We got lucky my freshman year with an AWESOME bassoonist who I was friends with…she cried when we first got the music and said “my bassoonist barely playing lungs won’t be able to handle this” and she rocked it
So apparently my band director thinks that our all freshman band can play this. The entire flipping thing is one big bassoon solo! And I’m the only bassoon. I’m terified
This is one of the few pieces i always return to, I remember playing it in All-State Honor Band my Sophomore year and even though I don't really play anymore, I'll always remember this piece and the fun I had playing it
I’m a 7th grade bassoonist… and the first time I saw this piece, it gave me the biggest anxiety- but now, I absolutely LOVE this piece ; probably one of my favorites I’ve played so far!
Coming from a French Horn player currently playing this with her band, god bless the people with the melody honestly they work so hard to make this song so beautiful props to them. Ngl the French horns are kinda unimportant in this song 😂😂 Edit: Honestly I think my part is absolutely impossible in this song, but compared to the melody people it’s child’s play! Haha
I love this song, my high school concert band played this song. I played baritone but we didn't have a bassoonist, so I got to play the bassoon part. By far the most fun I've had with a piece in concert band.
Sorry I wasn’t that clear, I had to learn bassoon and be my band’s bassoon player because my director wanted to play this song. We had a base clarinet and some baritones. I just happened to be the person who had the easiest time picking up new instruments.
@@ejmartin5515 He would've been better off letting the euphonium play it. They don't do much in this song anyway. Unless they were a T.C euphonium and not.a B.C
This recording is AMAZING! Far superior to the one I have with the "Teaching Music Through Performance" CD. Great stuff! One of my all-time favorite band pieces.
Played this my junior year of high school on the vibraphone, and had a great time! I kept on wanting to play with the marimba though at first, and thought that I came in the wrong time all the time 😂. On measure 119, I had a hard time joining in the entrance of the vibes with the flutes, because of all the voices playing at once in different times, thankfully I did well during the concert though 😂.
so my band teacher told our band that we might play this next year for 8th grade. which is us in a couple months :))) cant wait! practicing now for it! :DDDDD
Everyone's talking about the bassoon part, but can we take a moment to look at the french horn part 119-141 Rhythm nightmare not because of the rhythm, but because we play everything the trumpets play, but 4 counts earlier And I'm the only horn in my band yay.....
Played this in high school senior band (or maybe grade 11? I honestly don’t remember) and had so much fun playing it. We had one bassoon player, and he rocked it! Played tenor sax and it really scratches that musical performance itch. An under appreciated song for sure.
My band director almost gave us this piece, but me and the other bassoonist were in two different bands. He was in wind ensemble rather i was in symphonic band. This year there's two of us in symphonic so I'm hoping we get it this year
I played percussion 1 back in sophomore year and this is by far the most fun I've had as a percussionist of 6 years. Me and my percussion 2 counterpart had so much fun going back and forth. Our director didn't let us perform it, though, because "it wasn't practiced enough." Maybe you should have given us some practice time, then, Karen!
I wish I could play this again but the expectations for the band I’m in now are much higher so my band director probably wouldn’t let us…also the low brass would end up wanting to quit band probably
“For my daughter who played a mean bassoon”
why cant she play a nice bassoon, come on ev
We just got it and I love it. I play bassoon
@@victormeyers1860 I play Basson i'm playing this in 7th grade
I play bassoon in 8th grade and I’m in love
I’m the only bassoon in the band and we’re playing this for our next concert
Micheal Daughtery: I heard ya liked time signature changes
Try Sensemayà by Revueltes
Actually, Profenation by Bernstein
Laughs in With Heart and Voice by David Gillingham
Take a look at Into The Sun by Jodie Blackshaw lol
try confluence by richard l saucedo
Alternately titled, "Better Hope You Have a Damn Good Bassoonist"
We got lucky my freshman year with an AWESOME bassoonist who I was friends with…she cried when we first got the music and said “my bassoonist barely playing lungs won’t be able to handle this” and she rocked it
When you’re the only bassoon in the band and the band director breaks this piece out
My bassoonist is really good. would this be a good number for her?
