El Capitan by John Philip Sousa

[DoctorWhoFan2013]

my band is playing this song and taking it to contest, wish us luck

[Electronic341]

@DoctorWhoFan2013 Unluck for you.

[eldorado5960]

To me, the baritone horns always have the sweetest parts in these marches. Just listen to 'the bridge'! This march is no exception and is one of my faves.

[IKillYou9326]

im 2nd clarinet cant really hear the part

[verticalmatt]

kinda sounds like Austrian ballet

[qedftgddd]

I'm a 3rd trumpet and we get some of the cooler parts in the song nobody else plays :D

[Crelledge]

All I can hear is Assassins....

[vladikosg]

I <3 Sousa Marches. Trumpet part's so much fun. Thank god I'm not a horn player xD

[SoccerCFJ4171]

My bands playing this atm ^^ its cool i guess (trumpet)

[TinnedPears]

Very fun on the oboe :D

[BlackorWhite0920]

This piece is easy to play until the key and time signature changes. That's when I have difficulties...I play trumpet, btw

[icebat100]

We have to play this for a band contest-_-'

Btw--- clarinets ftw!(:

[TheMarkNessMonster]

@icebat100 HOOAH BLACK STICK OF DEATH!

[rileyelizabethmay]

"a fun march to play" ? ...not on the french horn :(

[aw064271]

Omg this song is so fun to play since the trumpet it right behind me but it is soo easy lol!!!!!!

[purplelover14753]

playing this song in two weeks xDD

[foxystig]

I remember playing bass drum in the LA county fair. I love banging that banging that drum at the end!

[LovesAnimals95]

OMG! We are now playing this song and I LOVE IT!!!

GOO BAND NERDS!

[maudeyuk]

wow loved playing this, just reminds me of all the poppy day marches thru town.

[FlierFrank172]

I'm American and a Sousa fan but I'd like to recommend a couple of very good Polish Marches to you. "Marsz Krakowskie Dzieci" is one and "Marsz Rzeczpospolita" is the other. No, I can't pronounce them. Both are on YouTube.

[celementra]

So hard to play But I Love it ^W^

[blackapril42]

ugh gotta learn this on clarinet and memorize it in less than 2 weeks -__-

[frizz148]

this isnt el capitan

[bobramos1000]

i loved playing this piece. Long live auf band! i was a trumpet player from 1977 to 1985....

[lalaura241]

On another note, i've been trolling these with my Bassoon comments, but see, I'm not discriminatory against instruments, I play 9! but there are no comments about Bassoons :( THUMBS UP FOR BASSOON PLAYERS!!

[MrsPantalones]

@lalaura241 You are overestimating the number of bassoon players in the world. :D

[lalaura241]

Bassoon♥

[GgFaePooh]

i loved playing this song in the marching band CLARINET!!!!! GO WOODWINDS!

[Galvin2319]

"A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down!" Anyone else hear that variation??

[firebat9696]

We are playing this for are marching band parade march, I play the horn part (Mellephone) :)

[leo16xxvii]

I think grade 5

The way we played it

[dummestkid97]

wow! may i know this score's grade?

[ramonnie007]

I don't know what you find interesting about Sousa's marches. They are all boring. Try listening to some decent composers like William Rimmer or Thomas J. Powell.

[jlw90210]

Songs like this are why I love playing the Euphonium

[DragonOfDarkness1]

@jlw90210 4th valve rulz

[dianlovesyouh]

@jlw90210 OMG . i play the eupho too <: . and yeah , so true ! but i cant really reach the high notes that well :( .

[Spyworm1]

This is what I think of when I hear this song.

Part 1: The marching around the castle.

Part 2: The Captain walks out.

Part 3: The ball.

Part 4: A joke.

Part 5: Continuation of the ball.

Part 6: An ambush.

Part 7: A valiant retaliation.

Part: 8: Victory song.

[charlieaaquilina]

its so slow.....

[iitzMrHazzard]

Dover high/middle school band plays this in St. Patricks day pararde Every year.

[Quillpen92]

hard to play but fun my director took it fast though

[nkb94]

This was ok...but I found even Pentland Hills and Brighton Beach to be more technically difficult.

[Rovelius39X7]

I played this at festival in 8th grade... bored the hell outta me...

[Nniemi91]

Played this piece in a tuba/euph group was very fun!

[TwilightObbsessed100]

playing it in band!! we sound pretty good...but we need to be QUIETER!! we play to looouuudddd!!!!!!!!! we played it once one time...but then i guess we forgot or something >.<

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

At last....this march is played by an band who paid attention to the dynamic markings on the music. It's about time too.

