Toccata for Band

[TieDyedMonkeys]

Im playing this on TUBA

[MaxLandKaiM]

@TieDyedMonkeys same here. tubas for the win!

[nahrky]

percussion!

[CALIpuaHI]

omg im not that good how do they move there fingers that fast some great clarinet players they are

[CALIpuaHI]

@CALIpuaHI i know right my fingures aren't that swift yet lol

[rgreedj]

Trumpet. Clearly deserving of top comment status.

[Pixxee36]

Saxophone :)

[mattdogs08]

wow those trumpets are not very good we have had this like 3 weeks and we(i am 1st trumpet) sound a lot better it sounds just so out of tune and like the top trumpets cant hit the high notes

[ThOmAsSs55]

French Horn!!

[37meghan]

trombone!

[MrSamuraisuvi]

trumpet :D



[funkification71]

Sxophone,!! :D



[adv680597]

i'm playing this and i get to play the clarinet solo!

[ThOmAsSs55]

I played this last year with..my band ..I play French horn...and I nailed the 1 st horn part...look up its marine Park band toccata for band

[TheKelseyFace]

Im playing french horn for my freshman class lol. its like a levil 4, and were a levil 2... but its goin pretty good...SOOO fun to play!(:

[AlexYorkville]

PERCUSSIONIST!REPRESENT!

[JoMamasLife]

french horn ;) !!! we played this too!

[TheKelseyFace]

@JoMamasLife REPRESENT FRENCH HORN! (:

[MissYorkshireLass]

Trumpets rock- lets face it (: brass are the loudest and trumpets are the best of all!

[hunterskatess]

baritone here

[Imag1naryPho3n1x]

Trumpets!

[mylordpenguin]

ALL INSTRUMENTS!

[swortsley]

also das können wir noch nit soo schnell :-)

[otisluver]

How many times is this going to flash "Toccata for band?" What if I was epileptic? could I sue?

[ThOmAsSs55]

GO FRENCH HORNS :)

[TheLillmouse]

Trumpets!! *cough cough*

[18974473]

Clarinetttt ! xD

[whedbeec]

OBOES enough said

[Lexieeex111]

just sight read this today. Real nice, fun to play.

[mc63100]

go euphonium !

[dylanwaynemoore]

low brass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!

[MaxLandKaiM]

@dylanwaynemoore tuuuuuuuubbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaa!

[seismicblade3]

my band teacher in the 8th grade was gonna do it but dropped it for Chester

lol he still to this point hasnt found a band to play tht song

i wish we had played it when i was in MS

i waz gonna be 1st clarinet i remember...and the other person in my section forced me to have 1st and i ended up liking it XD

[Punt67]

at :35 - :36 seconds, check intonation of moving 8th notes

[YoB0NN13]

Tenor Saxophone -3

[ashley62642]

FRENCHHORN SOLO!!!! =) its beautiful!!!! =D

[ThOmAsSs55]

French horn! and bari sax. i play both. french horn has a solo!

[ThOmAsSs55]

French horn!

[HappyMangoProduct]

violin!

[littletotie]

tuba, just sayin

[susclarinete]

Claarinetes!

[anstar13]

Flute.

[DaVidAboveSucks]

snare drum!

[SAmmyMEEstah827]

i play french horn :D SOLOOO haha i love it:) (i didnt play the solo though) i played this song with the blue band at junior clinic and absolutely, to die for, loved it <3 :)

[HalosRiBBon]

Flute

[punisher1045]

2 Trumpet

[luvmymusic1314]

Bobmama1234 - my int. Band is playing it this year and I play the 3rd clarinet part cuz we are going with high school cuz are school is both middle and high combine. GO CLARINETS!

[DrPilotRedC]

Nicely done.

[Zano9511]

first sax i xD

[SuperLovebird09]

this song takes a lot of practice (3rd trumpet)

[bobmama1234]

I agree.... I had to play 3rd part.  :D

[SuperLovebird09]

@SuperLovebird09 now i got 2nd part , i got some of it down.

