This whole channel is just a dad posting videos of his kid playing music. Looking at the progression over the years is so impressive. Most recent vid is her doing her own recital. Such a good dad. Smiling rn
Honestly I’m very impressed with the young drummer, too. He’s not playing out, understands dynamics and keeps the tempo. Dynamics and grasping the essentials of why you’re the orchestra’s back bone is so important and much harder to do for a beginning percussionist than any sort of etude! Little homie understood the assignment fully.
Fun fact: Considering how when Free Bird plays you are legally able to do anything, they could have easily used pyrotechnics and special effects during this show however, the fact they didn't shows that they have some serious restraint and I respect that.
@@edibleandsentientautomobil5396 the violin is harder to play for someone who doesn’t play the violin. What you are talking about is comparing equally skilled musicians playing the same solo on two different instruments. Both are difficult to play on both instruments
But isn’t that the wonderful beauty of music? For a few short minutes her strings wove a world and carried us on an adventure. Everyone in that room fell under the spell chanted by each note. A song can be carried across time like this and be shared and spread to take people on the same journey over and over again. It’s the human talent of finding beauty in the abstract condensed to its purest form. We like certain sounds strung together and if you string sounds together well enough an entire crowd can be synchronized with the sound. Man what a life we all lead. Being alive is awesome.
I can't describe how important playing modern music is for aspiring musicians. My hats off to the music teacher who selected this piece. THIS is how you encourage a new generation of musicians. Show them how fun it can be to perform to an audience when its music they like.
Exactly. I hated my high school music class cause virtually none of it was music I liked. I wanted to play my favorite songs; I wanted to learn music theory. It just wasn't possible in that class.
@@bigstupiduglyogre7205 welcome to the internet, where most knowledge is stored within inanimate or non-sapient/sentient objects! we're basically the SCP foundation!
@TotemoGaijin Thank you for your reply and you have an interesting channel! I'd subscribe but I'm not a video gamer. I have an original Xbox. I like tabletop roll playing WEG D6 RPG and I have Everything!! I don't suppose you're near I44 Tulsa to Joplin corridor? Did I say Everything yet LoL?
Im not a musical guy, but... even with the ammount of praise given by this comment section and the audience, this is still absolutely underrated work. HOW DID SHE DO THAT???
When you have that ONE student... Can't imagine the orchestra leader who was like, "OK, we're going to do something a little different, you okay with that, Rebecca?"
Its really hard to keep the one student interested in music when they are so advanced props to the director for figuring something out cause this girl shouldve been playing in grade levels 4 years older than her
@@Aztronomical695 Dude, she played the Freebird solo on violin, that's something that'd be extremely challenging for even graduated musicians, much more for what looks to be a high school class.
@@Aztronomical695 Are you? Because anyone with even a basic level of music knowledge knows how difficult the Freebird solo is, even on the instrument it was written for. Are you the guy that comments on TwoSet videos defending the people playing Flight Of The Bumblebee?
As someone who was in band themselves in high school, I would've killed for this to be played at least once. I also knew a Rebecca in band that was in my graduating class. She was a bass drum player and now she's my wife
I love how she does her best to stay composed (no pun intended) the entire performance, but she can’t help but crack a grin in the last minute or so when she realizes that she’s absolutely knocked it out of the park.
Just the intensity of playing that (and with the pressure of all eyes on her, no less) had to take up every fiber of her being. Past, present and future. But she was able to crack that smile towards the end because she knew she CRUSHED it.
My violin teacher tried to impress upon me the importance of a dynamic performance, and to really feel the music while performing it. Trust that her "breaking composure" is very much part of the performance and why it is so good.
Even 10 years later, still a gem. This had me rocking, and a violin no less, I guess rock can shine through no matter what instrument you play if done right. Bravo
@@mr.nazareth4501 nah it was just dudes that liked country music on acoustic guitar and were just like fuck it I’m going play country shit on electric guitar
@@notitia8149 it was not country dudes lol It was a black dude that first made the genre, and he sure as hell wasn’t in the country. Know your music history
I don't ever watch violin videos. I don't even know how I ended up here. But this was incredible. As a HUGE Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, I have that solo memorized, and she nailed every note !!!! Allen Collins is looking down proud as ever !!!! Absolutely amazing !!!!!
Wow and wow, I’m a 50 year old man and have been listening to Skynyrd since I was 8, and this has absolutely has to be the best tribute to Freebird that I have ever heard…literally brought tears to my eyes.
Thumbs up to the teacher who understood that playing twinkle twinkle little star and other “classical” pieces isn’t going to make anybody love music with all their heart and soul. And, for the record, I have no doubt the boys in Skynyrd were possibly even prouder and enjoyed hearing this even more than this girl’s rightfully-proud parents.
