@@gordonestabrook8578 The key of Gb was quite common in marches back in the day. Modern band kiddies just need to buck up and learn how to play in flats. Once they do, they will discover that the part lays quite well on their instruments. Sousa knew what he was doing.
How about Frank Piersol, they all sound so good amd I'd pit them on par with Sousa. You will only find three of his marches online, which is a shame. They are pavilion, maxi, and snowbird march.
Compositional genius that Sousa was. Bb minor (1st strain), Db major (2nd strain), Gb major (trio), Bb minor (bridge), back to Gb major in the grandioso. This is my most favorite Sousa march.
A wonderful rendition of a unique and popular march, with an array of novel instruments including harp, tambourine, triangle and Jingling Johnny (Turkish Crescent)! Mind you, JPS made full use of other sound effects in his other marches, an unexhaustive list of which includes: - Xylophone (Sabre & Spurs) - Horse Hooves (Sabre & Spurs, Riders for the Flag, Black Horse Troop) - Boatswain's whistle, ship's bell (Jack Tar) - Whistling (Boy Scouts of America) - Pistol Shots (Bullets & Bayonets, US Field Artillery) - Siren, Anvil, Rivet Machine (The Volunteers) - Woodblock (Rifle Regiment, Fairest of the Fair, Gridiron Club, Bullets & Bayonets) - Chimes (Liberty Bell, Sesquicentennial Exposition, Liberty Loan) - Castanet, Native American drums (New Mexico) - Sirens, anvils and riveting machine (The Volunteers) - Field Drums & Regimental Trumpets (Semper Fidelis, Anchor & Star, Gallant Seventh) - Baseball bats (National Game) - Harmonica (Harmonica Wizard) - Yelling (Right-Left!)
There's one march (I believe it's by Sousa, but it could be someone else) that gets stuck in my head very often, and I can't seem to find which one it is. I've been searching for weeks and can't seem to find it. It's in cut time and the trio starts like this (number after the apostrophe is the note value 1=whole 2=half, etc). C'2 | F'2 G'4 A'4 | E'2 F'4 G'4 | D'2 D'2 | D'1 | r'4 C'4 D'4 E'4 | F'2 A'2 | G'1 | r'2 D'2 | G'2 A'4 Bb'4 | F'2 G'4 A'4 | E'2 E'2 | E'1 | EDIT: It's "Americans We" by Henry Fillmore! I finally found it.
@@macerunner4674 I quite literally could not say "fuckin relatable" any more than what you said. This piece is so fast and just insane that I get angry at myself just taking it at half tempo
Sousa was definitely operating on a creative high when he wrote this one.
I have to second you on that.
Considering the trio is in 6 flats if I remember right then I agree he was high
@@gordonestabrook8578 The key of Gb was quite common in marches back in the day. Modern band kiddies just need to buck up and learn how to play in flats. Once they do, they will discover that the part lays quite well on their instruments. Sousa knew what he was doing.
Lmao
Absolutely. And that's saying a lot, considering his consistently turning out one great march after another!
Sousa’s marches are, a *thousand* times over, the most inspired out of all the march composers.
How about Frank Piersol, they all sound so good amd I'd pit them on par with Sousa. You will only find three of his marches online, which is a shame. They are pavilion, maxi, and snowbird march.
Compositional genius that Sousa was. Bb minor (1st strain), Db major (2nd strain), Gb major (trio), Bb minor (bridge), back to Gb major in the grandioso. This is my most favorite Sousa march.
Probably my favorite Sousa march, if not in the top 3!
Love the wonderful harmonic progressions, specially in the 2nd strain and breaker strain....so much fun!
