Goes to show how bad the composer did for the Alto part, sounds akin to a tenor second "harmony". Based on how large the Alto looks in her hands, (I thought it was a baritone at first), I'd guess they're beyond young.
The kid probably isn't. They just are resting their hand on one of the trill keys. It's a common problem when your hands haven't grown to adult size, and it makes the whole saxophone sound like this one pitch that's kind of not any pitch.
I swear, concert or not, I low key kinda feel embarrassed for this band I shower my trumpet playing thanks for making this nightmare show recognizable yes
A little strange definitely, but no where near as bad as these marching flutes in highschool IN MARCHING who did a parade lower/steeper than that the entire time.
I’m just surprised they can actually play. Our 6th grade band flutes can hardly hold a quarter note yet we go to an arts school and had to audition to get in
I play the flute and yeah I agree it shows that there not that confident and bending your neck to play is even harding because it allows less air to go into the flute
As the saying goes, if this band practices 40 hours a day they'll be able to play it perfectly. edit: wow I have 347 likes, that's more hours than I've practiced time to go practice
@@renameagain5808 It was alright, I didn't have to worry about making any mistakes because no one could ever hear me anyways lol But now I'm a percussionist, and it's a lot more fun
It often times happens in kids bands. The kids that don’t know how to play the song, they would just play the same note throughout the song but along with the rhythm of the song
@@taylorh638 me to I'm in 7th grade band and I'm new to it and learning the 7th grade ones and it was hard until I learned more and got better than 2 people and they were there last year and we playing a concert in 2 more days
ok but.. yall act like yiur the best😭 but if yall could actually hear yourself that all u would hear is you guys. like u cant even hear anyone elses insturments😭🙏🏻
Quote of the day, if you can't play an instrument, don't play at all Edit: Just to clear things up, I made this comment in 7th grade and I'm 90% sure that my band director told this to the class multiple times. I understand that these kids were just starting out and that what I posted was horrible advice, but younger me had no idea and posted it anyways. You don't need to tell me twice, I know this advice sucks and I advise you not to follow it. I apologize for the previous action of my younger self and anyone that I might have misled.
My 8th grade band sounded a little better than that and our trumpet was about the same. We had to have our teacher play. 5 of us held the band together. We’re all at separate schools and we are all in the wind ensemble at our schools and are the only freshman in the band.
As a percussionist those percussion players were off by like a whole 2 seconds they need to work on their counting but over all I think they were playing the right rhythms
I guess I don't see this as a "fail". I see a bunch of kids who have done at least some practicing, who show up, and try to play a piece together. They are actually accomplishing something. I find that much more admirable (and, incidentally, considerably more courageous) than people sitting behind keyboards sniping at them.
I feel like it’s more of a matter of how can a band be this bad? I’m still in middle school band and even the lowest level band can still play great. How can a band make a pretty easy song nearly unrecognizable?
Kids playing instruments are NEVER a fail! 💪🏾 We all start somewhere! And trust me, through some stroke of a pen or another, these kids will be signing your check one day! 🎷🎺🎻🥁
No man, this is a fail. I’m currently in band. I’ve been there for six years and I’ve had the experience of being in beginning of band and while it isn’t very good this is one of the worst bands I’ve heard.
Why does it sound like 80% of the band is playing the same, out of tune note for the entire song, and the other 20% is actually a fairly typical beginning band?
True, but this sounds like the kids have just been thrown into performing stuff with hardly any practice, as if they'd only been playing for only 1-3 months
I'm in 8th grade and we do NOT sound this bad when sight reading at all, maybe the first few weeks - 2 months of 5th grade band we would sound bad or 6th/early 7th sight reading, but they might just be slow learners
As a clarinetist, I think it’s because our fingers sometimes don’t cover the holes fully, or we’re pressing down on unnecessary keys on a not. For alto clarinet and lower, it’s because we’re biting on the mouthpiece too much, relaxing the embouchure too much, or not blowing enough air into the instrument
As a fellow sax player…why were they playing the same note the whole time??? In the arrangement I played we had the melody. And even tho I’m not a flute player what the heck is that posture. That one trumpet player has a future tho
As a flute player in a school band- the flutes posture is so bad- there is no balance- they sound out of tune, they aren’t playing at the same time- and they just need so much help-
The thing that sounded fail for the concert band is because some students did not practice to get better. They Need To PRACTICE to get better, because if not, then they won’t get better. That is why it is important to practice and to get better and follow directions on what the music teacher says for them to do!. Because we are in 2020s. this is not 1940s, 1950s, 2000s, 2010s. When the music teacher tells them to practice, it is not that hard, and this is not rocket science. So That is why. Thanks for your understanding. Have a great day.
