Blue Bells of Scotland

[frenchhornrocks17]

Wow! This is great! Who cares what those other people say!

[colourista]

awsome! Be proud!

[icethunder555]

Dude this is insane.

please learn creston fantasy xD

you will be a huge beast if you played it!

[Tubasrocktheworld]

I'm an eighth grade tuba player and I'm actually going to play this tune for an audition later in the school year, I think you did amazing on it. Great Job. By the way, all those guys that critisize you are just jealous that they can't play it as good.

[GothamWriter91]

Another messy, unclear, and very out of tune high school attempt at this piece.

[samit1993]

Great job man, I'll be playing this solo soon as a senior in High School and I think I may take the same path as you, I dont want to overdo it, since this is a high level college solo....anyways you were awesome in this video :)

[bsmigs3]

I did it better when 15 but don't play anymore

[bsmigs3]

I honestly played it better when i was 15

[kiman2]

What's up with all the hater? This is a great performance coming from a high school student. Give the kid a break! Geesh.

[evidence7]

For hs I think this is really good. I would have loved to be there in person to hear such a fine trombone player.

[chriistiee]

I don't get why this video has only 4 stars. In my opinion he was probably one of the best high school trombone players... Good job! It's definitely a challenging piece. :)

[medicineman1951]

So now you are what, 24 or 25. I certainly hope you have continued to play. I think that slow makes you able to bring out the octive jumps toward the end of the peice. So your choice to slow it down in my opinion brought more of the flavor of the peice out. I played this arangement 40 years ago when I was in high School, and I liked to slow it down to bring out the jumps. to me it sounds better that way. As for Alessi and Lindberg, at your age you can be better than them. Hang in kid.

[GodofTrombones]

This was really good!

I'm really fond of the triplets but that nasty part before the solo break kills me every time.

[foxxiej]

ACtually, i really loved the slow variation, im more of a Classic player also. slow suits me better, i can play it better slow then fast.

i play it on my free time, i enjoy slow, hate fast...

Also, cool add-on when u go low...

Im happy i can go like 1 octave below that on my lowest...

[peleman24]

I'm sure you can play this faster. If you really worked at it, you could get it. Obviously, it will still be under tempo, but I think you could do it faster. You just looked too comfortable.

[peleman24]

For a senior in high school, really well done. I think you have a future in trombone performance. Just a few intonation issues, but you have a very comfortable high range that just needs some tuning up as well. Great Job man!

PW Bass Trombone

[shadow8208]

Pretty good. I think it's better to play that high C in third position since it's almost always sharp in first.

Also, VERY nice legato section, near-perfect balance with the ensemble.

[2008tbone]

Not bad. I played BBS as a feature my senior year of HS too. I thought I was the only one. I wish I had the tape. I know you ran over some parts that you normally nailed in rehearsal. Dont feel bad, I did too. I think you could have nailed the last part better. The low tones were excellent but you could have held them a bit longer. Its hard to criticize anyone in HS who plays BBS because its very difficult to do well. Good job.

[bonedome87]

Great job Vu, it was always a pleasure to hear you play.

[trombonelytrombonist]

Ehh, play high C in third. Except in the peice when there is a one over it. Good Job, though.

[GWALK112]

michael im pissed im only in like 4 seconds of this video....ur boy gwalk

[DejaVu2004]

Greg if you actually went ahead and played your senior solo you'd be featured too ;)

[GWALK112]

@DejaVu2004 sorry i was too busy making state... ;)

[Reskabok]

where can I get the trombone Score ??

Thanks =)

[trombonelytrombonist]

Online...

jwpepper . com or a number of other websites.

Or at any music store with a selection of sheet music. This is the most well-known trombone solo ever. It should be easy.

[peleman24]

hickey's music store in Ithaca. Just search it in google and you'll find the website

[th3c4nc4nc4n]

*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*

[Marvlet75]

Well Done, for a Senior in High School that was a great performance. It took me 6 years of practicing to be able to Play this at Tempo for my senior recital in College. I first heard this piece as a sophomore in High school and tried to play it In High School No way in Hell. Kudos to you.

