sounds very good other than a few intonation problems with the saxophones (and sometimes the brass), i believe, but hey; don't we all have intonation problems once in a while? overall, this is played excellently for a middle school band. ^_^
Well done! I just posted a video of our high school (in Hong Kong) doing the same piece. I'll add it to the video responses if possible. I hope you'll drop by and take a look. In your recording, I think the brass lines are coming through much more clearly.
Well done! I just posted a video of our high school (in Hong Kong) doing the same piece (I'll add it to the video responses if possible). I hope you'll drop by and take a look (in your recording the brass lines are coming through much more clearly!).
I played for this band for the last 6yrs. We all felt disappointing when we had to cut those most beautiful parts because of the time limit by the competition.
I played this in the band in Besana in Brianza (Italy) with my horn. I think that these japaneses has the vice of the speed (especially in the central part) and too few expression. Try to check out the Besana band in this version of El Camino Real that I published. It's called "El Camino Real - Corpo Musicale S.Cecilia"
I am a freshman oboist at PHS and The Wind Ensemble is doing this song. It is coming along good. It would be amazing if it could end up sounding this great! Just needs a bit more work
Played this myself a while ago, tough piece to be sure, but I don't like this recording much I'm sorry to say.
It's fast (which is synonymous with asian it seems), even the long trumpet-less middle section feels rushed; not only does it feel so, it sounds so too unfortunately. I'm also more used to 'fuller' orchestras, the trumpet/cornet section sounds pretty thin.
Still, hats off, this is by no means an easy piece!
1) In (almost all parts of) China, grades 7 and up is considered to be "high school". It is very typical for schools to run from grades 7 - 12. Hence the term middle school and high school is used interchangably.
(ex. 7th graders and up will write exams, whereas 6th graders & below will not)
2) In this recording, the band is in a competition which states that the pieces must be under 6 minutes.
Other than that, I think this recording is Great! 5/5
good clarity.. didn't really like some parts where i felt the brass were actually blasting too much.. managed to bring out the mood of the song though. good job
Alot of the music is cut out, but I LOVE the tempo and the tone quality! And if a MIDDLE SCHOOL can play this piece that's wonderful. It doesnt matter what country you come from, have respect for the music and the musicians who play it...
I adore El Camino Real.. Played it twice in HS and am playing in college at an upcoming concert... Everyone should play this song at least once in their musical career! :)
The middle school does a great job with it... I'm impressed.
wow. what a pitty that i havent even seen one single show of the school band besides the national anthem every monday morning at the flag raising ceromony.
They look way older than Middle Schoolers... Imo middle school = high school. But yeah they're ridiculously good for not being professionally paid players.
China's education system is entirely different than America's. I'm nearly positive that "middle school" extends well into 17 or so for Chinese students.
Im pretty sure its the same. G7-9 is call middle school 1 -3 and grade 10-12 is called High school 1 -3 etc (I was born in Taiwan so it is something similiar like all asia education system)
Difficulty? hell yes alot harder, thats why theres such a big compeitition on exams to middle school
I'm a french Horn player and we're playing this peice in Queensland youth orchestra at the moment and OMG these people are awesome. They're french horn players are INSANE. I would love to know how they areticulate those beggining passages so well. I can barely play them adn thats at normal speed! These guys are awesome. Song would be better though if it wasn't sped up.
This piece was played nice and sound balanced. But I do think that the volume that the trumpet parts played were a bit low. It would be better to hear them. Btw, the running notes played by the woodwinds were extremely clear and balanced. Nice piece at all!
That was really good. we played this piece in our All-state concert band and it seems to me that you didn't have a string bass part nor a harp part. other than that it seemed about the same tempo we took it.
El Camino Real is SZBand's repertoire piece. The band have been rehearse and perform this piece in nearly every concerts its hold since 2003. This particular recording was made just after the principal conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra gave a 3 days dedicated training for this piece. By the way, middle schools in China may be different form other countries, normally its students aging from 13 to 18.
The slow bit sounds really Wu Liao when played this fast. But yeah middle school in Taiwan/China is ...it's different. There's no grades. It's like middleschool level 1 to signify 6th grade or something like that.
El Camino Real is SZBand's repertoire piece. The band have been rehearse and perform this piece in nearly every concerts its hold since 2003. This particular recording was made just after the principal conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra gave a 3 days dedicated training for this piece. By the way, middle schools in China may be different form other countries, normally its students aging from 13 to 18.
this was played amazingly, but i think they took it way too fast. i've played this piece and it sounds better when you don't rush it as much. but the slow section was perfect!