The poor Alto Saxophone player just playing the same note over and over again :( Alto is one of the funest instruments and especially when you get the melody, unlike low brass. Poor girl!
They did a great job! Hands will grow to get over the sax trill keys. Timpani rolls will speed up and smooth out. Blend, balance, and intonation will refine. But only if they are allowed to be confidently supported to keep playing…judging by the applause, that’s happening. If you played in this recording, don’t let them rain on your parade. I hear great preparation and hard work, and a good awareness to recover after a rocky start, while still performing! Bravo!
@@stuff1858 It's good that you're not a music educator. 1) music educators either set aside their personal critique of beginning musician's tone, or end up loving it because they can see where the kids can end up 6 years down the road. 2) The whole first half of my paragraph seemed to fly by you, showing me that you have no knowledge of say, what a saxophone trill key is, and how to identify trill key problems in a saxophonist. 3) If you were a music educator, you would see that big important things, like confidence, performance practice and readiness, and breath support are already happening with these students. If I could work with them, I know they would take off fast!
@@chrisroode I wasn't commenting about the specific instrument parts. you couldn't be taken seriously when you said they did a great job and there was lots of hard work/preparation when it sounded awful
in case anyone here wants to know how to make that noise happen with the saxophone, just blow very fast air with no control at all. to make it sound even "better' turn the entire mouthpiece upside down.
They sound like they only had a couple hours to practice And just didn’t even bother to try afterwords except that one trumpet player carrying the entire band Trying their best
I really love the one sax player playing the same note through this entire piece.
Goes to show how bad the composer did for the Alto part, sounds akin to a tenor second "harmony". Based on how large the Alto looks in her hands, (I thought it was a baritone at first), I'd guess they're beyond young.
Me too
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The kid probably isn't. They just are resting their hand on one of the trill keys. It's a common problem when your hands haven't grown to adult size, and it makes the whole saxophone sound like this one pitch that's kind of not any pitch.
Yeah, when I was in band I just randomly played my chimes.
Took me till 0:24 to realize this was “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”. Thank you, my dear trumpet player, for actually making this song recognizable.
it took me till this comment to realize that
samee
I swear, concert or not, I low key kinda feel embarrassed for this band
I shower my trumpet playing thanks for making this nightmare show recognizable yes
I realized it at like 0:53-
@@issaccherinet547 OML I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING LOLL
The trumpet actually indicates that this is We wish you a merry Christmas which means, he or she sucks the least and actually practice
Nameless ? Go trumpets! (I’m one) 😂
Brenna The Panda we are not hated for once
I think it was a teacher
Tone wise still sounds pretty bad but at least leaps and bounds better than whatever the fuck the band was doing
@@user-zm7zl9lc6j definitely not a teacher unless their teacher plays at a 7th grade level
When you get coal on Christmas
LMAOOO THIS COMMENT IS UNDERATED
Nameless ? 😂😂😂
So true. 🤣
Sigh!
LOL
sounds like a band of squidwards
Rescue Ranger 86 lol, so true
Yup
Rescue Ranger 86 omg your right
I just got the clarinet today and....Im a little worst than squidward
Rescue Ranger 86 ikr
I heard about 5 different songs botched together in one cacophonous mixture
Sumit Munshi nice use of vocabulary
same
Your profile pic perfectly matches how you spell.
It's called a medley, good sir
As a flute player, I’m weirded out by the fact that people hold their flute at that angle
A little strange definitely, but no where near as bad as these marching flutes in highschool IN MARCHING who did a parade lower/steeper than that the entire time.
Sometimes I forget to stay in the correct posture
I’m just surprised they can actually play. Our 6th grade band flutes can hardly hold a quarter note yet we go to an arts school and had to audition to get in
they might as well be playing clarinet at that angle
I’m not a flute and wtf no vibrato
I'm not a flute but those flutist should bring their flutes up
Indie Ziegler tell me about it omllllll
Yeah your not a flute
Your a attack helicopter
Bruh I can bring my clarinet higher than that
@@diminuendo61 I can bring my trombone higher than those flutes
I play the flute and yeah I agree it shows that there not that confident and bending your neck to play is even harding because it allows less air to go into the flute
At first I thought it was the "Star-Spangled Banner" but then I realized it was "We Wish You A Merry Christmas". That's how bad it was...
brandon_duhburrito oh shit I actually thought it was star spangled banner as well...
brandon_duhburrito | same
I thought it was God save the queen at first
No it’s happy birthday, wait a minute it’s a combination of songs
brandon_duhburrito When I realized it was “We wish you a merry Christmas” my eyes widened and was “You sure about that”
Yeah, it is definitely a fail when I only realized what song it was after 30 seconds.
