Stars & Stripes piccolo solo, but on Bass Sax!
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John Philip Sousa's "Stars & Stripes Forever" has a killer piccolo solo, & to celebrate this patriotic holiday, I attempted to play it on a bass saxophone...
In case you were wondering, the background is performed by sax quartet: soprano, alto, tenor, & baritone saxophones.
#basssax #saxophone #freedom #liberty #1776 #america #independenceday #patrioticsong #saxcover
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Sousa would be proud
@saxophonistscorner
11 ай бұрын
thanks :)
@1978sjt
8 ай бұрын
So would Adolphe Sax :D
@sparklymop
7 ай бұрын
@1978sjt if I recall correctly, wasn't the bass sax the first one that Sax designed?
@Bardy414
7 ай бұрын
@@sparklymop nu-uh
@wilhelmorangenbaum2
7 ай бұрын
@@sparklymopIt was! It was a Bass Saxophone in C
I played the baritone sax and bass sax in the 5th Army Band at Fort Sheridan Illinois,1965-1967. Could never play the bass saxaphone standing,had to be seated to play it,and the traveling case was like a coffin.What a memory.
@saxophonistscorner
9 ай бұрын
That’s awesome, thanks for sharing your story! Yeah, these big saxophones are heavy!
@zorakj
8 ай бұрын
I saw someone play bass sax while standing in a video. They had a piano bench under the horn.
@bobjacobson858
8 ай бұрын
Just think of the Brazilians in the CCB [church] with their contrabass saxophones. I understand these instruments weigh something on the order of 60 lbs.
@user-dk8ly2ft9k
4 ай бұрын
I'd like to see some big female athlete like Charlotte Flair play a bass sax!😊❤
Reminds me of high school band. Went to watch my friends play, bari sax stands up... pulls the poccolo out of his suit pocket, nails the solo, and finishes out the piece. Jack, if you see this, you're an absolute legend.
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
That’s hardcore!
This is great. It makes me want to play the bari again.
@saxophonistscorner
11 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ACMulti100
10 ай бұрын
@@saxophonistscorner, you need the contrabass saxophone for more volume of sound))) 😉😉😉
@saxophonistscorner
10 ай бұрын
@@ACMulti100 that'd be awesome!
@EvangelinaArndt
8 ай бұрын
Play the bari again. It's the best .I'm biased btw
@tylerthompson3075
8 ай бұрын
This isn't a bari tho.
Lovely sound. That final honk is the bomb!
@saxophonistscorner
9 ай бұрын
thanks so much!
@Lucius_Chiaraviglio
8 ай бұрын
It just sounds SO appropriate . . . .
when none of the seniors are flautists and the only all stater plays sax and is also a memelord
@saxophonistscorner
9 ай бұрын
🤣
bass sax was prominent and very important in 1920s jazz! Adrian Rollini forever!
OMG. I tried to learn bari sax in high school and didn't get very far - but still adore the instrument. This was amazing!
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Bass sax? That's a new one for me. In the bands I was in in our schools, we have alto, tenor, and baritone saxes.
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Same for me, but when I was growing up they had a sax quintet at Disneyland with a phenomenal bass saxophonists that we’d try to see anytime we went to the park.
That’s sick
This is awesome! Great wig too hehe
@saxophonistscorner
11 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😄
fantastic, thanks for the funny but so well interpreted adaptation! 😀
From a piccolo player who loves the hell out of playing this part, I also love the sound quality this gives it ❤️
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@jamesburton1050
5 ай бұрын
Yes, the sound is fascinating!!
patriotism at its finest
Bro makes the bass sax look like a tenor
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
Video version is just as hip as the short! Cool video!
ThT is fantastic! Takes a lot of skill and air to play that score on the bass sax!
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
the editing 😹😹😹❤️
Just imagine soldiers from the 18th century marching into war with a sax instead of a picolo
@ACMulti100
8 ай бұрын
For some reason, I immediately remembered the association with this performance of the "Dance of the Fairy Dragee" from the ballet The Nutcracker on two very different clarinets.))) kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmGV08WBnLasdaw.htmlsi=LCD7VQwwYKYLHnLx 😉😉😉
Absolutely beautiful.
