Rhythms and Riffs

[100fakeman]

How do you put an audio file on YouTube with a background like this?

[bigpeastside1]

Where did you find this song for download i cant find it?

[100fakeman]

This band did such a good job!

[xXfheleXx]

playing this for concert for my 8th grade advanced band i play the vibes on this piece and is REALY fun excited for the concert! at measure 47 or at about 1:06 i personally think that part sounds alot better on vibes then to switch to bells anybody agree! vibes ftw

[YouIBeat]

this song is so fun to play >:D

[funkyfartmonster6]

haa i love playing the marimba part of this song :D

[ldmb1966]

good to hear im playin the snare part in that next month for a huge band thing and our band is representing tennesee

[ILovMyAcountThisIsMe]

@97bigreddog thats amazing i first chair bass clarinet too

[MorkenMusic]

Thanks for listing

[sammyi2505]

I love this song! But because our band has a... not very confident... trumpet section, all you can really hear are the saxes. In which I am happily a part of :)

[astrophysics123]

The 47th measure is amazing!

[whobeatlesfan10]

Timpiani and Bass drum for this song, best combo

[urdurdur]

I PLAYED THIS AT OMEA!

[makepossibilities]

i played this at district honor last year i was 4th chair and my friend was 1st we both clarinets this is so beasty woo

[urdurdur]

@makepossibilities what district?



[MrMvansic]

i played tambourin and crash... really fun song

[bobfttw]

i played tenor sax. absolutely amazing song. my fav

[KatiesVlogz]

I played snare and triangle (: absolutely love this song so much I played this in the middle of 8th grade and I still can play this whole thing without music :) :)

[MrHaaxMan]

Not trying to brag or anything, but I think the symphonic band I was in really made this sound a lot better. There were some talented kids, and my band teacher really loves dynamics lol.

[MusicMiss96]

I have played this song twice... I just played it last week in a band camp, and it was amazing! The alto sax part is awesome!

[MYTxRUNE9988]

i play cowbell, ride cymbal, china cymbal, and vibraslap on this song =D

[briannabanana648]

and were playing this in the festival tomorrow! YEAHHHH!!! <3 :)

[Save0a0horse]

Ok.......It sounded nowhere as cool as this when we played it :x

[briannabanana648]

haha were doing this for our spring concert... GO FLUTES!!!!!! <3333 :)

[Paradockzz]

At our school, our lead trombonist will always bust out that A, Gb, E, E, Gb while we're practicing. I always laugh :D Tuba player here

[MsTeddybearxxx]

I'm playing this for festival band Saturday (:

[theanimeman97]

lol im playing this song in my school band!! we sound nothing like this :(

[GunnyBobbunny]

Forever now each time I hear the part at 0:15 I see Master Cheif...

Thank you

Thumbs up

[LadyxxHopexx]

played this two years ago on flute...loved it! <3

[TheKatiebellerox]

I played snare drum on this and totally messed this song up at the end at one of our more important concert lol but i really enjoyed this!

[TheKFITTY]

Our high school band is going to perform this in a couple of hours... and I have to play both bass drum and snare. o_o It's fun to play, hopefully it goes well.

[tubaqueen96taylor]

the tuba part is awesome i love ths song tomorrow is our prefestival concert and we are gonna rock it tomorrow night YEH YEH !!! oh and Tubas Kick Brass!!! band i awesome !!!

[Ssanchez5949]

I was second chair playing clarinet in this song it was fun to play.

[bloodvein3]

my band is doing this song now :D

[jokerfan24]

Yeah, go chief!

[EmmaRo2015]

first chair trumpet baby! I love this song(:

[HJLH108]

Oh my gosh!! We're playing this piece in band right now! It sounded 20 times better in our 8th grade honor band though. 2nd chair clarinet baby :)

[BabyScorpio21]

aawwwww maaaan!!

i remembered we played this!!!

i sooo miss band =(

[mottocat]

I played this for Honors! When I first listened to this, I thought it was going to be kinda boring and hard. But it was so EPICALLY AMAZING! Our director, Timothy Loest, rocked this thing. This is now one of my favorite band pieces. :D :D

[lovingthemusic1994]

It's not a "song" its a piece!!

