Changing the Guard Windsor - 22.8.2023 Band of the Household Cavalry
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- Changing the guard on Tuesday 22nd August 2023. The Kings Guard is 1st Battalion Welsh Guards new and old guard, with musical support from Band of the Household Cavalry. Windsor itself was sunny which brought tourists out and about. There police escort on foot.
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❤❤❤❤They are perfect. Thank you for the video
Fantastic video mate! Sorry for my absence!! But, I'm back!
The marches played were,
1) 0:04-The Great Little Army
2) 3:05-To Your Guard
3) 5:20-Vimy Ridge
(Return to Barracks)
4) 6:34-Namur
5) 8:19-National Emblem
6) 11:03-Carry On
7) 11:59-Rising of the Lark
Hello Delvin-Pedia! Is it the tradition for the HC Band to play the Slow March of the Old Guard's Regiment, when they enter the Barracks, but Marching in Quick time? They did the same with 'Let Erin Remember" for the Irish Guards at Buckingham Palace last week.
Welcome back, you've been missed, best Regards to you & yours from MOTH & I.
Thanks Delvin.
@@philwilson You're most welcome! All fixed now!
@@vickyRoyalHistory
Hello Vicky! Glad I was missed! The tradition is to play the Old Guards Quick March when entering the Barracks. Today they played the Quick March of the Welsh Guards "The Rising of the Lark".
"Let Erin Remember" is the Slow Regimental march of the Irish Guards, that's why it was played last week as they left Buckingham Palace, As the Old Guard always marches out in Slow Time. The Quick Regimental March of the Irish Guards is "St. Patrick's Day". Hope this helps!
Best wishes to you and yours! Send my Regards to Sir MOTH!
@@delvinrodriguez3341 I thought they played the IG Slow March going in, unless I've got it mixed up with another Band, highly possible ofcourse. There's so many different Videos... I think it was the change with Coldstream coming from St James with your favourite DM leading & Irish Guards coming from Wgtn Barracks with my Favourite DM leading, so not the HC Band that day. The HC came down from St James & I think it was the Welsh from Wgtn Barracks (Their Static offerings have become really good with Major Lauren as D of M) I couldn't see the DM clearly, the camera was full frontal & further away & the DM wasn't easy to see, was taller so I think DM Rees or it may have been Stu Laing. But then the Grenadiers & the Scots did changes as well that week. I'm sure someone played Let Erin Remember going into Buck Palace, I commented on it. I know I commented on the IG playing the Grenadiers Slow March going into Victoria Barracks, it cracked me up. I know the Quick & Slow Marches of all of the Guards, I had a giggle the other day when The IG was the New Guard at Wgtn Barracks, practising & being inspected & the Band (Welsh I think) broke into Paddy McGinty's Goat, the look of amazement & the Eyes left from the Colour Bearers escort was priceless, until the SM reminded them where they were & what they were doing. Mind you when he had his back to them he had a grin & a shake of the head.
Some great Eb bass playing, nice sound 🙂
Agreed - as well as the (unusual) Bb bass (tuba) and bass trombone, it all provides a very solid and robust bass sound.
Great isn’t it. They are all wearing spurs today I never noticed that before. So proud of them. 😊
All part of the Uniform I Guess, but it does make for an interesting walking gait. Some of the more "Mature" Troopers, walk with "Bandy Legs" & almost roll from side to side. I find it all quite endearing really. It used to be quite funny when they used to wear their thigh high Steel Riding Boots, all shiny & bright, I remember them Lining the Steps into Parliament on the day The Queen Opened Parliament. Those poor Troopers couldn't bend their knees, they came up with a way to climb the Steps & then the Stairs to the Debating Chamber, while holding their Swords. It was hilarious, the couldn't crab walk & had to stay front on & March, so they did it in the same way you "Walk" a heavy object like a Fridge, Foot Forward, then pivot the other leg by throwing it out to the side & swing it Forward, then Repeat Lol. Did you notice, the Officers have a Riding Crop as a Swagger Stick ?
Fun and Interesting. Never seen the Welsh Guard Band before. Fun to see differences in style & manner. Have only seen our own Swedish Royal bands.
Goodness Me but Windsor Castle is real mess! The Household Cavalry Band did a great job negotiating it, they still hold their 6 abreast formation (pretty much). Their Music certainly didn't Suffer & as much as I love the Guardsmen Bands, I think the HC Band has the edge. Great job of filming it, fighting your way through the sea of mobile phones. Great Job, Thank you.
Have you not seen any videos where Windsor was worse than this?
@@charlottecunningham2141 Yes, but I put it down to all the disruption caused by the Repair work, crowding the same number of people into a lot less space. It's been so long since they started with the Work, I can't remember what it was like before. I was last there Summer 2000, before I was called back by the Company I worked for, I came back in November after almost 10 years of living there. It was busy as I recall but it wasn't the Sardine Can that it is now & it was much less in the Castle itself too & the Mobile Phones weren't an issue either.