What?! It took me two replays!
It took me 17 seconds
GravitySmashify same lol
i didn't untill i read a comment
Same bro
I wonder if some parts of their instruments were missing. However, that one trumpet player has a future.
they are there last hope
Yea, in a decent band.
Depends on how old is he...
As the saying goes, if this band practices 40 hours a day they'll be able to play it perfectly.
edit: wow I have 347 likes, that's more hours than I've practiced time to go practice
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I hope after 4 years the kids can play better now.
2024 EDIT: make that ten years. I can’t believe the video is *that* old already
I hope after 7 years the kids can play better
@@thebackyardbugs *8 years now
i hope after 4 years after you commenting after 4 years you hope the kids can play better now, i hope they are playing better
Most of them probably quit after two years.
PFFT FOR ME ITS 8 YRS!
I used to be a flute...
They way they hold their flutes hurt my soul.
i’m sorry that it brought back trauma
they're definitely beginners lmfao
can you tell us what it was like being a flute?
@@renameagain5808 It was alright, I didn't have to worry about making any mistakes because no one could ever hear me anyways lol
But now I'm a percussionist, and it's a lot more fun
My brain hurts seeing it and I don’t even play flute I play French horn
“Yeah, uhh, we're with the pet hospital down the street and I understand that you have a dying animal on the premises.”
Lol
THE FLUTE'S AND CLARINET'S POSTURE IS KILLING ME AS SOMEONE WHO PLAYS BOTH
Bro they are putting their fingers like a mile away from the keys and the are squeaky lol 😂 as a clarinet, this is a embarrassment
I want to hire these kids to play this exactly as it was played in the video at my wedding
Please play at my funeral
They're murdering Santa Clause.
hhds113 lol
hhds113 yay bc I don’t want him stalking me shower on Christmas
I don’t even play flute but if my band director saw the flutes positioned like *that* her head would explode
mine would SCREAM at us lmao
Same!!!😂
same EVEN I KNOW FLUTES ARENT PLAYED LIKE THAT!!! 😵💫
All the people clapping at the end must've been thinking ''🎶it's the most wonderful time...To not hear🎶''.
as an alto sax player, I am personally offended that the alto sax only got to play 1 note over and over again.
Yass bestie. I play the alto sax too!!!
One guy: “Come on we’re playing We wish you a merry Christmas”
Everyone else: Instrument go *BRRRRRRRR*
It often times happens in kids bands. The kids that don’t know how to play the song, they would just play the same note throughout the song but along with the rhythm of the song
I want to see adult bands that fail. I can't laugh at children
me neither
Thats the thing though like these people probably just got their instrument that day/week
Yes we can
It’s either laughter or tears… I choose laughter.
There's a video of putin, leader of russia seeing this military band try to play the Russian anthem and fuck it up completely.
If I Was The Teacher: "Kids, normally I'd say quit while you're ahead...But, you're not even ahead.''
As a flautist, the angle the flutes are being held at is killing me
idk why but i played better than them with only my instrument
same i play trumpet most of theirs was because no one was playing on beat
Oml they were playing so slow. I’m beginning band and we play way faster than they do
I can play better just screaming
@@taylorh638 me to I'm in 7th grade band and I'm new to it and learning the 7th grade ones and it was hard until I learned more and got better than 2 people and they were there last year and we playing a concert in 2 more days
Santa's funeral march
Ah I love my sax players 😌 Menaces of the band when we learn, but force to reckon with when we get good!
ok but.. yall act like yiur the best😭 but if yall could actually hear yourself that all u would hear is you guys. like u cant even hear anyone elses insturments😭🙏🏻
@@mikaylaa1903 been playing for 6 years, like I said when we get good it’s alright
Quote of the day, if you can't play an instrument, don't play at all
Edit:
Just to clear things up, I made this comment in 7th grade and I'm 90% sure that my band director told this to the class multiple times. I understand that these kids were just starting out and that what I posted was horrible advice, but younger me had no idea and posted it anyways. You don't need to tell me twice, I know this advice sucks and I advise you not to follow it. I apologize for the previous action of my younger self and anyone that I might have misled.
