It's difficult to be near perfectly in sync with your section, usually tubas struggle with this and these 2 players played beautifully with impressive tone.
Bro I am a 7th grade tuba and I am in honor jazz and pep band but I still can not be in sync with this other chick so I can see where you are getting that from lol
starting at 2:15 is in my opinion the best part of the song. the trombone part slaps . and starting at 2:24 is my absolute favorite bit. it went so hard that my band directors made it it's own stand tune
Bro my bands playing the exact same arrangement of sleigh ride and I'm playing trombone. We do the same thing when you get to the snap thing. These guys are gods
I'm trombone but am also playing the baritone part for the half notes + a couple other things lol. My school is smol enough that I'm the entire low brass (yet somehow there's like 7 clarinets)
This was actually really good!! Although I'm a flute player, Trombone is my favorite brass instrument along with Tubas, and Sleigh Ride being a favorite Christmas songs, you guys did amazing!!
Just had my first holiday concert of the season and IMMEDIATELY RUclips knows I’m preparing for the next two weeks of nonstop concerts. Obviously sleigh ride is on the program hahaha. The holiday season is awesome but also one of the busiest times of year for us musicians 🥲
You guys!!! Thank you so much for sharing! I know I'm a couple years late, but I just want to say I've been playing trombone for 8 years and this made me so happy! I recently graduated and had to return the instrument back to my high school and I am working on buying my own personal tenor trombone. Keep up the good work, boys!!!
@@dw1419 Yes, I was very blessed to be at a high school that emphasized music highly. The band director, choir director, and orchestra director all collaborated to make sure to the highest degree possible that students could be in all of them. I played trombone in the band, and we had a full orchestra that would at certain times of the year borrow brass and woodwind students from the band. The choir director allowed band students to come for only half the period so that they could eat lunch. Some students were even in theater on top of all of that. I'm thankful to God every day that I went to a school like that.
Even though the camera’s picking up mainly the trombones, the overall band sounds really good. I can’t tell if this is college or high school, but the sound is very collegiate.
my guess is high school and yes, either way they are sounding very good. Top notch trombones here. And the whole band from the sounds of it are excellent.
This year, I am the only first clarinetist in our band and I should really be practicing right now, but it's so nice to see people enjoy this piece. Also you guys have rests?!?? This is my second time playing this song and the 1st clarinets don't get a single moment of peace.
For this one one we're playing called Salvation Is Created, the 1st clarinets only get like the equivalent of one measure of rest total in the entire piece!! 😂
In high school I played the Oboe, so it's really interesting to hear the other parts of the song that I never really heard because I was always in the front!
I totally feel this when I was in middle school, thankfully we got new directors that completely changed that school’s band. Improve personally and everyone else will notice, and eventually there will be a change in that band!
This is my all-time, hands down favorite Christmas song- perhaps because of Leroy Anderson's composition brilliance, perhaps because you don't need the lyrics to enjoy it. Attended Tonawanda High School in New York, Class of 1983, and this was the traditional holiday song at all the band concerts. I played percussion and already appreciated the trombone section's contribution, parked behind them like in this video, but I played the sleigh bells- not very challenging, mind you, but indispensable to the song.
We had a different piece, still Christmas, and we didn't have enough percussionists so the Flutes and Oboe (I play oboe and flute teehee) had some fun with some of the percussion instruments + some random stuff
I was a trombone player in junior high and high school. This is cooler than cool. The guys have a great sense of humor. Wonder what they're doing now. Trombone respect!!
imagine having a clarinet section that is competent enough to play this. Our entire band had to hand this song back in my senior year because the clarinets don't know how to practice and actually make their part sound good :/
Only thing that ever tripped me up with this song as a clarinet player was the fact you have to basically blast the start of those with only the first clarinet so it never comes out clear enough if even one clarinet is off pitch or slightly out of tune. It's very short and awkward jabs that also need to sound clear. I hate it Really it's an endurance battle so if you March the song isn't that much of an issue if played at a reasonable tempo. If you don't practice and only play during the concert season then don't expect much. (Even seen college clarinet players with bad breathing control so I can't imagine high school clarinet players that don't play year round) I've seen many bands drop the song from their list for good.