[KSSAS13]

2nd trumpet ......!!!!!!!! i love playing this song it has every mood swing in it

[ICantDecideOnIt]

First Clarinet ftw

[00ABBITT00]

this song tough on the flute for me

[mychemroxsmysoxs]

i remember playing this in the sixth grade! it was so fun!

[kcalamita22]

This song is so easy!

[pierce6]

playin it in our band

[TheJmacaroni]

@tylertoxaphene critic much? :/

[123swimnerd]

You guys don't have to tell me twice. I have to playthis song for State Competition. My clarinet fingering sucks.

[cherryheadguitarchic]

we played this for festival, quite easy

[BlodhArget]

We just got this piece. We're playing it at our spring concert. I really like it. But, everyone sucks at it so far.

[Georgeocurtis]

this is so fun to play on clarinet. once you get the ridiculous middle part it's really fun to play. i can still remember how to play it after a year.

[xokatybuggxo]

lmao this is what im doing for state honors band...it's a bit tricky, overall an alrigh piece.

[bunhole100]

I love it, actually!!

"That sucks!" was a reply to another person's story

[akriboo]

that flashing title drives me crazy!

[5my9other93half]

I have to go to California to play this song with my band, this song is sort of a pain in the ass for fingering on the clarinet. But it's a nice song other than that.

[TheEpica959]

It IS! I also play the clarinet in this piece. I know what'cha mean... We're playing this is a festival ina week. It should be fun though! Good luck to you! Have fun in California!

[bunhole100]

that sucks! I'm sorry

[filk1ll]

Why are you listenning at it if u think it sucks?

[jackpluSally]

i'm playing this at school, yay fluties! :D

[vulcan1531]

I played this song in high school band festival in 1972, I believe. I've always loved it. Still have my sheet music.

[TheMonkey1113]

Whoaa, i'm playing this and I'm in 7th grade. :) Clarinet all the way. :D

[bunhole100]

@TheMonkey1113 dang, dude! This piece is a major pain, but it sounds so Beast! Keep it up, yer doing great!

[verwilliar]

@bunhole100 no it doesnt

[bunhole100]

@verwilliar why not??

[verwilliar]

i had to play it in band and i hated it, and i dont like it anyways lol. im not judging anybodys opinion in music or whatever tho.

[bunhole100]

oh...I'm sorry you didn't like it...it IS pretty difficult!

[verwilliar]

lol its not that i didnt like it because it was hard, i just didnt like band at all because after playing in middle school i was forced into high school band with a crazy bad director by my parents which made me absolutely despise concert music lol.

[MsYakYak94]

My high school band is going to play this piece! Thanks for posting!

[grob245]

were playing this for concert FBA

[turf1996]

Also look at the Christiansburg High School Band's performance on YouTube

[Timstama]

Playing this in 8th grade, 1st trombone too, its actually pretty easy to play. Its the hardest band piece for trombone I got(But thats not saying much compared to the wind esemble pieces i have) but its probaly my favorite it pwns.

[cjwolfer]

Wow finnaly a good recording well I'm the only string bass/electric bass in our band but this is a fun piece our band is playing it next Thursday but we have a great teacher (Michelle rockwood) so were ready

Go Stanwood Middle School

Btw ya I'm in eight grade

[softballfan123456]

the comment from iloveclay101 was from me. i forgot that i was on my sisters acount

[iloveclay101]

im plying this in band and im 1st trombone! its a little hard right know but should get easier.

[grob245]

woooooohhohhhhhohoooooo trombone

[genis999591]

man this song i luv it but its hard for me...im the only one bass clarinet and im a solo suppotter when the clarinets r doing their stuff

love it nontheless

[chiyang94]

what band are you in?

[TheLilFireFly14]

We're playing this in Band right now...It's not that easy but I like it.

[penguin42057]

Sooo True! xD

[jacksonian321]

Wow, middle schoolers, playing a high school band piece. I played this intermediate band, as well! Very memorable, exciting piece!

[thundert33th]

bass clarinet part is my favorite, its at the very begging durring the clarinet solo

[nodtrooper117]

What site?

