Timpanist Fail

[cocacola87559]

To be fair, I think all of us musicians have had this happen to us at one time or another during a performance lol

[lunchboxes22]

He played fine. You can see that he and the guy in the back play together, and they play rolls one after the other. He doesn't miss his roll

[sitixone]

bueno pero para eso esta el director. si ya ensayaron se la sabe.

[BlueRainSoda12]

This isn't a fail! His head is out of the music, and he proved it!

[kierungg]

Please someone make him to know the ipads ...

[LordArturus]

it's better than the concertmaster of our orchestra and my music blew off stage...couple feet away...guess who had to get it...ON STAGE WITH PEOPLE LOOKING. awkward moments.

[Sortudinho]

At this point, he probably doesn't need the sheet music if he's playing at that level

[Faroukh46]

@citywidelawns Evidently, you are not a classical musician, and if you are, you are not a good one, that's for sure!!

[Strefanasha]

yes. sh*t happens on stage. I am a bass player, in once concert my A string snapped with a resounding CRACK!!!

there was nothing for it but to carry on, as both I and the conductor did - he did not miss a beat even though i involuntarily screamed . . .

[clolom95]

0:00-JIIIZZZ IN MA PAAAANNNTS!!!!!!

[citywidelawns]

FUCK THE SHEET MUSIC....PLAY BY FEEL

[trumpetplayingpigy]

is that kim jon ill conducting???????

[trumpetplayingpigy]

whoes the freak job conducting???????

[vivvpprof]

Yep, I agree it's more of a music score fail than timpanist fail… :)

[trompetayritmo]

Not a fail really...music fell down.

[giogiolover]

How did he fail? His music feel and his eyes went back to the conductor. Means he has his music....MEMORIZED! Not too many people actually practice that much anymore, lol.

[dajpd]

@giogiolover its the same 3 bars repeated...no memorization.

[lithium3fun]

Yea I don't see a fail here. I see someone trucking through a problem with ease.

[onebigmess253]

and that is why you always know your music

[Jauhara]

That was success. He knew his part down!

[chaosbringer127]

he did good

[chenwenhua2269]

oh NO EPIC FAIL!!!

[CharlesDMusic]

This vid is a great example of why you should master your your music! Knowing the ends and outs of your part can really save you from accidents like this.

[LilDrummerBoy74]

@CharlesDMusic He does know it though. He kept on playing correctly and if you look closely he has the bottom corner of the part folded to make that page turn easier. He has clearly thought it out. It's just that accidents happen.

[CharlesDMusic]

Not a fail!...at this point in the performance of a piece, the musician uses the sheet music only as a guide for what has already been learned. I'm not saying that everything has been memorized but that (in this instance) he likely could have played on for a while without the sheet music.

[panasoanicboy]

yeah yeah sheet happens!

[Tokushimaz]

@panasoanicboy I C what you D there. 

[electroschip]

PROBLEM???????????



[LordMordredLesPaul]

0:01-0:09 Austin Powers conducting and becoming one with his Mojo baby, YEAH!

As for the Timpanist, Great work!

[boomtao]

Win ... not fail! Definitely!

[supa1kat]

DOWNLOAD YOUR SHEET MUSIC ON IPAD !!!!!!!!!!!JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!

[iplongnin]

This is genuinely a Mr. Bean moment.

[springkler]

[The page came out]

[TheAgonyFamily]

Dwight Shrute conducting.

[MRsounddude]

This a title fail sorry

The timpanist did good

[dudeuramarb1]

best conductor in the world.

[ChaseDotters]

could you please elaborate to me what failed here?

[mrmartinmartin]

He really got mad at that music score and beat that mother fucker with his stick.

[AirsoftWorld10]

conductor kinda looks like that new guy on the office

[Kalrundmusik]

sheet music wins

[monteverdi1567]

Pure win. He kept playing and held it together.

[Ritterjaegerjaeger]

I mean...one of the funniest things is the cool reaction of the conductor who surely noticed the timpanist. He just closes his eyes and continues. All professionals here :)...I mean, this is a thing that can happen to everyone and it's very brave to try further. So thanks for sharing, it was funny :)

[IamWatchingyourvids]

That is one lazy camera man. Go help a Finnish brother out man.