I’ve played clarinet for years, and this was always the chair tryout piece (I sat first chair all 4 years)….I never realize trombones had rests!!!!! As a clarinetist there is no moment of peace.
I'm about 99.99% sure that these two started the Sleigh Ride from ____'s Perspective trend, and then the 4 trumpets (including myself) in 2021 was the push for it to go everywhere. A shame I didn't get to perform with these two before they graduated, which was a couple of years before I joined this band.
What fun! I played this on trombone throughout high school (graduated 1970!) and I still 'sing' (to myself or out loud) the trombone parts when I hear this song. Thanks for a blast of nostalgia.
That’s why I just LOVE America!! You guys are just HAVING FUN with music. Sounds so energetic! I can tell that you are enjoying this moment fully. How awesome are they!! I hope most students in our country can also have this mood too during their school life. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
Nice! I've always known trombones had a huge role in making Sleigh Ride sound fabulous, but I never knew the specifics. Thanks for letting me listen in! And nice job band!!
Beautiful guys, BEAUTIFUL! Change my perspective 30 years after the fact. When I was in band (trumpet), it was always every band members goal to play first chair. But you guys made that irreverent. And above all, you guys are just demonstrating what fun (and pure joy) it was just making music along with fellow musicians. I just love watching that. Sincerely...Tim Ball former USMC Band member.
As a flute player I always wondered why the brass would complain about playing this song, b.c it’s fun for us. Then I switched to French horn and understood!
I have literally never heard of a band where everyone plays all at once all the time, which is the only way you would have no idea what the other parts sound like. Band directors say "ok let me hear the trumpets at measure 18!" So either your band director was absolute shit or you are lying. I suspect the latter because every brass instrument has a fun part in this except French horn.
In highschool I'd get chills by the trombone part at 2:20 like omg it was so strong and loud I couldn't even play. To this day I turn the volume up all the way at that part! Thank you so much for posting this, lol it's like finding a whole video of the thing you love that no one knows about 😩😩😩😍😍😍😍🎄🎄🎄🎄🤣🤣🤣
3:11 those head tilts matching up to the beat were very accurate ,used to play saxophone and me and my entire section would just headbang during our moment of 2 second rests
In our school we had no band. Rarely had people play more than piano and guitar. So I see the fun and dedication here. All of you seem so sweet and so much into your instruments.
OMG this video is really useful for my cello part practice, as well as it is entertaining. Congratulations to you guys, and also to the rest of the ensamble 🎉
We read through this piece at community band rehearsal this week. I had the same reaction of the guy on the left when we finished, and our arrangement didn’t have near as many measures of rest. 😨
Awesome job! Our high school band just did Sleigh Ride, and it was a lot of fun to play! I play the tenor sax, so I recognized a lot of the parts the trombones played. Your band sounded a lot better than ours though lol
I played this a couple of months ago and the trumpet player who is one of my older sister's friends did amazing since he was a freshman. He's a senior now and still slays it
Nice job! Played this every year in HS. Just played it last night with the community band I am in (I'm 35) at rehearsal for our concerts this weekend. Almost 20 years later I still play the first trombone part from memory. I turned the music stand around before we started haha.
These are the most accurate trombone players
Hi Carter
@@Graham_M hey lol
... hi?
Hi carter
Hi carter
Someone congratulate those clarinets/flutes. That part is hell and the fact they played it so well is surprising
It’s literally just eighth notes in cut time lol
@@ryanfloyd9293 Do you see how foolish that is to say?
@@ryanfloyd9293 bro the triplet high note patterns are gnarly what you on
don't forget the oboes lol
@@ryanfloyd9293 Especially with the key signature they’re in it’s murder on the pinkies and requires tons of practice to sound that fluid
these guys just seem like such an iconic duo and i wanna be their friends so badly for the comedic relief
ikr !
❤WAIT, STOP❤ ✝️IF YOU SEE THIS, REPENT FOR YOUR SINS AND GIVE YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST, HE LOVES YOU DEARLY, HE DIED FOR YOU ON THE CROSS ✝️
@@monikacraven368 great message man but this is the comment section to sleigh ride
@@chloelee6237 haha yep
@ComradeQBR yup haha nice to meet u
As a retired band director and trombone player......NICE WORK guys! You sound awesome!
