Yeh Karl King preferred the speed of 132mm, but this particular one played as fast as you can is different, it's bad ass, conjures up images of animals and clowns and such, and you can actually smell the elephant shit.
Yeah - the circus bands tended to play them just a tad too fast, or "Up on the Wagon!" as their vernacular often went! Still, it's one of my very favorites!
David Weulander my band director thinks it’s a great plan to play as fast as possible, and he won’t settle for less that 144 bpm, and as a tuba player it’s not too,fun😂
Circus bands generally play marches uptempo, often up to 150 beats/minute. They call them "screamers", intended to excite the audience to a fever pitch.
All I can tell is that trombones are woosies and have the easy way out. Quarter notes. I mean come on, how hard are quarter notes to trombones? I have to play 32nd notes and move my fingers to rapid notes that I still don't know the name off because they are so high that I am constantly having to look up at the ceiling to find the note.
I played this in 7th grade for festivals! We also played blessed legacy and extremis! We got straight ones!we made it to states Unfortunately COVID19 cancelled states
If y'all like this, you should enjoy Fillmore's "The Circus Bee", also. Fast, fun and the 2nd strain is Kick-Butt! lol Can't find the best recording I've ever listened to on YT, yet. But the basic tempo is 120. On that recording, they kick the Trio up to 160 and blow the doors off! :D I'll post it if I ever find it. For sure!!
Ghaith Abu-Rub One of the few songs I played in highschool that was the least bit challenging. Most of the band was not very good so I suffered through many a dreadfully easy song
Exactly! That's one reason why I wish to HEAVENS my dad would've let me play euphonium (baritone) and tuba as HE did as a professional musician!! No, he had to stick an E-flat clarinet in my hands at 4 years old AND, while clarinet can be challenging (as part of the "string section of the band), especially in these great old marches, overall I found it boring!! Like French Horn, it's meant to be played with no vibrato (and it sounds weird if you try it that way).
This has been my high schools march for 36 years and I hope we never change it. I'm a freshman right now but I've been to the past 4 years of my sister's parades so this is engraved in my skull.
My dad played under Karl King in the Fort Dodge municipal band. I grew up going to a Karl King concert every week whether I wanted to or not. This reminds of that.
@@maestro78r97 I cannot imagine the joy you had. What a wonderful memory. I hope you still play. My parents were both fantastic musicians. They would be in their 80's today and I miss them terribly. But they gave me the gift of music and I have played all over the world in the Marine Corps. And been shot it too in the gulf. Good times. Thank you for posting. That is amazing that you got to play under him.
Oh, that's the whole point of playing God's instrument. Getting to play the best parts ever written for the most universal instrument ever invested. Plays in Jazz band, Symphonic/concert band, marching band, brass band , pep bands and even orchestra's ..... thank you Mr. Gustav Holst. Either you are in it to win it, or you are here to sit in the stands and watch others do what you have the best opportunity of your life to do. I have played on 4 continents, over 18 countries (and thrown out of bars in most of them), I have played for presidents, prime ministers and even kings and queens. And you know what? None of that holds a candle to my being able to teach young folks how to play the best instruments in the world for the past 30+ years.. I have learned more and had more joy teaching them realizing ghat it was them teaching me the entire time. I will never forget that 94% went on to get college degrees, including those with educational challenges. I have had a lot of fun and it is all thanks to young folks like you. Don't ever quit. Don't ever give up. Because no matter what you choose to do in life, whether that be teacher, lawyer, truck driver, brain surgeon or even the most prized and humbling of jobs, garbage man, you will ALWAYS have your music. You have the ability to do what less than 5% of the planet's population can do. YOU, can play an instrument. It has always been the best love of my life. I have been able to donate over 117 instruments of all kinds the past 30 years to children who otherwise would not have been able to play. But really, that's a lie. I used the money I earned from the students that could easily pay to get those instruments. So it was really my other students that gave those less fortunate the gift of music. I was just along for the ride to watch it happen. Please, DO NOT EVER give up music. Us musicians need every one of us. It is a team effort. God bless. 😁
łubudu bum tatara bum tarara bęc! Jak tego słucham, to nogi i ręce same mi przebierają Herr Muzikus! Tak poza tym, to gra tego marsza orkiestra US Marines!
