First Military Suite in E Flat

[tigerjumper103]

@Shadowbudd and @TomTom40202 I feel for y'all... I really do. I play the 1st Trumpet part for all the movements and during the 2nd movement I occasionally peek over at the 2nd and 3rds....half of them are asleep. :P

[XxxrubberduckiexxX]

i'm playing this on flute in my highschool and the run at B kills me

[tbimbop]

I get to play the 1st Trumpet part for all of the movements and they are AMAZINGLY FUN!

[eccentricit]

Anyone can play this, it's just how good it sounds.

[Shadowbudd]

This song is amazing except when your on trumpet part and not cornet. god intermezzo gets boring after sitting there for 4 minnutes looking stupid and not playing at all with 100 conscutive measures of rest mind you.

[TomTom40202]

@Shadowbudd THANKYOU! I have the 2nd trumpet part instead of the cornet part, so me and the other 1st trumpet are just sitting there bored out of our minds for a whole movement!

[PianoLoverRachael]

I love this song, especially the march, I play the snare part, which is always fun :)

[pgcpsvideo]

Are people tripping a middle school band has no hope of playing this and having it sound any where close to a finished piece of music. This is a hard grade 5 low 6 piece of music and only the best high school band in the country could or should even attempt it.

[pugoverlordoffspring]

@pgcpsvideo My middle school band is playing it and it sounds descent

[flute10101]

@pgcpsvideo well you know what? you shouldn't dis them just because they tried to play this. I'm in 8th grade and we have 7th, 9th and 10th grade playing with us and they sounds just as good as us. Granted, they could have used more dynamics and held back just a little but I don't think it sounded horrible.

[TeamProM]

this is cool my band class is playing this for our winter concert. they r good but yeah. image 8th graders doing this which is my grade so playing this piece.

[TheUberPeople]

this song is so much fun, espectaly if you play the clarinet when the march happens.

[flute10101]

@TheUberPeople i love the clarinet part! i'm a flute and it sounded really pretty

[joshuab803]

this song is BRILLIANT! i was first part flute and it was my fav piece ive ever played! btw i seriously doubt a 6th grader could come CLOSE to playing this. in NO situation. lol

[crissangelfreak666]

@joshuab803 That's YOUR opinion.

[joshuab803]

@crissangelfreak666 Yes it is, and its the truth. to only be playing an instrument for 1 or 2 years, no one could pull this off unless you started playing at the age of 8. my again that is MY opinion.

[dimsimlord]

The second movement is so beautiful...

[crissangelfreak666]

I played this piece 6 years ago (sixth grade) now I'm a senior in high school and wish I was still in band so I could play it again. I was first chair alto, tenor and bari sax. <3 band geeks rule =]

[sk8erboy618]

@crissangelfreak666 You played this in 6th grade? This is like a grade 5.5 out of 6 dude...no way you played this loser...

[crissangelfreak666]

@sk8erboy618 I did play it jackass. I was in a summer mentor band with people of ALL ages. mmmkaythnx. Think about what you say b4 you go and assume shit. =D buhbye.

[sk8erboy618]

@crissangelfreak666 DId i push a button? You seem kinda mad, but if you say you played it in 6th grade for a summer thing..then good for you. Be aware, that i still doubt a "summer mentor band" with 6th graders could play this.

=D buhbye =D

[sk8erboy618]

@crissangelfreak666 I doubt you played this song noob. Ha you seem tense, and mad so thats adding fuel to the fire. Your the jacckass my friend...douche

[crissangelfreak666]

@sk8erboy618 kk. whatevs. obviously you have a problem with my talent. otherwise you would have left this alone. but anywho i've got better things to do than deal with a fake person and argue on someone's youtube video. So toodles =]

[sk8erboy618]

@crissangelfreak666 Now im a fake person ha. You should give me the name of the band and a video then I'll believe you. Until then your still a noob ha :)

[tubamatt3]

@crissangelfreak666 not gonna lie have to go with sk8terboy on this one. Its very doubtful you played this in the 6th grade. Even in any kind of honors band. We just played it last year (my junior year) and it took A LOT of cleaning time. And all he did was say he didnt beleive you played it in the first place. You blew it WAY out of proportion dude.

[crissangelfreak666]

@tubamatt3 Like I said before. It was a MENTOR band for ALL AGES there were people in there 40's there. And we practiced for weeks. Not that I have to explain myself to you though.