As a highschool trombone player these guys sound amazing! Their tone is great and has a full sound. Def better than me lmao.
@@ecchicookie I’m doodoo
Agreed!!
Not to mention the nicely controlled dynamics. Those crescendos were well executed throughout.
@@joshuakegley3524 and really nice tone
1:32 It is absolutely crucial that every band kid makes this joke at least once in their high school career.
I already knew exactly what you were referring to before I clicked the timestamp and I love that
Yes
My band in middle school is so small I'd probably get called out, unless of course I hid behind my tuba
If their band has a whip lul
Surprisingly, I've never made that joke in high school when playing this piece. It's probably because I played the clarinet part.
i think i’ve watched this like 4 times now just admiring how good you guys sound and how cool the trombone part sounds…
@@theciakitchen4828 I think they contributed a lot. I love their part.
Same honestly 😂
im so used to our trombones sounding so bad that this made me do a double take 😭😭 yalls sound is incredible
Same here!!
Same
Same lol
To bad or to quiet, you can't win with the trombones in our school 😭😭
Am I the only one with good trombonists in my band? One kid sucks, then there’s me, and 2 others who are pretty good.
It's difficult to be near perfectly in sync with your section, usually tubas struggle with this and these 2 players played beautifully with impressive tone.
Bro I am a 7th grade tuba and I am in honor jazz and pep band but I still can not be in sync with this other chick so I can see where you are getting that from lol
@@thetamerofcharizards9597 aye man, tuba players are RARE asf, don't stop rocking that
@@rhysaguirre6967 I’m playing tuba and trombone
@@AOSMAKAKMS gotta love the lowbrass ❤
@@rhysaguirre6967 yea, don’t forget the baritones/ euphoniums though
starting at 2:15 is in my opinion the best part of the song. the trombone part slaps . and starting at 2:24 is my absolute favorite bit. it went so hard that my band directors made it it's own stand tune
Let's go band🕳️
just realized fsu actually has a stand tune really similar as well hah
My school has that as well. Every school makes it seem like it’s so unique, but it isn’t really is it? 😂 always so fun to play
@@sunniday7750 yeah and its always a different name
That stands tune started at the University of Michigan as Lets Go Blue!
As a percussionist, 2:10 is very relatable
LMAOAOAO
That look on his face was so funny, got me dying out here
I am one too, and i normally play the bass drum and thats how i am in class everyday XD
as the one who played that part, YES.
as a percussionist..... yeahhhh
Top 10 Best Sequels of All Time
Loved the percussionist in the back almost coming in early at 2:10 😂
Haha his face
I know that feeling 😂
caught in 4k lmao
Well luckily it was only in class lmao
counting is hard
The musicianship glow up.
Bro my bands playing the exact same arrangement of sleigh ride and I'm playing trombone. We do the same thing when you get to the snap thing. These guys are gods
This is the arrangement most every band uses lol. I play baritone part, but i can tell it's the same one.
I'm trombone but am also playing the baritone part for the half notes + a couple other things lol. My school is smol enough that I'm the entire low brass (yet somehow there's like 7 clarinets)
@@AquaDogYT what arrangement is this? My band always plays the Michael story arrangement
@@Evan-ug9hr Leroy Anderson
This was actually really good!! Although I'm a flute player, Trombone is my favorite brass instrument along with Tubas, and Sleigh Ride being a favorite Christmas songs, you guys did amazing!!
Fluties unite
absolutely agree! -fellow flute friend
Flutes >> everyone else
me toooo
trombone is also my favorite brass instrument, coming from a fellow flute player, they always get the coolest parts in our concert music.
I'm a former clarinetist. It was interesting to get this different perspective.
Same as a floutist
Aye I am a high school freshman clarinet
Just had my first holiday concert of the season and IMMEDIATELY RUclips knows I’m preparing for the next two weeks of nonstop concerts. Obviously sleigh ride is on the program hahaha. The holiday season is awesome but also one of the busiest times of year for us musicians 🥲
Amen
Yep - from a fellow sax player
As a bass trombonist, I have to say that the third trombone for this is the best one. You just belt the bass line for half the song.
facts
The 3rd part is so good, I had to switch parts with someone to get it.
