I met David in a master class last year. Awesome player and person to hang around with. This man has probably the best multiphonics I have heard... Principal trombone of the Brussels Philarmonic. And he probably plays THE best Bach trombone ever built... seriously, I have tried his horn and it.s such an amazing instrument.
WOW. Sorry, I first thought you were too fast at the end, but then read your note on the tempo and understand and commend you. You played it your way for the audience. Kudos to you. Awesome performance.
Hi, seen all the comments about the speed choices and others artistic aspects i d like to share my view of the piece once. For me this piece is a fun one meant to entertain an audience having a drink. I believe it doesn't have to be taken seriously and the "joke" and light hearted atmosphere must come first. I also believe this "circus" piece to be a Trombone show off. I therefore play everything likewise. The last section is ridiculously fast (using a trick) in purpose. Audience (live) always loves it! Blue bells was one of the piece of an hour recital of Trombone solos and i had way enough time to display other kind of repertoire. (See my channel) Finally, the recording equipment of the festival was meant for Ensemble and the microphones were placed better for the Quintet than for me. It explains part of the fact they seems sometimes too loud. Enjoy music and the gorgeous diversity of artistry in this world 🙂
Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of this kind of interpretation of the piece, but it’s perfectly valid. Besides, you played it much better than I can at the moment.
I'm actually going to be performing Blue Bells at a recital pretty soon, and my professor told me to listen to multiple different artists' renditions of it (not just Alessi's!), for the sake of musical diversity, so I came across yours. As I was listening to it, I perused the comment section, noticing how many commentors mentioned you playing it fast in the last section. I thought, "No big deal, everyone plays that last section fast", but when you got there GOODNESS GRACIOUS I was NOT expecting THAT! Personally, I think it's fantastic and a perfectly valid rendition of the piece. Everyone else tends to play it more regally, and I rather enjoyed your stray from the norm with this more whimsical performance. I must know, how did you play that last section; what is your mentioned 'trick'? Ludicrously fast double-tonguing? Flutter tonguing, paired with intense embouchure control, maybe?
@@tanjelly72 Hi, actually I "flutter tongue" this very last strech, but that special fast staccato effect is actually the result of a problem I have with my flutter tonguing. As a french speaker, I usually use my throat (or back of my tongue) to flutter-tongue like to say a french "R". When I try to use the tip of my tongue (like italian or scandinavian "R"), I can't get the flutter to be gentle and I get instead a rough super fast articulation... I now use this "problem" whenever I d like to play something ridiculousy fast (small strech) such as in the begginging cadenza of "caranaval a Venice" (see my channel) or playing the last strech of Monti's Csardas. Here is "the trick". 🙂
He played so fast at the end that you couldn't hear every individual note. There are better performances of this piece by better players that play slower. This is garbage
@@orlandismaise9721It's because he plays like shit. I'm not saying I'm better. Compared to other trombone players that play this piece such as Joseph Alessi, Mark Lawrence, and Ian Bousfield, he plays like shit compared to them. His articulation/double tounge isnt even clear. It sounds like a rushed mess. His tone is also garbage. Not an impressive performance. A great way to show people how to play Arthur Pryor like shit.
The thing I love about this piece of music is that it pretty is that. This piece of music is more just for the trombonist to show what he can do with all these cool technique things. I'm only a high schooler, so I maybe wrong.
There are some recordings of Arthur Pryor actually playing it himself, dude rushes the shit out of every piece he played. Not out of style to rush this piece imo
Great job on this incredibly challenging piece. Most of it felt a bit faster than it should have been, but aside from the last section it was still somewhat appropriate. The last section was just a bit ridiculous. It went way to fast, so tone and clarity was lost. Maybe in person it came off as flashy, but in the recording it just sounds sloppy. Other than that the recording is lovely.
I'm in an excellent brass band and if he played the way he did he probably would get fired or moved down a seat meaning he will not be playing the 1st trombone parts it was bull shit, speed is not everything
Elliot Harrington Agreed... speed isn’t everything... tone quality and articulation and cleanliness of the note speaks volumes in music more than plain old speed.
Slow it down a little! This piece is all about getting the mechanics correct. Play the 16th notes as 8th notes.. if 8th notes are too fast, play them as quarter notes. You can't get the correct tone/pitch/slide position if you are practicing at rehearsal tempo. Trust me, it looks super intimidating but you can do it!