[Aaron4672]

Clarinet part is fun!

[heartlessman554]

1:08-1:20 and 2:43-the end...to me those those parts sound like a Kingdom Hearts moment.....anyone agree with me??

[banandapanda24]

This is my alltime favorite concert band song to play! It has the coolest harmonies

[alwayzbored94]

this is sooooo fun to play (:

[NexonGamerz]

Dam this song is pretty epic in my band im playing snare

[BayceChika]

This is a pre fun song to play xD 'Specially on trombone. Has some pretty epic parts.

[Thepianofreak17]

anyone have any tips for this song? i play the trombone part

[Thepianofreak17]

I'm playing the trombone part for an all district band as an audition piece and the trombone part is very tricky at points but I LOVE this song! thanks for uploading it :)

[Joob64]

Favorite Song Ive ever played.

[Xai0n]

I really enjoyed listing (Y)

[monopog]

im playing the bass clarinet part for this

[joedogg123456789]

I'm playing this piece in my high schools advanced band! I'm first percussionist (percussion captain, whatever you may) I requested to be the timpanist!

[MJFan14100]

I'm playing this song in Advanced Band. Im in 8th grade at NMS, first chair Baritone!

[monopog]

@MJFan14100 im playing this in an advanced band too! and im in 8th too! its fun to play isnt it especially at 1:09

[Thepianofreak17]

@MJFan14100 Im playing it for an all district but im 1st chair trombone :) im in 8th as well

[Thepianofreak17]

I have to play this song to get into district this year and i like practicing it :D i play trombone

[NPrOxCLANxXBL]

SAXAPHONE ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!! (=

[Youngswag4]

Saraleaf do you go to Joshua high school

[Youngswag4]

Saraleaf do you go to Joshua high school

[SaraLeaf]

@Youngswag4 no. why???

[SaraLeaf]

my band is playing thiss! i play the flute part(: it's a lot of fun(:

[tribob1212]

i play the vibraphone on this song its beast

[camadkins24]

i played this last year, its amazing. i play the tuba

[twigagawizard]

LOVE this song. Played it at region band senior yr in high school

[Thepianofreak17]

@twigagawizard haha im in 8th grade and I have to use it to audition with =) its kinda boring at the begining but thats what makes it amazing! Because later on in the song it is like BAM unexpected! I play trombone so its very tricky :P

[cdog1089]

i met him !!

[SalemScreams]

We just played this song for our Spring Concert (and sucked on such an epic scale, but nevermind that) wish I could have gotten everbody to look this up beforehand. Thank you for posting! ^_^

[devilsangel300]

we played this last semester and it was fun, it was really cool cause we actually got to meet brian balmages last friday =]

[Cinnami]

Flute 2 is great!! XD

[lilmikeand2]

dis song is beastin! eagle band did pretty gud playin it earlier today.

[Newdrumsmakemesmile]

so true

[canyoufeelit556]

im playing this for assesment and i LOVE IT!!! 1st trumpet :D

[Cjpwnzall]

I love this song, I play tenor sax (it plays the low brass part and alto sax parts at times) its so fun and sounds great

[IAmAHotNerd]

im playing timpani (perrcussion) in my band so epic XD

[tomboynarutoNE]

im playing this in band its awesome TRUMPET 1 BABY!!!

[MIXWELLMAN2]

Hehe I played this last year. Trumpet part is awesome.

[AncientAndMysterious]

I played the Alto part for this song last year. I loved playing it. What's with the snipers?

[Ashleynicole12321]

we r also playing this for a middle school comp. the baritone part rocks

[briantroop1]

only the snare part for this is mostly eigth and sixteenth notes... lol

[lovetime3579]

My band's playing this at the moment, for a festival competition. I'll either be playing on the marimba or snare drum =) It's very fun and I rock at both parts ^_^

~Love♥

[speckledtail]

I play French horn, and we're playing this for our Mid-Winter Concert. We're no where near this good.

[Preeti619]

i play french horn on this piece also but we'll be playing it at a festival on feb. 10 we're pretty good i think =D

[KDMG2]

i miss playing this soooooo much!!! we were sick and i'm the boss at trombone!!!

