This was truly brillant. I LOVE seeing things like this, taking it out of the box. That's why percussion is so valuable and amazing, because it's the rhythm that can be taken anywhere.
haha my school did our own version of this at our percussion show called "Percussion Madness". It was pretty sick. Me and a couple of my friends got to jump off desks and it was pretty fun. This is really sick though. They get into it. I love it =)
@Jgauthier5 Firstly, I've seen, heard & played many percussion ensemble pieces that only use one type of instrument - for example, only snare drums, only xylophones, or only bass drums. Secondly, they are not only using desks - they are using their pens, hands (clapping), and feet, too.
This was really awesome! Would've loved to perform in this! Been playing percussion for 8yrs, and was kinda sad that our percussion group at school was quite small.
oh, and most percussion instruments are known in the membranophone family, which means it can produce sound by itself, i.e. hitting, shaking, etc. so yes, the pen and table can be considered percussion, if the music indicates as so.
@MeleeMunchkin You haven't seen anything else they have done, you can't say that they're not a percussion ensemble. They have made stuff like this, stomp-ish numbers, to Carmina Burana. So, you are wrong. Thnx for the comment though!
@Jgauthier5 Percussion is defined as any instrument or object that a person hits, shakes, or scrapes to produce sound (I should know, I'm a percussionist - and a classically-trained one, too!) Therefore this is is a percussion ensemble. There are many percussion ensemble pieces that don't use typical orchestral/classical percussion - I've played some of them! "The Exam" is not a classical piece of music, but other styles of percussion DO exist. Why Call me stupid if you can't comprehend? :D
@MeleeMunchkin Percussion is anything that makes rhythm and you or something else its it to make it make sound... They definately meet all those aspects.
its not only an object, its if anything hits anything that makes a sound its a percussion instrument. It's why a piano is considered a percussion instrument, but harpsichord is considered a string instrument.
@GaussRifleGrunt If you're really a percussionist, as you claim, then you should know that percussion is any instrument/object that a person hits, shakes, or scrapes in order to produce a sound. Therefore, this IS a percussion ensemble. I've seen, heard, and played many percussion ensemble pieces that don't utilize typical orchestral/classical percussion instruments. Also, I know this because I am a percussionist.
Pretty sweet. Wish there were more split parts in the beginning. Second part was a bit over my head. Not sure what head-banging and pounding your hands on the desk had to do with an exam... No idea what you were screaming, either. lol The concept, and the over-all rhythm was pretty cool, though. I'd try to work in some sort of feet-tapping, coughing, clearing your throat as well to the production... ... give a bit more atmosphere to the sounds of a test-taking classroom, you know??
Haters gonna hate, but I thought it was AMAZING. So well done, and so true to life! Anyone who's ever sat an exam in a big hall will identify with the sounds used here. such a shame someone coughed @ ~ 1:15 :(
Very cool. AT around 2:50, however, the sound gets a little out of sync, and makes the entire things look a little funny. But very good, I'm impressed at how much practice you must have put in to get a group that large to work together.
Sorry, there aren't any publishing company for this piece. It's written by Johan Eriksson, an old teacher of mine, and i believe that there isn't any sheet music for this either. Another person who asked Johan got the answer that they have to learn the piece by ear(and eye)... it's not incredibly hard though. :) Good luck!
@MeleeMunchkin Yeah... this really IS a percussion ensemble. Percussion is defined as any instrument or object that a person hits, shakes, or scrapes to produce sound (I should know, I'm a percussionist). There are many percussion ensemble pieces that don't use typical orchestral percussion. Only a person as ignorant would not identify this as a form of percussion. If there's no keyboards, battery, or auxiliary, then it doesn't mean it's not percussion. Who's the idiot who doesn't know better?
although keys are pressed on a piano, those keys cause little mallets inside the piano to strike the strings in a percussive manner, creating the sound. Therefore it is percussion. The mechanism in a harpsichord plucks the string instead, making it a stringed instrument. not a bulletproof definition obviously, as beating on a guitar does not reclassify it as a percussion instrument...or does it?
I wish our ensemble would do something like that. The only problem with the video is that the audio and visual don't match up, but I know you didn't take the video.
Were did you go, to the school of the uninformed? I have played and witnessed many percussion instruments that did not require the use of a battery or auxilary equipment. Anything that makes noise can be turned into a percussion instrument.
