2 years later, and i still remember the tears of sweat dripping down whilst holding the long notes.

@may6953

5 жыл бұрын

i still have the music pieces :(

@number1.0

4 ай бұрын

What did u play​@@may6953

boy oh boy do i love playing the same note for 20 measures

@rev8399

7 жыл бұрын

Colin Cantwell Ikr gotta love that tuba part

@mr_slidey

7 жыл бұрын

bass trombone for me 16 bars of the same note! +UltimaWeapon

@jeraldinetan442

7 жыл бұрын

Colin Cantwell same

@smoothc963

7 жыл бұрын

Jonny Jewell

@eula_gaming

7 жыл бұрын

Have to use an oxygen tank

This piece is made up of three entities: 1) Proper dynamics 2) The Clavi performer 3) The ability of the low end to keep it light and moving..... If any of those becomes off, this piece falls apart into chaos! I remember performing this at the University of South Carolina Band Clinic and Conductor's Symposium in 1998. Man I love the low brass part. Best I have ever performed....PERIOD!!!

@erikwaterson361

3 жыл бұрын

And then comes the Fourth Horseman: The god damn whip part.

As a tuba the 20 something measures of playing an A killed my lungs as the sole tubist

@shracid7898

7 жыл бұрын

Guy Ramsey lol I'm going to play it for honor band. This is very odd timing very syncopated

@acyefien5103

4 жыл бұрын

Im playing this soon too Tuba squad

I love the flute solo in the beginning. It's one of my favorite parts of this piece. When my band teacher passed this out I nearly fell out of my chair.

@chanelridiros7372

5 жыл бұрын

Rose Bonnie DUDE SAME. I was so happy to play 20+ measures of the same note lol

I'm reading the comments and all I'm seeing is freshmen playing this. And I'm a senior blown out of my mind knowing kids in their freshman year are playing this. Bravo!! #SeniorRespect

@akpeglo8961

7 жыл бұрын

You are too kind!!

@scottredman6255

7 жыл бұрын

THANKS in act we just ad a concert with this in it and this piece was by far the best thing ive played on a trumpet

@markbernard4156

5 жыл бұрын

Playing on the 1st clarinet as a freshman here in the number one band in our state

@rohinkolankarai8655

4 жыл бұрын

I played it in my Wind Ensemble in middle school

@serwrena1981

4 жыл бұрын

We did this piece in middle school

May just be a matter of personal taste but this, to me, is by far the best available interpretation of the piece on KZread.

@christianletzerich6523

2 жыл бұрын

I have to argue that Keystone winds is up there too

The only thing I loved about playing this song on flute AND piccolo is the low beginning on the flute part. SOO MUCH FUN!!! The rest was hell.

@genevagonzalez8605

8 жыл бұрын

Omg yes! Someone understands 😂

@devinhence3104

8 жыл бұрын

+Craig Baker yep same here, our band couldn't even do it so our band director had to drop the piece.

@CraigBaker96837

8 жыл бұрын

Devin Hence Our director was close to dropping it, but he pushed through and we did it.

@devinhence3104

8 жыл бұрын

Nice commitment!

@CraigBaker96837

8 жыл бұрын

Devin Hence The director always was like that. If I remember correctly, out of the four years that I was in that high school band, the only piece that he gave up on was called Il Guarany Overture, and he noted that the piece's key signatures (mainly concert G-flat major) were a little too much even for our group (the elite of the two bands at the HS).

the whip solo yassss

@mlefeb

8 жыл бұрын

That part is a freaking nightmare though xD

@jackiet8164

8 жыл бұрын

Lol

Still have the tuba part and STILL enjoy playing along after 50 years of honking on that thing!

*small voice* I played tambourine...

@dannylopez7739

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you

@applepiecubed

6 жыл бұрын

Faith Maxwell wym you're the MVP 💖 love u

@shadowstorm6237

5 жыл бұрын

OMG same... Just got the pievevtoday and I love it.

Love the trumpet parts. Band geek pride! :D

Our band played this in high school back in the day and I played the timpani. Fellow percussionists, put yo hands up!!!

