This piece has evidently been around for years, and yet I only heard it for the first time last night(2/25/24)! I cannot stop crying when I hear it in multiple arrangements. I think I want this for my funeral
this ballad is one reason all corps need 4 valve tubas. the inability to drop the octave at key points is highly anticlimactic. source: have a copy of this score and know the parts. the Bloo workaround is to split the tubas into fundamental plus the 5th above, which gives a resultant note one octave down.
I mean even corps like BD which have 4 valve tubas don't play low Eb's, I have to assume there's a reason (likely a lack of stability down in that range).
While I would much rather play on a 4+ valve concert horn, it's a bit impractical for this activity. Not only does it increase the weight of the horn significantly, but any notes that actually require the fourth valve are just gonna get drowned out by the bass synth anyway. It's only really useful in a chamber or solo setting.
@@Jekkin in 2017 I marched a DCA corps that played G bugles and I marched a 4v contra. We did a ballad closer and you can hear my low notes on the Flomarching recording. If we had a few other guys with low range, it would have helped tremendously. One against a whole horn line isn't the best odds. We didn't have any sort of synth that year.
I love bluecoats but theyre shows are to theatrical now i loved all the shows from 2008 to 2019. After that they got weird. Go back to tilt and kinetic noise and metropolis kind of shows.
They are not better singers than most choirs. But they sound really good because: 1- They have a pretty good understanding of the chords they are singing. Everyone is very aware of what their melodic line is and how they contribute to the overall sound. (And thats pretty much all you need to be a good choir singer). AND 2- They have great breath control because of brass playing.
@@bruhgronk6710 Lol, yea. But not really tho. Choirs are made of singers, they know vocal techniques, can sing dynamically through pieces and balance the voices the way they're supposed to in the songs. For people like me who have been in choirs, I can pretty much hear everything they're doing wrong. It still sounds good, because they're singing the notes properly, but they're not singers and it shows. When you're used to listening to singers, you just know when it's off. But they still sound incredible.
1:49 poor Sam! "Just give 'em 4."
Gorgeous just gorgeous. Sam's conducting is just as great as the sound.
I love hymn of axciom, it's the best ballad in dci history without a doubt
Nothing Beats Grow Till Tall when the Horns turn around to the front..goosebumps every single time
ToUceE X ummmm...Elsa’s Procession.
Ahem.... Great Gig in The Sky
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*BLUECOATS 2015???*
This piece has evidently been around for years, and yet I only heard it for the first time last night(2/25/24)! I cannot stop crying when I hear it in multiple arrangements. I think I want this for my funeral
Good God almighty...those Mellos at :55....I'm one big goosebump!!!
Bluecoats brass in Swasey Chapel :-) Sounds like a great potential fundraiser to me!
oldbandguy I agree :)
I used to be hard core Crown but I'm slowly making the transition to Blue Coats being my favorite corps
Join us 😈😈
this ballad is one reason all corps need 4 valve tubas. the inability to drop the octave at key points is highly anticlimactic. source: have a copy of this score and know the parts. the Bloo workaround is to split the tubas into fundamental plus the 5th above, which gives a resultant note one octave down.
I mean even corps like BD which have 4 valve tubas don't play low Eb's, I have to assume there's a reason (likely a lack of stability down in that range).
While I would much rather play on a 4+ valve concert horn, it's a bit impractical for this activity. Not only does it increase the weight of the horn significantly, but any notes that actually require the fourth valve are just gonna get drowned out by the bass synth anyway. It's only really useful in a chamber or solo setting.
@@Jekkin in 2017 I marched a DCA corps that played G bugles and I marched a 4v contra. We did a ballad closer and you can hear my low notes on the Flomarching recording. If we had a few other guys with low range, it would have helped tremendously. One against a whole horn line isn't the best odds. We didn't have any sort of synth that year.
For me, the tubas were the highlight of this video.
It’s beautiful this is why I love the Bluecoats. LETS GO BLUE!
Thank you , Vienna Teng , author
Absolutely gorgeous
2:05 is Heaven
Carolyn Boyd
1:31
THE HORNS!
yep I cried
Wow!
Great low brass
I cried:(
Good god 💜🙌🙌🙌
If only they didn't play this to the back field
I love bluecoats but theyre shows are to theatrical now i loved all the shows from 2008 to 2019. After that they got weird. Go back to tilt and kinetic noise and metropolis kind of shows.
Thank you impatient tech for making it confusing and then being wrong
no doubt. he was wrong but just wanted him to KNOW to do in incorrect count in somehow and also made him feel like shit in the process.
That was literally the caption head
Why are drum corps better singers than like most choirs
They are not better singers than most choirs. But they sound really good because:
1- They have a pretty good understanding of the chords they are singing. Everyone is very aware of what their melodic line is and how they contribute to the overall sound. (And thats pretty much all you need to be a good choir singer).
AND 2- They have great breath control because of brass playing.
@@Jao.m4 you literally just described how that makes them better singers😂😂
@@bruhgronk6710 Lol, yea.
But not really tho. Choirs are made of singers, they know vocal techniques, can sing dynamically through pieces and balance the voices the way they're supposed to in the songs.
For people like me who have been in choirs, I can pretty much hear everything they're doing wrong. It still sounds good, because they're singing the notes properly, but they're not singers and it shows.
When you're used to listening to singers, you just know when it's off. But they still sound incredible.