I am playing this in band right now and we only have three flutes (three flutes that actually play that is, we have two that just pretend 😡) and I am amazed by how well you can here the flutes in this video. I am a fairly loud player along with the other flutists in my band yet you still can’t hear us. Love this piece so far though and have been able to learn my part well from this band.
Please take into consideration this is a experimental band, joining yound musicians from 3 different orchestras from neighbouring villages. When they are older, they will play in their homue orchestras like ru-vid.com?o=U&video_id=uBrKvzsUMCQ or ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h76nrpX4yfo.html or ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KmZdQ1gNVNY.html Regards, Wolfgang on behalf of Bahnorchester
Well, my band barely got this piece today, and even by sight reading I felt we were doing fairly well. I notice these students seem to be around 5th or 6th grade, which is way earlier than when I started, (I started 7th grade and am now in 9th grade and on flute) but even on our first time playing it through we were pretty good. If I could suggest hard reeds for the clarinets? They seemed to be squeaking a lot, or at least relax their embouchure a little, and flute to check the key signature, I noticed some were playing a lot of A and D naturals when they should be flats through the song. Just a tip for overall, more air! Don't be afraid to play out! The counting was done really well I must say. But for future references go through the STARS of sigh reading for help when you get a new piece. S- key signature: which sharps, flats and naturals are there? Any key sig changes? T- Time sig: does the counting change at anytime? Write in counts when needed A- Accidentals: this is VERY important for any piece! Write in fingerings or positions for any accidents you are not familiar with R- Rhythms: are there any confusing rhythms? If so, write the counts and clap it before you play S- anything else you may need to mark down! Dynamics especially. With these tips, I hope it helps! And remember, you CAN be good, but the enemy of good is great, and everyone wants to be Great!
I agree. We're doing this piece for our Spring Concert for 8th and 7th grade. I agree. More air, better the sound. Play a concert F or 'pass' the F around the room for tuning. Maybe get a nice book and copy a exercise that has all the base notes. This will be a great tuing exercise. Don't be afraid to get mad if students/performers don't get the rythm or notes after having the piece. Make sure they practice!
If you ask me, I would want to be completely honest. This band could use a lot of improvement. Tuning would create a great sound, which you can tell the band doesn't completely help. The band also should look up because then they could keep in time, they fell apart slowing down. You should really consider my advice. Here is my band: Among The Clouds by Brian Balmages
Balance. Firm up to stomp squeaks. More low brass and flutes. Tenor and alto could've more quiet. For the love of God TUNE BEFORE YOU PLAY! Over all very good preformance. Maybe a little more dynamics here and there, but great preformance!
;) you are right, please also take into consideration the musicians are from different orchestras around our hometown, it's a joint experiment. Plus, they all are relatively new to the instruments. Regards, Wolfgang on behalf of Bahnorchester
the band is very small and very unbalanced when I played this in high school we could balance this very well I just think this is the wrong piece for a band this small
Uhh, the snare was the worst part of this ngl. I have the sheet music in front of me here, and not only did they not play the right times, they honestly dragged the whole band down in tempo.