Literally one of the best bass clarinet parts out there. I love playing it so much, I'm actually exposed!

@giganerd896

3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah! I love the bass clarinet/ contrabass clarinet part!

When you are a percussionist during this song... #amazing

@chanelridiros7372

5 жыл бұрын

Shef they really are amazing! I’ve played this song on Bassoon and was always impressed with the percussionists

@mansigoyal7620

4 жыл бұрын

one of my favorite experiences from high school. Claves! Slapsticks! Chimes! o my!

Thank you John Barnes Chance for this masterful composition! Thank you Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra for the remarkable performance of this composition! Thank you Pablo Leal for sharing this wonderful composition!

Played this in HS in 1976. I played the cymbals and claves as they don't overlap. Our whip was a couple of 1x4s about eight feet long joined with a hinge with handles on them all from the hardware store. our girl had to stand on a chair to use them. good times!

@dwaterson21

2 жыл бұрын

That ain't big enough dawg, band I was in had two 2x4s that were like 10 feet long and it took two people to play the non-solo part. The solo part was moved to a normal whip because out guy was LOUD with it

Bass Trombone had so much love in this piece

@sparkle1princess

9 жыл бұрын

ikr I'm a trombone player :D I've seen the bass trombone part (I sit next to our bass trombonist) and it looks so fuckin fun.

@snareline69

9 жыл бұрын

It is

@funnydummy1234

9 жыл бұрын

I am playing bass trombone for my high school band and we are playing this piece for a festival in February. It is not fun!

@snareline69

9 жыл бұрын

That means youre not playing right, and that also means you dont practice enough.

@funnydummy1234

9 жыл бұрын

Oh I am playing it right and I practice about 1-2 hours each day. I guess it's because the other pieces we are playing are so much more fun for bass trombone

This song and I have an interesting past. My Freshman year of Band I was in the concert band, I played trombone. We were heading to The Spirit of ATL competition and they needed a fill in percussionist, three actually I was one of the ones chosen. I played the Tambourine in this. It was so fun, and one of my fondest band memories! Every now and then I listen to this song, and I love it every time!

the low Eb to Ab runs on the bass clarinet part make me want to cry lmao but this is a fun ass piece to play none the less

You know it's a good piece when you get goosebumps in the low brass features. Euphonium/Bass Trombone for the win!

@NPDGX

10 жыл бұрын

*cough cough* And Tuba...

@sparkle1princess

9 жыл бұрын

YES

@abyssomega5177

9 жыл бұрын

Bass trombone!

@sparkle1princess

9 жыл бұрын

AbyssOmega All the way.

@Ryan-dz7mg

6 жыл бұрын

Jackson Trust Euph rocks

Hands down, I don't think it gets any better than John Barnes Chance. Elegy, Blue Lake, Variations on a Korean Folk Song, Introduction and Cappriccio...just a phenomenal composer for symphonic band. Sadly, the Arts in schools aren't what they used to be and fewer and fewer high school kids get to experience this extraordinary composer!

@thefuzstache1139

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, our program isn't half bad, and I can name over ten amazing band programs in the Atlanta area alone. Last year, our second band played Variations on a Korean Folk Song, and if my mother gets her way, our band will be playing Incantation and Dance within the next two years.

@birzayit4341

6 жыл бұрын

jmrussell76 We are playing this piece in my high school band..

@willcowan8487

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll be I rising HS senior this year. We played Variations on a Korean Folk Song 2 years ago; and I must say, I loved it then and the ending still gives me goosebumps every time I hear it

The slapstick sounds like faceslapping like legit

@frogman8879

6 жыл бұрын

i played the slapstick when my community band performed this. it's a really difficult piece to play because it's always off beat and feels wrong

lmao played clarinet for this my freshman year those runs tho

@awesomepossum449

8 жыл бұрын

+Rachel AquaFire same

@nfornnformi5949

8 жыл бұрын

+Rachel AquaFire ikr

@cooperkramer2985

7 жыл бұрын

same

@koshidostrat

7 жыл бұрын

Rachel AquaFire I played this during my eighth grade. it was quite daunting, especially since I had one week to get it all down, but it paid off.