I were there when they did this performance and i thought it wasn't that sloppy. Maybe it's the crappy quality that makes it sound bad in your ears? I don't know... :P but they're awesome for their age.
Unfortunately, there aren't any sheet music. These guys learned it by eye and ear from their teacher and composer Johan Eriksson. But it shouldn't be that hard to learn this i think. :)
There are all sorts of people on the earth and not all like or can understand percussion and or rhythm. I can guarantee you that it wouldn't be "boring" if you were the one in the ensemble. Sometimes doing is more interesting.
wtf i thought would be german xD and then read comment...ok swedish xD but "ja", "nein" and "soviel wolln wir nicht" xD sry i just heard what i wanted to hear...could be my last class xD
Hey I contacted the guy who was said to have sheet music for this, but he never got back to me! Do you, uploader, have the sheet music? I'd like to get this for my orchestra's (El Camino Youth Symphony) percussion ensemble. Thanks in advance! This sounds amazing too, must have been a lot of fun! :)
As a percussionist, you should be open minded enough to realize that there are more instruments than the ones you listed. I have seen plenty of pieces like this, and I'm sorry that you haven't had the privilege! All the percussionists I know want to bang on everything that will make a noise - they are fascinated by sounds as well as rhythms. Next thing we know, you'll be saying "this isn't music." Sheesh.
@PlatonnotalP i agree with meleemunchkin but ill put it in non-douchebagish words. This is more of a rythm ensemble. if it were a percussion ensemble, it would have bass drums, snare drums, etc. Its a very good piece but its not "technically" percussion. I hope this doesnt offend anyone.
The classroom idea was so promising, yet the music is nothing but a series of rhythmic clichés. Although visually interesting, in my opinion there is little music going on.
Uhm, lol... ok? So the type of music a group plays defines what that group is called? Give me a break. These guys are playing jazz, they do stuff like this and they have played Carl Orffs O Fortuna. The thing that YOU can't comprehend is that the term percussion is used on everything that can make a percussive sound, therefore, it doesn't matter if it's a classical piece or not, it's still made by a percussion ensemble. Stop being a douche... the thumbs down on your comments means that you suck.
It's quite fun promoting yourselves, huh? No, you're not better, at all... but you're not bad either. Keep it going, and please don't be overconfident... 'cause nobody likes an overconfident musician.
Please google or wiki cadence, because you clearly don't know what you are talking about. :P Also, you haven't seen any other number by this group, so you can't say that these guys are not a percussion ensemble... you are just stupid, sir! :D
This was truly brillant. I LOVE seeing things like this, taking it out of the box. That's why percussion is so valuable and amazing, because it's the rhythm that can be taken anywhere.
I've been looking FOREVER for this! So glad I finally found it😊
the sniffs doh
This so cool my drumline teacher says we should do something like this for my schools spring mucical.
haha my school did our own version of this at our percussion show called "Percussion Madness". It was pretty sick. Me and a couple of my friends got to jump off desks and it was pretty fun.
This is really sick though. They get into it. I love it =)
Ok. On
pretty cool gotta like and save to favs!
@Jgauthier5
Firstly, I've seen, heard & played many percussion ensemble pieces that only use one type of instrument - for example, only snare drums, only xylophones, or only bass drums.
Secondly, they are not only using desks - they are using their pens, hands (clapping), and feet, too.
awesome! I wish the percussion at my school could do this
I'm in percussion (pit in marching band) and we did something inspired by this for our section talent show! It was pretty awesome, no lie.
This was really awesome! Would've loved to perform in this!
Been playing percussion for 8yrs, and was kinda sad that our percussion group at school was quite small.
I am from sweden! IESK! This is really how it is on a assessment/test. Btw;I watch it in music class;)
oh, and most percussion instruments are known in the membranophone family, which means it can produce sound by itself, i.e. hitting, shaking, etc. so yes, the pen and table can be considered percussion, if the music indicates as so.
@MeleeMunchkin You haven't seen anything else they have done, you can't say that they're not a percussion ensemble. They have made stuff like this, stomp-ish numbers, to Carmina Burana. So, you are wrong. Thnx for the comment though!