The Gaming Grizzly
Omg
This makes the video so much better
omg that's what my community band director says 😂
Just play the 4"33' song by John Cage, where you don't play anything
Worst advice I've ever heard for a musician.
If people did this there would be no musicians, please no one take this seriously
I love how people clapped and cheered like they didnt just see WWII flash before their eyes
0:18 where I realized it
My 8th grade band sounded a little better than that and our trumpet was about the same. We had to have our teacher play. 5 of us held the band together. We’re all at separate schools and we are all in the wind ensemble at our schools and are the only freshman in the band.
Trumpets, for once...
...PLEASE PLAY LOUDER
Well it is enough to hear
Slowly picks up gun, aims for head 😤
as a percussionist, it seems like the timpanist is rolling on the timpani like you would on a snare drum
Maybe their just warming up
Separate
all I hear is the trumpet and they’re playing WAY better 💀💀
nah bruh my band director would be yelling at us the day after a concert 😭
Glorious! We all started somewhere.
What a great day to be a band director!
Wow I loved this. 10/10 playing. Deserves a music award.
i couldnt even tell what song they were playing until the middle of the video
For a pep talk, the teacher must've said ''you will go out there, try, and fail!''
As a percussionist those percussion players were off by like a whole 2 seconds they need to work on their counting but over all I think they were playing the right rhythms
hello fellow percussionist
@@skedaddle6004 lol me not seeing this reply for 2 months!😂
also hello
When does the album come out?
I can’t believe someone transcribed “Requiem” from 2001: A Space Odyssey for concert band and had a bunch of middle schoolers play it...
Especially act 3
Took me until 0:45 to realize it was We Wish You a Merry Christmas….
trumpet carried
it sounds so depressing
Imagine is these guys had that dude from whiplash as their conductor
I'm dead
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The saxes just playing one note continuously
Give a gold medal to the sax/trumpet/brass one
I love how they keep going more quiet until the end
I guess that school auditorium audience just wasn't ready to be hit with some avant-garde jazz.
I guess I don't see this as a "fail". I see a bunch of kids who have done at least some practicing, who show up, and try to play a piece together. They are actually accomplishing something. I find that much more admirable (and, incidentally, considerably more courageous) than people sitting behind keyboards sniping at them.
ikr people are taking this way too seriously
I feel like it’s more of a matter of how can a band be this bad? I’m still in middle school band and even the lowest level band can still play great. How can a band make a pretty easy song nearly unrecognizable?
Kids playing instruments are NEVER a fail! 💪🏾 We all start somewhere! And trust me, through some stroke of a pen or another, these kids will be signing your check one day! 🎷🎺🎻🥁
No man, this is a fail. I’m currently in band. I’ve been there for six years and I’ve had the experience of being in beginning of band and while it isn’t very good this is one of the worst bands I’ve heard.
as a clarinet player, i'm confused why they were squeaking. it sounds like ducks. it's horrifying.
Its a mixture of jazz and funk!
Its called junk!!
I think jazz and funk would've been a good combination if they didn't turn it into junk, lol.
Why does it sound like 80% of the band is playing the same, out of tune note for the entire song, and the other 20% is actually a fairly typical beginning band?
The fact that the band director didn't stop everybody at the start of the piece and that everybody started clapping at the end severly worries me
You gotta start somewhere, and this is where band starts.
True, but this sounds like the kids have just been thrown into performing stuff with hardly any practice, as if they'd only been playing for only 1-3 months
a beginning band shouldn't sound this bad
@@iloverohjaewon i mean yeah, but they might without proper training
I didn’t even realize they were performing “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” until 0:50
“If we play loud, people might think we’re good!”
I thought they were playing "Star Spangled Banner" until 0:50...
HORN ANGLES HORN ANGLES HORN ANGLES PLS IM CRYING 😭😭😭
this is warm up time in sixth grade. except it’s not warm up’s it’s that one day when the whole band plays after not practicing all of Christmas break
There's still probably that one kid who thinks they are a show-off in this band.
this is what happens when you have middle schoolers sight read a piece for the first time
Even if they were sight reading the clarinets still shouldn’t squeak that much.