@estevanhinojosa9732

6 жыл бұрын

Rachel AquaFire same my band focused on just this piece for about a month straight

I dont know why, but playing bass clarinet for this song was hella fun lmao. Mustve been all the counter melodies

@jacobwhite4895

8 жыл бұрын

As a bass clarinetist I completely agree. My band director gave me the the solo parts out of the three in my ensemble and I've never loved her more than when we performed this at UIL and our concert lol

@Bearj64

7 жыл бұрын

I'm a Bari sax, I know how you feel

@kathrynbingham9218

7 жыл бұрын

Ace Thomas I'm a bass in this song!

@daronwebb471

7 жыл бұрын

Kathryn Bingham bass clarinet?

@sumojack99

7 жыл бұрын

playing it on contra is just as fun. PEDAL TONES

Ah the memories of this song. Sightreading this as a bass clarinet player was hell but me and the other bass clarinet got this part down in the end and one of the most memorable pieces we played in wind ensemble.

@ysannaha-l3605

8 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, I can relate! Me and my bass clarinet section partner were scared out of our wits as soon as things started getting overly sixteenth-note-ish... Gotta love those little solo and soli bits though! The crazy syncopation is absolutely lovely!

@Emimi33able

8 жыл бұрын

+Ysannah A-L Try this piece. on a contrabass clarinet. I'm having the damn time of my life 😂

We hated this song at first. But playing it over and over and over again starting to come together and then we realize how cool it is..especially when we got to the end.

The clarinet, bass clarinet, and trombone are my favorite parts ! I love playing this song and glad this is what got my band to Seuss Clinic.

When your the Bass Clarinet player in this song... :D #awesome

@pranavbatra3161

9 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@sammattoso1735

9 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. It's actually harder than it looks.

@mustardseed_55

9 жыл бұрын

Sam Mattoso you mean sounds ;) Personally, I am saddened you can barely hear the bassoons and the timpani (I played timpani when my high school band played this)

@charlesmorrill1649

9 жыл бұрын

When you are the contra bass clarinet player in this song.

@musiccg223

9 жыл бұрын

Charles Morrill Haha!! My band teacher actually wants me to play contra bass on this so I actually might be lol!!!

Ahaha, played this with my Adv. Wind Ensemble on Bass Trombone, the off beats killed me!

@Rampantsnowshoe

8 жыл бұрын

Currently feeling your pain. its a fun song, but its reminded me of how bad I am reading rhythms.

@Mr1nfluence

8 жыл бұрын

+teckwizz123 Lol amen to that

Dat bassoon and bass clarinet part though.

@bronwenraza6176

10 жыл бұрын

Oh my Goodness that bassoon part was soo challenging to get right when I first played it at wind band 6 counties wales last year!!! The bass clarinetist didn't turn up till the performance day so my fellow bassoonist and I had to do all his cues!! That tune haunts my dreams till this day I'm just fortunate that its an epic piece of music :)

@mcox12345678

9 жыл бұрын

Even better: Dat contrabass-clarinet part.... yeah love to Play that...

@SuperBassoonman

9 жыл бұрын

Sight read it with our high school orchestra today... Didn't think it was legal to have so many accidentals in a bassoon part. And especially when bassoon parts now generally reflect the bass line, this piece was very interesting!

@MagnusKongsmoKarlsen

9 жыл бұрын

Wesley LaFleur is there a contrabassoon part?

@FlorianIrsigler

9 жыл бұрын

+Magnus Kongsmo Karlsen Sadly, no.

My band just played this at our concert and it was SOOO powerful... We got a standing ovation! :D

Playing the bassoon part my senior year was the best time of my life. The raw power of the low winds gave me chills with so much excitement that backed it. SO GOOD.

played tympani on this..... GREATEST TIME OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!