@Jgauthier5
Percussion is defined as any instrument or object that a person hits, shakes, or scrapes to produce sound (I should know, I'm a percussionist - and a classically-trained one, too!) Therefore this is is a percussion ensemble. There are many percussion ensemble pieces that don't use typical orchestral/classical percussion - I've played some of them! "The Exam" is not a classical piece of music, but other styles of percussion DO exist. Why Call me stupid if you can't comprehend? :D
sweet now if only they would let us do this at my school....
@MeleeMunchkin Have you heard of the contemporary style, where music continues to evolve into new divisions and acquires new mediums?
Watched this in class today :P
This is beautiful ;u;
I might do this in my next exam...or at an interview lol
Really well said
wow...I really love "stomp"
That would be awesome
Johan Eriksson is the name of the composer. He's a old teacher of mine. :)
verry nice
@MeleeMunchkin Percussion is anything that makes rhythm and you or something else its it to make it make sound... They definately meet all those aspects.
lol never thought of something like this
its not only an object, its if anything hits anything that makes a sound its a percussion instrument. It's why a piano is considered a percussion instrument, but harpsichord is considered a string instrument.
@GaussRifleGrunt
If you're really a percussionist, as you claim, then you should know that percussion is any instrument/object that a person hits, shakes, or scrapes in order to produce a sound. Therefore, this IS a percussion ensemble. I've seen, heard, and played many percussion ensemble pieces that don't utilize typical orchestral/classical percussion instruments. Also, I know this because I am a percussionist.
Pretty sweet. Wish there were more split parts in the beginning.
Second part was a bit over my head. Not sure what head-banging and pounding your hands on the desk had to do with an exam...
No idea what you were screaming, either. lol
The concept, and the over-all rhythm was pretty cool, though. I'd try to work in some sort of feet-tapping, coughing, clearing your throat as well to the production... ... give a bit more atmosphere to the sounds of a test-taking classroom, you know??
I'm playing in the middle row.. =)
Haters gonna hate, but I thought it was AMAZING. So well done, and so true to life! Anyone who's ever sat an exam in a big hall will identify with the sounds used here. such a shame someone coughed @ ~ 1:15 :(
Awesome!!! :)
You should watch Stomp, they're percussionists who use what ever they can hit to make music, barrels, tires, tubes, glass, etc.
Very cool. AT around 2:50, however, the sound gets a little out of sync, and makes the entire things look a little funny. But very good, I'm impressed at how much practice you must have put in to get a group that large to work together.
absolute genius- John Cage would be proud. :-!
hahaha this is cool
im getting my friends to do this with me lol
Sorry, there aren't any publishing company for this piece. It's written by Johan Eriksson, an old teacher of mine, and i believe that there isn't any sheet music for this either. Another person who asked Johan got the answer that they have to learn the piece by ear(and eye)... it's not incredibly hard though. :) Good luck!
It is an original composition, written by a old teacher of mine... :)
awesome.. :D
I can see this being turned into a flash mob...
If I was in an exam with these guys I would not be happy. Just saying.
Yeah... sort of. ;P They said "Nej!", wich is the swedish word for "no".
@MeleeMunchkin
Yeah... this really IS a percussion ensemble. Percussion is defined as any instrument or object that a person hits, shakes, or scrapes to produce sound (I should know, I'm a percussionist). There are many percussion ensemble pieces that don't use typical orchestral percussion. Only a person as ignorant would not identify this as a form of percussion. If there's no keyboards, battery, or auxiliary, then it doesn't mean it's not percussion. Who's the idiot who doesn't know better?
Percussionist another word for people that hit stuff
mortal!
Looks like the projector chew the film up
I agree with GaussRifleGrun
I'd love to see an actual class do this in school.
my class have guys drumming in classrooms mostly loud and mostly everyday
although keys are pressed on a piano, those keys cause little mallets inside the piano to strike the strings in a percussive manner, creating the sound. Therefore it is percussion. The mechanism in a harpsichord plucks the string instead, making it a stringed instrument. not a bulletproof definition obviously, as beating on a guitar does not reclassify it as a percussion instrument...or does it?
Read the previous reply... you haven't seen their other pieces. Thank you!
They yelled "no" and "im going crazy"... :D well, in swedish. xD
The beginning is lame. The ending was quite good.
Jor Jor 1986 nah just a normal school day
thats @ melee...