@saxophonistscorner
9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
sounds amazing! what a creative, fun and interesting concept!
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Thanks, I appreciate it!
Creating a 4th of July playlist just to add this song
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
I’m honored 😊
I used to play this on the Tuba and it’s just as much of a jam on bass sax! Thanks for bringing back a good memory
This video is amazing! Keep up the great videos!
@saxophonistscorner
11 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
Nice!!
@saxophonistscorner
5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
I saw this for the contrabassoon 😂
I marched with a bari for two years, 8th and 9th grades. That's why I'm only 5'3" (when the rest of my family is tall) and my arms are sooooo long! 😂 Excellent playing, bro!
Take that, piccolo!
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
🤣
Used to play this on a Tuba in my band as we didn't have a piccolo player
@saxophonistscorner
6 ай бұрын
That’s awesome! I bet it was fun?
@mikestrohm3271
6 ай бұрын
@@saxophonistscorner Very much so. People who were our audience who knew the march were a bit surprised!
I always loved this solo, this video is hilariously done as well
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
That was AWESOME ! Thanks for bringing a smile to my face.
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm so glad you liked it!!
100% more listenable
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
thanks😄
Look out Charlie's Got an axe!
I love how you chose the piccolo solo 😂
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
the idea was making me laugh, I had to try it!🤣
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar
8 ай бұрын
@@saxophonistscorner I play along to it sometimes and have to improvise what part I'm playing and so when it gets to the piccolo part after I'M playing the trombone part, I just switch to that melody instead. I play over trumpet, trombone, and piccolo mostly in that---I'm an alto saxophone.
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar that's cool! In marching band, some years ago, sax player friends of mine & I used to sometimes sneak in lines from the trombone finale part, to make each other laugh during a parade, couldn't pull off the piccolo attempt though... 🤣
@WitchKing-Of-Angmar
8 ай бұрын
@@saxophonistscorner Oh god! In marching band I would play whatever I wanted as long as it matched. My friend gave me a hard stare when he heard not the wood wind feature.
I just remember the guy who played piccolo in my band was like 7ft tall, 300lbs, and had a full beard
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
🤣
I fell outa my chair, thanks!
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
thanks for watching :)
Ngl that piccolo part is 🔥 and makes the track
I tried to learn bari sax in high school and just never got any good. I still absolutely adore the sound and this was amazing.
@saxophonistscorner
6 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
Bravo!
As someone who has played this on the piccolo I love this so much
なんてかっこいいんだろう!重厚感があって素敵だ
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
thank you!
I had no idea that the young James Earl Jones was a beast on the bass sax.
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
lol, thanks!
Cool!
Welp. Got a new ringtone!
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
😄
Marching at Southwind in 2022, we were playing Stars and Stripes for a parade, and the mellos got to play the solo. Too band it got rained out after spending a whole day on it...
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
That’s cool! But sorry it rained out, It’s a fun solo, how did you like playing it?
Bro! Those trills are incredible for how low of a saxophone your playing! Props to you!
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks :)
VERY GOOD 😊😊😊
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@vivabrescia339
8 ай бұрын
@@saxophonistscorner I am teacher the clarinet and saxofon, thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏.
Playing the most famous solo on one of the highest pitched instruments on the one of the lowest pitched instrument. Wonderful.
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks!
Now the balance has been restored.
Sounds great! Love your costume haha 😁
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
Someone, please play it on the slide trombone!
@the_trombone_guy8049
9 ай бұрын
Look for the University of South Alabama’s Music department KZread channel. If you go to the livestream archives from the spring of 2023 and find the Trombone Choir Spring Concert, it’s in there. Lots of steps to get there, but it’s there 😅
@Ruigekerel
9 ай бұрын
It has been done a lot of times already. Faster en better than this too. You can find it easily on KZread: 'stars and stripes trombone'.