Have you even played in an orchestra before? Also playing those classical pieces gives people a greater affinity for music, a trained ear, rhythm all that that you wouldn’t get if you didn’t play an instrument or spend some time really getting into music. I mean just playing in general does that but it’s not going to be forced out of you if you play free bird or what have you. I actually fell in love with classical music from playing in orchestra but I’m also massive fan of rock. It’s my favorite type of music. But playing a rock piece adapted for an orchestra isn’t going to make people passionate for playing. They have to find it within themselves to learn to love it. Some of the best players in my grade hated playing and not even Bohemian Rhapsody could get them to crack a smile during class. They’re fun to play but I’ve played plenty of pieces that were about as enjoyable because of their complexity and overall composition. Teachers select pieces as part of a curriculum and to entertain the parents to some extent. But again, the pieces aren’t going to make them passionate for the music. It just comes naturally from person to person.
Rebecca, wherever you are now, if you know this video exists, please know this is one of the coolest and most amazing things I've ever seen. Please be proud of this for all your days. This is epic.
honestly traditional strings instruments csn do a lot, its just that most of what gets played is sadly just the same kind of traditional orchestral music (not to say that its bad, but theres definitely some missed potential when its restricted to only that kind of music)
4:40 The divine instant Free Bird solo arrives is forsooth bliss to mine ears. Such a pristine violin solo it is. Thou shall spread this to the orb. Forsooth, forsooth a golden experience. Composed in heaven this is. One feels like walking to heaven's door.
Hat tip to this school’s music teacher too, who must have sat down at some point and thought “yeah I know what I’ll get the orchestra to do at the next concert!” Or at least got behind someone else’s brainwave. Side question: how come there’s no conductor? Are they all taking their lead from the drummer? Great job by that individual too if so.
@@ryanhernandez8324 yeah. The orchestra director was pretty cool. We played lots of the stuff you'd expect an orchestra to play, but also freebird, crazy train, devil went down to Georgia, and some others.
They say you’re exempt from speeding tickets if you’re driving to the original song. But I’d have to imagine you’d be exempt from horse-drawn trailer tickets if you’re bumping this
this group of kids literally just played the most beautiful rendition of this song ive ever heard, and that solo was spot on, my jaw is on the fucking floor
That's what I was thinking. I was so dialed in, after it was over, I remembered I was just watching some high school performance her dad recorded on his phone ten years ago and not some like, professional concert. Absolutely phenomenal.
the fact the crowd started clapping in beat shows that having your students play/learn a GOOD song is better than just going for the classicals that everybody has heard before
I’ve been in a really shitty place mentally for a while but watching her play her heart out on that solo just made me smile the most genuine smile I’ve had in a while. Thank you. This was beautiful. I had to turn it up to 11 Got me inspired to pick up my guitar again
You have made an old woman very happy. I ran across this video, now more than 10 years old, quite by accident tonight on my birthday. The orchestra eventually gets into a groove, and then the solo! What an awesome teacher to choose such a piece, a piece that indisputably is the finest jam of any rock band in musical history. 🙏💕. I'm sure the guys from Lynyrd Skynyrd are smiling down upon your performance. 💜
8:04 That smile makes it all the better, knowing all the time and effort put into this amazing song is paying off when you hear the crowds reactions.. shout out to everyone else in the performance as well, making her look good.
As a violist in my high school's orchestra who almost fainted during my latest solo in Eastern NC's Regional Orchestra (but managed to pull through, albeit with a few errors), I can hardly imagine how nerve-wracking this was. If you're still reading these comments a decade later, I just need to remind you that you did an outstanding job :D
That was her moment. The moment lasted like 5 minutes but it was HERS. Hats off to the drummer as well, that energy is hard to keep up for a song as long as Free Bird. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Ronnie, Allen, Leon, Billy, Steve and Cassie must be giving a standing ovation thinking wow...who would've ever thought that Freebird would be played by a school string orchestra. BRAVO to these young musicians and especially the girl doing Allen's solo. I love this!!
DANG!!! The whole band was really super good, but, this young lady had me up on my feet!! She'd make Allen Collins proud!! I was waiting for her violin to catch on fire. LOVED IT!
This is by far my favorite song ever. And it really lifts my spirit to see young-uns getting exposed to old tunes. She killed it on that violin. Simply amazing
My only complaint is that I just found this today! The whole group was fantastic but the solo was off the charts! Saw a dual piano rendition yesterday that was unreal. Can’t wait to see what version of Freebird I see tomorrow!