A single euphonium player. Hard to carry the part by yourself, especially when playing marches.
As a former euphonium player myself, I agree it is rather surprising, and particularly so as the Household Cavalry band is a particularly "large" band (6-abreast at Windsor whereas the Guards bands are typically 5 abreast).. The euphonium is a powerful instrument, but with the best will in the world the sound will not be the same with just one, and especially as they are positioned in the middle of the band whereas with, say, the Marines bands they are on the outside. The euphonium parts tend to have lots of important melodies and counter-melodies pitched high up in the instrument's range, which demand a lot of stamina even when just sitting playing, let alone when marching. Whenever I've seen them, the Household Cavalry band has usually had two euphoniums, but the last couple of times there's only been one. I hope the other player is okay.
I will happily confess to my ignorance regarding the Instruments, I only recently learnt that all Trombones & Clarinets & I think Saxophones are not created equally. They come in Bass, Alto & another thing, that I want to say Soprano, but I don't think that's right. To the uninitiated like myself, there's a lot to learn & remember. I'm thinking a Euphonium is the instrument that looks like a baby Tuba? mainly from watching the movie Brassed off. If not, I apologise. Then again, maybe I'm wrong, because there's 2 of them, both in the Blues & Royals, 3rd & 4th Row. I was fairly sure the Musician in the Life Guards, 3rd row closest to the Camera, is playing a Tuba, but as he's the only one, so maybe that's not a Tuba but a Euphonium?
Hi@@vickyRoyalHistory there seems to be a lot of confusion about the various instruments, and hopefully I can clear it up. Sorry if anything I'm writing seems rude! Firstly, I think the word you are looking for here is not "Soprano", but "Tenor". Secondly, you are absolutely right that a Euphonium looks like a baby Tuba. In terms of these words, it's helpful to think of the different voices in a choir of singers. Starting at the deepest, you have Bass, then you may have Baritone, then you have Tenor, then you have Alto (or Contralto), then at the top you have Soprano (or Treble if it's a young boy). With the instruments themselves in the band here, first look at the trombones - there are 6, all in the front row. 5 of them are Tenor Trombones, and one of them is a Bass Trombone. The Bass Trombone in this film is the one at the far end, played by a very large man in a Blue tunic. The part played by the Bass Trombone is typically deeper than the Tenor Trombones, and can be very "growly" at times. The instrument itself may be slightly larger than the Tenor Trombone, although that can be difficult to see and might not always be the case. With a "strong" player, it can be a very powerful instrument and can be very easily heard. Finally, the Tubas. If you look starting about 47 seconds into the film and look at the 3rd row, the Euphonium is the much smaller instrument in the middle of the row, played by the nearest player in a Blue tunic. The large instrument furthest from the camera is an "E-Flat Tuba" (or "E-Flat Bass"), and the one nearest the camera, played by a player in a Red tunic, is a "B-Flat Tuba" (or "B-Flat Bass") which, although it doesn't really look bigger from this angle, is even larger than an E-Flat Tuba. If you unrolled its main tubing, it would be about 18 feet (5.4 metres) long, whereas the E-Flat Tuba would only be about 13.5 feet (4 metres) long, and the Euphonium would only be about 9 feet (2.7 metres) long - exactly half as long as the B-Flat Tuba. The B-Flat Tuba is very rarely seen in a marching British military band, probably mainly because it is so heavy to carry, and it needs a person with very big lungs to really do it justice.
I hope that all this makes things clearer, but don't hesitate to ask if there are any more questions!
@@MikeM14-40 Thank you Mike! You should be a Music Teacher (if you aren't already), that all makes Perfect Sense. Using my extremely Simplistic terminology, The Father Bear is a "B flat Tuba", the Mama Bear is an "E flat Tuba" & the Baby Bear is a Euphonium, in looks if not necessarily sound. So, that means when a Band is leaving Buckingham Palace, playing Figaro (Slow March), that really deep, rumbling, growly sort of sound is probably a "B flat Tuba" or possibly a very Strong Bass Trombone, & the other deep growly, sound that doesn't vibrate as much could be an "E flat Tuba" & the sound that's similar, but lighter & creates a sort of Harmony is likely to be a Euphonium ?