I'm in 8th grade and we do NOT sound this bad when sight reading at all, maybe the first few weeks - 2 months of 5th grade band we would sound bad or 6th/early 7th sight reading, but they might just be slow learners
No feet tapping to tempo, low stands creating bad posture, and a million wrong notes. Very unprepared. Shame on whoever the band director is.
The clarinets squeak more than me than when I first started playing…
what is up with clarinets doing that. I’m a percussionist so i wouldn’t know, but it seems super common, why?
As a clarinetist, I think it’s because our fingers sometimes don’t cover the holes fully, or we’re pressing down on unnecessary keys on a not. For alto clarinet and lower, it’s because we’re biting on the mouthpiece too much, relaxing the embouchure too much, or not blowing enough air into the instrument
Note*
It depends on people how you hold your flute but the flutists need to bring their flute in a higher angle
i hope after 8 years they sound better ):
As a fellow sax player…why were they playing the same note the whole time??? In the arrangement I played we had the melody. And even tho I’m not a flute player what the heck is that posture. That one trumpet player has a future tho
If that had been in China, these children would have been incarcerated for several years and their music teacher shot for gross negligence. 🤣
At least us trumpets aren’t being hated for once cause it makes the song recognizable lol. My fellow trumpets where you at?
As a flute player in a school band- the flutes posture is so bad- there is no balance- they sound out of tune, they aren’t playing at the same time- and they just need so much help-
The thing that sounded fail for the concert band is because some students did not practice to get better.
They Need To PRACTICE to get better, because if not, then they won’t get better.
That is why it is important to practice and to get better and follow directions on what the music teacher says for them to do!.
Because we are in 2020s. this is not 1940s, 1950s, 2000s, 2010s.
When the music teacher tells them to practice, it is not that hard, and this is not rocket science.
So That is why.
Thanks for your understanding.
Have a great day.
As a flute, the way they are holding the flutes hurt my soul..
as a flautist the way theyre holding their flutes is making me feel uneasy
Whoever that trumpet was carried the whole thing at least we can tell someone practiced a little
Plot twist: 10 years later after this video was posted, they all become famous musicians.
The poor Alto Saxophone player just playing the same note over and over again :( Alto is one of the funest instruments and especially when you get the melody, unlike low brass. Poor girl!
They did a great job! Hands will grow to get over the sax trill keys. Timpani rolls will speed up and smooth out. Blend, balance, and intonation will refine. But only if they are allowed to be confidently supported to keep playing…judging by the applause, that’s happening.
If you played in this recording, don’t let them rain on your parade. I hear great preparation and hard work, and a good awareness to recover after a rocky start, while still performing! Bravo!
you can't be serious
I am serious…and I seriously think you are not a music educator…well, I’m done here for now. Goodbye!
@@chrisroode so what if I'm not a music educator? That sounded horrible
@@stuff1858 It's good that you're not a music educator. 1) music educators either set aside their personal critique of beginning musician's tone, or end up loving it because they can see where the kids can end up 6 years down the road.
2) The whole first half of my paragraph seemed to fly by you, showing me that you have no knowledge of say, what a saxophone trill key is, and how to identify trill key problems in a saxophonist.
3) If you were a music educator, you would see that big important things, like confidence, performance practice and readiness, and breath support are already happening with these students. If I could work with them, I know they would take off fast!
@@chrisroode I wasn't commenting about the specific instrument parts. you couldn't be taken seriously when you said they did a great job and there was lots of hard work/preparation when it sounded awful
i deadass just thought it was a video of the band doing individual warmups
Everything was vaguely in time. It's mostly intonation problems and those can be fixed
W TRUMPET PLAYER! GET THAT PERSON IN SYMPHONIC BAND RN! (Also saying this as a trumpet in jazz and symphonic)
ive been in band for 7 years and we have NEVER messed up the first note 😂
It's giving ' play louder than your neighbor '
Great to see that 7th period band is playing concerts now
Might wanna put them in intro to band class except for that one trumpet
in case anyone here wants to know how to make that noise happen with the saxophone, just blow very fast air with no control at all. to make it sound even "better' turn the entire mouthpiece upside down.
No,.... Don't do that. Trust me
It’s always the saxophones
The flute angles….
Sometimes we do that in my band I play trombone
destiny cosey You are band suck
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This, is, AMAZING.
They sound like they only had a couple hours to practice And just didn’t even bother to try afterwords except that one trumpet player carrying the entire band Trying their best
I see this was a rainy day, that's why the instruments and classmates were playing unusual
I'm glad I'm in my school orchestra now ._.
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