As Summer Was Just Beginning

[ClarinetChick18]

clarinet :) im playing this song in band its sooo pretty :)

[flameking01]

who was that percussionist playing at the end ???

[smartpinay1]

I think the clarinets need to balance out at 1:06 because our band teacher says its supposed to sound like a summer breeze, not an ambulance! lol but nice overall..

[rsboy360]

DIdnt moved me this one fails...

If you end up crying or at lease feel kinda sad then you played it right

[gershmer0]

oboe :)

[gamecube6]

that horn solo was pretty sketchy with those jumps

[cholo441380]

haha you ever tried playin a french horn man? hahaha they dont call it the hardest instrument to play for no reason!

[vermicello]

the flute part on this song isss soooooo prettttyyy,i just got done playing it lol :D

[KimmieImmie]

oboe:)

this song is beautiful. it needs to be played with EMOTION! yeah haha

[adamboy95]

ur balance was way off...the altos just blasted through the whole song...when i played this i was first alto sax so i wud kno

[koopatroop123]

@adamboy95 you don't know how to spell though

[SickKidsCrewtv]

We're playing this for my school's graduation. I'm 2nd alto sax. This is one of the most beautiful things I've ever played. I want to cry everytime we play it.

[RsBlackKnightMafia]

a love the front ensemble of the percussion in this song. I myself am a part of the "pit".

[SplatProduction96]

this song is a nice song to play. it took my middle school symphonic band to state contest with 2 other songs.

1st- trumpet (most of time seconds cant play for anything [ its pretty sad how our 2nd sound] so during contest i took the part of second :(  )

[unofficalactor]

Where is the emotion? This song makes me cry everytime I play it...I want this to be played at my funeral!

( 1st Flute fo sho ; ] )

[shnkthmpsn09]

love the 1st french horn part.

[neferiel]

Indeed =) I'm playing it.

[SpontaniousGooglerz]

WOW i will always love this song 1st trumpet solo

[05RedSS]

Larry Daehn*

[05RedSS]

Love this song too.... definately one of my favorites I've ever played. Got the honor of meating the composer Larry Dehn a few years ago and got his autograph :)

[kearstondoupe]

i LOVE this song.

played it last year, and i miss it :(

1st flute :)

[Jimiex10]

This is just awful. it starts out piano and ur like mf. there arre wrong notes and squeaks! why? its so LOUD! there really aren't dynamicz cuz there isn't that much room to grow.its really fast

[gleh1401]

we are playing this in our band im 2nd trombone

[SuperxXSunshines]

we're playing this for a contest at our school! trumpets rockkkk! even though i play 2nd. oh well..

[Spadesz93]

lol

i gotta play this tomorrow

im 3rd clarinet

aha....

P.S. ur dynamics are shit..

[lalaloserz]

I'm playing this in Band too!

And I'm a clarinet too!

Except I'm 1st clarinet. [;

I hope you're doing better than my school. The trumpets are stupid. [;

[clarinetgrl811]

have you heard the term "dynamics"??? other than that, it was really good.

[kkh2468]

heyy how old are u guys?? cuz i'm in 6th grade,and my friend and I are doing this in symphonic band.....

[sugarhigh24088]

ARG!! YOUR FRENCH HORN PLAYERS ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL FRENCH HORN PLAYERS EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY???!!!! I COULDN'T HERE MY EARS ARE FULL OF MELTED BRAIN!!!!!!!!!

no offense though ;)

[sugarhigh24088]

im playing this with my middle school honor band. I'm a horn player and i love this song. Its the 1 song we have a big part in! GO FRENCH HORNS!!!!!

[XxJazzyJ101xX]

waiitt,

i meant the notes leading up to the second to last fermata, where the trumpet sticks out.

love it.

[XxJazzyJ101xX]

nice job but you guys might want to work on blending in together as one band instead of sounding like you are competing against each other. then it would sound better, but otherwise nice job.

but i'm playing this song and i think the fermata before the last one is sooo gorgeous. it gets me soo emotional.