[allnwbone]

very nice well done! but what happened to the F at the end? it's not... too high. but one thing do you double or triple tongue that last bit?

[stuffrocks123]

I play the trombone too. By the way, good low Sols

[DarthVess]

Thats good man Jerry like.

[bartman1174]

Im playin that this week for my senior solo and gotta say after working on it I appreciate your version a lot more. Ha. Good Job.

[Djd2011]

a bit slow for my taste

im playing this my senior year,good thing i have like two years to work it up

[shadowlink96]

I just played this for my college audition, i'm a senior.

I totally wrecked on it.

I was so happy.

[skaskaster]

holy shit!

how old were you then?

that's really cool!

Btw what trombone u used?

[TheGeetarPlayer]

You have great tone. What kind of mouthpiece are you using? I can't decide whether to use a 12c or 6 1/2al.

[DejaVu2004]

I was using a Doug Elliot. The size was equivalent to a Bach 5G.

[TheGeetarPlayer]

thanks for the answer. i wish i knew what that meant though. im only a freshman

[shadowlink96]

You gotta think about more than 12C or 6 1/2 AL

those are good starting mouthpieces, but when I was a freshman I switched to using 5G mouthpieces, they're a little bigger, but you get a great sound.

I also use a doug elliot LT101G8 though, same as the player in here.

[TheGeetarPlayer]

i liked the sound i got when i started using the 6.5 but then i couldnt consistently hit the high c consistently. i hit it most of the time but for the 5 solo contests ive gone to before i can barely hit the highest notes. so basically i sacrificed the pedals to get the high c. theres only 2 pedals u written in the song that u have to play so im just going back up the octave instead of down.

[IncerdibleNick]

if someone has the sheet music to this song could they PLEASE send it to me???

[Firewall422]

I'm performing this piece tomorrow. I'm a junior in high school, so I'm pretty close to the age you were when you played it. Around last month, I was watching this video because I wanted to an idea of how to play this piece.

You did play some parts slower than par, but damn, you played those cadenza arpeggios really, really fast.

The pedal notes were insanely low and powerful, I can only hit pedal 5 or 6 on good days...

I hope I can play as good as you did, and thanks for the inspiration!

[StevenTheCelebrity]

Fantastic Job!!!!

[jaredsfa2004]

amazing job!!!

[Deleaubro]

amazing, i had to perform the exact same part at my spring concert a few years ago. Most difficult thing ever, especially because i had to remember it by heart, and play infront of the band much like in this vid

[zebrasarecool]

I purchased the score for this and it arrived today. You're in high school? Good god, your a trombone god.

Anyone that has looked at the range required for this could only give you 5 stars. Anyone that gives you less than that is a total and complete ignoramus.

This is anything "but" a low level college piece. At the college I play at, there's only 3 players that could get through this well. One of those three guys sits in with the Kansas City Symphony occasionally.

[dvwilbur]

Very nice! Excellent tone and musicality.

[dafelipear]

un poco despacio pero si asi se tenia control es perfecto!!

[McDutchy]

Sounds fairly close to the Christian Lindberg version except for the tempo. Perhaps it was the accompanying band, but it was taken muuch slower than I have heard in other recordings during the variations.

[hondaccordriver]

that was a badass performance! fuck all the negative remarks these assholes are leaving. i know that i couldn't play this back when i was in high school let alone have the balls to even attempt a solo like this. i gotta give you props for a performance well done! i read through all the comments and see that you're an engineering major but you still play from time to time. any chance we can get an updated video of you performing this solo, even if it's unaccompanied?

[tr0gd0r5000]

im not gonna post anything bad about your performance. i think it's stupid that people go and point out what was wrong with the performance. get over it and quit your crying. i think that was a fantastic performance and you are a great bone player.

[DCMusicMan2008]

I saw David Vining perfom this piece in October. His performance was inspiring, as was yours!

[araviski]

Bravissimo !

[guthoriantony]

lool i dont know if any one else noticed they slowed it down like chingos like fuck me slow down like really its not even hard any more its supposed to be a low college level piece they made it in to a second maybe even third band in high school piece super waste!

