John Phillip Sousa - riders for the flag

[TheShaitan65]

we always rewrote the baritone part for french horn.....

[bowserb1]

Sousa wrote this march in 1927, dedicated to the U.S. 4th Cavalry Division, and supposedly for 4th Cav Band, which was later redesignated the 60th Army Band and moved to Ft. Polk, LA. I served in the 60th AB from 12/65 to 4/67. I've also read, but not confirmed, that this was the only march for which Sousa added a tag phrase (the 'a hunting we will go' at the end.)

[Siferess]

huh, something seems off, they didnt add the hell-trplets at the end for baritone, it was HARD to play :D

[2fieldhockeyfreak1]

i love Sousa. enough said

[masterdevin80]

love the euph part:)

[ButterflyofOceans]

im in an orchestra which is playing this right now. It's so fun to play trumpet on this!

[Siferess]

I'm a TC Baritone, this is an incredibly fun song!

[wildh0rse]

The fox hunt call at the end over the trilling winds is AMAZING. Go get 'em, boys! Love it.

[purple89]

I love the Euphonium part! :D

[DazzleZazzle]

I'm playing this is my band. I love the french horn part

[SocialRejects85]

@DazzleZazzle

You have got to be joking. All Sousa march horn parts are basically the same.

[AngelOfTheDarkSword]

Whoa! What is making that horseshoe trotting sound at 1:09 ?

[marchingeagle987]

coconut hulls in the auxiliary percussion

[ToxicConQueso]

@AngelOfTheDarkSword A temple block

[vampirelover28]

i played this in concert band last year and it was hard but also very fun bc the tune is very catchy!

[ButterflyofOceans]

@vampirelover28 what part did you play? I play trumpet and its not too hard. I love when the trumpets have the melody.

[vampirelover28]

@ButterflyofOceans i played alto sax, it was semi hard but fun ^_^

[ButterflyofOceans]

@vampirelover28 thats fun!

[vampirelover28]

@ButterflyofOceans yep, it was! ^_^

[etenator]

thanks for uploading this! i have to play it for school and was wondering what it sounds like.