I agree It's fun. Also easier than the other parts as always.
I play trombone 3 and although I would like to play the little section that repeats through I enjoy it.
That’s the one thing missing from this video
You guys!!! Thank you so much for sharing! I know I'm a couple years late, but I just want to say I've been playing trombone for 8 years and this made me so happy! I recently graduated and had to return the instrument back to my high school and I am working on buying my own personal tenor trombone. Keep up the good work, boys!!!
I remember back in HS thinking the part at 2:26 was like a bleacher pep song.
it is, i play it. we call it charge 1
Steven Esparza We call it Go Big Blue
SmolishBoio - we called it go big red
It is, and I love it for that reason. My school called it go big green haha
We call it let’s go band
Ughh I miss being in high school band, choir, and orchestra. Literally some of the most fun times of my life...
You got to be in all three of them?? In most schools you have to pick one...
@Eric Bailey don't regret letting go of it, you know what they say: playing the tuba--- it's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it...
@@dw1419 Yes, I was very blessed to be at a high school that emphasized music highly. The band director, choir director, and orchestra director all collaborated to make sure to the highest degree possible that students could be in all of them. I played trombone in the band, and we had a full orchestra that would at certain times of the year borrow brass and woodwind students from the band. The choir director allowed band students to come for only half the period so that they could eat lunch. Some students were even in theater on top of all of that. I'm thankful to God every day that I went to a school like that.
@@thankyou62 That's awesome! I was in band, but would have been in the other two as well if I could have...!
@@dw1419 I know my school would let you pick two, but I’m not sure about all three 😮
Even though the camera’s picking up mainly the trombones, the overall band sounds really good. I can’t tell if this is college or high school, but the sound is very collegiate.
my guess is high school and yes, either way they are sounding very good. Top notch trombones here. And the whole band from the sounds of it are excellent.
Plot twist: it’s the elementary school band that you always wished for.
hi jason
Colgate ahhaa
looks to be highschool
This year, I am the only first clarinetist in our band and I should really be practicing right now, but it's so nice to see people enjoy this piece. Also you guys have rests?!?? This is my second time playing this song and the 1st clarinets don't get a single moment of peace.
Right?? I haven’t played this song in forever, but I also play first clarinet and this piece was such a pain to do lol
Those high F#s are murder
clarinets never get rests
welcome to the low brass section
For this one one we're playing called Salvation Is Created, the 1st clarinets only get like the equivalent of one measure of rest total in the entire piece!! 😂
In high school I played the Oboe, so it's really interesting to hear the other parts of the song that I never really heard because I was always in the front!
I didn't even realize this was a remake. I just spent the whole time pointing out things I didn't remember seeing the first time I watched it.
I wish I was in a band like this. My band is so small and unbalanced and no one has any motivation to get better so we never sound good.
Search for local youth orchestras. That’s how I get to be part of a section bigger than one person
I totally feel this when I was in middle school, thankfully we got new directors that completely changed that school’s band. Improve personally and everyone else will notice, and eventually there will be a change in that band!
Same but concert orchestra 😭 only a couple people are actually good and we have only 2 violas (as a cellist)
Improve yourself
Then everyone will love you
The whole ensemble has great tone quality.
Pretty fire, practicing this piece for an event, great to play along with!
This is my all-time, hands down favorite Christmas song- perhaps because of Leroy Anderson's composition brilliance, perhaps because you don't need the lyrics to enjoy it. Attended Tonawanda High School in New York, Class of 1983, and this was the traditional holiday song at all the band concerts. I played percussion and already appreciated the trombone section's contribution, parked behind them like in this video, but I played the sleigh bells- not very challenging, mind you, but indispensable to the song.