[srko97]

LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :DD

[LessonsFromGeorgia]

Not so bad! I was playing a wedding and the violists' stand blew over and we had to scramble to pick up music for her as they were telling us the bride was getting ready to walk out!

[TheFrenziedPianist]

And THAT my friends, is when memorization comes in handy.

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

i thought that the conductor was stopping because he saw the music fall off

[27470dc]

haha

[MrMusicalmatt]

See, I wouldn't say this is a fail. He can play the instrument, therefore, he is winning

[eufo]

This is an epic WIN!

[DuduKorg]

coitado! mó vacilo... rs

[Confortius]

Dwight Schrute?

[Ckrivko]

Well done! Even in this moment he was able to continue!

[MrStopthebullshit]

he should get the sack for this.

[moredoughnuts01]

If you press 7, it looks like the percussionist just says "Get this crappy sheet music out of my way. I don't need those useless scriblings!"

[newFranzFerencLiszt]

I can't understand: was the conductor's hair at the beginning that sounds in that way?

[cattnipp]

Yeah - that's not a fail.

[OctaveCCrow]

I call this librarian fail. His part should have been organized so there was no need to turn a page at that point.

[gwaur]

@OctaveCCrow That's the editor's job. :P

[bagnewauckland]

@gwaur But if the editor does a crappy job, the music librarian of an orchestra usually does their best to change things around to avoid bad page turns.

[pachecopac8]

when all else fails, feel the music. sure, your conductor will rape you in the ass immediately after the performance, but the average audience won't know you fucked up.

[smartbluma]

Keep pressing 0.

[Kismeki7]

Anyone else think that the mallets were going to fly out of his hands?

[CCasey325]

Can't tell you how many times that's happened to me

[sallysunshine]

This is the funniest thing I have ever seen, just the thought of it brings me to tears.

[DooeyDamageSystem]

Perhaps a better title would be "page turn fail." Seemed like the timpanist knew what he was doing.

[em4nu3ll]

i had such experience myself once when i was playing nabucco ouverture (i play trombone to be more specific)...the concert took place outside and it was a pretty windy weather so you can imagine what happened next ..all of my scores where on the floor right before the ouverture's beggining and i had no time to get them back on my stand (for those who dont now how the ouverture beggins - with a trombone and tuba choral)...and so i played the choral without notes and guess what : it went perfect !

[henkwood]

ahuahahuahauahau cuitado

[4znhatred]

SO GOOD

[LJlovestbone]

I hate when that happens! He'sprobably played it so often that missing the music didn't hurt too much ;-)

[varonist]

awesome!!!!!!

[OfficialDanArce]

LOL its called learn the piece so u dont need the paper =0

[ancientsolar]

I had a piano book fail once, played an Sfz , and the piano book fell off the stand onto the piano and onto the floor :/

[hkobb7]

The very first frame of this video is one of the funniest images I've ever seen. Also, whoever edited this was a sadistic bitch for putting that page turn there.

[MinichowerzClyde]

Such a boss!

[DasKindespiel]

"¡One moment please, one moment!"

[chemprofmatt]

Now honestly, can anyone even TELL if he's playing the correct pitches or not? I like a lot of contemporary classical music, but this just sounds like noise.

[muzomanoz]

@chemprofmatt Sounded correct to me. You can hear that it fits melodically with what the 2nd timpanist is playing.

[CCConservatory]

Win, not fail! The fail -- the pompous conductor! Looks like he practiced his moves more than his music.

[rockythebull85]

Win, not fail.

[MRresievil310]

Not fail, Win

[dividednation44]

hahaaaaaaa! this was totally not a fail, he was very disciplined and did well despite losing his sheet, this guy deserves to be the new conductor! hence the fact that drummers are sometimes regarded as conductors in small musical bands.

[MsKTMvalley]

Non fail if you ask me.

[customz]

Fake it till you make it ! Lol !

[MVHSTeflonius]

Everyone, I present Dwight Schrute as Conductor!

[Urisihapai]

@MVHSTeflonius Took the words out of my mouth

[GerryGuyCorpsGuy]

press 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 8 5 (repeat)

[Cooprocks123e]

I love playing timpani, it is so awesome

[Ooger77]

For a good time, press these buttons, in this order:

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[MEpianist]

Not a fail. Musicians rehearse pieces.