I played bone in the last red unit we made it bounce at 140 with little effort...and that's how you do it...you don't play this at any tempo and make it look like work
When I was a boy of about 7 my Mother took me to see the Barnum And Bailey Ringling Brothers combined circus's in Mongomery, Alabama, USA and while I don't remember the music, there was a live band there playing to accompany the various acts. To a wide eyed boy it did seem like "The Greatest Show on Earth" as P. T. Barnum called it.
I don't need to be disrespectful but I keep seeing comments about how hard this is this was routine for our high school Over the years I realize I was blessed to go to the high school that I went to phenomenal players phenomenal people
Son, that's not disrespectful if it's truth. I was blessed to get to play The Melody Shop at our annual festival as a sophomore. We pulled out new music every single day. And 2 weeks before festival we would pick what we would play knowing that most of those we were up against had been working on their lineup for months. And they would be damn good and a real challenge. We just had a real phenomenal and exceptional teacher. In his ENTIRE career he never put up a band at festival that put up anything less that straight ones. RIP Ed Jones. You are truly missed. Here, I will teach you who he was. At his memorial service, that was packed BTW, his wife said that the night he passed, he had challenged her to a naked pillow fight!! Yeah, he was 83. 😁 His whole life he was full of joy, full of mischief, full of love and full of shit. He was loved by all. And an air force veteran.
It would be proper to call it a march......because that's what it is. All music is not a "song". A song, by definition is meant to be sung,and would have words. Calling everything a "song" makes you sound very immature and juvenile....like you don't know any better. If your band director has not told you that, he his missing out on something very important.
Love this march. As a young student, I played under Karl King a couple of times in Fort Dodge, Iowa. This is not his photo above. He emphasized the proper meter for each part of each march. Though very well-played, this sounds a bit fast for his taste, though it has been many decades ago. Thanks for posting!
Yeh Karl King preferred the speed of 132mm, but this particular one played as fast as you can is different, it's bad ass, conjures up images of animals and clowns and such, and you can actually smell the elephant shit.
Karl King once said he never intended that his marches be played faster than 132.
We always marched military style, 6-to-5, 120bpm.
Yeah - the circus bands tended to play them just a tad too fast, or "Up on the Wagon!" as their vernacular often went! Still, it's one of my very favorites!
David Weulander my band director thinks it’s a great plan to play as fast as possible, and he won’t settle for less that 144 bpm, and as a tuba player it’s not too,fun😂
Circus bands generally play marches uptempo, often up to 150 beats/minute. They call them "screamers", intended to excite the audience to a fever pitch.
True for military marches. Ditto Sousa. With circus music the show, and where it was being used, dictated the tempo.
RIP baritone players.
That's the trombones too, I played this in Honors Band, it sucked as a trombone player.
Alex XLVI baritone has a much harder part
HG Shurtugal I am learning this right now in school
All I can tell is that trombones are woosies and have the easy way out. Quarter notes. I mean come on, how hard are quarter notes to trombones? I have to play 32nd notes and move my fingers to rapid notes that I still don't know the name off because they are so high that I am constantly having to look up at the ceiling to find the note.
dass me :c..
Every time I hear this march it reminds me of the entry both sides of the house in our Parliament. CLOWNS ALL OF THEM !
😅😛🤣
Used to play this in high school band . Man what a challenge it was to learn it. But once you got it down. You never forget it.
Plus sized Patriot I’m in middle school and I’m learning it in band...
concert in 2 weeks and we can barely play it lol
Piccolo part is a real fingerbuster too!
I played this in 7th grade for festivals! We also played blessed legacy and extremis! We got straight ones!we made it to states Unfortunately COVID19 cancelled states
ain't that the truth
currently learning it on tuba
If y'all like this, you should enjoy Fillmore's "The Circus Bee", also. Fast, fun and the 2nd strain is Kick-Butt! lol Can't find the best recording I've ever listened to on YT, yet. But the basic tempo is 120. On that recording, they kick the Trio up to 160 and blow the doors off! :D I'll post it if I ever find it. For sure!!