[tenorpiccolo]

eh i wish my band was better... we're bad and we might have to play this for contest

[MichSt5]

I'm playing this now in middle school. It's a fun song to play. Plus I dominate at trumpet.

[mrfwuzzl21]

your welcome for listing.

[mansagum7]

i dominate the snare

[Darkstar1030]

Im playin this songg too i play T Bone

[TrombonesKickBrass12]

Trombones Rule!

[Gallantius]

I approve of the song, but what's up with Master Chief in the video?

[batradiiton]

i am playing this song for our concert next week its quit a nice song

[roundhousemb]

yeah i'm playing the tuba part for this in band and just wondering galooly1 is this your band because its really good

[galooly1]

no it's not lol, our band is not even half as good as that XD, we r really horrible now that i look back to it our band still is horrible XD

[alwayzbored94]

haha i doubt you are, its a hard rhythm to keep. this piece isnt an easy one.

[thekelso19]

@roundhousemb we are playing this for our band and i play trumpet

[Cinnami]

I'm playing this song for my Christmas concert. I always mess up in some parts. So I play long with this song. This is such a great song!! I'm flutist, and I'm glad we don't have a lot of melody in this song!! :D

[crazynerd1000]

i loved this song, i played it at OMEA in 7th grade last year. we got all ones on all our songs, also we played hobbits dance and hymn, a jolly walk in hibbertland, rhythm stand, and a song called city of mines that our band director's director composed for our band. all 1s on everything xD

[TongueSnap]

I play the trumpet part. Its so fun

[mrfwuzzl21]

I play trombone. That's pretty fun too. :)

[alwayzbored94]

i play trombone too =] my highschools band is playing this now. did you play it already? because id like to know how the music looks since i havent seen my part yet...not that this video doesnt give me an idea of what ill be playing.

[linar347]

i totally remember this song

this was soo much fun to play

thanx 4 uploading ^^

[galooly1]

lol yw??? should i be asking thx though lol

[linar347]

np, and i dont know so i'll just say yw too^^

[cutlery12]

MARIMBA!!!

[skistar3]

were playing it to but umm hello bass clarinets all the wy no topping that are u guys going into the compatition thing :D

[Barisaxlover]

we're playing this too, but my part is like the tympani part

[penguinman8912]

Song is epic. But the French Horn (espcially the double horn cause thats what I play)dominates the brass section. TWO INSTRUMENTS IN ONE BEOCTH!

[samistacy123]

i love this song. i place trombone too! man this song rox

[Cinnami]

Omg. We're playing in our band. I can't wait until we start! Our music teacher has been sick for the whole week, so we haven't started this song yet. D:

[malimor1]

Ya bro we playin it this year at lawrence central HS trombones all da way!

[jamie598]

i played this in 6th grade on the flute love this song :)

[AaronKickLuver]

this is one of the easist songs i have played...i love it tho...i play flute and i am in Will Rogers Band in Miami Ok...and we played this song at OMEA....

i love it ...

[thatskater33]

1:40 is sick

[chaosstrike1000]

i normally play trumpet but i have to play xylophone for my band in a competition at CMU tomorrow

[music6is6life]

im playing this at the high note music festival. i play fluteee :) im also playing encanto, three folk tunes , the cowboys, and divertimento by mozart.

[tvdguitar]

I hate the trombone part to this.

[Penguin0Lover0Dubya]

lol why?

[TrombonesKickBrass12]

dude trombones kick brass

[Yaya5556]

swweet i play flute

[thewal96]

i played this in honor band. i play french horn

[herbpayton]

ASWOME!!! I love 2:44 through 2:54! Im also playing it for a spectrum concert!!!! I play it at Clarence Middle School (CMS) If your from CMS, Leave a comment saying me me me me!!!!

[FluteGirl1917]

i love that part too :D

[Buzzatoms55]

I play euphonium in the madison central symphonic band in kentucky. were playing this song in class and i think it will be in our nxt consert =] were very good at it.

[xtakethechance]

yeaaah(: were playing this at contest. snare and triangle :D

[iamsmith2008]

My band played this in a contest and we got a 1plus!!!