[lati2003]

"lool i dont know if any one else noticed they slowed it down like chingos like fuck me slow down like really"

What the hell are you saying ?!?!?!

[cj614]

cool. im doing this for my sophomore year

[loophole00004]

that second note you played in the beginning was extremely sharp......

[WoWBandits]

i like how at the end the trombone section stands up, its as if only they truly understand the complexity of what he just did. Great job by the way, and nice little crowd pleaser with the pedal note contest with yourself, lol

[PandaEffect]

i am trying to play this piece right now, i am a sophmore and i cant make it sound anything like you lol hopefully it will come together by senior year but man u are like my inspiration right now, u are really good!

[UNC3345]

I HATE YOU

[footballfanmc]

OH MY GOD. those 32nd notes were AWESOME!!!

[kadamade]

you're really good, dude. :] i'm a french horn player and i'm way too scared to get up on stage and play like that! everyone tells me i'm great at horn but it's just too hard to play a solo. but great job!!!

[UNC3345]

Marching Band takes away all fear anyone could have about being on stage...

[kadamade]

Marching band doesn't really take away all of the fear. You're in a big group of people. I'm starting to overcome the fear of being on stage playing a solo, but i still get nervous. Which in my opinion is completely normal.

[theGemma36]

Hey really great Job!!!! U give me hope, Im a Jr in hs and was thinking of giving this piece a try ^_^

[Anduhroo0112]

Very good interpretation. The c is quite sharp... you should avoid playing it in first if at all possible, it will never be in tune that way. C'mon you're a trombone player, if you're like me, you should be obsessed with intonation. Overall, great tone and control only one real bad not (sharp c) and you should milk the pedals for all they're worth. They sound beastly with the tuba. Good job overall though, keep up the good work

[richshambles]

wow you are amazing :)

[corpsboy93]

Nice job, kid!

[rufeelinme1234]

great job!!

[dragonlasers123]

awsome

[flutedrumajor]

Don't listen to what anyone says...you did great!

[yesac128]

NICE HIGH Db IN THE BEGINNING! I don't know how much sharper that "C" could have gone. I will comment on your horribly inconsistent tounging style and horribly misunderstood concept of vibrato. Other than that, everything else was just bad. Keep working if you find it necessary.

[AceOfSpades0890]

Dude your a bitch. I'd like to see a video of you play everything in this solo perfectly. Until then, keep all this negative criticism out of here.

[mikeejm]

hey man i would like to see you do this perfect

[tknilan2]

No joke man, you are fucking stupid. I would really like to have seen you play this when you were a senior in high school...with no music. put a vid up of yourself being a badass and maybe i'll reconsider

[bacon4life25]

i thought u were a pro before i read the descriprion O.o

[jcbbjjttt]

Great job for high school I applaud you.

[mikeejm]

damn man. attempting this and personally doing this a good level is a great achievement. great job!

[caolan121]

this song is a bagpipe tune ugh its been ruined im a piper i give them credit but they screwed a great song listen to it by typing in blue bells of scotland its by like acron or somethin ok.

[waffleboy83]

blue bells is a trombone and tuba tune. it was written by arthur pryor, a trombonist.

[knightsofnu]

ur wrong loser

[adam5580]

where did your band get the music from?

[DejaVu2004]

Don't know. You can easily find it though online at somewhere.

[Bee924]

wow..wow.

[BASSTBONE5]

ok bro tht was horrible sorry

[atskeeter]

amazing. i have wanted to play this song for awhile now and am working on it. kudos and bravo. don't listen to these other shitheads.

[itiswhatitisbitch]

not a good performance at all. heard this played much better at the high school level.

[kytrombone]

sucks. by alain trudel.

[markymark7478]

Kudos! This was a great performance for a high school student and you learned how to play with an accompaning band. I was first chair all state in a very competitive state for trombone and my former teacher is bass trombonist in the Dallas Symphony, and I would not have been able to play it that well. Of course there were some parts that could have been better but you know where they are. Are you a music major now?

