Vizzutti Showing off

[PiGuy6]

The trumpet players must have really low self-esteem now.

[MarchingBlueNGold]

If he can do that with his LEFT hand, i bet hes amazing during foreplay

[Theskillsdatkil09]

@MarchingBlueNGold -Scared for life-

[shadowphoenix137]

I want to meet him soooo baddddd x))))

[gusenator122291]

wow Vizzutti=inspiration! 

[TheHillbillyE]

That one person that disliked this video is soooooooo jealous. How could you not like Vizzutti? I want to do that!!!

[irule22453]

O.0 it sounded like 5 different people playing different parts

[boricuatrumpet69]

Looks like the conductor wanted stab him with the baton

[Waligi2345]

*Women playing clarinet shakes head* but seriously, thats amazing.

[chris943]

when he played this song with my band during a band camp he played half of the carnival of venice with one finger, the trumpets lets just say missed our cue to come in because none of us cared and was just watching him in amazement.

[random1337guitars]

skillz

[donttouchzorgons]

i noticed that to milkymike

[MRODB6]

Amazing ability but very corney.

[wasabiman17]

sick, but at the beginning it wasn't very clean

[allnwbone]

I have friends from all state that got to see vizzutti during a clinic of some sort , but during this clinic vizzutti was playing while spinning his trumpet around 360 degrees on his lips... crazy man

[robbb6482]

i play both french horn and trumpet. no i am no where near vizzutti but the different hand thing aint that bad. well if u do it all the time that is.

[DMcrew0505]

conductor does look fail and i like how no one noticed instead of just one hand he fingered with his left hand which is backwards for him and most people

[sapfirewand]

conductor looks pretty fail

[yomommaclassof2006]

thats how you know when you've mastered something when you can do different variations of something and still play it perfectly everytime

[privatefranchiser]

guys is sarcasm foreign to u guys or something??? do you REALLY think there are too many people on this planet like him....

[theman9126]

pshhhh ANYBODY could do that.....i mean OF COURSE i'm better than him........psshhhhh.......

[allnwbone]

lol speaking of playing w no hands, i got to see Kathy Jensen from the Hornheads fin one of their songs (i think head case) on some ungodly altissimo with no hands, first time she had done that she said =D

[greenstboy]

The kids were laughing WITH him, not at him.  Amazing to play this left handed!

[TheBluebookDude]

No, I'm pretty sure they were mainly laughing at him. Use your talents for something useful Vizzutti!

[Skrothn]

I want to see him play with no hands. I bet he could.

[TheBluebookDude]

I didn't know showing off for high school kids was now a professional occupation.

[DancingSpiderman]

@TheBluebookDude BWAAAHahaha...that's low, but YEAH... that was dead on target and PHUNny

[milkymike182]

Did anyone else notice that he used not only one hand but his left hand?

[venusflytrap614]

The left hand is the one that is supposed to hold the weight of the trumpet, while the right hand is supposed to be mainly for fingering the keys.

Nevertheless, impressive :)

[patpatboy2]

That makes it all the more impressive. I don't know if you can play the trumpet, but I know how difficult it is to finger with the left hand. That impresses me even more!

[venusflytrap614]

Yes, I've been playing for 10 years.

And yes, it is quite difficult.

My section is trying to come up with a response to the trombones (they are attempting suicides) and we were thinking of doing the trick where you all reach over to the left and play each others' trumpets, but I was thinking that since I am on the side where nobody would be fingering my trumpet, I would play it with my left hand while playing my neighbor's with my right.

It would be even cooler if we had different parts.

[allnwbone]

if you can pull that off... show me!

[venusflytrap614]

Marching season is over now and none of the others wanted to to it :(

I'll try to get some of them together for a video though.

[hcvideoproductions]

Lol your so full of shit

[venusflytrap614]

Uh, whatever you say. Sorry I can't organize ten people with busy schedules to get together and make a youtube video to prove to people I don't know that I can play the trumpet.

[SuperdudeFlexiRandom]

@milkymike182 He might be left handed

[tracer52]

@SuperdudeFlexiRandom you dont play trumpet left handed

[SuperdudeFlexiRandom]

@tracer52  I can, but not like that.

[tumbleweed94]

maybe he just legitimately has a question...during the song :P

[trump3t]

and he was not only overlooked, but openly mocked by the teacher! :' (

[zerosonico]

lol

[zuazema]

and all those mean kids laughed at him in the end!

[tsuzuki1227]

@tumbleweed94

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!

[JungleSamProductions]

@tumbleweed94 haha

[mangoman500]

now, if he could have a guy push the valves for him and he plays with his lips, now that would be history....

[santosjohny]

its been done, canadian brass

[thesousabone]

cadets 2000.

[jsteuernol]

it's also cool to see guys playing the clark version of the last variation with only one finger ;)

[lobodeschabetado]

increible

[themouseofevil]

The funny thing is that the Carnival of Venice is actually easy (just get the finger memory of the F major scale, and it's just mostly first-valve stuff). Now, the arrangement of Carnival of Venice that Allen Vizzutti created (not the one in this clip) is HARD - it's called the Carnival of Venus, and is ridiculous!

[kenferry]

It's easy? So where's the video of you playing it?

[themouseofevil]

A very small percentage of musicians actually post videos of themselves on the internet. One thing is, I have never recorded a video of myself EVER. I make recordings in the practice room so I can observe intonation and other things when I listen. Of course, I went through the "look at me, I can play Carnival of Venice" in high school, but when you get into a good university's music program, you learn how stupid that mentality is, and fine tune EVERTYHING at a fundamental level.

[themouseofevil]

Take a look at the sheet music and practice it for a while, you will see that it is much easier than it sounds. It's a flashy piece that's fun, not a show-off mechanism like it has become today.

[SCHSTrumpet]

This is probably not the "Carnival of Venice" you are familiar with, however. Originally, it was just a folk song that evolved by way of Fantasie and VAriations. The most commonly known is the arrangement by Jean-Baptiste Arban (the one you're most-likely familiar with). This is the one by Del Staigers. Go read. Have fun. It's moderately easy, but playing it as fast as Vizzutti...

[themouseofevil]

You are very right! I was thinking of the Arban one! I have seen the sheet music for the Del Staigers arrangment, and it much harder!

But my point still stands that it is becoming a showoff piece, and that's not something I like.

[SCHSTrumpet]

Oh definitely! Now, it's becoming a little less musical and a little more show-off-y.

Also, I appreciate your understanding and not blowing up at me like most anyone else on this website. Your patience and willingness to learn will bless you.

[BootlegTrumpet]

Warm up ;)

[RogerSquawk]

wow left hand too!

[wonka2006]

he's a beast lol