A wonderful rendition of a unique and popular march, with an array of novel instruments including harp, tambourine, triangle and Jingling Johnny (Turkish Crescent)! Mind you, JPS made full use of other sound effects in his other marches, an unexhaustive list of which includes:
- Xylophone (Sabre & Spurs)
- Horse Hooves (Sabre & Spurs, Riders for the Flag, Black Horse Troop)
- Boatswain's whistle, ship's bell (Jack Tar)
- Whistling (Boy Scouts of America)
- Pistol Shots (Bullets & Bayonets, US Field Artillery)
- Siren, Anvil, Rivet Machine (The Volunteers)
- Woodblock (Rifle Regiment, Fairest of the Fair, Gridiron Club, Bullets & Bayonets)
- Chimes (Liberty Bell, Sesquicentennial Exposition, Liberty Loan)
- Castanet, Native American drums (New Mexico)
- Sirens, anvils and riveting machine (The Volunteers)
- Field Drums & Regimental Trumpets (Semper Fidelis, Anchor & Star, Gallant Seventh)
- Baseball bats (National Game)
- Harmonica (Harmonica Wizard)
- Yelling (Right-Left!)
Don’t forget the Jingling Johnnie used in this magnificent march. Sousa was a genius composer.
Great info, it helps understand and appreciate the music more, always learning something new.
The xylophone was also used in USAAC and the dauntless battalion.
2022
is awsome
If im not mistaken, woodblock is also used in national game, unless woodblock is used instead of baseball bats sometimes
Ngl i have to play this for a concert and im now listening it on here and i wasn't expecting to be this fast😳😳
Gosh, I love that Jingling Johnny at the end
this makes my top 10 marches the trombone part at the beginning was cool since im a trombone i like it.
There's one march (I believe it's by Sousa, but it could be someone else) that gets stuck in my head very often, and I can't seem to find which one it is. I've been searching for weeks and can't seem to find it. It's in cut time and the trio starts like this (number after the apostrophe is the note value 1=whole 2=half, etc). C'2 | F'2 G'4 A'4 | E'2 F'4 G'4 | D'2 D'2 | D'1 | r'4 C'4 D'4 E'4 | F'2 A'2 | G'1 | r'2 D'2 | G'2 A'4 Bb'4 | F'2 G'4 A'4 | E'2 E'2 | E'1 |
EDIT: It's "Americans We" by Henry Fillmore! I finally found it.
the bass clarinet part goes hard in this song ngl
For sure one of the best minor-key marches, but all I can think of when I hear this tune is the Stonecutters Song from the Simpsons.
top notch sousa march and a personal favorite - the fennell/eastman wind ensemble performance is the gold standard though...
Also a favorite of mine. But I think bullets and bayonets is still my top
My middle school played this at like 1.2x speed and it has rented a free parking space in my head
As a freshman highschool band student, I absolutely love the trio.
Seems more technical. More demanding then the "Gladiators".
I really like this one too, unfortunately it's getting curb stomped by Entry of the Gladiators...
And so much more interesting, too!
I played trumpet on this, its not that bad tbh. Hardest part for me was some of the weird fingerings, in the trio/finale especially
Fun march to play!
0:40 bass bone has same bass line as the tuba. So much fun to play
Cool piece
Anybody here for March Mania 2024?
Me 😅😕
"march" madness gang wya?
Yooooo
im so sad childrens march got out the first round
This music is very good sound.
Playing this in band rn
WHY ARE THERE SO MANY FLATS
Because Sousa wrote them. Deal with it and learn to play in all keys.
It's in Bb minor
"The Residents" brought me here!
You think this good? Listen to ‘the Honored Dead’. Though it really is quite difficult to say which is the best because he wrote 135 marches.
isn't it 136?
That's funny - those two are now in the March Mania 2023 final match!
Who's doing this for March mania 2022 aka band class
whos here for band class?
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎶🎵🎺 #QPO #JMD
DIES IRAE IN THE INTRO
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I am a U.S. obligation
A year after Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis was published. Lol
Why did I hear this in an Episode of Thomas the Tank Engine?
i hate being fhorn..
This song makes me miss playing euphonium parts
(I play tenor sax)
(Apologies if you do play euphonium but your parts sucks 99.99% of the time)
as a euphonium who is used to playing boring parts
this piece is terrifying help me
@@macerunner4674
I quite literally could not say "fuckin relatable" any more than what you said.
This piece is so fast and just insane that I get angry at myself just taking it at half tempo
@@JustBeingMe-kn9pl this thing deadass took me like 2 months to learn i HATE john phillip sousa /j im just not used to having an actual part
Ukraine deez
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