My band director did this to our bassoon
@@benblessing y e s
When you play trombone so you literally wait for 52 measures.
angel. 3:28 makes up for it :). it’s so iconic
Addy_ Rosie lol true it's our county cult theme song.
This is the pain that french horns normally feel.
Try being a French Horn and waiting 72 measures...
@@jokertegn7011 HORN SQUAD 📯👏👏👏
as a bassoonist, this gives me great anxiety, but i love playing it
my band has two bassoons and i'm one of them and if we played this we would go absolutely crazy in a good way
Lily B we were practicing this in class for an honor band and I was going crazy sightreading it
Me and my other bassoon just got this piece today they gave me 1st part 😅 I’m screwed but I’m so excited
We recently got this piece for my senior band for play. I’m the only bassoon in the senior band, so it’s my time to shine 😎
get it i guess
@@leetlemouse497 yuh
When there's no bassoon so the bass clarinetists gotta bring it :)
My band has bass clarinet bassoon and bari sax I play bassoon
When there's 2 bassoons and 1 bass clarinet so you all have to bring it
hell yeah
It's just me and one other bassoon, we just got this piece today and we are completely scared.. But I'm always up for the challenge 😃
Welp it's a month later, how are you guys doing?
Same. He just me (who started bassoon 5 months ago) and a senior and she’s excited but me....not so much😬
So apparently my band director thinks that our all freshman band can play this. The entire flipping thing is one big bassoon solo! And I’m the only bassoon. I’m terified
We believe in you!
I'm in middle school and I have to play this
8th grade bassoonists can play this😉
7th graders were playing this in middle school lmaao.
@@basiccloud3491 Im playing as a 7th grader and i am a basson
I got to play this in my last ever concert in highschool before covid hit, I loved it as a bassoonist and got to finally play a part people could hear
this was for my last concert but covid hit instead 😂
@@jrose1204 lol finally someone else qhp understands
When there are no bassoons and the euphonium is forced to play it
This song killed me for that reason
when the bassoonists are so quiet the euphoniums have to play it anyways
I looked at the percussion part and all I could see was "whip".
I have never heard a good performance of this song... only the recording.
We played this my seventh grade year and im a bassoonist and we did really good on this.
This piece has made me suffer but it sounds good ik I just contradicted myself
For bassoons, this piece is a challenge.
For trombones this piece is so mind mumbling easy.
Just gotta count. Thats it. Just wait for the song to end the the trombones did a great job. So boring.
I'm playing this in my middle school band class. I play oboe and it is extremely fun and the basso9ns are having a blast
middle school?? dude i’m a sophomore and the other two bassoons in my class are juniors and we’re all struggling with it
@zerro_ducks_given5662 we do this in middle school too
We’re playing this for our concert tomorrow and I’m excited :D
how did it go
I was the only bassoonist in my highschool band. My director let me have my moment my senior year with this song and I will NEVER forget it.
This is one of the few pieces i always return to, I remember playing it in All-State Honor Band my Sophomore year and even though I don't really play anymore, I'll always remember this piece and the fun I had playing it
I’m a 7th grade bassoonist… and the first time I saw this piece, it gave me the biggest anxiety- but now, I absolutely LOVE this piece ; probably one of my favorites I’ve played so far!
Being a tuba player for this song sure is fun. I love waiting for half the song to play
Same
My band is gonna do this piece soon and I play bassoon so super excited
Loved playing this song! I played Tenor sax for it. P.S. My band had two bassoon players.
I love this piece so much. Bass clarinet represent!