[DejaVu2004]

Nope, I am not a music major..... I'm an engineering major instead... but I still play.

[kelsoaustin]

I go to Creek too.

[turdferg098]

Oh my Lord! that was fantastic. I wont critisize anything you did because I know I couldn't do half that good myself. Great job man, good luck with your career. God bless

[berre198]

Your high range is splendid. I'm dreaming to do that myself!

[tromboner67]

The beginning of the last variation sounds... different. I'll put my video of Blue Bells up in a month or two when I play it. Good job playing that. I'm in high school and it kicked my ass when I first started playing it but I got it now.

[phil1364]

anyone can be as good as christian lindberg or Joe Alessi

it all depends on your practice

this is amazing

[mikerausch]

Sorry Pal, but not ANYONE can be as good as Christian and Joe regardless of how much they practice. People just hate to admit that some people are more gifted than others....because that's not politically correct. If what you say is true we would not be in awe of anyone - we would just say I could do that if I worked hard practiced. WRONG!!!!!

[001089938]

Nice job kid, really. Not many high school students have the chops, or the nuts, to even attempt this work. Watch the F's though. They are typically quite sharp (a natural inclination of the harmonic series for trombone). Be sure to bring them out quite a bit. How profficient is your double tongue? This does need to go quite a bit faster. You should be quite pround to accomplish this work by your age, congratulations and keep practicing.

[hornplayer88]

No doubt you are probably not above age 20

[001089938]

I'm 24, and in my final semester of a bachelor of music performance buddy.

[rjksoccer06]

Nice cadence...also nice pedal notes! You were like me when I was young...the pedal notes were easy so why not show them off?

[fourpiecesoffriedspa]

Were you an All-State musician?

[DejaVu2004]

No I wasn't

[Trombone0817]

Did you ever audition, if so, what state? I know plenty of All-State Trombonists in Georgia that couldn't play Blue Bells. Either way, I've decided All-State band is really just a myth. There are great players in it, don't get me wrong, but there is no real way to determine hands down who the best musicians are(And yes, I've made it, including All-State Jazz). Do something too easy or too hard, and everyone complains.

[DejaVu2004]

I did audition during my 4 years in high school. This was in Texas class 5A. After my sophomore year though I didn't care much for the state auditions.

[Trombone0817]

Ah. Still, though, you are/were too talented a player not to make it on technique alone. I'd assume you weren't that great at sight reading or something? I don't know, I didn't really care much either but I still managed to get in. Anyways, good performance here. Did you say you were still playing, or?

[DejaVu2004]

The Texas state auditions don't have sight reading as part of the audition process but I am a very good sight reader. I still play though every now and then though. I was involved in college marching band and in drum corps but still whenever I get the time.

[Trombone0817]

Intresting. No clue as to why you wouldn't get in then.

[GRIZZO91]

what corp did u march?

[krf2264]

Dude, it's all right to frak a couple notes here and there. No performance is perfect. Even on the Joe Alessi recording of this piece, some of his F's are a little sharp, and his pedal G is quite sharp. It's all good.

[mikeejm]

omg high school. insane. im jealous.

[BASSTBONE5]

well bro u played the c in first position u shouldve stayed in 3rd

[rpsaxman77]

!!!~EXCELLENT~!!!

I LOVED IT!!!

[shadowlink96]

Pretty good, except what's with the last movement? I've never heard it like that before.

I'm not saying it was bad i'm just saying it was completely DIFFERENT than what i've heard before.

[Zombbg4]

i think you choose to play it slow because you don't have the chops, clearly a struggle through the final variation. Nice range, however.

[BASSTBONE5]

omg the second not urgg

[Alphadog333]

You had very good tone in the mid high range. A mature use of vibrato and resonate pedal tones. You also had good flexibility. The only thing is to take time on cadenzas. that's what they're for. Overall, it is an amazing performance for a high school player. Keep working on those long tones!!

[dukesinurbutt]

Hm, not very well prepared. The cadenza exposed your very excellent pedal range, but was a bit bland.

