Rolling Thunder (Henry Fillmore)

[Michelle137137K]

This is my favorite march ever! :D

Trombone feature is amazing! :D

[TCTromboneColts]

My band director just got the music for this. We hopefully will play this for our spring concert. I am very excited to play this trombone part ;)

[xXB0Y954Xx]

ahh i gotta play this O.O so hard on trombone damn slide with some crazy tounging high notes

[pianoflutepiccilo]

lol not all credit can go to the t-bones

4th horn rocks this piece too lol give credit where it's due

[funkylass]

I know this is Eastman and not Southern Miss but....Southern played this last Saturday night at their concert and they did a TREMENDOUS job as well!! :) I would give my right arm to see it posted here too but as yet no one has. At least you have given me something to listen to and remember! Thanks so much!! :)

[whitacrefan17]

@funkylass i posted it

[musicguy081]

@funkylass rolling thunder southern miss... it has been posted... Thought you might want to know

[cfhscolorguard]

I'm playing this in my wind ensemble. Easiest clarinet part ever. ;D

[sradley89]

@cfhscolorguard Sounds like they switched clarinet parts with the trombones on this one.

[uwecbrass]

This is one of those pieces where you either play it at tempo or you don't play it at all. It's no good slow.

[MacUser135]

I play trombone, and here is a tip, this song will take a loooooooong time to learn properly.

[you5511]

i hate this song it is to friggin fast i cant keep up when paying it :(

[ShinGouki252life]

We're playing this song for our spring concert! hopefully me and my section rock this! Trombones rule all

[MrCleverest]

The talent at Eastman is incredible. 

[BruZerMaster]

I am playing this now on trombone as a freshman in High School its so HARD!!

[Thumper123890]

Go French Horns!

[seanbballer]

im really weak and small, but i have to play the crash cymbol part for our band :(

[MaryRayeofSunshineee]

Don't forget low reeds! That's nearly impossible!

[PattiKay63]

Excellent! That is what you expect from Fennell. I played this under Col. Gabriel in the 1977 Florida All-State WInd Ensemble. We did a good job considering we only had two dull days of rehearsal. This is a really nice recording. Thanks for posting.

[MrRevbev]

I played this in the USAF Band under Col. Gabriel with Larry Whiehe as our trombone leader! Tongue and blow!

[qiyuan777]

boners ftw :D

[ScienceManComics]

This is why Trombotine exists.

[JasonJesusMuzik]

@ScienceManComics hahahaha, ain't that the truth.

[Xobeohs98]

i wish we played this march.

[FairportSoccerStar]

fairport high school concert band is doing this song.

[Honeybadger881]

thanks for putting up a picture of Southern Miss's wind ensemble ;)

[Nerocu32]

we are attempting this for our festival piece. the epic first clarinet part is beast mode all the way.........i remember my freshmen year our first period band did a song called the klaxon. another beast mode song if u want to prove you can play a clarinet and flute

[berotrix]

I've only heard rumors of this beast from my friends. We're playing Melody Shop, by Karl King, this year in my High School's top band, and it's extremely difficult to play on Trombone, but this sounds like it would be nye impossible.

[dasteufelhund]

This doesn't sound like the EWE, the ensemble is very sloppy and the balance is not up to the usual standard....bones' articulation as a section is horrible

[SpartacusFry]

If this is the Eastman Wind Ensemble, get a picture of them. The picture shown is of the Southern Miss Wind Ensemble. We are actually doing Rolling Thunder here at Southern Miss this upcoming Spring, and I can guarantee you Dr. Fraschillo is going to take it 30 clicks faster than what is played in this video!

[cloudliengod]

the bones are simply amazing marching to this aint no joke though especially when you marching show style.... rolling thunder+show style marching= one hell of a parade..

[ehelwagen]

I had the privilege of playing this march in college. It was very fun!!!

[JAYSMAC80]

I used to love playing this on the euphonium in High School! Those horns sound really clean.