Very good performance. I enjoyed listening to it. I play in a community band and have played that piece many times. The mallet percussion was right on the money!
muy buena
pegasalxt 1 month ago
sounds very good other than a few intonation problems with the saxophones (and sometimes the brass), i believe, but hey; don't we all have intonation problems once in a while? overall, this is played excellently for a middle school band. ^_^
JTrudy808 4 months ago
This is where i form baby!!!!! 2006 my first year in this band!! Damn ! so miss u guys !
DuLeBron 4 months ago
16 people are haters for us Chinese!
DocsDota 6 months ago
大胆なカットだわｗ
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Well done! I just posted a video of our high school (in Hong Kong) doing the same piece. I'll add it to the video responses if possible. I hope you'll drop by and take a look. In your recording, I think the brass lines are coming through much more clearly.
LamWooStudio 1 year ago
Well done! I just posted a video of our high school (in Hong Kong) doing the same piece (I'll add it to the video responses if possible). I hope you'll drop by and take a look (in your recording the brass lines are coming through much more clearly!).
LamWooStudio 1 year ago
wow. they are good in comparison to my high school bands
Xiao8Li 1 year ago
1:48 is so beautiful
irtsevlis9 1 year ago
this is a middle school?
wowww
ohhyouknwiloveyoux3 1 year ago
I played for this band for the last 6yrs. We all felt disappointing when we had to cut those most beautiful parts because of the time limit by the competition.
DominicChad 1 year ago
I cant believe this was recorded by a Middle school band... this is FANTASTIC!!! Kudos!!
BlueEyedRyGuy 1 year ago
technically amazing, but they rape the middle section of its musicality. its a ballad. i was thoroughly unmoved and because of that disappointed.
drpibbandmrpepper 1 year ago
My American high school wind ensemble is preparing this piece for our final concert! Bravo!!!!! Loved it!
HeritageBands 1 year ago
wow.. but part 1 sounds cut.
elleteo 1 year ago
I played this in the band in Besana in Brianza (Italy) with my horn. I think that these japaneses has the vice of the speed (especially in the central part) and too few expression. Try to check out the Besana band in this version of El Camino Real that I published. It's called "El Camino Real - Corpo Musicale S.Cecilia"
wlunalovegood92 1 year ago 2
Middle Part of this Version sucks really hard...
noo music! just CRAP!
Klarinettensepp 2 years ago
i'm playing french horn in a orchestra and it's rlly hard to play...
but this people here...woaaah xD
Grableuchte94 2 years ago
I would go to this school if I still lived in China. The ironic thing is, I'm playing this same song in high school and it sux.
=.=
Mrsixpackjr 2 years ago
Ahh! What happened to the Euphonium solo?! They skipped the best part! :)
chickendepp 2 years ago
I am a freshman oboist at PHS and The Wind Ensemble is doing this song. It is coming along good. It would be amazing if it could end up sounding this great! Just needs a bit more work
missloudbelch91227 2 years ago
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nairblin 2 years ago
Although they took a cut, This is still outstanding muscianship
FHSband05 2 years ago
a bit faster than my school played it, but i would definitely try that speed 8D
2nd cornet for me on this piece, also one of my faves from high school ^^
Draconium666 2 years ago
good techniques. abit fast though.
kutcherkiss 2 years ago
a middle school is playing this ??!? WTF. wow im amazed.
lamtartarus 2 years ago 3
typical entrance from alfred reed...big big entrance..then slow and lyrical..then a full circle ending at the end
footballlineman1 2 years ago
やるじゃん
DDOKU 2 years ago
i think that it´s too fast! but they play really welll!! wow
hornnn6 2 years ago
lol, 2:52 ;p
mimmersk 2 years ago
ive never heard a middle school play at this level it makes me proud to know that kids are getting taught
soadrules366 2 years ago 18
The talent is incredible. It should definitely be applauded.
Tiffawesomeness 2 years ago
@soadrules366 listen to the japanese middle sch bands. they wil blow u away
fantasynreality 1 year ago
@soadrules366 in China, high schools are sometimes referred to as Middle School. (or rather, it's translated that way).
gmedespair 3 months ago
this was awesome....i played this my junior year and by no means is it easy congrats to you guys in your 6 min time...i played 2nd trumpet
inthefuturepatrick 2 years ago 3
shame about the stupid 6 minute rule, otherwise this would have been even better.
i played this and it's definetely not easy
Muramatsu988 2 years ago
we playin this for our marching show this year sometime around november maybe search erath at showcase 2009 that would be us
al3cbr0u55ard 2 years ago
hey u form vista! hey gl man im from ranch and we playing tangiers dude gl on tournaments hope to have a greta compitetion this year!!!
mech1478965423 2 years ago
好快哦==
哈哈
跳了几部分
但还是蛮不错的说
funky6musician 2 years ago
small part was fell!
asafyardeni1 2 years ago
wow this is pretty crazy, great job and great sound. This year my high school is going to put this into a field show haha.
lifetakesmusic2 2 years ago
Played this myself a while ago, tough piece to be sure, but I don't like this recording much I'm sorry to say.