I can truly say that Allen Collins would be so proud to see his music represented so well by a group of youngins like this. She really did go note for note with the studio version. Very impressive and very respectful to such a perfect song.
The fact that 11 years ago this was probably a video recorded by Rebecca’s parents and put on TH-cam as a way for Rebecca’s grandparents to see and nothing more. Nowadays the video is coming up on people’s TH-cam recommendations as the piece has found a whole new meaning, especially the solo. Hats off though this is mad as fuck
I just typed out a long winded comment.... Rethought....deleted....and replaced with.... Fucking awesome rendition....I thoroughly enjoyed it!!! (Former skynyrd touring crew)
That was incredible! Been Listening to Freebird for 45 years, and that is the Best version I have heard since Skynyrd last played it in Fall of 1977...
love how everyone else is still stone cold serious and she cant even contain it any longer. i can only imagine she felt like the happiest or proudest person on earth in that moment.
That was amazing. What an enormous amount of work she must have put in to learning the music, and then having the entire auditorium's eyes on her while she played - outstanding.
With the explosion of Free Bird memes - because that solo is amazing - I genuinely hope this video explodes in popularity. Thanks TH-cam, the algorithm finally gave me something unexpected
everyone deserves to feel the rush of killing it up on stage like that, i wish more orchestras would do songs the students like!! my last concert was insane, i felt like the coolest guy in the world, i hope more people get to feel that!! every music kid should get their rebecca freebird moment fr
OK,(huf, huf.. Out of breath). WOW!!!! I'm old enough to remember when it was released.. I've played "Pronounced", a billion times. I've never voted for stairway to heaven, as the memorial day number 1, like they always do on the radio stations. So, long winded story short, Freebird, has always been my favorite. She plays like she's been here before. Every nuance of the solo, she hit, like she's heard it since 1977..i had goosebumps. Please send this to the network late night shows. They were all great, but she absolutely OWNED IT!
One cool band director, for letting the band play this classic. Band sounds great. The young girl was GREAT !!!! This song came out late 1974 early 1975 when I was a United States Marine on Okinawa. I knew then it would be a hit forever. Its still being played today. Semper Fidelis
This is incredibly impressive, I could never imagine having the balls to do something this difficult on stage in front of a ton of people. She definitely knows her shit, and she deserves all of the praise she’s getting in this comment section.
Sweetie, my goodness!! There is no question, that Allen Collins and Ronnie VanZant and the rest who have passed on are clapping their hands, and saying well done. 👏👏👍👍
I mean… it’ll die someday idk when the sun gets too hot for the earth? Or when the sun goes supernova? Or when the milky way collides with that other galaxy that I don’t remember the name of?
Not only great to listen to but to also see everyone have fun playing that song. Superb job!! Solo was outta this world. Thank you, I am so appreciative that I saw this.
When conductors do this it changes a kids life; letting them feel what its like to just really jam on stage. Spot on to the chick, the conductor, the drummer, and everyone involved. Hell yeah, brother.
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This whole channel is just a dad posting videos of his kid playing music. Looking at the progression over the years is so impressive. Most recent vid is her doing her own recital. Such a good dad. Smiling rn
Wholesome
that's so cute
Aww 🥹
pity the last one was 3 years ago, wonder where her skill is now
@@Mynameis177looks like she has a new one from 2 days ago
Hats off to the drummer. This is a very intensive piece for how long it is. I'd be dead at the end if I did that at their age
very intensive?…
@@Harri_ it's no death metal, but its a pretty long song and it doesnt ease up through any of it
@@GlorifiedShed hmmmm... long yeah but it doesnt need too much effort
There was a comment somewhere in here that said the drummer was the conductor of the band
@@10五十一 instensive ≠ hard
She’s an amazing talent but a shout out the the drummer as well.
And the bassist too
Honestly I’m very impressed with the young drummer, too. He’s not playing out, understands dynamics and keeps the tempo. Dynamics and grasping the essentials of why you’re the orchestra’s back bone is so important and much harder to do for a beginning percussionist than any sort of etude! Little homie understood the assignment fully.
@@CELINExDION I know right? especially in school orchestras, it's not something that you see everytime you go to a concert
Talent doesn’t exists, it’s about the commitment and the mastery of your instrument
apparently the drummer was the conductor
Fun fact: Considering how when Free Bird plays you are legally able to do anything, they could have easily used pyrotechnics and special effects during this show however, the fact they didn't shows that they have some serious restraint and I respect that.