[boobtube809]

playing this song for marching band, couldn't remember the rhythm of it thanks for having it on youtube

[mieludo]

what is the origin of this song

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

@mieludo ....This march was written by American composer John Philip Sousa in 1898.

[TheTommyStone]

This song helped my band win our class at the Smokey Mountain Band Competiton this year

[rosjger1]

@TheTommyStone piece of music. not song.

[TheTommyStone]

@rosjger1 I played this *Piece of music* at a competiton >_____> (Happy?)

[rosjger1]

@TheTommyStone yes.

[Euphonium1996]

@rosjger1

actually, it's a march

>:D

sorry :|

[rosjger1]

@Euphonium1996 its a piece of music made for marching. Sousa basically only made marches, and that why they named the Sousaphone Sousaphone because of John Phillips Sousa. (if u don't know, the sousaphone is the marching tuba)

[rosjger1]

@rosjger1 *John Philip Sousa

[Jguy365]

I am doing this as my first march in High school band...

It's quite the step up from middle school concert band, but it is a lot of fun!

[fingersk83r]

we played this and it was really fun to play. :)

[WXimp]

We get to play this for highschool graduation! I got 3rd chair! :D

[MrGoaly35]

This song is fantastic to play especially the bone parts!

[milbill24]

we played this in 7th grade ahhhh the good ol days hehehe

[TLC4rules12345]

i play the flute and this song is so tricky but it changes so much so it feels like a bunch of songs made into 1

[xXMotchiXx]

Lawls, I miss playing this on my flute, but too bad band is over and I don't have a sheet music anymore

[bighunter1291]

Are you kidding me? I played this song as a freshman in high school. This is one of Sousa's easier marches.

[OndoreC77]

Very nice (Sounds tierce, I know, but still.) I myself am a fan of Musicals, and I like how in the musical Assassins, they worked the beginning of this march no neatly into the song, "How I Saved Roosevelt." Look it up!

[acc96build]

This is the first Sousa music I ever heard

[vivalamiababe]

I loved this song, im in 9th grade and play 1st horn.

i only problem was.. my mouth was worn out, so finally when we played Nimrod my high notes were kinda sharp..

tehehe

[timsons7777]

@vivalamiababe HEY! I'm in grade 8 and I play the 2nd HORN LOL! I'm playing El Capitan also.

[vivalamiababe]

@timsons7777

funn funn.

I got band camp soon. Killl me

[Jguy365]

@vivalamiababe same here... our band camp sessions last for 7 hours!

[vivalamiababe]

@Jguy365

oohhh nooo hunni.

5 hours of marching is enough for me.

i hate seeing the same people everyday.

[Jguy365]

@vivalamiababe lol

Just think how I felt when I saw that schedule!

[vivalamiababe]

@Jguy365

I'm going to a Kamelot concert during marching season.

Im realllllyyy hoping we dont have a game that night.

i WILL CRY if we do.

[The49thLavi]

In band we have to play this and I play Clarinet and it isnt that hard....lol

[Bflat11]

i HATE sea songs on saxophone! played it last year....oh the agony it brought :'(

[ct2013]

My band teacher wanted us to play this and it is hard. We was gonna try to sight read it but instead she made us sight read Sea Songs so we are gonna go to Dublin Festival with it.

[119738]

An AWESOME MARCH!!!! Really fun oboe part

[DeanGoldstein]

i just got this piece i play the baritone saxophone and this is amazing

[NastyZ100]

I love this march. this is anther one of our festival pieces this year. i play first clarinet and i love that part.

[pullom19]

This is a really easy piece to play if you like marches. I played bari sax on this in high school

[beardedartisan]

... which is how I saved Roosevelt!

[schwaglr]

There are very few people who will get this reference. Hilarious!

[AylshaPeaches2]

This song is catchy..but soo hard to playy !! :S

[Undertakerfan4life43]

wat part do you have? my sis is playing the alto sax and she says its not that hard

[Jguy365]

@AylshaPeaches2 ik!

[ObeseSheep]

@AylshaPeaches2 Where does it have singing? It's not a song,

[rosjger1]

@ObeseSheep yeah. its called a piece of music.

[rosjger1]

@AylshaPeaches2 actually its not a song. its a piece of music. songs are what u hear on the radio. pieces of music are like symphony music.

[FellowTraveller]

thanks for posting this video. !! five stars FT

[manoseado2007]

que recuerdos tan tan inolvidables me traen estas melodias de mi paso por el ejercito colombiano

[NeoFreakGirl]

One of my favorite things to play on the clarinet :3

[phil656565]

@NeoFreakGirl one of my favorite on baratone horn! Love Sousa's marches