HUSSS
Hi... I’m trying to track this piece down.. any idea who wrote it and where I could get it???
ensemble only means more than one person playing,
I wish our ensemble would do something like that. The only problem with the video is that the audio and visual don't match up, but I know you didn't take the video.
Were did you go, to the school of the uninformed? I have played and witnessed many percussion instruments that did not require the use of a battery or auxilary equipment. Anything that makes noise can be turned into a percussion instrument.
reminds me of STOMP
I were there when they did this performance and i thought it wasn't that sloppy. Maybe it's the crappy quality that makes it sound bad in your ears? I don't know... :P but they're awesome for their age.
I guess you don't like to think, right? Percussion is about rythm. I guess you can't grasp that thought... :P
Unfortunately, there aren't any sheet music. These guys learned it by eye and ear from their teacher and composer Johan Eriksson. But it shouldn't be that hard to learn this i think. :)
There are all sorts of people on the earth and not all like or can understand percussion and or rhythm. I can guarantee you that it wouldn't be "boring" if you were the one in the ensemble. Sometimes doing is more interesting.
wtf i thought would be german xD and then read comment...ok swedish xD but "ja", "nein" and "soviel wolln wir nicht" xD sry i just heard what i wanted to hear...could be my last class xD
i'm a percussion major, i know things
How cool... :) did you film it? Would love to see it... :D
Hey I contacted the guy who was said to have sheet music for this, but he never got back to me! Do you, uploader, have the sheet music? I'd like to get this for my orchestra's (El Camino Youth Symphony) percussion ensemble. Thanks in advance!
This sounds amazing too, must have been a lot of fun! :)
I can’t find the score anywhere
Do you have the sheet music of the song?
Great quality vid lol
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one part, one of them should go "Answers 0.57kmph!!!!!!!!!!!" and gets kicked out by a scottish shoetapper who kicks his ass.
how can I find the sheet music for this?
No i am not. But former classmates are. Sooooo?
As a percussionist, you should be open minded enough to realize that there are more instruments than the ones you listed. I have seen plenty of pieces like this, and I'm sorry that you haven't had the privilege! All the percussionists I know want to bang on everything that will make a noise - they are fascinated by sounds as well as rhythms. Next thing we know, you'll be saying "this isn't music." Sheesh.
@PlatonnotalP i agree with meleemunchkin but ill put it in non-douchebagish words.
This is more of a rythm ensemble. if it were a percussion ensemble, it would have bass drums, snare drums, etc. Its a very good piece but its not "technically" percussion. I hope this doesnt offend anyone.
😂😂😂
bonne idée, mais dans l'ensemble, je ne suis pas impressionné.
Ils auraient pu faire des rythmes plus précis et élaborés, il me semble
lil vikings
Is the name of the piece actually "The Exam"?
Ok
Jgauthier5 your wrong, a percussion ensemble doesn't have to be percussion instruments and it doesn't have to sound musical.
wtf. you need to get out more often.
@MeleeMunchkin That comment was the stupidest thing I've ever heard, you should just take it down, you're embarrassing yourself.
The classroom idea was so promising, yet the music is nothing but a series of rhythmic clichés. Although visually interesting, in my opinion there is little music going on.
rhythms could have been tighter, its kinda sloppy... :(
Uhm, lol... ok? So the type of music a group plays defines what that group is called? Give me a break. These guys are playing jazz, they do stuff like this and they have played Carl Orffs O Fortuna. The thing that YOU can't comprehend is that the term percussion is used on everything that can make a percussive sound, therefore, it doesn't matter if it's a classical piece or not, it's still made by a percussion ensemble. Stop being a douche... the thumbs down on your comments means that you suck.
Ummm..... No thanks.
It's quite fun promoting yourselves, huh? No, you're not better, at all... but you're not bad either. Keep it going, and please don't be overconfident... 'cause nobody likes an overconfident musician.
Please google or wiki cadence, because you clearly don't know what you are talking about. :P Also, you haven't seen any other number by this group, so you can't say that these guys are not a percussion ensemble... you are just stupid, sir! :D
Brake drum and marching machine, they are not very exotic instruments, nothing like this.
this giggling is awfully boring...
too repetitive and boring just saying
Percussionist another word for people that hit stuff