From the highest pitched woodwind instrument to the lowest one.
LMAO I JUST PLAYED THIS
I’ve played the bari for I believe 5 years now and I’m in high school, that looks awesome to play, would love to have the opportunity
this is what's going to play in my head with every Fourth of July concert I play in the future lol
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
I’m honored :)
Well done!
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
thank you!
I never knew you could Polka to The Stars and Stripes For Ever.
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
🤣
i do this with my contra clari!
Wow so Good
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
If an elephant wrote Stars and Stripes
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
🤣
now I want to hear someone play it in the piccolo's native octave on the bari, a la leo p
How do you play without a necks trap? That's crazy!
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
I had a white neckstrap on, just hidden by the costume :).
@alithium16
7 ай бұрын
@@saxophonistscorner Or you're just really strong 🤷♂
the founding fathers would be proud.
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😃
I thought this was a big baritone in the video. They do sound similar. But the bass has a richer, bulkier sound rite?
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
Yeah
@q12aw50
8 ай бұрын
Bass is also significantly lower and in Bb
I wanna see Popeye beating up Bluto to this.
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Dude!! That’s a hilarious visual!!!
So much better! 😂😂
this is the most american thing ever
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
😊
#liberty#independence
He was known as the trillmeister
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
🤣
Brilliant! While the sax is cool, your vid shows why the composer needs to know his instruments - how they work best for a specific tune and in concert with the rest of the orchestra or ensemble! Again - brilliant!
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
thanks :)
Where did you buy your bass sax?
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
I got it from @musicmedic
Piccolo solo aside, I'm no fan of the Adolph Sax's creation, but you actually made the barry very enjoyable for more than just punctuation. Best wishes from another bass clef denizen!
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😃
What Bass sax is that if you have the chance? I’m interested in purchasing one, but don’t know any know good brands except ones of Henri Selmer Paris with the price around $30,000
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
I got it a few years ago from @musicmedic, they call it ‘the Wilmington’. It’s made in China, and I’m not sure how it compares to the others brands, but they set it up properly before they shipped it. I hope to one day play the Selmer, Keilwerth & Eppelsheim. What saxophone do you play currently?
Do you have the sheet music? Or did you just transpose. I would love to learn on tenor.
how on earth do you hold that thing?
@saxophonistscorner
3 ай бұрын
lol, it’s pretty heavy! I needed a chiropractor after making this video…🤣
Where can I buy this suite?
Wait low A bass sax?
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
No, this one is a low Bb bass sax, I have seen some low A bass saxes online, and they look cool.
@RAGINGTURRET536
8 ай бұрын
That looks like a low A to me but im not the one with the sax so ok 🤷♂️
@Sudden_Tax
8 ай бұрын
@@RAGINGTURRET536a Low A sad requires 4 holes on the side of the bell, if you look closely the bell isn’t very long and only has 3. Conclusion, it’s a Low Bb, though you can find Low G Basses if you’re interested in that
Four octaves lower
Yeah… it’s definitely cooler on bass sax.
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
😄
And those picolos thought they were all that for their solo. A bari sax would have been way more visually impressive and amusing for the audience.
Fun, but half the time the trills sound like a sound effect from an old video game of a cartoon character bonking into a wall.
@saxophonistscorner
7 ай бұрын
🤣 lol, that’s hilarious!
Lol
That's jazz, not Sousa! 👍🍻
Easy getting speed out of a piccolo. Getting speed out of that Bari+ Sax is not so easy.
Man has skills...but the green screening is a waste of the technology here.
La versión "original" no es asi.
Genuinely terrible! Thanks!
@saxophonistscorner
6 ай бұрын
lol, you’re welcome! Great news… I’ve got more where that came from 🤣, thanks for watching!
It's sound the Bass Saxophone
@F4wk3s
6 ай бұрын
What an astute observation
sounds like german drinking music lol
@saxophonistscorner
8 ай бұрын
lol, it does!🤣