I can read Music ok & I understand Melody & Counter Melody, but at nowhere near this Standard. I play the Organ, both Electronic & Pipe so to my ear the "B" flat Tuba equates to the Pedals, the "E" flat Tuba is the Lower Keyboard (Left Hand) & the Euphonium is the Upper Keyboard (Right Hand). With the Organ, you often play Melody & Counter Melody on the same keyboard & drop down to the other Keyboard to bring in a Harmonic lower tone, between the Base Pedal & the Melody on the Top Keyboard. I don't know the correct terminology, but I can generally get around that by calling things the 'Twiddly Bits' & the 'Oompah pas' Lol. I love the Brass Bands & the British Military Bands. I've got hooked on the Changing the Guards Videos & all the extras that come up from Time to Time. I know the Instruments by sight, but not all the different types, time to remedy that methinks. I'm still trying to reconcile myself to seeing French Horns & Oboes in a Regimental Marching Band.
Thank you for taking the time to explain the Tuba Enigma. Hopefully I've grasped it correctly.
Hi again@@vickyRoyalHistory Thanks for the kind words, although I have to say I don't have any formal qualifications in music teaching or training, and wouldn't want to be thought of as any sort of "self-styled expert". I have played brass instruments for many many years, and as a "sometimes" amateur composer and arranger of brass music I find the subject of orchestration (arranging the roles and interactions of the different instruments within a group) fascinating. I think you've got most of it broadly right above.
I forgot to mention the different Saxophones. If you look at 10 min 47 secs in this video, the nearest Saxophone to the camera, dressed in Blue, is a Baritone Saxophone, which is not only very big, but has a kind of loop in the pipe going down from the player's mouth. These are another instrument that seems to be very rare in a marching UK Military Band, and might be another factor in the HC band having a different sound. Then the Saxophone 2nd nearest to the camera, again with the player in Blue, is a Tenor Saxophone. At the far end of the row, past the 3 French Horns and wearing Red, is an Alto Saxophone, which is smaller still.
A couple of other points to bear in mind, which complicate things further, are:-
(i) "There's an exception to every rule", and there's a good deal of overlap between some of the different instruments in terms of their range and capabilities.
(ii) There are differences in terminologies between different countries which sometimes make discussion difficult. For example, what in the UK is called a Euphonium is often called a "Baritone" in the USA, an instrument that is called a "Baritone" in the UK which is used in Brass Bands but not Military Bands, is often called a "Tenor Horn" in the USA, and an instrument that is called a "Tenor Horn" in the UK which, again, is used in Brass Bands but not Military Bands, is often called an "Alto Horn" in the USA.
Finally, in case you didn't spot it, in ArmedForcesVideos' more-recent video of the same band 2 days later, 24 Aug 2023:-
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near the beginning of the video the Tuba dressed in Red, nearest the camera, is an E-Flat Tuba unlike in this 22 Aug 2023 video where it's a B-Flat Tuba! I don't know whether the player is changed as well.
I'm really glad you're enjoying all the videos and music!
was there today, i think i saw you!
Haha glad you enjoyed 😊
Amazing to be able to ride and play an instrument, and also to march, in step, and play as well. There can't be two separate bands, surely - mounted and marching? Is the young man on the bass drum usually on one of the drum horses? Looks a bit difficult to play a drum whilst marching - your instrument keeps changing position slightly.
There already is two separate bands isn’t there? The mounted band and this band
Hello. The Household Cavalry Band are very talented Musicians. The Same Band perform Mounted at the Trooping the Colour & they also March, when they are the Musical Support for Changing the Guard, in Windsor & in Windsor. For Special Parades where Senior Royalty are in attendance (such as Trooping the Colour- Mounted or on foot at- The Garter Ceremony at Windsor), they wear their State Dress Uniform, the oldest continually worn Uniform in the British Army. It's very ornate, Heavily Embroidered Gold Cloth with a Blue Jockey Cap & was originally bought By King Charles ll in the mid 17th Century. The Bass Drummer when Marching is also the Drummer on the Kettle Drums on the Drum Horses when mounted. The Band is made up of the 2 Regiments who make up the Household Cavalry, the Lifeguards (Red Tunics & White Plumes on the Helmet) & Blues & Royals (Blue Tunics & Red Plumes on the Helmet). When they were amalgamated, they both kept their Regimental Bands, that is why there are 2 Kettle Drums & the Band is larger- Marching 6 abreast- than the Infantry Guards Band who typically march 4 or 5 abreast. Their training is unusual & thorough, playing an Instrument on Horseback is difficult enough, but in the Drummers case, they have to steer the Drum Horses with the reins attached to their Legs. They also have to Master the Quick March at 116 paces & the Slow March at 65 paces when On Foot & occasionally the Marches are the same when Mounted or On Foot, so makes it more difficult.
Hope this answers your Question 🙂
Playing the snare drum while marching isn't that difficult, one quickly gets used to it. Done is from the age of 8 when I started at a chor of drums.