@@mrwizzardknight well no.. if you play it slow you'll be able to get the rhythm consistent and the notes as well. first you have to be able to hit the high notes. I practice my high range by basically just playing up there. do scales starting from an F all the way up to a C and further if you can
This is a great performance by David! If any of you aspiring Trombone players want the music for this, then please visit www.undiscoveredbrass.co.uk/gallerydetail.php?a=159
MovieMakinMonster he rushed it to the extreme to where he didn't get every individual note. And at most times his volume was too low. Also take in the fact that the recording of alessi is so much better in instrument diversity. Still impressive he did this from memory which I couldn't do myself but still not as good as alessi. He's one of the greats.
I really like this performance. The guy took some risks and made a nice show. Thanks for sharing.
I met David in a master class last year. Awesome player and person to hang around with. This man has probably the best multiphonics I have heard... Principal trombone of the Brussels Philarmonic. And he probably plays THE best Bach trombone ever built... seriously, I have tried his horn and it.s such an amazing instrument.
What Bach trombone does he play on?
WOW. Sorry, I first thought you were too fast at the end, but then read your note on the tempo and understand and commend you. You played it your way for the audience. Kudos to you. Awesome performance.
Hi,
seen all the comments about the speed choices and others artistic aspects i d like to share my view of the piece once.
For me this piece is a fun one meant to entertain an audience having a drink. I believe it doesn't have to be taken seriously and the "joke" and light hearted atmosphere must come first.
I also believe this "circus" piece to be a Trombone show off. I therefore play everything likewise.
The last section is ridiculously fast (using a trick) in purpose. Audience (live) always loves it!
Blue bells was one of the piece of an hour recital of Trombone solos and i had way enough time to display other kind of repertoire. (See my channel)
Finally, the recording equipment of the festival was meant for Ensemble and the microphones were placed better for the Quintet than for me. It explains part of the fact they seems sometimes too loud.
Enjoy music and the gorgeous diversity of artistry in this world 🙂
Personally, I’m not the biggest fan of this kind of interpretation of the piece, but it’s perfectly valid. Besides, you played it much better than I can at the moment.
I'm actually going to be performing Blue Bells at a recital pretty soon, and my professor told me to listen to multiple different artists' renditions of it (not just Alessi's!), for the sake of musical diversity, so I came across yours. As I was listening to it, I perused the comment section, noticing how many commentors mentioned you playing it fast in the last section. I thought, "No big deal, everyone plays that last section fast", but when you got there GOODNESS GRACIOUS I was NOT expecting THAT! Personally, I think it's fantastic and a perfectly valid rendition of the piece. Everyone else tends to play it more regally, and I rather enjoyed your stray from the norm with this more whimsical performance. I must know, how did you play that last section; what is your mentioned 'trick'? Ludicrously fast double-tonguing? Flutter tonguing, paired with intense embouchure control, maybe?
@@tanjelly72 Hi, actually I "flutter tongue" this very last strech, but that special fast staccato effect is actually the result of a problem I have with my flutter tonguing. As a french speaker, I usually use my throat (or back of my tongue) to flutter-tongue like to say a french "R". When I try to use the tip of my tongue (like italian or scandinavian "R"), I can't get the flutter to be gentle and I get instead a rough super fast articulation... I now use this "problem" whenever I d like to play something ridiculousy fast (small strech) such as in the begginging cadenza of "caranaval a Venice" (see my channel) or playing the last strech of Monti's Csardas. Here is "the trick". 🙂
@@DavidReytrombone Very interesting; thanks for the reply!
This is the only piece a trombonist can show off his technique and the valve instruments want to hate
Awesome!
amazing jejeje toca estudiar mucho
Very nice.
I like this performance.
Nice solo the accompaniment was a bit loud throughout and drowned out the soloist in parts. Very good interpretation of Pryor.
Y’all are jerks to whoever says this guy sucks because you don’t know how hard this price is, If you think he sucks i want to hear y’all play it
He played so fast at the end that you couldn't hear every individual note. There are better performances of this piece by better players that play slower. This is garbage
Ll Kk How can you call him garbage? I want to see you put a video on RUclips of you playing this piece.