Explosions everywhere and anarchy
@@julioaragon4938 😂😂😂
Fun fact: Pyrotechnics are most likely prohibited in a school auditorium lmao
@@ThonkOfficial When Free Bird plays, you are legally and unprohibited to do anything you want
@@WGY_Games lmao fair enough
Fun fact! She uses an electric violin because a wooden violin would've burst into flames! An incredible performance!
Ha! And she powered the electric off her own energy.
The funny part is that this classical version of free bird is way more difficult to play than just regular free bird
Both are difficult
The iconic classic version
@@ryanserdan4267 but the violin is harder to play, for starters they don't have frets
@@wzore6480 I doubt that, the orchestra seemingly plays a simpler sheet to accompany a long, pain-inducing and tiresome solo
@@edibleandsentientautomobil5396 the violin is harder to play for someone who doesn’t play the violin. What you are talking about is comparing equally skilled musicians playing the same solo on two different instruments. Both are difficult to play on both instruments
I can’t imagine the high Rebecca felt playing the last note. Not a single drop. Incredible.
She was so insane like what the heck
🤰
@@ArrowMaster_ What in the hell is up with that emoji?
@@Reach04 🤰🤰
@@ArrowMaster_ Yeah, officer, this comment right here
@@Reach04 🤰🤰
Love the little smile on her face when the people start cheering/clapping at the song's rythm.
Quick edit you did there.
@@Big_Bad_Gammon yeah, I said only "cheering" and I thought that might not express exactly what I meant.
I actually hate it when people clap only because they literally always clap off beat.
@@kikoredog fr its so bad
She's hot shit and knows it 🤣
At that moment, she was the main character and we were living inside her world.
But isn’t that the wonderful beauty of music? For a few short minutes her strings wove a world and carried us on an adventure. Everyone in that room fell under the spell chanted by each note. A song can be carried across time like this and be shared and spread to take people on the same journey over and over again. It’s the human talent of finding beauty in the abstract condensed to its purest form. We like certain sounds strung together and if you string sounds together well enough an entire crowd can be synchronized with the sound. Man what a life we all lead. Being alive is awesome.
@@ltchugacast131 Beautifully constructed comment!
Have you stopped to think that this kid managed to do one of the top 10 hardest solos of history in a freaking violin and in front of a crowd?!
time and practice
My skill level drops by 80% when I record myself on my damned phone😂
10 hardest solos in history?
Maybe top 10 most recognizable, but hardest? ..... Yeah, no.
Lol it's a great solo but not that hard
I can't describe how important playing modern music is for aspiring musicians. My hats off to the music teacher who selected this piece. THIS is how you encourage a new generation of musicians. Show them how fun it can be to perform to an audience when its music they like.
I love reading intelligent well written comments and then seeing they’re from a guy called “load of bread” lol
Exactly. I hated my high school music class cause virtually none of it was music I liked. I wanted to play my favorite songs; I wanted to learn music theory. It just wasn't possible in that class.
@@bigstupiduglyogre7205 welcome to the internet, where most knowledge is stored within inanimate or non-sapient/sentient objects!
we're basically the SCP foundation!
@@bigstupiduglyogre7205 well considering your username there is much to say
Ah yes. The very modern song 'Free Bird' from Lynyrd Skynyrd, what every young person listens to, even 50 years after its release.
If that was my daughter I would have cried, all the practice and sacrifice. Wow.
Blankslate Same here. She isn’t my daughter and I still cried! And that smile! Talented kiddo!
@@flewnvy Me Too!
a tear or two here too ... what a talented young lady
I’m just some unrelated random idiot on the internet and I’m crying like a baby watching this. Incredible! 🤘🏼
depends if you can still hear anything, can imagine living in the same house she practiced in wasn't easy
There is no doubt from that moment on, she was the coolest girl at her school.
for some atleast, some others probably will call her a nerd band kid
@@tempest8882 you commented 8 min ago. thats pretty cool.
@@tempest8882 A title I would personally be proud to hold still if I had that level of musical talent.
@@nofivefivesevenseven you commented 3 hrs ago. that's pretty cool.
@@MarkH you commented 40 min ago. that's pretty cool.
The best part is that she is clearly enjoying herself the whole time
The best part is that someone decided to have a bunch of kids play Freebird, lol.
@TotemoGaijin And they pulled it off
@@RobertStewart-i3m Yup
@TotemoGaijin Thank you for your reply and you have an interesting channel! I'd subscribe but I'm not a video gamer. I have an original Xbox. I like tabletop roll playing WEG D6 RPG and I have Everything!! I don't suppose you're near I44 Tulsa to Joplin corridor? Did I say Everything yet LoL?