[BASSTBONE5]

dude the second not u played was wrong im surprised noone piked up on tht

[FakedSympathy]

It wasn't the wrong note, it was just sharp. Of course I noticed; but who cares, I can't play this piece that well(granted, I'm younger than he is in this video)

[dylanw26]

You sound like Alain Trudel.

[jason9156]

I can tell there were a lot of people on here that can't play as well as this guy. That's why it is easy to tell him things you didn't like. Good luck in the future, bro!

[smoothben11]

amen your a a .. a.... a....wow...

[lamtartarus]

those were amazing pedal notes........I'm speechless -_-"

[amrein]

well done ! variations 1 and 2 slow , variation 3 single tonguing is much clearer

[cdarellanof]

Well done, little boy!

Good job at lower notes...

Ad lib trill...

9.509999

[cdarellanof]

Well done, little boy... hahaha good job at lower notes!

[abda53]

no double F at the end.. oh well.. very well done especially for high school

[xPrivateSnowballx]

Ah out of tune C gah! But other then that, and a few note mess ups :) the song is very very well done. I can not wait until my performance day on this song. Video for sure :)

[matthewharris065]

Oh yeah, nice horn, what brand is it?

[matthewharris065]

Wow, I'm impressed, like someone said below, excellent trombone, miraculous for a high school player. I liked the pedals, the only thing I didn't like was the High C at the begining because it was out of tune, but not a big deal.

Good job, it's a shame the band can't keep up their stacatto quarter notes while you're playing 16 bars of almost full sixteenth notes at super speed(for trombone)

[jazzman8907]

i played this in high school with my high school band also.

i had the same problem in the vivace section.

they couldn't keep up, so the soloist ended up having to follow the band.

good work

[StormaLorm]

you're only in high school and you're already that good? holy shit, I wish I was half as good as you

[youkyungchoi]

AAAAAAAA~~~wesome!

[tsphillips]

you sound great! keep it up!, and I like your description note.. dont listen to any of these idiots! btw, your pedals sound awesome!

[Trombone0817]

You have a pretty nice lip trill at the end there, that's for sure. And, if you ever do this peice again, I wouldn't do anything special at the end unless you're going to go up to the High F.

[LouTube2007]

Enjoyed listening.

[trombonation]

Good but the pitch isn't very good ... I'm in HS and you have to consider the kind of program he was in... just look at the instrument... But I have to agreed that this is very good but not miracle... but very nice soundd :P you can't reach the high F :P:P very good

[rcastaneda86]

god damnit, now a days people cant comment other musicians without somehow relating it to you or start talking about yourself. This is a comment area to comment on this badass dude playing Blue Bells, most likely better than any of you dudes comparing it to yourself. And not good for a HS student, excellent for a tbone player, and almost miraculous for a HS student. Go "dude".

[slick07]

pretty good, actually amazing for high school. it's a rarity to see a good trombone player these days in high school(one of the reasons i made all-state band 2 years :P). of course, it's not without flaws

I couldn't do any better, but i'm also not majoring in music.

ugh...now i want to go pull this solo out and work on it

[Popsy07]

Woah, that was awesome! I've got nothing more to say, really!

[revoltingmexican]

actually, that's a great way to play this piece if you can't play it fast. I've heard guys play it way faster and mist every single note.

[Coreagnis]

To put it in warcraft terms. L2P.

[Wizari]

Kinda slow, but good :D

[jspooner123]

yeah deff not a BAD performance for high school. But, i can tell that you could have done better. i would have been embarrased to go on stage and perform without way more preparation than this quite honestly.

[OnlyTbone]

this was really good, i played it for my all state band tryout last year. The last variation sounded alittle different to me though

[musicman4495]

this version wasn't that bad....to all the stupid people out there that keep criticizing, shut up. this vid was made 3 years ago. he has probably gotten better from an above-average level in that time. your criticisms are guns without bullets. so go play in traffic

[diman93]

china has everything.

[josieohgrosie]

i want everyone who says this kid didn't do a good job to video themselves playing blue bells faster and then if you do an amazing job then i'll let you critisize him... k?

[gotbean86]

do they not have blue bells in china?

