I replayed this video with my eyes shut. Believe me, I would never be able to explain that this was an ELEMENTARY school musical unit I was listening to! What difference between the Japanese culture and ours. Awesome!
Thomas Lapsley 1 second ago Sadako's Hiroshima friends from all over the world approve this song and are proud of Hiroshima and the origami crane club for promoting world peace for all the children of the world.
@@stummkind I guess cause they've all likely been laying at a high level since they were kids. I've seen many a western world adult band with less discipline and worse sound quality than this. I figured, maybe some of the highscool kids just picked up an instrument when they got to the school cause the bad was popular..................unlikely, the choreography is probably a bigger challenge for them than the music by the time they get there.
Music is part of their academic curriculum, you have to pass it to pass. From pre school to high school. Every Japanese know how to read notes even the blind!!
There are few elementary schools which have music band like this. So, most of students who want to play the instruments start when they are junior high school students or high school students.
This seems like a marching band, they march and do visual performances and they’re so good. I can’t believe that this is an elementary school. In America, elementary school bands are nowhere near the quality of this band.
If you start by teaching a child the principles of discipline, dedication, and determination, they start life with the three main tools that will benefit them throughout their lives. The wonderful people of Japan have known and proven this throughout their glorious history and this video is a sample of it on display. A "Great Job" by these wonderful children. God bless the children and God bless the nation of Japan. And just for the record, I am an American who speaks and respects "truth."
It is obvious that this happens because of many factors coming together. Excellent instructors, supportive parents, a school system that supports and encourages it's students , the cultural dedication these young people have in their lives-not just for the music but for learning in general. There's a lesson to be learned here America- it's not just sports that nedd to be supported in our schools. Show this video to our youn students as an example of what can be accomplished if all the factors are put in place. Bravo to this fine band.
Here's how they look when they get to High School. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N5jhbRF2oXI.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n0-0WQcVjvs.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7i715vcxtkA.html
There is no difference in talent in each country . People are all over the world the same . But there is a BIG difference in culture and in the music department Japan kicks our asses . Nothing to be ashamed of . just enjoy their dedication and music . That is what i do .
If I hadn't have seen this with my own eyes, I'd never have believed that such a high standard of discipline and musicianship, came from little ones of such a young age. I am truly amazed! I hope those young ones go on in their love for brass band music. And I wish them all, well for the future. You are a credit to your family, to your school and to your country.
I actually cried for the first time in 10 years..! I absolutely loved this song with all my heart. It was truely heart-warming that if I was at war and these kids played a song for me before I died my deepest regret would be that I could never listen to them again! Ii applaud your excelent form and professionality. Great job.
Dang I started in band when I was 11 and these kids are probably like 8 and are already so much better than me and I’ve already been playing for 7 years.
I'm going to cry. I've been playing trombone since I was ten and can't believe our schools in California have eliminated music programs altogether....what our kids are missing out on......this is beautiful!
Some of those kids will grow-up to be kindergarten teachers... And start to teach their pupils to do some -disturbing- wonderful things. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UTumpG4z6z8.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sua7u0dl6xU.html
OH MY GOSH!!!! They are AMAZING!!! The're better than my school's band and we're the Middle School symphonic band! and they're elementary! the trumpet players could kick my butt in a playing comp! their tone quality is AMAZING!!!!!
Thank you Japan. Thank you for the music for giving it to me. There's a song there somewhere. You teach the children so young that they become brilliant musicians. Music will never die. Thank you again 👍👏👏
I am absolutely blown away,these kids are wonderful!! Given that this video is over 10 years old I hope that many of these gifted youngsters have gone on to a fruitful career in music - they certainly deserve it.
So beautiful, so haunting ...uplifts my soul! Thank you very much for your composition. I will ask my grandson who just joined the Marines now beginning his study at Naval School of Music to play this for me. I like it so much.
Then in my band we are figuring out how to play a Concert Bb major scale, this is our "advanced symphonic band" in middle school with a new band teacher.... The new teacher takes like 30 minutes explaining what we are doing...
So I was rehearsing my alma mater high school band who didn't even know their scales (wind ensemble). That was sad. At the start of this video, this was the greatest sounding band I've heard all day. I'm going to Japan.
In the U.S. funding has been drastically cut to the arts. They are considered unimportant. So, music and art appreciation as well as music and art classes have been dropped from the curriculum. When music was required there was a lot better music available to the public and especially to young people. This is amazing for grade and middle school students.
OR UK, Robert. And whilst what Alex said is undoubtedly true, too, I bet Japanese kids don't spend all their free time playing on mobile phones either!
@51HankySpanky Are you so stupid as to think the reason our schools are failing is because of guns. I have seen leftist idiocy, but you define the top echelon of derangement with statements like that. DUH!
Same here in UK this band are showing us what we all wished our kids were doing. Not what they are doing here. Credit to school discipline and the kids for devotion. They are brilliant musicians and performers. Well done👌🥇
Yes, actually. Grades 4, 5 and 6. There are many such bands in Japan, and younger schools (primary, kindergarten) will have small instrument bands such as percussion, melodicas, recorders, etc., whatever configuration motivated teachers and students wish to create. It is all voluntary and non-curricular.
Excellently performed, The quality of the musicianship of these young people is stunning. My congratulations to the student, the parents, and the teachers, for these young people to be playing at such an accomplished level at their age is simply amazing. Thank you very much for sharing.
It's just so amazing that these kids that are in elementary and memorize this stuff and play the notes clear and on time! It just amazes me, like I mean I'm in band but haven't even got good until 7th and 8th grade and I started in 6th grade. And to be a pro like that, JEEZ! Like for me high school band freshman year your now learning to play your instrument and go to different positions at the same time! I'm just suprised!
These kids are incredible. They have me asking the obvious question. How many of them will grow up to become professional musicians? And if this is how it is at elementary level, what are the standards like at the top?
Absolutely wonderful, it the level at which they perform, the quality of which is that of many much older musicians and bands around the world. A truly most excellent performance.