@@RobertStewart-i3m That's alright. I only put up stuff once in a blue moon anyways.
Im not a musical guy, but... even with the ammount of praise given by this comment section and the audience, this is still absolutely underrated work. HOW DID SHE DO THAT???
bro i dont think this is underrated
The word underrated is overused
Observe, finger.
When you have that ONE student... Can't imagine the orchestra leader who was like, "OK, we're going to do something a little different, you okay with that, Rebecca?"
Its really hard to keep the one student interested in music when they are so advanced props to the director for figuring something out cause this girl shouldve been playing in grade levels 4 years older than her
@@Supersonicx9000 I wouldnt say 4 years. Yes, she has a lot of talent but 4 years can be a huge difference in skill level
@@Aztronomical695 Dude, she played the Freebird solo on violin, that's something that'd be extremely challenging for even graduated musicians, much more for what looks to be a high school class.
@@caesarin0 are you in band at all? If so, how long? I want to know these before I respond with anything.
@@Aztronomical695 Are you? Because anyone with even a basic level of music knowledge knows how difficult the Freebird solo is, even on the instrument it was written for. Are you the guy that comments on TwoSet videos defending the people playing Flight Of The Bumblebee?
This is the exact moment of when every single rat in the school started spinning horizontally incontrollably
Truly one of the moments of all time
Not only were they spinning, but they were in full HD quality. This piece is truly one of the songs of all time
And then they span vertically afterward for 4 hours
@@Crab20665 And then they started spinning in an Oblique position
@@hayond656and then they started doing backflips in slowmotion
Somewhere in heaven Allen Collins is clapping his hands and stomppin' his feet with a big ol' smile on his face!!!
TrainMan42 Dude Amen man, this girl nailed it!!
Stomping his feetS
Don't forget Gary Rossington! And the rest of Skynyrd!
Best song ever written
Amen !
That little smirk at 5:14 can only be from a musician who knows they just nailed the part they had to practice over, and over, and over
As someone who was in band themselves in high school, I would've killed for this to be played at least once. I also knew a Rebecca in band that was in my graduating class. She was a bass drum player and now she's my wife
NO WAY
Neat Man
Aw thats so sweet
Smooth
NO FREAKING WAY, THAT'S AWESOME
I love how she does her best to stay composed (no pun intended) the entire performance, but she can’t help but crack a grin in the last minute or so when she realizes that she’s absolutely knocked it out of the park.
Just the intensity of playing that (and with the pressure of all eyes on her, no less) had to take up every fiber of her being. Past, present and future. But she was able to crack that smile towards the end because she knew she CRUSHED it.
1000th like my g good job
My violin teacher tried to impress upon me the importance of a dynamic performance, and to really feel the music while performing it. Trust that her "breaking composure" is very much part of the performance and why it is so good.
Even 10 years later, still a gem. This had me rocking, and a violin no less, I guess rock can shine through no matter what instrument you play if done right. Bravo
Rock and Blues were STARTED on these kinds of instruments man. If anything, it's a lovely return to form.
@@mr.nazareth4501 they weren't really
@@mr.nazareth4501 nah it was just dudes that liked country music on acoustic guitar and were just like fuck it I’m going play country shit on electric guitar
@@DaveDexterMusic have heard of paganini before?
@@notitia8149 it was not country dudes lol
It was a black dude that first made the genre, and he sure as hell wasn’t in the country. Know your music history
I don't ever watch violin videos. I don't even know how I ended up here. But this was incredible. As a HUGE Lynyrd Skynyrd fan, I have that solo memorized, and she nailed every note !!!! Allen Collins is looking down proud as ever !!!! Absolutely amazing !!!!!
would it technically be a fiddle in this song?
same
same
Are you sure Allen isn't looking up as he enjoys this version of Freebird? 😉😉
awesome job
4:52 love that girl's reaction. She immediately turns around to see Rebecca, then go back to her position with a smile on her face.
as i percussinist i think that drummer deserves a dam award for keeping up the energy for 5 whole minutes
Wow and wow, I’m a 50 year old man and have been listening to Skynyrd since I was 8, and this has absolutely has to be the best tribute to Freebird that I have ever heard…literally brought tears to my eyes.
Me too. I was 14. Never been the same since 😂
First i read your statement of crying as a little too much but by the end of this video I was crying too.
An amazing performance.
@@LzOhaiF Tell me about it.
Absolutely agree. It was raining over here.
That music teacher gets an award alone for the choice of song.
Very true my good Sir Metal Pipe
Thumbs up to the teacher who understood that playing twinkle twinkle little star and other “classical” pieces isn’t going to make anybody love music with all their heart and soul. And, for the record, I have no doubt the boys in Skynyrd were possibly even prouder and enjoyed hearing this even more than this girl’s rightfully-proud parents.