Currently screaming, crying, shitting and sweating bc I miss band so damn much(graduated 2021)
When we didn’t have percussion to do the big slap, what the trumpets would do is slap the person next to them and it was funny😂😂
BHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA- 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We had a different piece, still Christmas, and we didn't have enough percussionists so the Flutes and Oboe (I play oboe and flute teehee) had some fun with some of the percussion instruments + some random stuff
I was a trombone player in junior high and high school. This is cooler than cool. The guys have a great sense of humor. Wonder what they're doing now. Trombone respect!!
as a cellist in orchestra, we’re kinda the same thing but different groups😂 y’all KILLED it
I'm a cellist too it's always 5 measures of of challenge and then doing random scale runs the rest of the song.
imagine having a clarinet section that is competent enough to play this. Our entire band had to hand this song back in my senior year because the clarinets don't know how to practice and actually make their part sound good :/
Bruh, we have 1 clarinet player and 2 saxophone players :/ And I’m just jealous seeing how good they sound too. I play trombone though.
Only thing that ever tripped me up with this song as a clarinet player was the fact you have to basically blast the start of those with only the first clarinet so it never comes out clear enough if even one clarinet is off pitch or slightly out of tune. It's very short and awkward jabs that also need to sound clear. I hate it
Really it's an endurance battle so if you March the song isn't that much of an issue if played at a reasonable tempo. If you don't practice and only play during the concert season then don't expect much. (Even seen college clarinet players with bad breathing control so I can't imagine high school clarinet players that don't play year round) I've seen many bands drop the song from their list for good.
Yikes
:(
dude it’s difficult asf
2:55 I like how other percussionists look at the person playing the jingle bells because they're slowly getting out of time.
this whole band sounds so good wtf
Wish you could hear mine but I don't have the videos as I have a newer phone everything else is on an old email
so can we just apreciate how perfectly they palyed this song, in a practice non the less 🤯
At least they didn't dab thus time...
I’ve played clarinet for years, and this was always the chair tryout piece (I sat first chair all 4 years)….I never realize trombones had rests!!!!! As a clarinetist there is no moment of peace.
Great playing! Rhythmically precise, in-tune, and very musical!
The quality of this video is 10 times better than the first! Great job guys!👏🏾
My dad was a band director for 7 years and was once part of the blue devils and he says you guys did great!! So keep it up
I'm about 99.99% sure that these two started the Sleigh Ride from ____'s Perspective trend, and then the 4 trumpets (including myself) in 2021 was the push for it to go everywhere. A shame I didn't get to perform with these two before they graduated, which was a couple of years before I joined this band.
What fun! I played this on trombone throughout high school (graduated 1970!) and I still 'sing' (to myself or out loud) the trombone parts when I hear this song. Thanks for a blast of nostalgia.
This band is incredible! I wish my band would sound so nice!
That’s why I just LOVE America!! You guys are just HAVING FUN with music. Sounds so energetic! I can tell that you are enjoying this moment fully. How awesome are they!! I hope most students in our country can also have this mood too during their school life. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻
I'm living for the harmonies at 1:39
Same
Third year in a row I watched this video -- It's great, and it never gets old! Kudos, boys.
Nice! I've always known trombones had a huge role in making Sleigh Ride sound fabulous, but I never knew the specifics. Thanks for letting me listen in! And nice job band!!
Beautiful guys, BEAUTIFUL! Change my perspective 30 years after the fact. When I was in band (trumpet), it was always every band members goal to play first chair. But you guys made that irreverent. And above all, you guys are just demonstrating what fun (and pure joy) it was just making music along with fellow musicians. I just love watching that. Sincerely...Tim Ball former USMC Band member.
Outstanding performance by the band and of course the Trombone Duo, Great Job guys!!!
The absolute kings that slay this song. Yasss Go guys.
Loved it. I have been playing the bone part to this for 5 decades. How is it I only just learned of the neck breaking (e.g. measure 65 )? Perfect.
I LOVE hearing a song from the perspective of a particular instrument! It gives a whole new feel to how a song works! Great job guys!
As a former French Horn band geek, I applaud this so much!!
Handsome and funny MUSICIANS, great to watch and listen to
As a flute player I always wondered why the brass would complain about playing this song, b.c it’s fun for us. Then I switched to French horn and understood!
Between Leroy Anderson and Sousa, it's enough to make you regret ever taking up the horn.
@@ssinssg And then [almost] everything else will make you grateful to play it!
