophone he's playing on.

[alexprincel]

Unless you're asking about brand or model, it's an alto saxophone.

[uriel304]

Sugawa plays Yamaha saxophones

[KentuckyKid84]

Remember: Scaramouche is a Romantic comedian.

[KentuckyKid84]

I agree that the whole thing (while technically very well done) is just too fast. You can afford to take your time more, especially on the first and third movements. Going too fast on the first loses the light feel, and too fast on the third loses the dance (especially when you don't follow the articulation marks in the A section to bring out the more heavily-favored notes).

Also, I really don't like the overly-dramatic phrasing in the first and the riff at the end of the third.

[ferdinandocarlomagno]

Grande padronanza dello strumento accompagnata da stile ed attitudine musicale. Bravo! *****

[QQWEERTTYUUI]

sorry, but I don't like japanese saxophonists, the have a really great technic and a really good sound truly, but they don't play with passion, they play like a music-machine, without passion or emotion (i think). sorry...

[saxofonista18]

brilliant

[swissTheO88]

very good, but for me is all a bit too fast...

[couldnotthinkofone]

progressive

[deadlysaxmachine]

Great sound!!

[duartediogopereira]

Very good :D

[shinka1911]

he is amazing

[Idiotface691]

he does imo fuck up the samba feel a little bit. I don't if it's the speed or the accompanist but it lacks the soul I'd like to hear.

[Idiotface691]

Darius Milhaud composed this piece of music based on the folk melodies of Provencal (you can hear many of them as they occur as small motifs and germs) the third movement was inspired by his stay in Brazil for several years hence the samba feel. I do not know much about this player but I have studied this piece extensively in college and it is not very difficult. Yes there is a complex riff that occurs at RH# 12 and 85 but it is not face melting. His interpretation isn't bad at all.

[JoeyFURY]

I wanna see a sax battle between him and masato honda lol

[tilcheksaksofonist]

Sorry, but he is not such a good saxophonist like you thought that he is:)

[tipsyTM]

lol hey buddy, if u can play ANYTHING as good as him, please continue talking. if not, then seriously just stop right there. nothing's worse than talking crap, except for talking crap when u dont know what the fuck your talking about.

[ofunck]

I'm actually writing a course final on this work. A great piece to both play and study.

[depierreaja]

first part = insanity

second part = romantic

brazileira = is no longer a dance, too quick

[tilcheksaksofonist]

SAD, sad... i think that Mr. Nobuya Sugawa did not know that this piece should be played with much more intelligent musical talent.

[ofunck]

Ha! Unless ur comparing yourself to Mr. Sugawa directly and are a saxophonist of his caliber, I suggest you keep the bashing to yourself.

[sheep1chaser]

ＢＥＳＴ　ＯＮＥ

[axeysugabear]

silly jap

[altosopranosax]

you are THE kingsfield!

[tipsyTM]

I saw him conduct ;)

[astrixxen]

I`m going to play it on a concert for about 2 weeks :S

but this man is realy good !!!

My english is not good...

[astrixxen]

I' m girl from norway. 12 years

I am playing on scaramouche right now.

I' ve been playing it for about one year. and it is still very difficult.

[astrixxen]

...

[271310104054]

haha, same, i've got the piece for less than a year now n i still suk at it

[isismusicland]

when i see players like him.... i just wanna give up... i ll never get to this level!!!! congratulations!!!

[sheep1chaser]

うまい～♪

シエナsienaの新井araiさんもオススメ!!

[lathm4]

This Guy is so impressive, im playing all of these songs atm and i dont think it will ever sound as good as him.

[penguin0297]

how old is this guy? I'm never going to make it into conservatory...

(I can play with some amount of technical facility and speed, and with some expressive elements, but not like that...)

[maestrohound]

He looks young, but he is over 40 I believe. He is one of the top professionals in Japan - quite possibly in the whole wide world. Do not be discouraged.

[hkjazz1]

Yes. He is a professional. He has released many CDs and saxophone scores in Japan. If you do it with passion may be you can reach his level when you are old enough...

[Chuckx11]

I'm playing this piece in about a week, and as fun as it is, this guy makes it look waaaaaaaaay too easy.

[100603]

How is the name of the last song? After scaramouche, the song that is cut.

PD: Sorrt my english, but i think that undesrtands XD

[frankdiva1130]

pictures at an exhibition

[joethemusician]

My hero!

[xagent123123]

both of them are too good...

i'm playing this for gr. 10 in january and i can play it pretty well, especially the third movement.

[tupacdizzle]

oh, and this piece was orginally for two pianos

[Adr1nal1n]

"...This Suite is composed in three parts: Vif, Modéré, Barzileira. It originally appeared under a variety of titles with saxophone, but received world attention for its success as a version op.165b for two pianos. Jean-Marie Londeix rediscovered the original version and performed it with orchestra on March 2, 1957..." :)

[tupacdizzle]

thats pretty good, im a junior in high school this year, and im playing this solo for a concert. its not that bad, i can play it.

[dfol3030]

id say its about a grade 7 or 8. definitley not 9 but it is advanced

[xagent123123]

which "grade" are you talking about? if you're talking about RCM, i believe theres no such thing as grade 7 for sax, and also this piece was for grade 10.

no offense...

[utadesu]

which country are you talkin about grades wise, different countries have differnt grading methods, im from the UK and grade 8 is the highest, you can go higher but then the names change, i know cos i have three :)