[XxkaoruXhitachiinxX]

i love this song soooo much! it's amazing listening the piece and playing the piece...actually my band's playing that this year for the only concert we are having....i can't wait 'till tomorrow 'cuz we're practicing this song tomorrow ^_^

[tnao123]

Yeah I totally agree, I luv this piece. What instrument do u play?

[XxkaoruXhitachiinxX]

i play the Bb clarinet ^_^

[tnao123]

cool I play Clarinet

[bluecindy64]

i play clarinet to!!!

[Penguin0Lover0Dubya]

I love this song :)

My band director actually got brian balmages to come to our school next year. Too bad i wont be there :( Anyone from virginia looking at this comment? im moving there this summer.

[tnao123]

what part of VA are u movin 2?

[Penguin0Lover0Dubya]

Northern VA. I hear its really pretty there :)

[tnao123]

I live in Nothern VA in Alexandria.

[SWGisthebestgame]

i'm from clinton illinois and my jr. high band is playing this song at exact tempo and everything. we sound awesome. and we have one the six flags music in the parks competition 5 years running this year we played 4 pieces....trials and triumphs...ballet music from faust....procession of the nobles...and the coast guards song

[lovetoact11]

My band is playing this in the Music in the Parks competition. I am on timpani.

[Penguin0Lover0Dubya]

Im in 7th grade too and we're playing this! :D GO TRUMPETS!

[kewlaid11ohyeah]

ah i played this at my freshman all valley concert :)

horn part is neat :)

[Buzzatoms55]

were playing this

Euphonium owns =P

[zachandmelvin1]

lol love this song

the trombones rpa during this

we shake our hands like gangsters lol!!

[oitasgreenbeast]

My niece is playing this piece in her 7th grade Spring Concert. She's the only bassoonist, but instead of having her practice with the low brass section, she rehearses with the flutes? xD

[RamenForFive]

Thank you so much! I am flute, and have to play this song at festival in 4 days. I really was struggling. I really do love it though!

[yoyosir101]

trumpets ftw

[TrombonesKickBrass12]

trombones ftw...

[iluvhellokittyo]

flutes ftw

[katieeS2]

(lol) clarinets ftw?

[spazzyxjazzyxboo]

my mother ftw

[JSportsMan3594]

I'm playing this song this year too, I used to like it but it gets old. But I get to meet Brian Balmages soon so that should be pretty cool!!

[tnao123]

It so doesn't get old.

[sponge007]

im playing this song in band, and i play Alto Saxophone.

[blowpopyummies13]

dude.. i'm in 8th grade and we're playing this!! Trumpet rocks!!!! =].. this song is pretty bad!!!!

[Vman9876549]

duddde im playing this and im in 8th grade too :o i luv the clarinet i got first chair :V

[tnao123]

Yeah I'm in 7th grade and were playin this and clarinet totally rocks.

[tnao123]

The song is awesome but I love the parts from 2:00-2:21

[lemonlimedancer]

i love this song! we played it for symphonic band it is awesome! i play trumpet tho

[CrippleBoyProduction]

Coll vid!

[CrippleBoyProduction]

Cool lol

[jetset59]

Playing this in band this year...Bass clarinet...yeah

[Pkpure930]

Fun song to play. Especially on the bari sax. :)

[whirlwind278]

1:46-1:51 is hot!

[tnao123]

yeah those parts are awesome too.

[pyroblade707]

I'm playing this in band too. it's a pretty cool song =]

were also playing another song by the same composer called Sparks. it's awesome

[magma7007]

But isn't the miramba cool to? It's gotta be!

[CAMSstudent]

The clarinet solos at 1:56 are sooo tight!

[tnao123]

I totally agree and I am playing this in band and I play clarinet and it is totally awesome.

[wtfozlolzrawrx3]

0:35 sounds like dark knight. my school is doing this

[xdefiancex53]

playing this in band trumpet all the way

[magma7007]

Hey I'm playing this in band to! I have the miramba part! Isn't this song soooooo cool?! YA!! DUH!!

[constantslikegravity]

I play this song on Clarinet. It's quite fun.

[whirlwind278]

...I play this song on flute 1. Some people call me gay because I play the flute...screw then, they're hatting. Profesional boys play the flute.(My favorite part on this song is with the flute and claranet at 1:46. If anyone knows what I'm talking about.