It's fast (which is synonymous with asian it seems), even the long trumpet-less middle section feels rushed; not only does it feel so, it sounds so too unfortunately. I'm also more used to 'fuller' orchestras, the trumpet/cornet section sounds pretty thin.
Still, hats off, this is by no means an easy piece!
Ikonicre 2 years ago
well, it's fast because of time limitations in the competition rules
TadayukionBand 2 years ago
Just to clear some stuff up.
1) In (almost all parts of) China, grades 7 and up is considered to be "high school". It is very typical for schools to run from grades 7 - 12. Hence the term middle school and high school is used interchangably.
(ex. 7th graders and up will write exams, whereas 6th graders & below will not)
2) In this recording, the band is in a competition which states that the pieces must be under 6 minutes.
Other than that, I think this recording is Great! 5/5
nairblin 2 years ago
I think it's fast because it had to fit the 6 min. requirement...? Just a thought...:)
gmedespair 2 years ago
Really great peice, hard to beleive its a middle school band
saxprv11 2 years ago
They skipped measure 75, that's the best part.
Rasendori93 2 years ago
I played the brass band version, this is like the funnest piece you can ever play.
xRinat 2 years ago
この曲、今年の夏のコンクールで演奏するんです！
私はホルンです。この曲はホルンが頑張らないといけない部分がたくさんあるので、
頑張ろうと思います！∩＾ω＾∩
絶対金賞とるぞー！
0kissmint0 2 years ago
ofc its too fast its an asian orchestra ^^
Fexmonkey 2 years ago 3
this is really a bit fast, but I like in anyway, and the quality is great! Good job!
CarpeNoctem410 2 years ago
I liked it a bit slower - its needs a good moving speed but i find this a little fast.
kirafaye 2 years ago 2
its indeed a little fast! haha... but other than that i totally love it! Asians could play too!!! haha...
kai2xin1 2 years ago 2
wait, is this really middle school? it says high school in the info but...anyways, CHINESE PRIDE!! haha lol
MicrobeObliteratorMo 2 years ago
it was ok but a lot of the part was cut out .
plus i couldnt hear some of the parts to well.
other than that you guys sounded good
305gigi 3 years ago
good clarity.. didn't really like some parts where i felt the brass were actually blasting too much.. managed to bring out the mood of the song though. good job
katsumoto 3 years ago
they started off well, but they slowed down halfway. Great job anyway!
limkahkent 3 years ago
Alot of the music is cut out, but I LOVE the tempo and the tone quality! And if a MIDDLE SCHOOL can play this piece that's wonderful. It doesnt matter what country you come from, have respect for the music and the musicians who play it...
oboeplayr7 3 years ago
no realy good....
yardeniad 3 years ago
this el camino is ok but alot of part is being cut...
power0fgod 3 years ago
DAM THAT IS ONE GOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL!!!!
heuygamepro 3 years ago
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fuck you chinese
Crapencris61 3 years ago
go fuck urself u jealous son of a bitch
noobiexD 3 years ago 4
No fuck U
Crapencris61 3 years ago
racist cunt
noobiexD 3 years ago 2
I adore El Camino Real.. Played it twice in HS and am playing in college at an upcoming concert... Everyone should play this song at least once in their musical career! :)
The middle school does a great job with it... I'm impressed.
BadLuckXIII 3 years ago 2
It's a fun one that's for sure.
BehindFor17Hours 3 years ago
A MIDDLE SCHOOL!??!?!!
bigdudeoncampus 3 years ago
my exact words.
WOW.
aisamazing 3 years ago
that makes 3 of us
bloobunny101 3 years ago
Sounds like a professional orchestra....
SaxMafiaInc 3 years ago 3
I should say...
This is AWESOME
mizukimiki 3 years ago 2
This is the best recording of the song on YouTube. It's a bit of a shame they cut out over 50 measures.
musicalpositron 3 years ago 3
wow. what a pitty that i havent even seen one single show of the school band besides the national anthem every monday morning at the flag raising ceromony.
crashdownwowwow 3 years ago 2
it's not so difficult like it sounds!
i played it a few times, the beat and rythme is qucik learned! sorry for my bad english, im german :-D
hendy121212 3 years ago 6
Yes, the piccolo part is so much fun!
musicalpositron 3 years ago
They look way older than Middle Schoolers... Imo middle school = high school. But yeah they're ridiculously good for not being professionally paid players.
MeegMaster 3 years ago
China's education system is entirely different than America's. I'm nearly positive that "middle school" extends well into 17 or so for Chinese students.
