Aaron Copland - Rodeo Suite 3: Hoedown

[MadMupp]

Playing this while playing Red Dead seems to make everything more epic... WORK YA DAMN NAG!!!

[yisacknayrabin]

Nice tempi, Lenny.

[sociopathicbutterfly]

I've listened to this about 20 times since dawn...this is the best morning ever.

[paige3406]

this is so fucking hard. 

[kommunikator60]

cowboy action

[recyclingismylife]

fantastic performance.

[beefire05]

this makes me want to have my own western adventure :)

[shadewtv]

lol

[waIIflower]

BRAVO!

[CoastStarlight11]

BEEF, its whats for dinner!!!

[NCBikerBoy]

@CoastStarlight11 Holy Crap!!! I lol'd so hard, soda came out my nose! That'll teach me to drink and read comments at the same time! 8D

[CoastStarlight11]

@NCBikerBoy LOL!!!

[DetectiveDickBent]

Heard this piece in my music lesson way back in the early 80's, and its stuck in my head ever since. Brilliant!!

[C3P0meetsData]

This is AMURKA!

[DrillSergeant13BX40]

After listening to various versions of Copland's 'Hoedown' here on YT, I find this particular version the best, given it's wonderful sense of lively and vivid stacatto energy, which this dynamic piece demands, if it is to be performed correctly.

With this piece and others, Copland singularly captured the boundless energy, beauty, and essence of the American West, which has never been duplicated by any other composer.

Pure brilliance, this musical piece truly is.

[aznguy011]

this song is stupid waste of sound

[DrillSergeant13BX40]

@aznguy011

And you are 'stupid waste' of DNA. Crawl back under the fungus you slithered out of.

[aznguy011]

@DrillSergeant13BX40 Im sorry sir, i was actually thinking this song was amazing, but my friend did it. I really enjoy this kind of music.

[fredjmp]

Great!!

[Kaitipoo]

Really neat. In Las Vegas at the Belogio (sp?) the water fountain has a routine to this music. Very cool. The water comes up to the music and it's so fun to watch.

[birchofacookie]

Meh, ELP did it better. =p

[BlackJayandSlimTim]

my A and D string went out of tune from strumming too hard at 1:14 in a concert XD

[TheVocaloidDub]

i'm SO gonna use this for choreograph my ballet dance :D

[lipizannerlover]

I love playing this song. I have both first and second violing memorized. It's so much fun to play... If you don't break 2-3 bow hairs by the time you have finished playing it, then you didn't try hard enough to capture the essence. Haha.

[TheVocaloidDub]

lol. then i don't think that song is for violin

[lipizannerlover]

@TheVocaloidDub It's more of producing the right sound... Have you ever seen a professional fiddler play a piece similar to that without breaking a single hair? No. I have seen many fiddlers in my time. And they break at least one. I say 2-3 because it's something I enjoy doing. LOL. (My group and I like to rush this song to the point where if we had flint in the hairs, there would be sparks.... haha)

[lipizannerlover]

@TheVocaloidDub it's a visual concept. lol. It means you are playing the true essence of the piece; which is intense, triple forte, heartpounding accents and swirling notes that get you in the mood to clap along or something.

[C3P0meetsData]

@TheVocaloidDub It's more of a song for a fiddle.

[TheVocaloidDub]

@C3P0meetsData There's only a violin. Fiddle is just a WAY to play a Violin. This song is like a fiddling

[C3P0meetsData]

@TheVocaloidDub Yes, you're right, technically they are the same instrument. But a fiddle dances and a violin sings...(It's a metaphor btw, please don't respond with some stupid argument.)

[NCBikerBoy]

@C3P0meetsData That's probably the very best metaphor I've ever heard for comparing fiddle and violin! Although I must admit I've heard many Irish/Celtic fiddle solos that sang so beautifully they'd make you cry...Still, great comparison!

[Doc418]

Beef...its what's for dinner....

[JubalCalif]

I too think this is the BEST recording of this number that I've come across so far here at youtube. Powerful, powerful stuff! Copeland was a true genius. One of the true icons of modern music. THANK YOU so very much for sharing this delightful rendition with us! Sheer heaven to listen to, that's for sure! :)

[ktrum492]

Aaron Copland IS American Music!! :-)

[Quarar44]

I played this and I broke a G string in the middle of the song.

[zakgord]

Beef, it's what's for dinner!

[ghostsinthere2008]

shh quiet you

I'm trying to block that association from memory :)

[TAKEOVADER]

dale duroo al baile del far west!!

las risas de kancion primikoorrrlll

seguro que a ninguno os han hecho el bailecito que me han hecho a mi xDDDD

te quiero enana xD

[madawwg82]

F@CKING BRILLIANT

[hypno159753]

you should see the strings instruments. it seems like they're trying to make a fire with the bow and strings

[VioLynn0803]

no joke! when you play it, it feels the bow's got a life of its own!

[KevIre]

Song & performance is fantastic.

[avjake]

This performance and recording really sets the bar.

[almadora]

i believe lenny would approve. nice arrangement.

[ThaSchwab]

Of course he would approve, he recorded this

[ThaSchwab]

For 49 years old, this recording is pretty good.

[timmy998877]

I've listened to several renditions of Hoedown on YouTube, and I think this one is the best by a little bit because...

1. More exciting tempo

2. Better accent articulation (if you're following along with the sheet music)