@chanelridiros7372

5 жыл бұрын

Larry Newby DUDE YEAH. I LOVED HEARING THE TIMPANI. I played bassoon c:

The bass clarinet part fun af

I’m literally crying 😭 this piece is such a work of art. It feels like exaltation, arms in the air, dancing!, fear, surprise, praise, joy, elation. I just became so overwhelmed. ♥️ 🎵 how can you not want to dance to this. Ya’ll idk why I’m crying but I fucking love incantation and dance

Bass trombone on this piece was SO GREAT

I got to rehearse this piece as a freshman, I was on the bass trombone part in regional band. Our conductor handed this piece and Melody Shop to the 9-10 top band, and got frustrated when rehearsing them was rough... lol he switched us to Satiric Dances instead. I love this piece though and hope I get to actually play it some day. The bass trombone and tuba parts are so awesome.

playing this a an euphonium player right now. It's amazing

@Lamp-In-The-Dark

7 жыл бұрын

the syncopation was a bitch on the euphonium part

I just accidentally began conducting along with the piece 😂

I heard this for the first time last night, played by the Roanoke Valley (VA) Community Band. It was so exciting and I loved the rhythms. It seemed that all sections of the band got a chance to shine. So many surprises! The RVCB is fabulous. Ages from 16 to 92!

My high school wind ensemble played this last year for District/State Contest, and I was on bass trombone...BEST FRIGGIN PART EVER

@Frightning

10 жыл бұрын

Dat pedal A is pretty sweet huh?

@MsLemonhead777

10 жыл бұрын

Oh yesssssss

Recently played this for a competition against a lot of other prestigious bands and won first place! The Tuba part in this piece is amazing! So lucky to play such an amazing part!

Barnes knew how to provide an experience of just what colors, temperatures and timbres the clarinet choir has.

Slap stick for the win! :)

@champerse

9 жыл бұрын

Alto saxophone for the win!

Much respect to anyone who played bass clarinet

i love all of the percussion parts...

Played this my junior year of high school. The band director was a percussionist and he worked our percussionists hard on this one (but I was playing euphonium), and it sounded great in concert. I'd love to do this again.

これ、今年のコンクールで吹きますー

Honestly, this is now my favorite piece of all time. Such contrast and skill that this orchestra has, I can't even stop listening to this song.

Bass Trombone for this. I wish I still had it :/. Great piece of music

Played this a few years ago in high school and this is still one of my favorite pieces of music in existence. The percussion parts were awesome to play, but what really stood out to me was the horn part and the incredible runs with the higher instruments towards the end. So many good layers and mini movements within the song!

The contra bass clarinet... Omg so good

@walcraeb19

7 жыл бұрын

60darklord yesss

loved this song :) i played this freshman year and still remember it. ahhhh the memories

Ahh - memory lane! We played this in my high school band in '80 or '81; I on 1st chair flute. Love the rhythms.

I may be a bassoon player, but I need to play this wood slap part once in my life hahahaha

@SuperBassoonman

9 жыл бұрын

Literally the same thought I had while sight reading this with my high school today

@matthewdavid3409

9 жыл бұрын

I wish I could play this piece! My high school isn't good enough and the honors ensemble I'm in is an orchestra. So no wind lit. :0/

@mrbluesky5952

9 жыл бұрын

One year my bands wood slap broke when playing this piece during a concert :p

I will say, out of all recordings this is probably the cleanest

You sound amazing. Can't wait to play this in Wind Emsemble, I'm a trombonist.

@abyssomega5177

9 жыл бұрын

Bass Trombonist

@mustardseed_55

9 жыл бұрын

AbyssOmega Noice. Have fun! Ever heard of a song called Mars, the Harbinger of War? Give that a play ;)

@alexwu5316

9 жыл бұрын

u wan the score? :o i playing this for my syf competition

@kaylachisham4130

9 жыл бұрын

Trombones are the besttttttt.

@theryanjester7209

7 жыл бұрын

Kayla Weaver Don't give us too much credit! We are kinda dumb most of the time :P

When John Barnes chance was asked to right a piece for concert band (this piece), he didn't at the time like right for band since he was into choral and orchestra, so he tried writing a piece so hard no one could play it

@jagnit9390

7 жыл бұрын

Alex Lay-Calvert this piece isn't that hard. There are tons of pieces harder than this. Not to mention that technical difficulty isn't the only thing that makes a piece hard. Musicality is one of the most important aspects of what makes a piece difficult and I believe that not enough people know that.