[theironcladstove]

Tenor Sax has that crazy trombone part, too! xP

[FlierFrank172]

@theironcladstove ...When I was in the band at school, I would use the treble clef baritone parts for many marches since they usually had a better part. Try it sometime if you get the chance and your bandmaster will let you get away with it. Oh...I played the tenor saxophone too and sometimes the bari....

[approximately9000]

Damn trombones.............

[7VooooooooB]

quadruple tounging.

[GageOngaku]

@7VooooooooB indeed

[karcnikg]

I believe that the title of the this piece of music was used as the eponym for Def Scr'y Rob't McNamara's (incompetently-managed) air war over North Vietnam during the Johnson Administration. The band's performance is much better than McNamara's.

[miller30974]

woo trombones!!

[PivotFailDX]

i need to know what tempo this is supposed to go :| someone please tell me

[Cardensha]

@PivotFailDX fast enough to make the trombones hate their lives

[narutodabein]

@PivotFailDX If you still need to know, it's a cut time piece marked at 180.

[catman51325]

@narutodabein until the end where its as fast as possible XD

[ehelwagen]

@PivotFailDX

I played this faster than this recording!

[TromboneEagle]

Yeah baritones suck, we got slides its harder!!!

[Glitch5222]

@TromboneEagle Baritones DO suck. Euphoniums are a different story.

[Mrdianalynn]

It is the euphonium player who usually makes the trombone section sound good playing Tbone parts and the really good french horn section that makes a euphonium secion sound good transposing those tbone parts instead of afterbeats.

[makeacandidbroadcast]

0:56 - 1:20 Lake Region High School fight song! No joke!

[SarekOfVulcan]

ARGH! SCARY FAST!

[AKAEliza]

I had this whole piece memorized because it was so fast, it was like my fingers knew exactly where to go by memory lol.

[spartanking626]

U guys are all fags that are in band instead of sports losers

[splatteredjeans101]

@spartanking626 What, exactly, are sports losers...?

[Euphoniumess]

@spartanking626 I'm sorry we chose a different path of dedication than you "sports losers".

[dex21797]

@spartanking626 ya okay, id like to see yhu cross the field MARCHING, in for fucking counts ya asshole

[ACDC267]

@spartanking626 im in 5 sports and in honor band am i a loser?

[1926VictorCredenza]

Fennell conducting the Eastman Wind Ensemble, from the Lp "Screamers." Classic!

[1926VictorCredenza]

@1926VictorCredenza By the way..., Trombone player, and teacher! Thanks for this! (1977 Bach Stradivarius 42B, 6 1/2 A mouthpiece... Bach, of course.)

[jeezimbored2009]

ummm im an high school trumpet player and im playing first on this pieces........any advice

[6222315243]

The reason people are praising the trombone is because you can hear them loud and clear.

[jthuggins101391]

It's cool that Eastman is playing this and all, but that's most definitely a picture of the Southern Miss Wind Ensemble on stage at Bennet Auditorium on USM Campus. I'm currently a music student there, lol.

But, why is that pic there??

[randomjohn13]

The tenor saxophones have the same part as the trombone. I play alto so I can hear them but the trombones out power all the other instruments with the same part :P

[Napolitano610]

@randomjohn13 Didn't know that, but I should have. I played trumpet in the Army.

[Napolitano610]

The precise stacatto tonguing by the bone players is done by a method called double-tonguing. Instead of pronouncing TTTTTTTTTTTTTT, etc., brass players learn to enunciate tktktktktktktk. Try it!

[Superfiercelink]

@Napolitano610 well, both brass and woodwinds can do it, but it is notably harder with woodwinds in which you have a mouthpiece in your mouth (esp. sax)

[Napolitano610]

@Superfiercelink Nice informative comment. I agree. It's much hard for a woodwind player to double- or triple-tongue than for a brass player. I think it might be even easier on a flute, but not sure.

[Superfiercelink]

@Napolitano610 It is easier on flute, but still more difficult. But sax is the hardest to multiple tongue on, while clari and others are a bit easier because you have less mouthpiece in your mouth

[FlierFrank172]

@Superfiercelink ...Tell me about it...I was a sax player too....I started using a #4 reed and finally learned how to play it softly.....but when I wanted it to honk, that was there too.