Being from a rifle regiment whose standard pace is 140 to the minute I sincerely doubt we could keep up this pace of probably 200 to the minute
That baritone part though! Now that's a fun part to play!
it was hell. what do you mean it was fun?
Ghaith Abu-Rub One of the few songs I played in highschool that was the least bit challenging. Most of the band was not very good so I suffered through many a dreadfully easy song
Alex Pippin bro baritone is the best period
Fj cobra Yes, yes it is!
Exactly! That's one reason why I wish to HEAVENS my dad would've let me play euphonium (baritone) and tuba as HE did as a professional musician!! No, he had to stick an E-flat clarinet in my hands at 4 years old AND, while clarinet can be challenging (as part of the "string section of the band), especially in these great old marches, overall I found it boring!! Like French Horn, it's meant to be played with no vibrato (and it sounds weird if you try it that way).
My high school played this at half time during football games. It was hard to march and play this song...but it brings back a lot of fond memories.
Lol them lower brass double tounging.
mmarakaki1 everybody is double tounging, even triplw tounging lol
Playing this for my February Concert! This song is so much fun because I play the Trombone part. :)
same
I'm also playing the Trombone part for this song! Trombone parts in music are always the best, if you ask me.
RIP Euphoniums
One of my all time Favorites along with Circus Bee and Rolling Thunder. Pick up the pace, an old tuba player!
Virtuoso performance here!
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I'm playing this as a clarinet in middle school and holy crap I have no idea what im supposed to be doing. help
EUPHONIUM/BARITONE (bc)
It’s so HARD TOUNGING IT
Tongue muscle's. Fuck it, lip Muscles. And i few french loving yamaha.
A BEAST OF A MARCH!!!
This has been my high schools march for 36 years and I hope we never change it. I'm a freshman right now but I've been to the past 4 years of my sister's parades so this is engraved in my skull.
When do the Clowns march in?
So mighty and powerful, incredible!
The snare part at this tempo must be pure hell. It's already difficult at lower speeds.
amazing speed!!
My dad played under Karl King in the Fort Dodge municipal band. I grew up going to a Karl King concert every week whether I wanted to or not. This reminds of that.
I played in the Karl King Band back in the late 50"s.
What a fantastic gift you were given. Whether you wanted it or not. ☺
@@maestro78r97 I cannot imagine the joy you had. What a wonderful memory. I hope you still play. My parents were both fantastic musicians. They would be in their 80's today and I miss them terribly. But they gave me the gift of music and I have played all over the world in the Marine Corps. And been shot it too in the gulf. Good times. Thank you for posting. That is amazing that you got to play under him.
This sounds a half step higher than the actual thing.
Too fast for sure.
I think it's about 144 bpm. My band's playing at 132 bpm
Calixto Tenorio This is the actuall thing, you probably heard a watered down version of the march...
Demnox79 no this is around 120... played this in every parade for three years
The actual thing is indeed a half step lower. I actually think it sounds better this way. But aside from that, this is as authentic as you can get!!
RIP the whole Low Brass, double tounging and low notes are not fun, trust me.
Oh, that's the whole point of playing God's instrument. Getting to play the best parts ever written for the most universal instrument ever invested. Plays in Jazz band, Symphonic/concert band, marching band, brass band , pep bands and even orchestra's ..... thank you Mr. Gustav Holst. Either you are in it to win it, or you are here to sit in the stands and watch others do what you have the best opportunity of your life to do. I have played on 4 continents, over 18 countries (and thrown out of bars in most of them), I have played for presidents, prime ministers and even kings and queens. And you know what? None of that holds a candle to my being able to teach young folks how to play the best instruments in the world for the past 30+ years.. I have learned more and had more joy teaching them realizing ghat it was them teaching me the entire time. I will never forget that 94% went on to get college degrees, including those with educational challenges. I have had a lot of fun and it is all thanks to young folks like you. Don't ever quit. Don't ever give up. Because no matter what you choose to do in life, whether that be teacher, lawyer, truck driver, brain surgeon or even the most prized and humbling of jobs, garbage man, you will ALWAYS have your music. You have the ability to do what less than 5% of the planet's population can do. YOU, can play an instrument. It has always been the best love of my life. I have been able to donate over 117 instruments of all kinds the past 30 years to children who otherwise would not have been able to play. But really, that's a lie. I used the money I earned from the students that could easily pay to get those instruments. So it was really my other students that gave those less fortunate the gift of music. I was just along for the ride to watch it happen. Please, DO NOT EVER give up music. Us musicians need every one of us. It is a team effort. God bless. 😁
Please forgive my typing. I am doing this in a hospital bed after heart survety and am real tired.