Oh... and quit referring to me as a dude. I'm NOT a dude kthnx =]

[tubamatt3]

@crissangelfreak666 dude is a general term. like man. genius.

and what was this mentor band called?

[FunkkyPanda]

I love the oboe and clarinet parts <3

[alfredjr45]

my highschool played this last year and we destroyed at competitions

[blacklace19932012]

We're doing this at our school this year:).

I'm first chair trombone:).

This piece makes me cry:).

[bandneard123]

i play first cornet and the solo in the second movement is so much fun!!

[attacking101]

Uh! FInally, i'm tired a bunch of asians playing music.

[trumpetpeyton14]

wow i can only hope we get it to sound like that in our wind ensemble

[jenjengarza]

any tips

[Dejman13]

lol i play alto sax haha we are playing this for our last concert that and also festive overture lol

[BANDHUNTER101]

@Dejman13 alto saxes rule man!!!! im going to get mine soon cuz im want one to play its awesome my friend let me try it :) im a drummer and we are playing this song also :)

[xanita333]

I play 1st Horn lol ^^

[joshuab803]

i played the first flute part in high school. it was my favorite piece to play ever.

[alankace]

ZOMG> wwheres the low brass at maestoso at 3:51?!

[98ka76le54p]

were playing that now GO TUBS

[encoreman987]

GO 1ST EUPHONIUM love there part!!!!

[BoboVicus]

FTW MAN

[maggie2091]

i played this song in high school when i was a freshman TRUMPETS!!!

[damianr194]

@maggie2091 same here im playing it now its amazing

[Justin1990Holgersen]

i have played this song before and i loved it i am 1st clarinet

[clarinetjheila]

any tips? lol

[kylethsc]

tone quality is good but the tempo is unsteady

[arktrucker]

I've played this many times, also 1st chair Euphonium. Holst was in love with the instrument. The tempo for the march was WAY too fast. I was humming my part and felt like I was trying to slow it down or fasten my seat belts to hang on! At the end there should have been a big BIG rallentando. But it was nice to hear it again, anyway.

ellmeell, have you mastered the 4th valve yet?

[SaltyTestes]

I am euphonium as well. LOVE this piece. I am playing it in the community band.

[Thedearster]

I've played this many times also, and i also play Euphonium!

[ellmeell]

so excited for next year ,

im first chair euphonium , and only going to be in grade 10 .. i get a brand new shiny four-valve euphonium to play , too !

i got the sheets today and sight-read a bit . march seems hard , for my part . im going to try to do the solo .

[mutualism]

I like the way that there isn't much of a break between the movements.

[flutesrock626]

love it :D

[homieslicedogg1432]

is this the standard tempo?

[Devonxltwo]

i believe so, well at least this is how my school plays it.

[Kelticviking]

played this in highschool as a graduation piece gave chills up the spine

[power0fgod]

u haven' see el camino real by alfred reed yet it's much much much more diffiult and super fast =)

[BCsWildStarZ]

I love March, I play the timpani for that one.

[WeAreTheOvermind]

@BCsWildStarZ same =D i freaking love that timpani part for this song

[slowesttooth]

WOW. That is awesome. I'm playing the tuba part in Band :)

[joliefille19]

I am so excited to play this!! I have the clarinet solo part :D

[goofymidget82]

Eek me too...Just got my music today! Playing it at All-State in a month! :-)

[clarinetjheila]

any tips? :) I would appreciate lolol

[Shinobi1010]

i can't wait to play this one

[futurecav2008]

Fabulous job. I'm a trumpet nerd so the only thing I wish that could have been fuller is the trumpet solo in the first movement at pick ups to D. It sounded nice, but I was expecting a more full sound. This gave me an idea on how everything fits together. Especially the 37 measure rest in the 3rd movement lol. Great job. Keep up the hard work.(I'm playing this and the solo at All Mid-state honor band in Tennessee)

[ymtisd]

Absolutely amazing job!! Trumpets' endurance was incredible!

[Sayalover168]

Yeah we played this too at our high school it was such an awesome piece I'd love to play it again

[youngjinkimusic]

BRAVO

[HCB428]

i would love to play this song again for our concert band. we did this my first year in high school. i mean we didn't do to bad cincidering how hard it was for us, but i wish we couldn't have played the triplets better

[recycle100]

very nice job!