[ehelwagen]

@Napolitano610

The runs were not articulated in the woodwind section!

[MrFerretlover]

Tuba for the win (_----_)(

[WW2obsession]

Best thing ever about this piece: Digging it up for only the second time in a couple months, taking it at 200 bpm to start, then getting even FASTER during the trio, and still making it sound great.

[fawkes418]

oo and bassoons have the BA part too. Of course given the circumstances nobody cares except me because the bones and euphs can belt it out far louder than we.

[XraceX4]

I just played this today for large group band festival...it was a fun one *sarcasm*

[SpeedyNeutrino43]

Nobody could ever accuse Henry Fillmore of writing simple music that was easy to play. It's a wonder the Tbones and euphoniums didn't catch fire when they played their parts.

[marchking18]

This is my favorite march. I played it when i was sophomore and was first chair euphonium and this sound clean amazing job!!

[Euphoniumess]

@marchking18 I played it when I was a freshman as first chair too, but I couldn't do it. XD

[Robbyg731]

dude this song was fun to play when i was a sophmore i will never forget this song ever wohhooo go T bones

[ProfCake0licious]

I quit.

[DOCTTER]

im playing this and im a freshmen sitting 2nd chair THIS IS AWESOME

[SHADOWCOMMS12345]

I AM A TROMBONIST ALL HAIL US!!!!!

[EverythingToNothing3]

I have to play this for my High school band audition. D: (Currently in 8th grade....)

[Serna171]

id like to see the trombones play the 1st trumpet part

[8070jack]

Sheesh...some of the previous posts sound like they were made by middle school band members.

This band is 1st rate.

[EuphoniumPlayer01]

@CattyFryFish I know, but they have a slide... Slides plus fast movement=crazy epicness

[sweetdethfromhell]

we had to play this not to long ago, my lips were screwed up. i couldn't talk fro the rest of the day, without getting tougue tied/

[unicycler89]

trombones don't move their slides fast enough, way toooooo many glisses when there aren't supposed to be any

[unicycler89]

Kid stuff...I can play this way better than this wind ensemble. They have sooo many wrong notes....LMFAO. C'mon Eastman

[greghicksUS]

Euphonium has it too!

[wflccb83]

F'in awewome. BRAVO sakbut

[Spiritusify]

In high school and we got handed this today. The conductor made us sight-read it full speed just for fun, oh boy...

[ehelwagen]

This was fantastic!!!!  Very well played!

[wrjhdaniel]

In 2 years when we get a better low brass section we are going to play. We have 6 trombones and 3 of the really play. So we have to wait.

[molecular360]

for once trumpets get the runs! B-)

[32k0c]

My high school band played this. = ]

Lakota West - ROLLING THUNDER by Henry Fillmore - Symphonic Winds

by OhioBandDad

[Sawl]

The bassoons have the same part as the trombones too :)

[chiefkiller412]

@Sawl Same for Bari Sax! just saying.... Everyone forgets about the Bari Sax... (Me) lol

[soulslay3r1]

im in middle school and im playing this. our trombones are terreble at double tounging...

[austinjb555]

Let me just say, the trombone part for this song is one of the hardest I have EVER seen!

[WW2obsession]

Got this music today!

[Pvtpepper7]

@WW2obsession funny, me to. maybe i know you...

[austinjb555]

@Pvtpepper7 Me three! :O

[WW2obsession]

@Pvtpepper7 & @austinjb555 I believe all three of us know each other.

[Pvtpepper7]

@WW2obsession

lakota east?

[iTrombonist]

i sure as HECK noticed the epic trombone section. :D <3

bones for life! :3

[wrjhdaniel]

Double Tongue on this song for the trumpets. Its crazy. But i still would love to play this song. I am in a High school band And I am first trumpet.

[horloko]

I love playing this in high school when i played trombone. Too bad the rest of the band couldn't keep up with our beastly trombone and baritone section and we ended up not playing this song.

[ivantwill]

not bad for eastman. univ of kansas played it better much much better under the baton of dr anderson, the president of the trombone society (of which i was a member).