I'm with ya, whos evr idea it was for these students to practice learning this anthem and then deliver this...man o man. Thank you.
twinkle twinkle little star no. Bach's toccata and fugue in d minor orchestration by leopold stokowski? definetely yes
Yeah, everyone should learn violin by mastering free bird solo instead getting to know simpler pieces.
nothing wrong with classical music
Have you even played in an orchestra before? Also playing those classical pieces gives people a greater affinity for music, a trained ear, rhythm all that that you wouldn’t get if you didn’t play an instrument or spend some time really getting into music. I mean just playing in general does that but it’s not going to be forced out of you if you play free bird or what have you. I actually fell in love with classical music from playing in orchestra but I’m also massive fan of rock. It’s my favorite type of music. But playing a rock piece adapted for an orchestra isn’t going to make people passionate for playing. They have to find it within themselves to learn to love it. Some of the best players in my grade hated playing and not even Bohemian Rhapsody could get them to crack a smile during class. They’re fun to play but I’ve played plenty of pieces that were about as enjoyable because of their complexity and overall composition. Teachers select pieces as part of a curriculum and to entertain the parents to some extent. But again, the pieces aren’t going to make them passionate for the music. It just comes naturally from person to person.
That isn't a smokescreen obscuring the picture, it's the emission from the fire flying out of Rebecca's fingers! Exceptionally impressive!
"this one time, at band camp..."
*FREE BIRD INTENSIFIES*
Rebecca, wherever you are now, if you know this video exists, please know this is one of the coolest and most amazing things I've ever seen. Please be proud of this for all your days. This is epic.
Check the channel this was posted on she's now a professional violinist!
A commie enjoying conservative southern rock?
I am Rebecca
@@autogamer7281 no IM rebecca
@@BenjaminBallin no I'MMM rebecca!
Im surprised you can make it sound so good with violins.
Lynyrd Skynyrd would be proud
honestly traditional strings instruments csn do a lot, its just that most of what gets played is sadly just the same kind of traditional orchestral music (not to say that its bad, but theres definitely some missed potential when its restricted to only that kind of music)
@@rottengrapes8605 there are plenty of modern bands that use strings for rock n roll
@@Motoboo_Marine true, but it just seems to be an unfortunate stereotype within the minds of many
U like this. Chk out 2Cellos on TH-cam, the song - ThunderStruck
When they dropped the curtain and she started playing, I had a smile on my face "from ear to ear"...
4:40 The divine instant Free Bird solo arrives is forsooth bliss to mine ears. Such a pristine violin solo it is. Thou shall spread this to the orb. Forsooth, forsooth a golden experience. Composed in heaven this is. One feels like walking to heaven's door.
What
@@TwwakianProductions FORSOOTH, MY BROTHER IN CHRIST. FORSOOTH. F O O R S O O T H.
@Joe Thomas that’s what I’m sayin
I’ll never sleep again knowing I can’t be as cool as Rebecca who got to play the fucking free bird solo at a school concert
Hat tip to this school’s music teacher too, who must have sat down at some point and thought “yeah I know what I’ll get the orchestra to do at the next concert!” Or at least got behind someone else’s brainwave. Side question: how come there’s no conductor? Are they all taking their lead from the drummer? Great job by that individual too if so.
I believe that would have been too big of a challenge for most band directors - very impressive.
If it's the same as when we played it a few years before this, it's because the conductor is playing the drums.
@@testaklese "We?" You went to this school?
@@ryanhernandez8324 yeah. The orchestra director was pretty cool. We played lots of the stuff you'd expect an orchestra to play, but also freebird, crazy train, devil went down to Georgia, and some others.
@@testaklese dude. if there's a recording, i would love to hear Devil Went Down to Georgia.
They say you’re exempt from speeding tickets if you’re driving to the original song. But I’d have to imagine you’d be exempt from horse-drawn trailer tickets if you’re bumping this
"Horse-drawn trailer" is fuckin killing me, what a way to describe an orchestral rendition of Free Bird. Criminally underrated comment.
AHAHA Underrated as hell omgg
The transition at 6:47 or so is a classic. well done
Helll yeah
My favorite part of the song and it doesnt get as much love as it deserves IMO.
@@beauhollensbe732 Yoo fellow strokes fan
yo did this show up in anyone elses feed 10 years later out of nowhere?