@brianjungen4059

6 жыл бұрын

It was considered close to unplayable when he wrote it.

Played this my sophomore year in high school. Ooh, the memories of playing this on the flute. Almost lost my lunch first playing this, but came to learn breathing techniques.

best trombone soli.... ever... love this song... miss playing it in highschool. Dx

despite it being a bit repetitive, the french horn part is really good for this song. it's probably my favorite song ive had the chance to play, ever. so good.

@jacky5987

7 жыл бұрын

Try euphonium (or baritone as it's insisted on being called).

@shishikusas

7 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing it's more repetitive? It kinda sucks when that happens, but at least it's better than an entire song full of offbeats. The best parts are the triplet quarter notes towards the beginning and the end though, since my band director told us to belt them out as loud as we could. It was so much fun.

@estevanhinojosa9732

6 жыл бұрын

Grace Herring yeah i played the low horn part the repetition from F Eb is hell

I played this in my 9th grade year. I love the extreme dynamic contrasts and dark colors along with the bright colors in sounds.

Playing this right now on tenor sax in band. Those runs are going to be the death of me.

@secretfirepulse8973

8 жыл бұрын

I would find you here >.>

@direyna

7 жыл бұрын

Angel Wallace I'm playing this with my honor band for uil(8th grader) and I don't know some notes

Love it!! This is the song I'm playing to audition for Concert band, and Symphonic band with! Thank you for uploading!! It's helping me practice:)

Trumpet part on this rocked:) love this song when I played it last year for contest!!

Being a bass clarinet is awesome.

@bobbob-jf9xp

9 жыл бұрын

Omg Thotsjwan I peeped your comment 👀😂 Big reds 🔥🔥🔥

@tiesjwan

9 жыл бұрын

You must be practicing ctfu.. i was ctfu

@kennyscrafts

9 жыл бұрын

tiesjwan hughes band kids ftw

I love the Clarinet and trumpet parts in this song. Playing this on clarinet and it's easily one my favorite ever played

I played this piece last year for All County and it was so much fun for me to play 😍😍😍 I play euphonium 😆

Played this my junior year. So good

I remember playing this in honor band was amazing and we all loved the rigor and rhythmic difficulty, but when my school's wind ensemble got the music, it was an utter disaster thanks to unprepared bass clarinets...

@dodette

9 жыл бұрын

+Joseph your comment really made me laugh. So true. Why is it always the bass clarinet? Same thing happened with me in my old hs band all the time. With this song especially and Northwoods of Might and Meetle. Did yours squeak often? I had half the mind to get up and adjust their ligatures myself.

@TonalDiversions

8 жыл бұрын

+Meyra Kurtar Unfortunately, too often the last chair clarinets get shoved down to bass, instead of people to actually want to be there. I've specialized on bass for many years now, and a certain amount of passion is required on this instrument. Just got this piece in community band tonight. Let's just say the band didn't have to wonder if there was a bass clarinet ;) I'll have to check out the other piece you mentioned.

@dodette

8 жыл бұрын

+Lori Sutherland In all honesty, I completely understand what you mean. When I was a freshman in highschool I was a last chair clarinet and my conductor tried to have me switch to bass. I personally loved my instrument and told him that I wanted to stay where I was. However, out of curiosity I actually ended picking up bass clarinet anyway. I always did the pit orchestras every year and decided that I wanted to play both. It was when I did West Side Story that I fell in love with the bass. I was consumed by the roundness of the sound and complexity when played by someone who did it out of passion- just like you said. In my last 3 years when I was first chair I'd look back to see the depressed faces of the bass players. It always broke my heart. You happen to be the first individual I've spoken to that has the passion for bass and it's extremely refreshing. I just listened to some of your videos and thoroughly enjoyed them. And they joys of community band! I really hope you enjoy playing I&D. Maybe you could upload a vid of the performance =) Let me know how you like Northwoods! Also check out Bayou Breakdown if you'd like. The beginning has an amazing bass solo. Lastly, if you ever have the opportunity to be in a pit for West Side Story do it. To this day it has been one of my fondest memories as a woodwind musician. I know you'd appreciate the musicality immensely. xx

