this brings back memories of middle school band :') My band played this in 8th grade for the EOC lol I loved this song!!!! Its too bad my current high school doesnt offer band... :( the flute part for this was just lovely:)
LOL There was a time in high school as the student conductor I didn't use a score not with the gifts of conductor USAF Arnold Gabriel (photo g memory) but because i studied the score over and over I could tell the french horns to tune up because they were not playing the right note only to find it was a misprint in the publishing of that part,LOL again.Peace
I played the original composition by Alfred Reed back in my sophomore year of high school and when searching for a recording I found a version with strings in it. Some time afterward the recording disappeared and I was left to wonder if Reed made an arrangement with strings or not.
Finding this video answers that question. :3
I thought it was so pretty to have strings in it, back then I thought that's how the piece always was. Silly me. :P
i played this in high school and the frekin notes gave me a head ache every time i played it. but we used all the breath we had and it sounded ok,lol!
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my wind ensemble band is playing this for out UIL competition this month. idk, it may just be me, but it seems like you guys are dragging just a little bit by how the director is moving and what I'm hearing form you guys. Maybe my director goes faster idk. We don't have strings though so we lack there. But out clarinet section is snazzy as hell :D I'm in it lol
clarinets rock on! oh that poor first trumpet part died out til the very end with that high B i think. Out two firsts can't get it for the whole 2 measures oh whole notes. but it sounds so cool I love this piece, and I used to hate it til i learned it.
I love this song, I play contr alto clarinet (smaller than a contra but bigger than a bass) and it's so fun, especially because my part is easy, yet not boring
We're playing this in my high school band this year. It's intersting because I play trumpet and I have the 2nd Cornet part and another girl has 1st Cornet. All the guys who play trumpet have the normal 1, 2 and 3 trumpet parts. Anyway, I love this song to death and thanks for uploading this!
yea i noticed that, there was this big pause b4 the 2nd trumpets come in with the triplets. either they werent there or, they played so softly that the camera didnt pick up the sound =)
The band here is very good! I've played this in my high school, and now I have to play it (again)in a music fest. Ironically on a different instrument because I double. It's like relearning all over again. Well done here!
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Poor percussionist at 0:14 XD hope they got their music back!
Sharky2491 3 weeks ago
Poor percussionist at 0:14 XD hope they got their music back!
Sharky2491 3 weeks ago
this brings back memories of middle school band :') My band played this in 8th grade for the EOC lol I loved this song!!!! Its too bad my current high school doesnt offer band... :( the flute part for this was just lovely:)
Ruffles2012 4 months ago
@Ruffles2012 what kind of high school dosent offer band?
theargonite1234 1 month ago
.... did your first trumpet have that much trouble with the high C at the end?
tydydpony93 1 year ago
LOL There was a time in high school as the student conductor I didn't use a score not with the gifts of conductor USAF Arnold Gabriel (photo g memory) but because i studied the score over and over I could tell the french horns to tune up because they were not playing the right note only to find it was a misprint in the publishing of that part,LOL again.Peace
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brett1051 1 year ago
I'm NOT crazy! *grins*
I played the original composition by Alfred Reed back in my sophomore year of high school and when searching for a recording I found a version with strings in it. Some time afterward the recording disappeared and I was left to wonder if Reed made an arrangement with strings or not.
Finding this video answers that question. :3
I thought it was so pretty to have strings in it, back then I thought that's how the piece always was. Silly me. :P
thisisntagoodname 1 year ago
Man, no third trumpet. Which is the part I have. Love this song, but hate it at the same time. No what I mean?
