Toccata for Band

[sAsUsAkU6000]

We're playing this in band right now :D This song is not hard though, I don't know what everyone else it talking about. Just takes practice if so c(;

1st clarinet love♥

[conversefreak29]

The clarinets sound lovely! We're doing this piece at my school but it doesn't sound half as good as this, or at least not yet.

[BenchmarkGroup]

Not hard to read the notes, but challenging to play with skillful balance!

Played this in HS in 1970's, again in 2009 with community band; timeless, beautiful literature for wind ensembles.

[robogoat23]

Very nice job Clarinets at 4:14 with the high E, then the transition from High E to High C# at 4:22! Very good tuning!

[srs32896]

I have no idea what people are talking about. This was such an easy piece.

[twinkle70858]

the tunning isnt quite right but it's better than what ive heard from many band's

[NoahMAngott]

Played snare on this. To be honest, the song was easy, and I'm a sophomore...

[bonedeath0]

@NoahMAngott. My band just got this, and I'm playing snare on it. Also a sophomore. The only tricky part is the rolling patterns, but you're right, the song is relatively easy.

[NoahMAngott]

@bonedeath0 That part that goes "1, &, &, & 1?" Yeah, I screwed that up every time, except for three times: to at concerts and one at a band competition. Hehe, I got lucky.

[flyingmeatball96]

i love the song my school is going to play the song on a competion next week

[legocaptainfordo]

We are playing this song in our marching concert band and we sound like crap after a month of practice and we are the most known for speedy learning of music but this this is hard this piece which gives you a lot of respect for near flawless playing but trumpet 1 needs to be louder

[TinasaurusRAWR]

this song always reminded me of pirates xD

[OneforEating]

@TinasaurusRAWR

Really? It kinda reminds me of the Great Gatsby.

[Rippants]

no its not as hard but it is a hard piece to get all the dynamics and stuff

[CheezyIvie]

We played this for Highschool. I had the Tuba part. Epicness insured! I really hated the song, especially the low brass runs. But I enjoyed playing it with a band about half the size of this.

[omjurmom96]

Mr. and Mrs. Frick? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Good job btw.

[soccrkid42]

funfun song

i hate how the alto saxes steal a perfectly good horn part here

especially when the horn is very good

horns unite!!!

but the top trumpet part could've been (dare i say it) brought out a little more

[REXY309]

i can tell that this band has only rehearsed this song alittle because theyre no shaping of the musical line. they played everything perfect though and when they have a dotted sixteenth note connected to a eight note put a space between the dotted sixteenth and the eigth

[liligman]

good low brass, amazing euphonium tuba and clarinets first was beatiful

[kahariebaby]

Trumpets i know how those Fanfares are. It's fast but you got to keep everything even. I remember playing this in 10th grade

[Ch3llz5414]

i hate how they dont have the crash cymbals and you can barely hear the timapni

[DrPilotRedC]

my music teacher did his masters thesis on this song. This group is only ok despite the bad audio

[crazykittycoocoo]

My middle school band is playing this..

FIRST CHAIR CLARINET!!!!!!!!!

O yea!!!!!!! lol

[kahariebaby]

@crazykittycoocoo Try first trumpet that was awful. And we only had one horn

[vandibabe]

what movie was this song featured in?

[0013fallenangel]

Im playing this with a solo its not easy

[alaniblue92]

We are too but symphany isn't because it's way too easy. Nice tune, but really easy to play.

[zxon77]

wer playing this

[IamJAMES6606]

so am i. tomorrow. im on snare

[aboba33221]

playing it in high school as well... horn part and got the solo. should be interesting..

[WHOWHAT11]

we're playing this in my highschool band.....i play the tuba part.eh.....we suck.

[AnimeHeartTruth]

Our trumpet section doesn't sound that good. . . sigh.

[nolahlms]

Pretty good song. I like the slow part the most. It also sounds pretty cool to swing the slow part

[RyaZila24]

1:28

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love it

[Sharod101]

its actually harder then it appears on paper.

[Ch3llz5414]

@Sharod101 most of frank erickson's music is like that

[twinkle70858]

its true im in middle school symphonic band, and it's very hard with the trills cause im a clarinet player but were almost done with it!!

[freakout4ever]

My high school is playing it, and when I go there, I'll have to play it on clarinet. But I bet it'll be awesome! I think this song was a song for Districts, and I was only off by like two points, so I think I can handle it in high school.

[2194Nerd]

i played this at my spring concert i only like the slow parts i was 2nd clarinet

[deedundone]

and we got a good on this song im sure...seeing how our overall score was a measily good...talk about heart break.........................­...........we had the first supior marching band in a long long time though.

[deedundone]

i played this my freshmen year....and i still love the slow part........its just stuck in my head...........now im just over the halfway part of my junior year.........wow that was forever ago.....did i mention three high schools in three years.....lol ive been in three different concert bands and three different marching bands, and three different states...lol well anyways........

[ryanbert]

We are playing this in high school honor band and I am the first chair trumpet and it is pretty easy. Not a hard that to handle, the high awkward notes are annoying sometimes.

[princess011897]

omg i just strated playing clarinet this year and have 2 play this....

its unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!

did i mention in i 6th grade?

[ryanbert]

No way a 6th grade band can do this.... It has to be a different version that is twiddled down to the basic notes so you can play it.

[TheJmacaroni]

I am in sixth grade, and I performed this pretty well with my school band!

[sandiespez910]

so i absolutely HATED playing this my freshman year of high school

now 4 years later im really enjoying this piece

[keridog1]

were u 1st im a sophomore and im first trumpet its annoying twords the end

[sandiespez910]

yea i played 1st clarinet

[briana1203]

i play bass clarinet in 8th grade and 2nite i playd wit the highschool with this song and a few others and this was one of my favs

[vietg16t]

i just played this for mpa...wheres the percussion? it sounds better with the snare and cymbals

[drummerdude09]

no cymbal???

[davids1129]

hey yeah...played this back in high school in 1983. hadnt heard the song since but its been stuck in my mind for a long time. as i was watching this i held my imaginary cymbals up ready for the 1st crash right before the trumpets did their thing...silence!! lol but was still good to hear the song after all these years.

[zlim751]

lol nice stands

[Ridin504Dirty]

Really good. I love this song we played it my freshman year (last year) and there is a snare drum.

[mienftw]

no snare drum?!?!

dont hear it!!

[ElevatorMan2012]

I love this song! We played it in high school band. It was my favorite one we played for the winter concert.