@@orlandismaise9721It's because he plays like shit. I'm not saying I'm better. Compared to other trombone players that play this piece such as Joseph Alessi, Mark Lawrence, and Ian Bousfield, he plays like shit compared to them. His articulation/double tounge isnt even clear. It sounds like a rushed mess. His tone is also garbage. Not an impressive performance. A great way to show people how to play Arthur Pryor like shit.
Ll Kk True Joseph Alessi plays this much better than him. I guess he just had a different interpretation of the piece.
@@orlandismaise9721 It's not just Joseph Alessi Look up Mark Lawrence playing this piece. There are more trombone players than Alessi.
Is the F to High F of Death to pedal F written in the music or is it tradition?
It's not written in. but a lot of people do it... It's more of a showy thing that they do to say hey, look what I can do.
Christian Segovis It's written in some editions.
It’s written in on most scores
The thing I love about this piece of music is that it pretty is that. This piece of music is more just for the trombonist to show what he can do with all these cool technique things. I'm only a high schooler, so I maybe wrong.
No well it's written as a super f but it's bass clef so its not actually super f really
focused more on speed rather than tone which pisses me off alot
There are some recordings of Arthur Pryor actually playing it himself, dude rushes the shit out of every piece he played. Not out of style to rush this piece imo
Jose Cordero well this song is a marathon.
I agree, he played like dog shit. A great way to show aspiring trombone players how to play Arthur Pryor's music like trash.
Arthur Pryor himself literally rushed all of his pieces like this
its fucking hilarious to me how many people drag on blue bells performances
OMG
Idk why y’all are so pressed about the tempo. Pryor himself literally rushed the hell out of his pieces.
Great job on this incredibly challenging piece. Most of it felt a bit faster than it should have been, but aside from the last section it was still somewhat appropriate. The last section was just a bit ridiculous. It went way to fast, so tone and clarity was lost. Maybe in person it came off as flashy, but in the recording it just sounds sloppy. Other than that the recording is lovely.
15 notes a second right there at the end XD
I'm in an excellent brass band and if he played the way he did he probably would get fired or moved down a seat meaning he will not be playing the 1st trombone parts it was bull shit, speed is not everything
Elliot Harrington Agreed... speed isn’t everything... tone quality and articulation and cleanliness of the note speaks volumes in music more than plain old speed.
I dont think anyone picked up on this reference xD haha lol
Brett and eddie should review this.
Alyx Rose they reviewed Blue Bells of Scotland in their Ling Lings of each instrument video, but they didn’t use this video
@@alexyoshi5728 and they didn't do the last variation
All the guys here with their fucking comments should surprise us with their own versions at RUclips!
Way too fast for my liking
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Must not like Arthur Pryor’s own recording then
He is cutting off the last half notes
AWESOME! 😃😃😃👏👏👏 My teacher is making me play this song and I can’t do it cuz it’s too hard for me! 😱😱😱 :(
Well one thing I can tell is don't play it like that because the way he plays it is shit
Rock Covers who?
Slow it down a little! This piece is all about getting the mechanics correct. Play the 16th notes as 8th notes.. if 8th notes are too fast, play them as quarter notes. You can't get the correct tone/pitch/slide position if you are practicing at rehearsal tempo. Trust me, it looks super intimidating but you can do it!
Joe Reiter So what you’re saying is if I just play it mega slow my weak embouchure should be able to reach them high notes?
@@mrwizzardknight well no.. if you play it slow you'll be able to get the rhythm consistent and the notes as well. first you have to be able to hit the high notes. I practice my high range by basically just playing up there. do scales starting from an F all the way up to a C and further if you can
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This is a great performance by David!
If any of you aspiring Trombone players want the music for this, then please visit
www.undiscoveredbrass.co.uk/gallerydetail.php?a=159
Awesome
Compared to allesi this sucks
MovieMakinMonster he rushed it to the extreme to where he didn't get every individual note. And at most times his volume was too low. Also take in the fact that the recording of alessi is so much better in instrument diversity. Still impressive he did this from memory which I couldn't do myself but still not as good as alessi. He's one of the greats.
Compared to Alessi anything sucks
So true
That thought is basically warmup routine every day.
@@BainPlays Alessi is a beast!!!