[nush0436]

French horns ftw? I actually can't play this piece. x-x Everyone's all bleh.

[zeekee]

flute part in minute 3:17 is f*kin imposible

[Sarahclp93]

I think so, too!

[Ramaz997]

i know...learning this piiece on flute was a pain in the a**

[kevalenoxx]

ahahaah are you kidding me. That was my favorite part on the flute lol

[zeekee]

yes its my favorite part too, wrote that comment when i was starting to learn the peace. its great part!

[lostmarbles798]

same here....i'm a flute i love playing this

[sk8rlivy]

I really enjoyed playing this in jr high. I was a percussion player (snare) I loved playing that one measure when snare just goes crazy! lol my fave song

[empires228]

haha this is the same recording I found and have on my channel

[IrukaLuv101]

I like playing this it's fun :D

[gothicfreak678]

I played this in band last year in the low brass and had to play so loud from measure 131 to the end! It's a really great peice of music though!

[bgc892]

this is my all time favorite song we ever played with my concert band...i'm on bass clarinet and i must say, i had a killer part :)

[empires228]

My school had 3 bass clarinets and I still had to take the cues on bassoon.

[bgc892]

yea, thats pretty much the opposite of my situation...in other songs when the bassoons had a part (and trombones in some instances), i would have to play with them so the part was heard

[musicfan32787]

This song was my favorite for Semester 1 Concert Band.

[freakout4ever]

Wow...our band could never play something like this...we suck too much.

[ViiPER10k]

our band is playingthis now i play bassoon

[kaykid333]

mann i really have to play it that fast well my band teacher takes it slower

[laff2much]

i remember playing this in honor band!

[TenorOrbi]

hmm... XD Actually this is slower than what Erikson originally intended. We played this at the original tempo, and it's MUCH faster than this. If my friends and I can put it up, I'll put it on here.

[musicfan32787]

What tempo did Erickson intend it to be?

[TenorOrbi]

I'm not sure Exactly where, but it's somewhere around marching tempo, I think... >_> I'll ask my band director monday.

XD But by then I'd be busy with next year's marching show.

[TheAtomicIndian]

dude i know wat u mean this song is way faster

[AnimeLuv90210]

we r playin this in our freshman band.

CLARINETS RULE!!!!!

[jman040692]

I Played This My Sophmore Year!

i Played Second Clarinet!

I LOVED THE HARMONY!! ITS INTENSE!!

[Tobi56731]

i played this on alto Sax and man it was not easy getting it right

[gollygeekatie]

I have to play the cymbals in this song

XD

I'm not in band, i play violin but they are short on percussion, and we are preforming this half way across the country from where we live !

So my band teacher asked if I would play them. And my friend is playing bass drum.

[Bookofstuff]

i played cymbals on this peice but i had to give it up to some kid who cant play all to well

[gollygeekatie]

ooohhh! im afraid im going to miss one of my ques and then im going to get my head ripped off by the band director!

[Bookofstuff]

i could pretty much play it without watching, i would forget the first crash alot though haha

[gollygeekatie]

lucky. i havnt even heard our whole band play it. all i have heard was me and the bass drum and a flute all playing. not the whole band.

[Bookofstuff]

ah. well it sounds like that haha

[gollygeekatie]

but I bet our band is worse because they suck XD

[Bookofstuff]

thats sad haha

[GriffinRoo]

*sigh* i rmeber we played this song last year! xD

.......lets just say...i wont go into the details...concert was a mess ; ~ ;

BUT THE CLARINETS WERE OKAY D8

[shady4995]

you can tell at 3:25 that the 1st trumpets are tired

[Shadowbunnyjedi]

trumpets are very flat

[lunarunitsofmeasure]

gah, we're playing this. and i like the piece, but, uhhh. just gah. *facepalms*

[bradyboo1]

omg were playing the same thing this year 2009 in band class but this sounds way better than we do the trumpets in my school suck ass really they do but the rest are okay i guess.

[winall97]

are you going to the combine concert cause same here we are playing Toccata Pachabel and ode to louie

[winall97]

I mean Pachabel's samba

[Concert4RobinsonBand]

Wow, my band is playing that for a festival coming up.