ConnerMello2 3 years ago
Im pretty sure its the same. G7-9 is call middle school 1 -3 and grade 10-12 is called High school 1 -3 etc (I was born in Taiwan so it is something similiar like all asia education system)
Difficulty? hell yes alot harder, thats why theres such a big compeitition on exams to middle school
kullwarrior 3 years ago
RESPECT!
drabcloth 3 years ago
middle schools are different there and they usually start band when they are like 8.
MrF1lm 3 years ago
I'm a french Horn player and we're playing this peice in Queensland youth orchestra at the moment and OMG these people are awesome. They're french horn players are INSANE. I would love to know how they areticulate those beggining passages so well. I can barely play them adn thats at normal speed! These guys are awesome. Song would be better though if it wasn't sped up.
kenruneck 3 years ago
did the credits say MIDDLE SCHOOL?
lol
wow. brilliant.
dustydrums8 3 years ago
I played this with my harmony and it's pretty cool to play!
pierluc17 3 years ago
Wow...I have this recording somewhere in my room or something...
jsgivens3 3 years ago
who is the composer of this? are there any other versions of this available for purchase on CD?
bangthedrum87 3 years ago
Alfred Reed
jsgivens3 3 years ago
This piece was played nice and sound balanced. But I do think that the volume that the trumpet parts played were a bit low. It would be better to hear them. Btw, the running notes played by the woodwinds were extremely clear and balanced. Nice piece at all!
Jasonctk628 3 years ago
The piece being shortened would explain why it's not lining up with the sheet in order.... Very impressive band though!
BananaAnna2008 3 years ago
Wow, our school played this before, but it is nothing compared like yours. Yours is really beautiful :)
TsubasaHikari 3 years ago
That was really good. we played this piece in our All-state concert band and it seems to me that you didn't have a string bass part nor a harp part. other than that it seemed about the same tempo we took it.
ikespay 3 years ago
.......
dream90 3 years ago
how long are the practices, do you know?
i love this vid. x]]]
itachilover527 3 years ago
El Camino Real is SZBand's repertoire piece. The band have been rehearse and perform this piece in nearly every concerts its hold since 2003. This particular recording was made just after the principal conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra gave a 3 days dedicated training for this piece. By the way, middle schools in China may be different form other countries, normally its students aging from 13 to 18.
friendlyxue 3 years ago
I knew the middle schools were different but that is still really amazing.
itachilover527 3 years ago
man, this middle school is so good im having a hard time believing. their impressive
KiheleBoy 3 years ago
seems some parts are missing?
MATTHUNGATE 3 years ago
do your band went to shen zhen music festival last year december 2007? im the euphonium soloist from the malaysia school band..
twanyun88 3 years ago
Sure, SZBand is one of the three founders of that festival, the band took part in the festival every year. Welcome you to visit Shenzhen.
friendlyxue 3 years ago
as good as i suspected. ^^
i really admire this school.
I love this song and they have a great sound.
Great timing, and sound. [[again]]
I almost cant believe that its a middle school band. WOW. lol. nicley done. X]]]
itachilover527 3 years ago
holy crap the beginning is just insane.... I thought we're playing fast but this one is like 50% faster than the school I went.
kullwarrior 3 years ago
The slow bit sounds really Wu Liao when played this fast. But yeah middle school in Taiwan/China is ...it's different. There's no grades. It's like middleschool level 1 to signify 6th grade or something like that.
I live in Taiwan btw =D.
deathgrip1 3 years ago
wow, haha
lmc00rage 3 years ago
And where is the Euphonium/Baritone solo?!!
harrypottershiz 3 years ago
A little fast in the slow section...
harrypottershiz 3 years ago
This SERIOUSLY came from a MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND?!?!?!?! I have heard this peice many times and i have heard college bands mess this up
MSUdude2010 3 years ago
El Camino Real is SZBand's repertoire piece. The band have been rehearse and perform this piece in nearly every concerts its hold since 2003. This particular recording was made just after the principal conductor of China National Symphony Orchestra gave a 3 days dedicated training for this piece. By the way, middle schools in China may be different form other countries, normally its students aging from 13 to 18.
friendlyxue 3 years ago
@MSUdude2010 Middle School there is grades 7-12
DrFrankenmac 1 year ago
this was played amazingly, but i think they took it way too fast. i've played this piece and it sounds better when you don't rush it as much. but the slow section was perfect!
brivera33090 3 years ago
This is PHENOMENAL coming from a middle school band. Fantastic.
mrparke007 3 years ago
Very good performance. I enjoyed listening to it. I play in a community band and have played that piece many times. The mallet percussion was right on the money!
gsmobal 4 years ago