SAUDER54 2 years ago
we're playing this our band, the poplar bluff concert band
akd2967 2 years ago
trumpets are too loud!
sheridan83522 2 years ago
i played this in high school and the frekin notes gave me a head ache every time i played it. but we used all the breath we had and it sounded ok,lol!
runswithcoyote17 2 years ago
were playing this song except no strings XP
alyk11 2 years ago
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my wind ensemble band is playing this for out UIL competition this month. idk, it may just be me, but it seems like you guys are dragging just a little bit by how the director is moving and what I'm hearing form you guys. Maybe my director goes faster idk. We don't have strings though so we lack there. But out clarinet section is snazzy as hell :D I'm in it lol
iloveInuYasha650 3 years ago
omgosh, our uil piece is also this one, what school are you from?
jbhakta2009 3 years ago
Granbury HighSchool :D i love our band, but i'm kinda getting bored with it this year...not near as fun as last year. I'm in choir too :)
iloveInuYasha650 3 years ago
Ok, I play the first clarinet part on this song, and it's pretty ballin'!
jbhakta2009 3 years ago
clarinets rock on! oh that poor first trumpet part died out til the very end with that high B i think. Out two firsts can't get it for the whole 2 measures oh whole notes. but it sounds so cool I love this piece, and I used to hate it til i learned it.
iloveInuYasha650 3 years ago
Wow, strings! Hey, orchestra takes us; maybe we should take some orchestrans (Here's our chance!)
The flute part is pretty hard to learn, but I do like all the weird chords and brass interludes.
musicalpositron 3 years ago
omg my band is playing this! I love this song
Leafpool46 3 years ago
I love this song, I play contr alto clarinet (smaller than a contra but bigger than a bass) and it's so fun, especially because my part is easy, yet not boring
claireo831 3 years ago
We're playing this in my high school band this year. It's intersting because I play trumpet and I have the 2nd Cornet part and another girl has 1st Cornet. All the guys who play trumpet have the normal 1, 2 and 3 trumpet parts. Anyway, I love this song to death and thanks for uploading this!
Arelenedhel 3 years ago
no problem
kevinverelst 3 years ago
Huh? Were you replying to someone else?
Arelenedhel 3 years ago
Anyway, I love this song to death and thanks for uploading this!
I replied to this with: No Problem
kevinverelst 3 years ago
Oh... okay!
Arelenedhel 3 years ago
thats what my band is doing too but i think the cornet parts have the same part as the French Horns or close to it
Leafpool46 3 years ago
My director had my friend and I sit next to our two french horn players on this piece. They do have similar parts.
Arelenedhel 3 years ago
Good music, but brass instruments are not well tuned (intonation)... But well played anyway...
unterwallis86 3 years ago
i thought i was the only one who heard it
freaksrkool15101 2 years ago
my middle school advanced band is playing this song. i play the 3rd cornet part :)
funkyythree 3 years ago
...wheres the 3ed cornet? O_o?
Other than that, cool.
AKF44 3 years ago
they need some bass power. Needs more Tubas and bones
parquar 3 years ago
Alfred Reed writes very good music!
thbeatgozon 3 years ago
Great piece! I played this in the symphonic band (percussion) many years ago.
drums4g 4 years ago
They're missing the 3rd cornet part which is pretty important. 3rd cornets begin the triplets when they cornets/trumpets play it!
thewest15 4 years ago
yea i noticed that, there was this big pause b4 the 2nd trumpets come in with the triplets. either they werent there or, they played so softly that the camera didnt pick up the sound =)
elie5252 4 years ago
The bridge is my favorite part
albermarle52 4 years ago
yea i love this song i play the Euphonium
and usally the Euphoniums have the dull boering boering parts but i actually have fun play this piece!
thanks Alfreed Reed
jaejohnson93 4 years ago
The band here is very good! I've played this in my high school, and now I have to play it (again)in a music fest. Ironically on a different instrument because I double. It's like relearning all over again. Well done here!
Canichenoir 4 years ago
got soem sexism goin on in ur percussion section there?
umpalumpakilla65 4 years ago
Haha! :)
kevkoptel 4 years ago
as far as i know this piece is made for a symphonic band ..Alfred Reed is known for his band music
krisciacute16 4 years ago
Actually, Alfred Reed does do orchestral versions of his works as well as for band. Russian Christmas Music is a good example of that.
tbonesfa 4 years ago
as far as i know this piece is made for a symphonic band..Alfred reed is known for his band music
krisciacute16 4 years ago
Ill have to check with the conductor who made the arrangement. I think its for symphonic orchestra.
kevinverelst 4 years ago
is the sheet music you got really for orchestra? because i played this music before and the music was for symphonic band.
timpanista 4 years ago