The challenge isn't the sixteenth note rhythms but those chord changes as a soloist. This is one of the few songs where I've seen chord changes on a sixteenth note rhythm and it isn't a chord change where you can get away with screwing up (A7 -> D7 for example) as it's a half step change. This is my favorite Gordon Goodwin chart though and I wish we could've played it in high school.
Do you have any tips for me? i plan on soloing on this but then when my time came up I'm like damn wtf are these chord changes, they arent even close to the difficulty of those normal combo charts you do for warm ups
@@APerson-lh3iw All you can do is pay attention to them and build your solo around it. They aren't everywhere, so being in rhythm with them or resting on the difficult changes will work.
You have gained 3 tenors, 3 altos, 2 bari's, a bass player, 3 trumpets, a drummer, and 3 trombones, one being a bass trombone from our band. I'm one of the tenors
I wanted to play this so bad, but right before my schools jazz band decided to play it I had quit band because the directors were embezzling money and didn’t care about the kids in there. Not to mention the constant bullying. Depression kicked in. Principal tried to force me to stay in band, vice principal helped me out and let me quit. Long story short, I hate my old band directors and principal and don’t see how they haven’t been fired. But I like the song😃
The D7 -> Eb7 -> E7 chord progression all in one measure with the Eb7 -> E7 transition happening on the "a" of beat 2 and not beat 3 is definitely tricky. It's also a relatively long solo so you will want a solid improv vocabulary as well. The song itself or what's written is really easy in comparison.
The challenge isn't the sixteenth note rhythms but those chord changes as a soloist. This is one of the few songs where I've seen chord changes on a sixteenth note rhythm and it isn't a chord change where you can get away with screwing up (A7 -> D7 for example) as it's a half step change. This is my favorite Gordon Goodwin chart though and I wish we could've played it in high school.
Do you have any tips for me? i plan on soloing on this but then when my time came up I'm like damn wtf are these chord changes, they arent even close to the difficulty of those normal combo charts you do for warm ups
@@APerson-lh3iw All you can do is pay attention to them and build your solo around it. They aren't everywhere, so being in rhythm with them or resting on the difficult changes will work.
The bari solo frickin slaps!!
Yesss I love to play it!😂
the groove gets to you, and not even an old guy getting in the way could throw it off.
The anxiety this gave me before soloing was unreal
Fr, we had three or four solos for some reason and I was last to go, the pressure was real after the 2nd one
The drum part is 🔥🔥🔥
DRUMMER FROM ALL COUNTY !!!
love them crunchy frogs
I drummed for this song and damn is it a banger, pissed it’s not on Spotify
I got a national competition where i gotta play this for school on drums i dont know it that well😅
I was looking for it because my jazz band was playing it and I was so mad it wasn't on Spotify
@@monkeyboy1647same lmao I got it for generations in jazz 2025
@@CapyGMDomg same
@@CapyGMDwhat instrument are you playing it for? I’m doing 2nd tenor.
my jazz band just got this song and the first thing one of my classmates said was C R U N C H Y
All Jazz band kids who play or played this should all come together to form an army
Y e s
Alright I am joining the army we are learning this song lol
Wooo!
You have gained 3 tenors, 3 altos, 2 bari's, a bass player, 3 trumpets, a drummer, and 3 trombones, one being a bass trombone from our band. I'm one of the tenors
I'll provide my services as guitarist
How did this song get its name...
Frog legs?
Gordon ate a frog and thought it was crunchy
It sounds Cancun or Caribbean, and frog legs are popular around there I think, so that’s likely the reason
The song is meant to sound funny and quirky and the keys its modulates to are what musicians call "crunchy"
Gordon himself said he got it from the Monty Python clip.
Im a beginning bassist and dear lord i want to play this.
Wow great solis !
I wanted to hear them live, thumps up !
Playing bass on this with my jazz band
Bass bone = crunchiest
As a bass boner facts
2:00
This is great I love playing this song
CRONCH
put it at 1.50 and it sounds like a mario kart track
Thats literally what i thought when i heard it too
True
nice
Man spitting straight facts
The key change at 4:53 is them going into the last lap
there’s a version with the tuba that follows the baseline and it’s arguably better
HalfACubey link??
yeah, link?
Don’t have a link, It’s a optional instrument so it’s rarely included in the recordings
That actually sounds kinda sick
I played bass trombone in a band with 5 trombones and played the tuba part. It was super fun!
I wanted to play this so bad, but right before my schools jazz band decided to play it I had quit band because the directors were embezzling money and didn’t care about the kids in there. Not to mention the constant bullying. Depression kicked in. Principal tried to force me to stay in band, vice principal helped me out and let me quit. Long story short, I hate my old band directors and principal and don’t see how they haven’t been fired. But I like the song😃
Quite an EAR for storytelling you've got there!
as a pianist IM GONNA DIE
my jazz band just started learning this today, and it's very hard cause the notes are so fast and I also have to learn the solo part for trumpet
If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy, would it?
so what would it be?
@@marzp._ it would be sassy
I used the Bari solo and modified it a bit when I played this. (In case you actually want to see, it's on my channel)
Essa banda toca muito mambo sensacional
Playing this as a pianist in my jazz band and I might have to solo😰 definitely scared for that one
Drummed this 6 times this week 😅
When is a video version of The Chicken by Kris Berg coming out?
crunchy chicken
Quiet solos are always interesting
Cronchi
i play the tbone for this song
i play the clarinet for this song
@@alexwalsh8528 Same here
Same
What did alto 2 do?
0:49 0:55
1:29 1:46
Crunch
I play 3rd trumpet for this and I am NOT good enough to play that solo
The D7 -> Eb7 -> E7 chord progression all in one measure with the Eb7 -> E7 transition happening on the "a" of beat 2 and not beat 3 is definitely tricky. It's also a relatively long solo so you will want a solid improv vocabulary as well. The song itself or what's written is really easy in comparison.
who the hell named this
The writer?
Sounds like a jojos bizarre adventure op
shit go hard
I play piano for this song
same
yes
What key is this written in? I’m trying to come up with a guitar solo to play for my jazz band
im late but i believe its in b flat blues
D dorian
bangs
who r u
lmao, EWI solo go *brrrrrr*
It do be kinda crunchy though
Am I right in thinking there's a real frog in here?
This is the jazzuest dong
Crazy frog reference??
maybe
..no
@@Gio2321_ what if you’re just not being open minded enough
@@fliam47 maybe… I’m not enough to understand knowledge from further beyond..
i love this song "I play clarenet in 5th grade "I pay it in band
C. Romnhc
I play clarinet in this song
Alexandra Murillo do you play the trumpet or tenor sax part?
i do to
dude my middle school jazz a played this like a literal piece of cake 💀
your army sounds cool, but in not in a jass band
Top 10 worst licks ever
when you like your own comment
LMAO
Wow this song sucks big time.
How so?
I'm gonna make this song go from Crunchy Frog, to Limp Human after I'm done with you.
@@evangault1392 tru dat
**dislikes**
but its so crunchy
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