[Theredjammies789]

My highschool is playing this and it's HARD. I can't even fathom how these people are playing it so well!

[Euphoniumess]

I love how everyone is praising the trombones when the euphoniums have the exact same part. x)

But I guess it's a lot harder on trombone. Either way, this is an amazingly clean and accurate, and I can only keep up with this if I slur everything. :D

[who8mahbacon]

@Euphoniumess only cause its harder to be accurate on trombone

[lhamdog]

@Euphoniumess The Euph's have the same part, but all they have to do is push buttons, trombones are throwing their arms around. Still, lots of skill required from both sections

[Euphoniumess]

@lhamdog I agree with that. (:

Haha, trombone seems a lot harder than euphoniums, but it's not like this is an easy piece anyway. x)

[ACDC267]

@Euphoniumess so do the tenors lol

[AEA78]

@Euphoniumess The bassoons have the same part too!

[brainykid800]

@Euphoniumess Bassoons have that part too! ;_; Just nobody can hear us...

[Euphoniumess]

@brainykid800 Aww I'm sorry. I wouldn't know, I only know about the euphoniums, since they at least use bassons in full orchestras and use tenor saxes (which also have the part, I believe?) in jazz bands, but euphoniums are rarely ever used for anything at all. But anyway, good job on your part too. (:

[Cheetoz2112]

@Euphoniumess Actually, I think euphonium players would use a valve trombone in a jazz band. That's what it was like in my school if a euphonium wanted to play, although we only had two valve trombones...

[patryan44]

@Euphoniumess Dude, this is a wonderful piece to double tongue on euphonium; you don't have to slur; you don't WANT to slur this kick-butt piece. Peace.

[Shashsperonza]

@Euphoniumess Trombones are pretty hard to control when moving the slide. If you go out just a little to far its out of Tune. Its the only instrument, my conductor say, Can hit perfect tune. I want to try this so much. :P I bet i will Fail Epic at first. I play Trombone btw ^_^.

[approximately9000]

@Shashsperonza anybody with 3 years of playing can control the tune just fine.

[ShayminUser001]

@Euphoniumess: Because Trombones are WAY more important that Euphoniums in marches. I would know, I play both.

[radiootoo]

My brother and I would LIVE for the afternoons when Dad woul put the Eastman Wind Ensemble's "Ruffles and Flourishes" LP on the old Scott Hi Fi and blast us out of the house.

[maplepoon]

I played this song in high school too! Of course the shortened version.

[Succumbedsilence0]

Yeah! YOUR arms were about to fall off! Ha! that's funny!

[psycomitch]

I remember playing this song in my freshman year of high school! I played the cymbals... it was hellish when our director decided to keep playing it over and over speeding it up every time... My arms were about to fall off!!!

[heiseimonozuki]

I still think that I want to perform this tune perfectly though the school days is far old times.

[xSutekinaSonya]

I played this song my freshman year. (: One of my favorites!

[jc21jc1984]

Is this picture taken at University of Southern Mississippi?

[Trombone590]

I Lve this song. It sounds amazing!!!!!

[time3space1]

Go trombones ! I play trombone and my right arm is much bigger than my left from practicing this.

[kayk2013]

Playing this song on flute xD

[imthedeadlycracka]

im playing this song and im a tuba

[LowCalorieVideos]

This should have more thumbs up.

[Likety]

You'd have to be having multiple seizures to move your trombone slide as fast as those guys are doing it.

[CJSweatt]

Wait, I'm in this picture (the English Horn player)! This is USM's Wind Ensemble... But the recording is definitely not USM.

How odd that I came across this.

[IzzySpiffyx3]

omg im gonna try to learn this i play flute i know its gonna be hard :(

[tuttifruityxDD]

@IzzySpiffyx3 the oboe part is so easy compared to the flute and clarinet parts. we played this song with the jr high honor band and we didnt sound NEARLY this good. we played it slower too. good luck! (:

[jsteuernol]

LOVE THIS MARCH.

[DesertStorm12346]

We're playing this at my middle school...Maybe it's a little watered-down, but it's still hard as Hell, and I'm a trombone player.