@@charlesmallo Perhaps for a Band that Marches at 116 paces in Quick March Time, playing the Drum, Bass or snare isn't overly taxing. But we are talking about the Household Cavalry Band, that brings a lot of other challenges. The Bass Drummer when Marching, carries the Drum & is responsible for keeping the Tempo for the Band & whatever Regiment is Parading, for Quick March 116 paces & Slow at 65 Paces & also alerts the Band that the Drum Major has/is giving instruction. BUT when the Bass Drummer is mounted, he rides a Drum Horse, plays the Kettle Drums & Steers the Horse with reins that go from the Bit to his lower leg, as he needs both hands to play the Kettle Drums. He fulfils the same job as when he is Marching but with the difference being a horse is now part of the equation (1/4 ton of thinking animal) & the tempo is different than Marching, a Quick March played at the Trot or Canter is between 100 - 140 beats per minute & a Slow March played at the Walk or extended Trot 60 - 80 bpm. That means if a Quick March is played while Marching, the Bass Drummer has to keep the Tempo at 116 paces but if the same March is played while Mounted, then the Tempo will be 100-140 paces. That means Concentration is required at all times, especially while mounted as there is the actions of a Horse to contend with. That same challenge is also true for the rest of the Band, yes they have Sheet Music but playing the same Marches constantly means there is danger of playing from Memory & that can pose problems if the Mind wanders, with the different Tempos.
Sounds really good as usual but sadly no 'new or different marches'
There have been a lot of new Marches Composed & Played this year already, a Number were for the King's Coronation & the most recent one was the Orb & Sceptre Musical Spectacular in July. If I remember correctly it was called The Guards Chapel & was Composed by a member of The Duchess of Edinburgh's String Orchestra. If you look for a Video of the Massed Band leaving from Wellington Barracks for Horse Guards, it's the first March played, followed by Birdcage Walk. I think they play the Same Marches over & over mainly for the Tourists, so they have recognisable & favourite Marches to enhance their Guard Change Experience. They do change some of the Marches each Month, but then they replace them with other well known Marches. It is traditional that well known Marches are played for Guard Changes, New or even older obscure Marches tend to be debuted at other Parades like, Trooping the Colour or Beating Retreat & The Household Regiments Musical Spectacular. Even different Marches can become repetitive, like The Platinum Jubilee march, composed for HM The Queen in 2022 & Debuted at Trooping the Colour, has been repeated at The Coronation Practices, Guard Changes, various Regimental Parades & Displays often enough that it isn't new or different any more.
VERY poor videography compared to most!!!!
Unfair Comment with the Mess Castle Hill & the Castle are in. Stop looking at the Band & Guardsmen for a minute & have a look at the Crowds & other You Tuber's who haven't got the same manners that Armed Forces Videos 173 has & just barge through. If you feel this is VERY poor in Comparison to others, then you're in the minority of one. The rest of us appreciate the time & effort that goes in to creating these Videos, in what can only be termed "difficult" circumstances. I'm sure you know where the door is to leave, I can only hope that you won't come through it again, don't let the door smack you in the arse on your way out, you negative self-entitled Ingrate!!
Very well said,@@vickyRoyalHistory . I have been to quite a lot of these myself over the last few months, and whether or not I'm there on the day, and whether or not I try to do my own filming on the day, I am most grateful to ArmedForcesVideos and other "regulars" (they know who they are!) for the time and work they do both in collecting the footage and in any processing afterwards, while showing great consideration and courtesy to the rest of the crowds, to the band, to the guards, and to the police and other security personnel and volunteers.
Sorry it’s not up to ‘Your satisfaction’ if you don’t like it. Why are you watching it?
Sorry, but if you don't like the camera work why don't you give it a go yourself?!? I'd love to see you do better. Keep in mind my very Good Friend here @ArmedForcesVideos173 has to maneuver around the large crowds while keeping a camera steady, there's many more things I can go on about. It's a miracle to me how he doesn't trip and fall or bumps into the crowds. So, please be respectful and keep the negativity to yourself! Don't ruin it for those who love this channel!
@@ArmedForcesVideos7 My apologies for my comment, it needed saying but it wasn't my place to say it. I don't know you well enough to know whether you would put ungrateful or insulting people like this Clown in his place. I just get really annoyed with people who make comments like that, it's not like they have to pay to view it, it's a few hours for every video you make & share with us lesser Mortals who don't have the ability to be there to watch ourselves. It's time you won't get back & most of us are very, very grateful & thankful you do these videos & share them with us. Is it the Discovery Channel standard for Sky T.V ? No it's not, but then you don't have the Specialist Equipment & Multiple Camera feeds to play with & you don't charge £100+ for us to see it. You do a fantastic Job, in very difficult conditions, I doubt that Timothy-Tug-Muscle Commenter could do as well, never mind better. All that being said, I'm sorry for taking him to task, as I said, it's not my place.