[chutdigadut]

LMFAO I was already fucked from the conductor at the beginning :-D

[ad56ful]

keep pressing 0!!!! LOL

[cedricrlongreen]

lol you should have heard my reaction. "Ooo..oh..ohhh nooo" It was just all bad after the music slipped the first time and then down hill from there.

[LostPilgram]

Prove you are a real musician. play with out "Cheat Sheets"

[dashiznit95]

HYVÄ SUOMI

[boilinghell]

Seems like the Timpanist knew the music and was able to continue without the sheet music. Looks like a win to me.

[GoodBaLIsTicS]

maybe if the conductor wasnt conducting like he has terrets.....

[BipolarBowler]

I LIKED THE LOOK ON HIS FACE AFTER THE BOOK FELL TO THE SIDE

[BlueberryYoshi]

The same happened to me but it was at a solo and ensemble festival.

I improvised the crap out of that last page.

[shizueleven]

@BlueberryYoshi like a BAWS!

[Dorkus1218]

Been there. it pays to memorize.

[Blacktide212]

I like the conductor's hair.

[sahand144]

Amazing

[2pacAmazesSuperman]

at first i thought he was just gonna mess up and the uploader was being a dumbass, but this time the guy actually did fail, but he knew the music so thats good recovery

[JLGARCIAII]

EXCELLENT RECOVERY !! PERFECT 10

[Justina14ification]

THAT IS NOT A FAIL!

HE KNOWS HIS MUSIC WELL ENOUGH TO PLAY ON WITHOUT THE MANUSCRIPT!

[paulybarr]

@Justina14ification Exactly! It's the publisher who failed- not the timpanist!

[bastiancitocastro]

jaja pobre ami nunca me a pasado cuando toco los timbales mala suerte solo eso pero bien hecho siguio asi no mas

[xRockDrummah96]

even if he did fail, they are both really good timpanists.

[spitfirehussein]

That's not a fail dumbass

[Joe3Ness]

Well done that man for carrying on and looking at the conductor!

[MultiMissLoveable]

Epic Fail

jk that was a win

[XsimplycomplicatedXx]

I'd actually call that a win since he just kept playing. I play Timpani and this very thing happened to me at a concert one time and the music fell to the ground and just blew away with the draft that was going through the room. I just had to keep playing.

[Chipster971]

Press 0

[BenyMoreGamer]

*Playing. Knocks music off the stand*

(In his mind) "Fuck that shit, I got this beotch memorized."

*Watches the conductor; completely unphased*

That's a win my friend. He trolled that music like a boss.

[DerekWilliamsMusic]

The title is a bit off the mark, the timpanist actually managed to keep going. I would rename this "timpanist save"!

[donerlich]

Lol, of course he knows the music, he would have rehearsed it like a 1000 times. most musicians don't really NEED that music there., at least not for most of the piece.

[ensignlilyjavert]

LOL This is exactly what happens everytime I try to turn the page with my bow.

[97aaroniscool97]

Haha, the conductor doesn't even look like he notices

[afertyus1000]

@97aaroniscool97 yea everyone says he know the music but i doubt it still it doesnt matter what he played the conductor wouldn't notice anyway

[gwaur]

@afertyus1000 Actually the conductor /would/ notice. This is a passage that's easy to remember and where mistakes would be easy to notice. However, most musicians consider it inappropriate to react to mistakes, especially errors of like just one note, during performance. Even in rehearsals random single mistakes are left without attention, even if everyone noticed them.

[afertyus1000]

@gwaur i know that, it was a joke

[galiant609]

This actually is kind of a win. He knows his parts.

[TerrarumRaven]

This video is awfully funny in many ways.

[Arnetrumpet915]

@stumpina probably because he had the most important score there in that piece.

[Demache92]

Stay. STAY. STA-oh dammit.

[SuperKewl12]

awww, i feel bad for the guy :(

[Bigmoonproductions]

He did a great job! The only reason I alugh so hard is becuase its suck when this kinda shit happens hahaha.

[stumpina]

My question is: Why did the camera ONLY focus on him?

[Flutefella11]

Thus is so hilarious!!

[felphero]

LMFAO!!!

[SardonicFox1994]

HAHA FIN SUCKS SWE WOULD NEVER DO THIS!!!!!!!!!

