American Salute by Morton Gould

[LONGO1955]

Bravi, Bravi, Bellissima. WWWW USA

[SoooDespicable]

i'm playing this for all-region orchestra this year

[shadowfox2023]

The Ants Go Marching One By One hurrah hurrah The Ants Go Marching Two By Two hurrah hurrah The Ants Go Marching Three By Three The Little One Stops To Climb The Tree...

[RysioACF]

This should be the American anthem. A masterwork

[PoopTruffles]

2:28 is such a bitch to finger :o

[WhisperWatcher]

Die Hard: with a Vengeance any1?

[casualevils]

The oboe (English Horn?) soloist  puts on the funniest face at 1:50

[zerrubabbel]

haha... that dude near the end looks like steve carell

[tygamer15]

this song is hard to play >_>

[sumerian45]

argh i have 3 days to learn the clarinet part at 2:29 to 2:46. God help me.

[MrShades12]

@DJsissypool LOW BRASS FTW

[LadyLilly94]

We're currently playing this in our orchestra, and one of our conductors is actually in the USAF Orchestra! :D

[gytobu123]

40,000 views people! :D I'm happy so many of you like good music!

[MrShades12]

@Tanpopo18 yea the clarinet part is really hard

i tried to play it on the bass clarinet and it was pretty hard

[gytobu123]

@MrShades12 1st trumpet is a lot harder too...

[DJsissypool]

@MrShades12 the tuba music on the other hand, is actually quite fun! haha LB rules (^_^)

[JustinLovesCandy]

Haha I play the bass trombone part :P

[MrShades12]

im playing this in the eight grade

i play the bass clarinet(the music for which is probably very close to the bassoon) and the music actually isnt tht hard

[Tanpopo18]

@MrShades12 Haha, for you the music probably wasn't that hard. I play the clarinet, it's quite a bit more difficult on my end. :]

[MatauReviews]

Crap! That's Awesome!

[arabiannights2]

ive been trying to convince my director to play this song...i want to be able to perform the bassoon part :)

[MyYummycookie]

This is a really good piece. : )

[peppersax]

This is how I stay humble as a composer. Just listening to what this genius did in a day!

[Autumnsmile900]

I played this last year in 7th grade (trumpet), honestly THE hardest song I ever played. But, the most beautiful and fun.

[VanbPwa]

Great job but I think this is difficult for Bb clarinet especially third cause I'm constantly switching octives at 107-125

[loyalfalconflutist]

I love the bassoon and the english horn :D

[OheyyBlueJaee]

Go bassooons and bass clarinet <3333!!!!

[MrSister127]

This isn't about WWII its based on a civil war song, about confederate troops as I understand it

[MegaToon1234]

walking home after WW2

[MegaToon1234]

after WW2

[bcdo2na]

I enjoyed watching the conductor... easy to know where the count is... and his closure.

[clainetwin]

I played 1st violin in this piece in the full orchestra in high school. I remember drilling the part they have between 2:58-3:10, even tho it starts quite and only comes up slghtly is volumue by end, getting that part finally down was nothing but pure happiness. This was the best performance I think our orchestra had that year and I walked off the sage shaking from the rush. Very fun to play.

[btsears]

Is this available to purchase on DVD? I haven't been able to find it!

[jdiasj]

I played this in our school district hs symphony. It was a great piece that was made in 24 hours. Fun but hard. GO CELLI (celli is plural cello)

[crudnup]

@jdiasj the wonder of wiki

The cello (pronounced /ˈtʃɛloʊ/ CHEL-oh; plural cellos or celli) is a bowed string instrument. The word derives from the Italian violoncello. A person who plays a cello is called a cellist. The cello is used as a solo instrument, in chamber music, and as a member of the string section of an orchestra. It is the second largest bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, the double bass being the largest.

[thisisntagoodname]

Oh cool! I wasn't aware Morton Gould had made an orchestral version of this piece.

I did this piece in 11th grade in my symphonic band, no strings. I was first horn. I loved it so much I wanted my part to sound perfect, especially at 1:38. In my nervousness though I cracked in tone at that part. Twice. Still love the piece though. :3

[BigMansinister]

playing the basson's cues on trombone was fun to learn glad i had a chance to perform it

[imacrabapple]

Ahhh we're playing this at my high school too! The trumpet part is amazing!!!

[chickenssaymoothe2nd]

I'm playing this in my high school also. Dang, that flute part is complicated! It's one of my favorite's to play though!

[papalouie27]

We're playing this in high school, I'm an trombonist having bassoon cues, quite hard.

[bcdo2na]

@papalouie27 It really sounds better to let the bass clarinet play with the bassoons.. they tone blends ... not with a brass tone...

[bcdo2na]

@papalouie27 Try having the bass clarinet play that part... doesn't need the brass sound on that movement.

[12492jon]

We are playing this at my high school for our spring concert. its so much fun to play and i play the tuba part. go tubas!!!

[devildogworks]

i played this in symphonic band in high school. tough but fun.

[shokumasterify]

It's not a sepdectuplet, it's a septuplet. Although there is a sepdectuplet in principal clarinet in Rhapsody in Blue. The septuplet occurs after that eighth notes section at 2:59. Erg, our reseating was on that. Conductor's a jerk, haha

[Clarinerd617]

I'm playing Principal Clarinet on this (concert band version, though) right now. Geez, it's tough.....even more so when the section isn't all there....

[PASTREEE878]

Go Air Force!