[dodeccaphonic]

Uhm, when the Eastman Wind Ensemble perform at Bennett Auditorium on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi? Because - that's the venue pictured here?!? The (bald) conductor appears to be Dr. Thomas V. Fraschillo. Freddy Fennell had a full head of glowing white hair the last time I saw 'em.

[Tokkemon]

You can tell Fillmore was a Trombone player. :D

[SugaredTeas]

This is the first grade five or higher piece my high school band has ever played, and i must say, it's quite a challenge for low brass. (:

[larryglass61]

is this the present day eastman wind ensemble? sounds just like them..i know the pictures of eastman with Dr. Fennel playing circus bee and others on here are old pics. i had the record called screamers in college as a freshman in 1966 so screamers circus marches must have been recorded around 1964-65..does anyone know this group??..they can sure knock this march out of the ball park.. FANTASTIC. PLAYING.

[dublcheez]

@larryglass61 the screamers album was recorded on May 5, 1962 on high quality 35mm tape. that is why it is of such high quality. Even though this is from a cd, it was transferred from those strips. this is the original ensemble playing.

[larryglass61]

@dublcheez thanks..i wasn't too far from the correct date..twas just an estimate of time..did you ever hear them play entry of the gladitors? this had the difficult trombone part..in the band room we would put that march one below 33 1\3 on the record player to see if they were getting all the notes in and they were..my part was fun to play on the piccolo. LOL.HA!!!!

[666fred313]

@larryglass61 agreed...National Music Camp 58-62 what fun...

[chicon767]

my middle school played this last year and its hard enough for these guys think about a middle school if u want to look at it its "WIS rolling thunder"

[kmk0091]

@chicon767 middle school? holy cow... im in high school n we can barely play this song... lol (well not barely...)

[murryrox]

wow... we playin this for band=D

[eviloverlord88]

Where is that picture from? Is it EWE? If so, are those the personnel from the 'Screamers' CD?

[dublcheez]

i just went to google images and typed in 'wind ensemble' i have no idea who or what it is

[imheercusimbord]

@dublcheez Holly Crap! ironic! i know exactly where that is. That is The University of Southern Mississippi's wind ensemble in Benit Auditorium. and that is the famous Dr. Friskillo conducting.

[musicguy081]

@dublcheez Looks like USM Wind Ensemble (the picture) located in Hattiesburg Ms

[kittykatz503]

@dublcheez It is the University of Southern Mississippi's WindEnsemble :]

[GoldEagle86]

@dublcheez Unbelievable! I just happened to stumble across this video, but I know exactly who that is! That picture of is the University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble with Dr. Thomas Fraschillo on the podium. Haha! You just made my day!

[spanglerjd]

@dublcheez this is a photo of Dr. Tom Fraschillo conducting the Southern Miss Wind Ensemble at Bennett Auditorium in Hattiesburg, MS

[spanglerjd]

@dublcheez @dublcheez this is a photo of Dr. Tom Fraschillo conducting the Southern Miss Wind Ensemble at Bennett Auditorium in Hattiesburg, MS

[Wahpinga]

@eviloverlord88

no, that's Dr. Thomas Fraschillo leading the University of Southern Mississippi Wind Ensemble.

[BigD31492]

University of Southern Mississippi's Wind Ensemble.

That is where they perform.

Bennett Auditorium.

[CJSweatt]

@eviloverlord88: The picture is The University of Southern Mississippi's Wind Ensemble. I'm actually pictured in this (English Horn).

[penj3z]

We played this and we were in middle school...

[caddog0sugar]

the trombones sound amazingly pretty

[Wahpinga]

WOW! CRISP! very nicely done. this is a very good high school band. congratulations!

[dublcheez]

this is actually done by a wind ensemble from Eastman School of Music, a university in Rochester, NY. it would be great if a high school band could sound like that though...

[who8mahbacon]

scott county highschool in georgetown kentucky did this at a festival and it sounded just like this

[dublcheez]

dang...that band must be on steroids.

[funconductor]

@who8mahbacon Oh yes....I'll bet they did! In fact, there are quite a few high school bands that sound just like the Eastman Wind Ensemble!