Nathanial Lewis Oh Shoot Nathaniel
yuH
Aww yee
Naw trombone
Coming from a French Horn player currently playing this with her band, god bless the people with the melody honestly they work so hard to make this song so beautiful props to them. Ngl the French horns are kinda unimportant in this song 😂😂
Edit: Honestly I think my part is absolutely impossible in this song, but compared to the melody people it’s child’s play! Haha
french horn gets melody multiples times tho its js shared?
I love this song, my high school concert band played this song. I played baritone but we didn't have a bassoonist, so I got to play the bassoon part. By far the most fun I've had with a piece in concert band.
It feels so amazing to see so many bassoon players in this comment section since we are a rare breed of band kid
When you're a flute/piccolo that's forced to play the bassoon part and having a solo when you don't even play the instrument yet
How small is your band thatv you get the flute to play the bassoon part? No bass clarinets? Euphonium? Bari sax?
Sorry I wasn’t that clear, I had to learn bassoon and be my band’s bassoon player because my director wanted to play this song. We had a base clarinet and some baritones. I just happened to be the person who had the easiest time picking up new instruments.
@@ejmartin5515 He would've been better off letting the euphonium play it. They don't do much in this song anyway. Unless they were a T.C euphonium and not.a B.C
He was an unreasonable old asshole, but ended up eventually scraping the song.
Any fellow bassoons here??
This recording is AMAZING! Far superior to the one I have with the "Teaching Music Through Performance" CD. Great stuff! One of my all-time favorite band pieces.
My band director said that we’re playing this for festival!! The grade above us is also playing this with us and we only have 1 bassoon😭
Played this my junior year of high school on the vibraphone, and had a great time! I kept on wanting to play with the marimba though at first, and thought that I came in the wrong time all the time 😂. On measure 119, I had a hard time joining in the entrance of the vibes with the flutes, because of all the voices playing at once in different times, thankfully I did well during the concert though 😂.
My honor band played this!
JOSH IS THAT YOUUUUUUUUUU
YEESSS
jtlegoproductions AH YES
Band forever!!!!!!
My middle school band is doing this
I do bassoon and this song is killing me.....(in a good way : ))
Fancy seeing you here 😉😂
Yea WHAT a coincidence........
no. im in my schools freshman band
lol i a trumpet player G# high cant reach
I’m a Trombone player. We legitimately have a variety of 3 notes the entire piece. Typical for us.
I played this freshman year after switching to the bassoon- probably my favorite piece I have ever played. Its so fun.
so my band teacher told our band that we might play this next year for 8th grade. which is us in a couple months :))) cant wait! practicing now for it! :DDDDD
how did it go? I’m assuming you guys had already played it by now!
We played this in all-district band and it was dope. I played Euphonium on that action
This was one of my absolute favorites to play. I was the 1st chair bassoonist in my high school band and I would request this any chance I got lol
And then the Tubas... Totally could do the bassoon part, but instead we'll give them eighth notes. HOW EXCITING!!
...Salty.
Mood
Yeah, the tubas and the rest of the low brass got nothing compared to the other instruments. Hell the string bass played more than the tubas.
When the trumpets are so loud that the flutes and clarinets can't be heard.
Everyone's talking about the bassoon part, but can we take a moment to look at the french horn part 119-141
Rhythm nightmare not because of the rhythm, but because we play everything the trumpets play, but 4 counts earlier
And I'm the only horn in my band
yay.....
HOLY HECC YEA WE CAN
Thank you!
I have listened to this 15ish times, and I still can't wrap my head around it. I am marimba, and this is my first year in band... help meeee
We believe in you!
Bassoon is the best!
My band director is having me learn bassoon as we don't have any, and the assistant director asked if I could play this piece so, very exciting
I really want to play this piece now
Man I wish our band's percussionists actually knew how to do tambourine thumb rolls.
Me with 4 weeks of knowledge on a bari sax playing this piece was fun
I’m a bassoon player and I know I am going to play that!
Played this in high school senior band (or maybe grade 11? I honestly don’t remember) and had so much fun playing it. We had one bassoon player, and he rocked it!