@TonalDiversions

8 жыл бұрын

+Meyra Kurtar I think part of the problem is that middle and high school band music usually has us playing what are essentially tuba parts. It can be hard to get excited about that ;) But when we get good parts (like in I&D), we have to take advantage of them! I've had a chance to play Bayou Breakdown - fun part! Would love to play in a pit again, especially for a show as wonderful as WSS. Thanks for your kind words re: my videos! I'll at least have audio of I&D eventually (our concert isn't until early December). If you haven't checked out Michael Lowenstern's work (earspasm is the handle he uses), do it. He's an amazing bass clarinetist. I love his new album!

@Frightning

8 жыл бұрын

+Lori Sutherland I know what you mean about Tuba parts (played Tuba since 8th grade, by choice mind you). Far too often, it seems that orchestrators don't take advantage of, or appreciate, what the bass instruments can do for a piece. Also Tuba tends to have same phenomenon of players being moved there from other instruments who aren't as passionate about playing it. Hearing good Tubists play good Tuba parts is life changing. Lookup STS (Southeast Trombone Symposium) if you wanna hear some top notch low brass playing.

I love seeing all these bass clarinet comments 😍I'm the only one in my band

@sammattoso1735

9 жыл бұрын

Ikr the bass clarinet part is so distinct.

@bryantperez4646

8 жыл бұрын

oml samee

@jacobwhite4895

8 жыл бұрын

There were seven basses this past year in my band. Two of them were seniors and they left so now we only have five. There are two in top band, two in second band, one in third band and none in fourth. I'm one of the top band kids this year CX

I played this in high school circa 1995 what a blast we had! We had a hell of a wind ensemble

We played this for band districts along with another song and got a super 1! Love this song, especially the bass clarinet part!!

Ummmm best performance I've heard PERIOD!!!

@willow19460

6 жыл бұрын

Keystone Wind Ensemble performance is just as good or better.

This piece is so iconic! I played 2nd clari on this my freshman year of hs and I remember our director telling us not to look for scales in the runs bc they followed no scale known to man. This is what made me a strong clarinetist!!!

My high school band played this last year and then this year we are playing John Barnes Chance's Variations on a Korean Folk song. They are both so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this recording. So fortunate that I got to play first stand clarinet for my last concert of high school! :)

Man, this brings back memories. But listening to this again after several decades, I never realized that opening was an actual motif used later in the piece. I don't know why I didn't recognize that before.🤔 Amazing performance.

I love them. They're my favorite part of the piece (clarinet).

I played this with the Boulder (Colorado) Concert Band in the 1980s. Very fun. At the concert we almost lost it, but our director just kept going, glaring a little, and we played "on the edge of our seats" and brought it off!

Played this in High School as a Junior. I was in the percussion section, my most favorite piece to play....1982

The definition of runs in this piece: 16th and 32nd notes all after another that make you want to run. Away.

Finally!!!! A group who can play this piece at the correct tempo. Great job.

my favorite piece ever. it's my precious baby. the greatest song we never played, and song no one remembers

me too! we are currently playing it!! i love this song

so much fun to play

Played this in band, too. You're right. It is challenging.

Bass Clarinet for the win

I just had my first reading of this piece about an hour ago, I'm still in shock because of those damn runs o:

I'm a percussionist in wind ensemble... We got the parts yesterday (but not Assigned... Timpani seems fun) and It sounds cool

lets go trumpets.. i love this song.. its so awsome

Trombone! Playing this is my highschool! Amazing song so much fun to play!!

good old days of playing this song :)

RIP to the whip players ears.

@jacky5987

7 жыл бұрын

No rim shots or whips near civilians.

Played this back in 8th grade. Fun song.

Playing this on flute gets the fingers moving. 😂

HECK YEAH! We run the world, slides and all.

This piece and "Sleigh Ride" represent the pinnacle of solo writing for the oft under-used "whip".

Love playing this song, trumpet part is fun to play. =)