[jackieeeA]

yea. that reaaallly loud french horn person isnt even it our band and he thinks hes all good and always plays too loud

[musicisthelife321]

I know what you mean..He may be loud but is a good player..I also played this song wiht my high school concert band

[jackieeeA]

hes only good because hes in college haha.

[kailuaborn96734]

i think you guys sound good xcept for a blaring trumpet. nice job

were playing this in a couple of dayzz

[jackieeeA]

it was a french horn...hes this college guy that has nothing better to do than play with our intermediate school band... he always plays too loud

[extremelyfatchicken]

that's a nice way to put it

[yepitswatari]

you guyzz did better than our band!!!

[poopnia]

haha, thx, our actual first positive comment on this song. :)

[LOTRgrim]

negative mark for saying i think saxophone sounds better Ive NEVER BEEN SO INSU- wait yes i have carry on i never insulted you guys though (and that was the very first negative mark ive seen on one of my comments so im scared)

[poopnia]

haha.. you should be scared, cause RSM's gonna get you. haha.. :P

[LOTRgrim]

Middle school band you say? that explains it. if it were a highschool band now......id flog you all.......In my school that just opened (all 9th graders) our tiny band played this song. i had to solo the first page alto sax parts. so hearing a brass player fills me with a hot firey saxophone rage

[jackieeeA]

ok...have fun with your...rage...of...saxaphoney.­..ness... haha?

[MasterOfClarinets]

You guys killed it.

[jackieeeA]

ummm exCUSE me?

just because we dont have "masters of clarinets (yea thats u)" in our band doesnt mean that u can just say that without knowing ANYTHING about us.... half of this band only had like...2 rehearsal days for this song....and this was the first time these two halves played together...freaking A....dont be so judgemental

[maloavi]

By musicality, is just a term i use describing the difference of making music, rather than only playing what it says. You as muscian need to be able to express those moods. There other factors such as maintaining a good balance,tempo and tuning but after all that you need to be more expressive in order to make the music more beautiful... To tell you truth we played this song, and we didnt do well either, this is really not that easy. It has a lot of tricky problems that are difficult to solve.

[poopnia]

yeah, we aren't very good at doing that. only a few members out of the 50 can express the music through emotion.

[jackieeeA]

I AGREE! but the problem is that u dont needa try out for this band...you pretty much automatically make it

[maloavi]

sorry for my terrible ways of saying things i meant, it could be done better but overall was average.. i didn't try to be that dry...

[jackieeeA]

see?! is it REALLY THAT HARD to be nice??? haha jk wow. were only an intermediate school band...what do u expect from us??

[HIMCR89]

James Dean is totally rolling in his grave. this is the worst i've heard this song...and it such a beautiful song.

[jackieeeA]

we just started learning it like 4 days before we performed and had 55 minutes each day to rehearse it. there are two groups that played this together and this was the first time we played this song together. so...yea. were in intermediate band and were sorry if we dont meet your standards

[poopnia]

yeah! that is completely true. if you think we're like a "professional" band, we are not. we're just a middle school band. so just back off

[extremelyfatchicken]

thanks for defending us lol

[maloavi]

This Lack musicallity, theres no good balance between instrument, they are too loud in some parts. What i noticed is that they need to express it better, it seems that they are playing in auto pilot)

[thestarz2nite]

um, excuse me. I don't think "musicallity" IS EVEN A WORD.

[jackieeeA]

keri...im sorry to say...but it is haha

[extremelyfatchicken]

hi jackie!!!!

hahaha

[thestarz2nite]

thanks THOMAS!!! How would u know that?!! Youve never even heard it!! EXCEPT AT THE CONCERT and alan did a good job on the xylophone... no, we did not murder it. THAT IT A CRUEL AND UNUSAL PUNISHMENT!!! for technology.:( haha, Advanced Band next year is going to suffer with Mr. Jones HAHA!! Haha, wowo u must hate "Best of the Beatles" ahah,,, ALAN got defensive when u said that!!! :) did u see him on the morning announcements?? :) I'm tired.

[gbozik]

i love this song but you guys definately murdered it...BAD!!!