łubudu bum tatara bum tarara bęc! Jak tego słucham, to nogi i ręce same mi przebierają Herr Muzikus! Tak poza tym, to gra tego marsza orkiestra US Marines!
Rip the Tenor and Bari Sax😂
I feel like they're slowing
I played bone in the last red unit we made it bounce at 140 with little effort...and that's how you do it...you don't play this at any tempo and make it look like work
I played this for my seventh grade concert on alto sax 2, but is was a dumbed down version :-(, never the less, we did sound great!
I’m playing this in 7th grade😂
Mr.Bright if youre there, ill never forget playing this piece
An exercise in double tonguing especially for the trombones. Well done! Beautiful.
I play this song in my middle school band :D
When I was a boy of about 7 my Mother took me to see the Barnum And Bailey Ringling Brothers combined circus's in Mongomery, Alabama, USA and while I don't remember the music, there was a live band there playing to accompany the various acts. To a wide eyed boy it did seem like "The Greatest Show on Earth" as P. T. Barnum called it.
Brings back great memories for a clarinet player in the FAMU marching band!
I don't need to be disrespectful but I keep seeing comments about how hard this is this was routine for our high school
Over the years I realize I was blessed to go to the high school that I went to phenomenal players phenomenal people
Son, that's not disrespectful if it's truth. I was blessed to get to play The Melody Shop at our annual festival as a sophomore. We pulled out new music every single day. And 2 weeks before festival we would pick what we would play knowing that most of those we were up against had been working on their lineup for months. And they would be damn good and a real challenge. We just had a real phenomenal and exceptional teacher. In his ENTIRE career he never put up a band at festival that put up anything less that straight ones. RIP Ed Jones. You are truly missed. Here, I will teach you who he was. At his memorial service, that was packed BTW, his wife said that the night he passed, he had challenged her to a naked pillow fight!! Yeah, he was 83. 😁 His whole life he was full of joy, full of mischief, full of love and full of shit. He was loved by all. And an air force veteran.
I love getting to play this, the bass get's some awesome stuff!!
Who is playing this?
I'm learning this song right now at my school. In 7th grade too! It's so fun to play and very upbeat!
Do you go to Payne Jr. High?
I used too, but recently moved.
+Khyla Phillips IT IS NOT A SONG! PLEASE!
Then what is it? Band arrangement?
It would be proper to call it a march......because that's what it is. All music is not a "song". A song, by definition is meant to be sung,and would have words. Calling everything a "song" makes you sound very immature and juvenile....like you don't know any better. If your band director has not told you that, he his missing out on something very important.
Thank god its cut time so we don't march that fast.
my school concert band is playing this.
I watched greatest showman is this the right circus
Wow fast
nice!
SOoooooo coool
The flute part is soooo fun to play lol
Love this march. As a young student, I played under Karl King a couple of times in Fort Dodge, Iowa. This is not his photo above. He emphasized the proper meter for each part of each march. Though very well-played, this sounds a bit fast for his taste, though it has been many decades ago. Thanks for posting!
Isn't this a university level chart?
Carter Marcelo yes, a grade 6 to be precise
@@chrisc.2626 Sorry no. The march is a 4. In fact, when I was in school, they didn't even grade marches then. Rarely do I see any over a 4.
King < Sousa Fight me
too fast!
nobody could march this fast.
I'm learning it now I'm in 7th grade I play trumpet but this is too fast
Matthew Bowman liar
iiChris_says I’m lm playing this in 8th grade
A masterpiece!