Ye
5:20 she smiled cause the audience actually clapped on 2 and 4
this group of kids literally just played the most beautiful rendition of this song ive ever heard, and that solo was spot on, my jaw is on the fucking floor
That's what I was thinking. I was so dialed in, after it was over, I remembered I was just watching some high school performance her dad recorded on his phone ten years ago and not some like, professional concert. Absolutely phenomenal.
the fact the crowd started clapping in beat shows that having your students play/learn a GOOD song is better than just going for the classicals that everybody has heard before
Not just on beat, but on 2s and 4s from the outset!
White people love clapping.
This was a million times better than I first thought. This seems like a high school band and she absolutely KILLED that solo!
I’ve been in a really shitty place mentally for a while but watching her play her heart out on that solo just made me smile the most genuine smile I’ve had in a while. Thank you. This was beautiful. I had to turn it up to 11
Got me inspired to pick up my guitar again
I hope everything gets better, man. There's always light at the end of tunnel. Also, ROCK ON!
Your honor, my client cannot be charged with committing any crime while the Freebird solo plays.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Omg, she is fire!!! She needs to do this again somepoint in her life, this is one of the best violin solos ive seen in my life
You have made an old woman very happy. I ran across this video, now more than 10 years old, quite by accident tonight on my birthday.
The orchestra eventually gets into a groove, and then the solo! What an awesome teacher to choose such a piece, a piece that indisputably is the finest jam of any rock band in musical history. 🙏💕.
I'm sure the guys from Lynyrd Skynyrd are smiling down upon your performance. 💜
Happy late Birthday!!
Happy late birthday. An yeh lady . That kid nailed that solo eh 💯
Happy late birthday :) 🎉🎉
@@afunctionalpanda5810 thank you 💕
@@MutantToaster thank you! 💕
8:04 That smile makes it all the better, knowing all the time and effort put into this amazing song is paying off when you hear the crowds reactions.. shout out to everyone else in the performance as well, making her look good.
That's the moment she decided to make the violin her profession.
As a violist in my high school's orchestra who almost fainted during my latest solo in Eastern NC's Regional Orchestra (but managed to pull through, albeit with a few errors), I can hardly imagine how nerve-wracking this was. If you're still reading these comments a decade later, I just need to remind you that you did an outstanding job :D
That was her moment. The moment lasted like 5 minutes but it was HERS. Hats off to the drummer as well, that energy is hard to keep up for a song as long as Free Bird. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
4:47 is right before the riff hits in case anyone was wondering 😃
Thank you
Some nerves in the beginning of the solo but man she pulled it the heck off! Wonderfully arranged and expertly performed!!!!
What a badass!
Honestly!
Ronnie, Allen, Leon, Billy, Steve and Cassie must be giving a standing ovation thinking wow...who would've ever thought that Freebird would be played by a school string orchestra. BRAVO to these young musicians and especially the girl doing Allen's solo. I love this!!
don't forget Ed...
@@samnobody8926and Gary
what a wonderful thing to randomly hit the algorithm
I can't even imagine how good these kids are now that they are all grown up
I hope Rebecca kept this talent up she played amazingly and 10 years later its still making an impression on people
check the other videos by the poster
DANG!!! The whole band was really super good, but, this young lady had me up on my feet!! She'd make Allen Collins proud!! I was waiting for her violin to catch on fire. LOVED IT!
the gall required to even attempt this solo on any instrument is so insane to comprehend
If you haven’t seen the free bird solo on a harmonica yet I highly recommend. That video and this one are just mental.
This is by far my favorite song ever. And it really lifts my spirit to see young-uns getting exposed to old tunes. She killed it on that violin. Simply amazing
I pray that the youtube algorithm one day blesses this video with millions of views.
My only complaint is that I just found this today! The whole group was fantastic but the solo was off the charts! Saw a dual piano rendition yesterday that was unreal. Can’t wait to see what version of Freebird I see tomorrow!
one per day?
@@imEden0 the only correct way to listen to Freebird.z
How has this been on TH-cam for 10 years and I’m just discovering it now?!
Some real talent on display here
I can truly say that Allen Collins would be so proud to see his music represented so well by a group of youngins like this. She really did go note for note with the studio version. Very impressive and very respectful to such a perfect song.
I did not know I needed this in my life....
admittedly it starts off a bit rough, but then she hits that groove and it all works so well
The fact that 11 years ago this was probably a video recorded by Rebecca’s parents and put on TH-cam as a way for Rebecca’s grandparents to see and nothing more. Nowadays the video is coming up on people’s TH-cam recommendations as the piece has found a whole new meaning, especially the solo.
Hats off though this is mad as fuck
Wow, that drummer was really good
I just typed out a long winded comment....