[gatomjp]

That made me so nervous for him! Dude killed it though! Bravo!

[007espeonagiao]

Wait a minute, what kind of editor puts that stuff on a page turn?

[CaptBubble]

@007espeonagiao Many of them!

[iamihop11]

@007espeonagiao From my experiences - most :)

[David0794]

@007espeonagiao yeah, 0:01 - 0:10 would have been a better moment for a page turn :)

[PhantomDrums917]

@007espeonagiao Totally sadistic arranger! Try playing a Broadway score sometime. Sadly, when it comes to page turns, drummers and percussionists have no friends in the publishing houses. ;)

[muzomanoz]

@007espeonagiao True but it is up to the player find a way around the difficulty by maybe copying a page to aviod the turn.

[pbj4toast]

@muzomanoz When you get a tough page turn you memorize before or after so that you can turn at a more convenient time. He might have done something like that but wow, this was either karma catching up with him or Murphy's law.

[muzomanoz]

@pbj4toast Yeh, the page turn probably worked for him every other time, but unfortunalely, not in the performance.

[007espeonagiao]

I know how this guy must feel. I hate when something goes flawless repeatedly in rehearsal and then during a performance it happens to be the one time it goes wrong.

[bluecoatscheesypoofs]

haha that's why you memorize music. Still good player though

[colinbond9]

lol i watched this in school

[Jerrynator1026]

oh wow same thing happened to me while i was playing timpani lol i still played without the sheet and played a random beat with them and we got streight 1s in sight reading

[RCcarsNtrucks]

@gospelkeys07 lol isnt it hilarious tho

[erputojose]

Gol de Jesucristo

[RCcarsNtrucks]

LOL KEEP PRESSING 0

[MFjazzfan]

that is NOT a fail...

[violinoamore]

It really does not matter what he plays within this mess. Some improvisation would actually make it more lively ...

[thetopface]

@violinoamore You couldn't be more incorrect.

[pbj4toast]

@violinoamore He likely knew the character of the piece well so that if he had to improvise a bit it would still be in keeping with the part he should have played. It's every musician's nightmare, yet totally funny. I picture him watching this on You Tube and laughing about it now.

[leonardolozano]

Any way, he is a maestro. This is not a musical mistake.

[Bolognalegs]

Once again, this reminds me of a Monty Python sketch!

[BDubbleDizzle]

fail??? i would say win for knowing his music well enough to go on and being a musician and not freaking out like most of you would

[MusicByMartin]

@BDubbleDizzle Thank you. Glad to see that not everyone on youtube is ignorant and just wants to see people mess up on something they can't even fathom.

[harlekiinii]

@myusernaime have you actually listened to much "modern" classical music? (This symphony is hardly modern having been composed 48 years ago at writing) What makes this passage have no artistic value? Do you really have any idea what you're talking about? Actually, there's quite a simple pattern to this passage (a canonic timpani passage which merges into a unison, punctuated by non-pitched percussion) and I love it! Now compare this with real 60s academic music (Babbit, Nono).

[harlekiinii]

@zachsplep - your ignorance knows no bounds, for this piece is actually a 20th c. work from 1964, and it's being played in the 21st. Tauno Marttinen (who wrote this piece) is a great composer who wrote many, many works in many different styles, some of which the "I hate contemporary music" crowd might be caught enjoying. I'm sure his music will stand the test of time. One century mark broken, now let's look forward to the next!

[AmadeusWolfgangus]

EPIC

[clolom95]

0:00 jizz in his pants?

[RasheemH]

@clolom95 ROFL!!!

[eragon812]

and now tell me that drummers are foolish is a cliche

[PianoPlayer5155]

Given this is contemporary, that could have been written in the music for all we know...

[TheJakeman789]

epic fail!!

[iliesko]

poor guy...after singing that awfull music(I HATE CONTEMPORAN MUSIC) he makes a mistake with the papers...it happens in bigger houses too so..leave the man alone

[madym19]

Lol

[CruelObsession1]

0:30 .... oh shit!

[CruelObsession1]

0:30 .... FUCK!

[Miguelc271086]

Fail? nah he did well

[TheMarchingMaggot]

I've been playing drums for about 1.5 years, and I've recently joined a band to play the Timpani. i love the timpani with all my heart :D does anyone have any tips?