[diman93]

Hey, Spikeyhairfaggot, this WAS really slow and it WAS really sharp so shut up. and what are you, 5 years old to say he sucks at trombone as much as your mom sucks at life? seriously.

[spikeyhairdude888]

I wasn't talking about the Asian in the video, I was replying to a comment above mien but I guess it got deleted, I can see how you thought I was referring to the kid in the video, but I think this kid is good for a high schooler, I'm also Asian and play trombone, no joke

[spikeyhairdude888]

I wasn't talking about the Asian in the video, I was replying to a comment above mien but I guess it got deleted, I can see how you thought I was referring to the kid in the video, but I think this kid is good for a high schooler, I'm also Asian and play trombone, no joke

[oolalauren]

the chinese are good at everthing

[supertromboneman]

ehhh, u got pretty good sound, but u need to speed it up a little, atleast play it andante or adagio, it makes it so much better. But u got a solid ground to build on.

[tbonegodman]

This was the worst rendition of this song that I've ever heard. 1) get a recording, you took it about 120 beats to slow. 2)you need to learn about something called intonation, 'cause your high C was about 100 cents sharp. 3) if you think you're the sh*t for playing this, you're wrong because it was too slow. IT DON'T COUNT! jerk

[spikeyhairdude888]

Dude, what is wrong with you? give this kid a break he's in high school, he isn't any Christian Lindberg so quit your whining, I would want to see you play this Mr. as you call yourself "trombone god" I BET YOU SUCK AT TROMBONE AS MUCH AS YOUR MOM SUCKS AT LIFE!

[baribone010]

well u see u don't play a solo if U CAN'T play it right so if the intonation is horrible and ur having troubles with the highnotes and COMPLETELY screwing up the third variation DON'T PLAY IT. it doesn't make u a better musition just playing harder solos if there wrong. Thank You.

[tbonegodman]

i agree with you there brad, i just shut down this "spikeyhairdude888" read my other comment.

[tbonegodman]

dude, i go to an arts high school, and im leaving for INTERLOCHEN tomorrow, so I guess i must really suck ass, because that's where anyone who's anyone goes. SUCK MY BALLS. by the way, im gonna be a SOPHOMORE in high school next year, and can play it much better than this kid.

[narb182]

Yeah, if you're so amazing where are your videos? And stop being such a pussy. OOoOO look at me i watch youtube videos all day to give me self esteem. im a fag. i also wet my pants.

[tromboneplaya411]

dude your a douche, he was just saying it seemed like it wasn't this guy's best performance.

[jspooner123]

dude i never said i was amazing. even if someone sucked horribly, they could still be scared to go on stage and perform like that. its really good for high school and i give him props for that, im just saying that regardless of that i wouldnt want to go on stage without sounding relatively perfect. which is a good reason why i hate public peforming lol

[jcbbjjttt]

If you are a sophmore why does your account say you are 27? I hate when people bash other people. If you don't have something constructive to say shut up.

[DejaVu2004]

My account says I'm 22... not 27.....and I never say that I am a sophmore anywhere in this vid.

[jcbbjjttt]

Not you... one of the guys bashing you... I guess I replied the incorrect way. Just saying he was a sophmore in high school and could play it better... I find it hard to believe. Many college students still have plenty of trouble with this piece. I played it two years ago and for a high school senior it is a great performance. keep up the work :)

[jermyn89]

this is how to play Blue Bells

youtube - 9u-NTncDdcU&NR=1

[jermyn89]

it was alright like but i dont know why u'd attempt a piece that hard if ur just not quite good enuf to play it, sorry but all u hav is good lip strength for the high C's.

[harrycarayhere]

Nice ending.

[lonelyphoenix7]

Just hitting the high notes isn't enough...prep is needed to have a solid grounding, and then the ability to fall off of the notes into the next passage is important

[amac567]

ok the one thing that impressed me was the lip trill. cuz i cant. i can ALMOST

[RaiderBoneDude]

This was pretty good, very nice style, articulation, and sence of humor lol. Good mix

[RaiderBoneDude]

the lip trill at the end. AWESOME!