Rethought....deleted....and replaced with....
Fucking awesome rendition....I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!
(Former skynyrd touring crew)
TH-cam randomly recommending the best thing I’ve ever seen again
"your honor you need to understand, the freebird solo was playing, i didnt mean to burn down all those orphanages and kill all those civilians!"
GET IT REBECCA! This is 10 years old now... i wonder if her talent took her anywhere since.
she's apparently a professional violinist now!
Holy shit that was pretty badass. Didnt expect it to sound close on a violin
That was incredible! Been Listening to Freebird for 45 years, and that is the Best version I have heard since Skynyrd last played it in Fall of 1977...
Well done Rebecca. Subdued but powerful. Totally in control the whole time. the true mark of an expert, making it look easy, when of course it is not
Deas this really look any easy to you? I mean, you can't hide such difficulty just by playing godgood.
love how everyone else is still stone cold serious and she cant even contain it any longer. i can only imagine she felt like the happiest or proudest person on earth in that moment.
I never knew the Electric Violin was a thing. Im so glad I found this.
4:25 for the solo
Royalists: "Bring back the 1791 constituti-"
Napoleon: **A video showing how grapeshot artillery works**
And THAT...is how you get students interested in classical instruments.
That was absolutely amazing.
I love how you can see the confidence in her as her solo goes on and she knows shes killing it
My goodness! She hit every note! What a true talent! She is going to go on to do great things :)
Hope she knows how much this has inspired me
Check the channel this was posted on she's now a professional violinist
That was amazing. What an enormous amount of work she must have put in to learning the music, and then having the entire auditorium's eyes on her while she played - outstanding.
With the explosion of Free Bird memes - because that solo is amazing - I genuinely hope this video explodes in popularity. Thanks TH-cam, the algorithm finally gave me something unexpected
everyone deserves to feel the rush of killing it up on stage like that, i wish more orchestras would do songs the students like!! my last concert was insane, i felt like the coolest guy in the world, i hope more people get to feel that!! every music kid should get their rebecca freebird moment fr
That smoke you see in 9:02 is actually because she set the stage on fire with that solo.
OK,(huf, huf.. Out of breath). WOW!!!! I'm old enough to remember when it was released.. I've played "Pronounced", a billion times. I've never voted for stairway to heaven, as the memorial day number 1, like they always do on the radio stations. So, long winded story short, Freebird, has always been my favorite. She plays like she's been here before. Every nuance of the solo, she hit, like she's heard it since 1977..i had goosebumps. Please send this to the network late night shows. They were all great, but she absolutely OWNED IT!
One cool band director, for letting the band play this classic. Band sounds great. The young girl was GREAT !!!!
This song came out late 1974 early 1975 when I was a United States Marine on Okinawa. I knew then it would be a hit forever. Its still being played today. Semper Fidelis
I like to think she already knew how to do the solo and when the orchestra teacher learned he made rest of them learn the song so they could play it.
Never saw anything like it! She played the solo perfectly from what I could tell!!
This is incredibly impressive, I could never imagine having the balls to do something this difficult on stage in front of a ton of people. She definitely knows her shit, and she deserves all of the praise she’s getting in this comment section.
Sweetie, my goodness!! There is no question, that Allen Collins and Ronnie VanZant and the rest who have passed on are clapping their hands, and saying well done. 👏👏👍👍
I love the obligatory coughs.
This is amazing, I'm so glad this got recommended to me. Rebecca, if you're watching, great job!
Rock and Roll will never die! It just gets passed down...
Different genres come out of it over time, but it never dies
@@glassofwater281 it evolves
I mean… it’ll die someday
idk when the sun gets too hot for the earth?
Or when the sun goes supernova?
Or when the milky way collides with that other galaxy that I don’t remember the name of?
@@Harri_ It will forever live on in our souls.
@@Makkis no doubt! Timeless classics get even more so, and new bands add to the flair. Check out King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard and Highly Suspect
Not only great to listen to but to also see everyone have fun playing that song. Superb job!! Solo was outta this world. Thank you, I am so appreciative that I saw this.
I'm definitely adding "Playing the Free Bird solo on the Violin" as one of the coolest things I've seen in my life.
I would’ve got up and started screaming. How freaking impressive this is
When conductors do this it changes a kids life; letting them feel what its like to just really jam on stage. Spot on to the chick, the conductor, the drummer, and everyone involved. Hell yeah, brother.
Im not disappointed that this popped into my recommendations, that solo was amazing
Man, you can really feel the energy in this performance, even through a video. Takes me back to my school music days.
I never thought that a violin would sound so close to the original guitar version.