Played tenor sax and it really scratches that musical performance itch. An under appreciated song for sure.
I dont know how my 8th grade band popped off playing this
My teacher told me about his since I play bassoon
when your a trumpet and you have to play so it sounds like your blasting on the first 3 notes at your part when you come in ☠️
I heard this at honors band and it was my favorite song
My band director almost gave us this piece, but me and the other bassoonist were in two different bands. He was in wind ensemble rather i was in symphonic band. This year there's two of us in symphonic so I'm hoping we get it this year
Played this for counties this year
I played percussion 1 back in sophomore year and this is by far the most fun I've had as a percussionist of 6 years. Me and my percussion 2 counterpart had so much fun going back and forth. Our director didn't let us perform it, though, because "it wasn't practiced enough." Maybe you should have given us some practice time, then, Karen!
YES THIS
except i did get to perform it, i'm so sorry you didn't :(
When there is no bassoon and the bari sax takes over😑
@Nathanial Lewis same
AlexandRa M I’m the only bari sax in my honors band
@@smokeyy684 as you should be. Honor bands only have one bari sax. Anymore is just unnecessary.
@@smokeyy684 im the only bari sax in my 9th grade band class
We are playing this or contest I love it where’s my flutes
Right here!
Very good piece
I’m a senior and I just got this piece today. I’ve never had a solo before and there’s a trumpet solo in this so I’m excited but also scared lmao
This shit busting
I've been playing flute for like 6 months now and I decided to join the band at my school. Jesus christ this piece is driving me insane.
Everyone be complaining about the bassoon but they ignoring that god of a Conga solo
Percussion 3 part here. Fun times. Kinda nervous to play it but also very excited
I cannot get enough of the low wind soli
We are playing this for a competition and we have 3 bassoons and they rock
Guys I know you probably won’t believe me but this is my uncle.... I’ve meet him before
Who else plays this when they’re goin to bed?
Of course I’m one of the clarinets that has to play that soli with one other clarinet and we struggle so hard
Whoever disliked had alligators invade their alley
Played this at contest with only 2 bassoonists in our band
Big Nut
Trumpet part is awesome but is tough when you first learn
Woohoo I'm bass drum
Same here!
Same
That feeling when the saxes are the same part as you and you play the exact part but no one in the band feels the beat so you just carry as bass drum
I have to play this on Bari Sax (as in I play the bassoon part)
The past is very similar but not always the Melody lines. It’s still a fun part for sure 👍🏾
Press f to pay respect to all the trombones
Fellow bassoonists 🫡
3:26 about mesure 119
4:05 about mesure 141
I can't imagine many brass players are running to play this.
As a clarinet this killed me but it’s a good piece I played it in my freshman year
This sounds impossible 😬 But it’s also really cool!
Not impossible at all! In fact, it was premiered by a middle school band :)
most of the notes in this song is just a accidental which is a simple change
American Composers Forum what middle school
Difficult, but not impossible
any french horns ???
One right here!
heyitsdana meeeeeeeee
heeere
meee im currently a freshman in high school with braces rn :(
I have this for my band lol
I wish I could play this again but the expectations for the band I’m in now are much higher so my band director probably wouldn’t let us…also the low brass would end up wanting to quit band probably
i have a love hate relationship with this song
guys keep this away from my bassoon teacher he’s gonna suggest to my band director that we play it
"For my 14 year old daughter, Evelyn, who plays a mean Basoon."
Here from Composers Datebook May 2020
1:39
1:58
2:19
3:40
👇Where all my bassoonists at??
just played this at all county....time signature change b like😂
When u have no bassoon and a base clarinet is forced to play it
Are tuba is
French horn and trumpet here and I wish I could switch instruments mid show cause this song has way better trumpet part
Bass clarinet playing normal clarinet part 😔 band teacher usually gives me a part w the low brass but if not this year.
Any one here from windermere 2019, it’s me Avory!
1:07
kool
I’m playing bassoon for this 💀