I have literally never heard of a band where everyone plays all at once all the time, which is the only way you would have no idea what the other parts sound like. Band directors say "ok let me hear the trumpets at measure 18!" So either your band director was absolute shit or you are lying. I suspect the latter because every brass instrument has a fun part in this except French horn.
Just remembering my senior year playing this. We were given this piece two days before the concert. That was fun! You guys rocked it!
As someone that played all three parts for this arrangement this is extremely familiar lol. You guys sound great!
In highschool I'd get chills by the trombone part at 2:20 like omg it was so strong and loud I couldn't even play. To this day I turn the volume up all the way at that part! Thank you so much for posting this, lol it's like finding a whole video of the thing you love that no one knows about 😩😩😩😍😍😍😍🎄🎄🎄🎄🤣🤣🤣
3:11 those head tilts matching up to the beat were very accurate ,used to play saxophone and me and my entire section would just headbang during our moment of 2 second rests
Thanks for the look behind the curtain! The trombones don't get any love on this piece!!
Amazing sound
ok i’ve officially made full circle from this video, to a trumpet’s pov, then ANOTHER trumpet’s pov, now back here… your band sounded great!
WAIT WHAT NO THIS WAS 3 YEARS AGO
Leroy Anderson, a perfectionist on Harmony, and fugatto even in the low brass.
You guys sound great. This brings back so many memories. I’ve played this piece countless times in both the trombone and euphonium sections. 💕🎵💕
your tone and articulation is so good
I never knew the trombones had this part. Love it! You guys are great!
Those woodwinds sound amazing 😍
This video makes my heart so happy!
wow, my school could never, I’ve never heard band sound so well toned and in sync
Great playing, guys, and thanks for the laugh!
The woodwinds just all sound so beautiful. 😭
What a great band! good job!!
Watching this I thought I was a teenager again. 100% the archetypical trombone experience here.
In our school we had no band. Rarely had people play more than piano and guitar. So I see the fun and dedication here. All of you seem so sweet and so much into your instruments.
0:04 he yeeted his hand 😂
Geez.. this brings back memories of my days in band many moons ago. Kids sound great.
I loved it the first time love it even more the second
Weird this pops up on my feed right after I play it lol. Nice playing, you guys sound great.
Low brass rocking it! Great job!
OMG this video is really useful for my cello part practice, as well as it is entertaining. Congratulations to you guys, and also to the rest of the ensamble 🎉
We read through this piece at community band rehearsal this week. I had the same reaction of the guy on the left when we finished, and our arrangement didn’t have near as many measures of rest. 😨
You two are excellent. This is such a great perspective. Thanks!
Awesome job! Our high school band just did Sleigh Ride, and it was a lot of fun to play! I play the tenor sax, so I recognized a lot of the parts the trombones played. Your band sounded a lot better than ours though lol
This gives me so much high school nostalgia. Awesome playing
Wait….. that’s how trombones are supposed to sound?!?!
That was amazing man, these two are a dynamic duo
I played this a couple of months ago and the trumpet player who is one of my older sister's friends did amazing since he was a freshman. He's a senior now and still slays it
This is awesome! Great intonation and timing as well.
3:15 was that a muted trumpet?
Sounds like one to me.
I think they do it with a toilet plunger, you know, one of those little ones
It may be or it can also be that they only press the valves half way down and it gives this effect as well. When done it can sound like a horse
Nice job! Played this every year in HS. Just played it last night with the community band I am in (I'm 35) at rehearsal for our concerts this weekend. Almost 20 years later I still play the first trombone part from memory. I turned the music stand around before we started haha.
Thank you youtube for recommending this
You guys sound so good! It’s all so CLEAN and you both have a really nice warm soft tone. Cool video :)
The way he slapped both of their hands away at the beginning made it hilarious for me-
i am that hand
THey made me smile ina time of need. Awesome and thank you.
That bass clarinet at 2:50😩😩👌👌🤌🤌
I am a Trombonist, and I was very impressed with you two! Keep up the hard work! So proud
We are doing this in band right now and the entire band hates it, it's a pretty tough song and yall sounded awsome (I also play trombone)
Omg percussion is giving me such life!
Beautiful 🥺
Great playing, Guys and a bit of comedy as well !!