[Brandontb8]

this is an awesome song! i played in my all county band on timpani... the part was mostly rests but when the timpani did play it was so fun! good job!

[Smithinitup22]

we are playing this piece in Carnegie Hall on the Spring break

[LeATHERMOUTHfanclub]

I'd say at 2:58 is the hardest part on the violin- its so fast!!!

[peppermintlattee]

I agree its pretty hard for first violin

[MrCookieMischeif]

i play this on bass clairenet. tis hard

[alexisbad2thebone]

DX hard piece i despise this piece!

[KawaiiKlonoa]

This piece has a crazy 17-tuplet...it's not THAT difficult on violin...but that 17-tuplet and the crazy half step runs make me want to cry T.T

But other than that this is my favorite orchestra piece to play.

[Clarinerd617]

how do you count a septdectuplet?

[PhoenixStrata]

this is great. I have played snare drum and tympani on this; it's so much fun to play!!

[spencerleekramer]

FLutes

[angelfishlover]

Wow this is nice!!Can hear the string bass and bass clarinet well!!!

[disneydude1991]

We played a marching band arrangement of this piece and it was so much fun! This is such an amazing and powerful song!

[lovemusiqlife]

i played the english horn solo for this once, but the english horn i had to use (because i'm too poor to have my own.) was so out of tune that it sounded horrible.

[Jtravels]

This piece should never be played without a woodwind section - especially bassoons.

[Peanutdinos3000]

Hey that was great. I play tuba in Oroville's Community band and we played that last week . The air force bands nedds to get more tubas. we have four!!!

[PASTREEE878]

yeah bassoonnn

[bassoongeek101]

amen brother

[steeleboy09]

My Band is playing this at UIL

[Chokobuny]

haha we played this for a high school honor band. i love it.

[nittiegreen]

heres to 12/8 8th notes on beat 4 followed by 4-stroke ruff on beat one! yay!

[dsjlj40]

at 1:24, you can hear bass clarinet slightly playing along with the bassoons and in 1:49 as well.

I wish I might get to play that part someday...I love challenging parts even though I play bass clarinet.

GO BASS CLARINETS!!!! :D

[SharzardGeek]

I played this on bassoon in Wind Ensemble as a freshman. It certainly took awhile to learn XD

[redsors]

We're playing this song for our UIL show sometime in spring. Lol, i play trumpet and its pretty hard to get down.  Once you get it down though, its pretty easy

[ibanezdude9659]

i played this with the Sound of America Honor Band. i play bassoon... this is sooo much fun to play. this sounds amazing!

[Johnlocke29]

.....GOD BLESS AMERICA......an be dam proud of our men an women who are protecting our freedoms...................... john lyric pines

[airplanecrazy1989]

I played this last year to open my final high school wind ensemble concert. I played bells and xylophone.

[matematcas]

we're playing this song in our symphonic orchestra. VEEEEry difficult, esp. on bass. Basses rule btw.

[dragonfaarie]

cello's rock

[MrNobody64]

When don't they?

[TheOriginalMusicGen]

any bass clarinetists around here? go bass clarinet (3rd clarinet)!

[flootloops]

The bcl part on this piece has really impossible switches to clarinet (in the orchestra version). I had to play that part and I played some of it an octave up on bass. Very fun piece :)

[doittheeasyway]

were playing this in the detroit symphonyia orchestra

[animalover411]

yeah, we are also playing this at my school for a vetrans' day memorial concert. i play bassoon...so it's an amazing piece...

[flippymidget]

this song is way fun to play. LVYO is playing it for our first concert. I play 2nd trombone.

[Millieardo]

we are playing this piece for our first concert of the season thanks for posting this video! btw. the Airforce ROCKS!

[mugicfan1]

my band played this song a couple years ago, its a really cool song

i think there should be more percussion supporting it, it sounded a little too top heavy.

[codeskywalkerabs]

Now which all-state would that happen to be, because I do believe that I am practicing this very one for that same purpose!

[NovemberBegin]

Bitch needs to shut up and let us hear the damn song.

Starts at 1:00.

[RedHotRag]

Many years ago I performed this piece with Morton Gould conducting. In rehearsal, I made a very minor mistake. With drums, woodwind trills, and cymbals all roaring along in a ff section, he noticed. He didn't use a baton, so his hands froze while he tossed a sly smile in my direction. All he said was, "let's try that again." I wanted to crawl under the stage. He told me that he wrote this variation of "Johnny" in about a 24 hour period. He was a true genius.

[adabee]

@RedHotRag, what do you play if I may ask?

[brainykid800]

@RedHotRag What part were you playing on?

[lalobaloo]

we're doing this in Iowa all-state this year. It's fun to play. :)

[WW2obsession]

I'm playing this as the first song in my marching band show. I play sousaphone.

We're going to Hawaii in Novemember to play this. It's a fun song.

[mugo8]

I played 1st trumpet in this song not too long ago.......it was fun but challenging.

[musicfan3d]

I played bass clarinet in this piece :D. Good job by the way.

[punkazn77]

lol my band director is making a tuba play the 3rd bassoon part.

[kb4uf]

I think a Bass Clarinet sounds better on the bottom than a 3rd bassoon - fills the sound out. (I'm a bit biased - we are doing this in May and I'm playing the 3rd bassoon on Bass.. )

[jason007s]

wonderful performance

[Jtravels]

Well done. Too bad you were short a bassoon.