Also, MY BAND DIRECTOR SAID THAT WAS OUT OF TUNE

[santanajesse10]

this is an anaheim band student nd i like this piece i also like the clarinet part nd im a tubba player but the low brass parts r down

[wolfhorseluvr12]

my band is playing this for district festival. its an okay song. but i absolutely love the clarinet part. and i play the flute...

[BlodhArget]

I just got the music for this song. We're playing it for festival.

[ComputersRule94]

How do you like it?

[SaxyGirl008]

i love this song, i did it in jurior high summer band camp

[dcgs1204]

my band class is playing this for mpa

[thedarkinmysoul]

we are preforming this at severance hall in cleveland ohio soon with my high school

[Godofgears14]

do u go to brush cuz we are also performing this in severance hall in ohio

[thedarkinmysoul]

no, im from rocky river on the west side

[toriluvscookies]

i play clarinet..and we just began playin it but this b good ;D

[Bubbadanger2]

It was really good. Just thought the solo at measure 81 was kind of lacking I think you had an alto playing it? I play it on french horn I part otherwise very good. and at 73 when it slows down all of a sudden the melody was kind of over powered two half notes thenn the eighth notes for F. horn a,a,b,c,b,a

[ElevatorMan2012]

THIS SONG IS JUST AWESOME.

We played it in high school band.

[freestylegirl82294]

my band at school is performing this.

we are okay =\

[semskees]

So are we... jeez... do I know you?

We are performing tonight.

[freestylegirl82294]

i performed this on monday

and im performing it again next tuesday

[freestylegirl82294]

we r a middle school band

[semskees]

yeah so are we.

[petfodo2435]

scuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuuu­uuuubbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb­bbbszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[plazmaticez]

WOW, our band only just started playing this, and this sounds awesome.

we aren't quiet at speed yet.

i'm playing snare :P

[snajkdog]

My high school had SO many issues with this song. I really like it, but none of the people in my section really cared that much so it sounded terrible.

[ElevatorMan2012]

Same.

[CamelBBQ]

WOW, a school band? Wich Grade?

Sorry, my enhlish is not very well.

[kakashi401]

wow this sounds great for a school band

[ElevatorMan2012]

Oh it's a school band? I thought it was a recording!

[kokolatte2]

I played this song my junior year of high school. It's pretty much like any and every piece you get.. Some sections of the song are easy and some are a bit challenging. It also depends on how much practice and effort you put into as well. But it's such a beautiful piece to play as well to listen to

[shadowindsX]

Our school band is also playing this (6th grade).It is extremely easy though

[norton5315]

it is not easy at all! I am in a 6th through 8th grade band and it is not easy at all. and to make it worse we only have one week to learn it.

[falcon731boy]

yeah, I bet you're playing some triangle or symbol. It's not that hard, I'd say; but to play something musically is hard, espicialy for middle schoolar like you

[s2frenchys2]

at the middle with the ritard, it doesnt slow down enough i dont think but other than that, awesomeeeeee. horn solo was prety cool 2 :) horn player speakin hense the name---frenchy lol

[trunkjunkfunk]

this aint ur band playin...so give credit to whose really playing it!

[band4life33333]

WOW...this sounds awesome! Is this REALLY your band or a recording of some other band? This sounds too perfect.

[PureUnholyWater]

We're playing this song as well... and it sounds exactly the same.

It's not exactly a hard song.

[Kirbydude35]

it is a recording-look on oldest page of comments.

[sharpies4all]

Very, very good.

A few minor dynamic problems, a few wrong notes, nothing major at all.

Very smooth, flowing on the slow parts. Good.

Very upbeat, on-time on the faster parts. Good.

Wonderful.

[TBone22693]

omg omg omg omg

this sounds so good

and i must say the fast parts for the clarinets and flutes

good jod and go bass clarinet even though ur barely heard even when there is a solo u bearly heard come on

o and bass line where did u go 3:04 u like went poof and then came back strong so yay