Samuel R. Hazo: Arabesque 

@R Bodisch tag team it 🤪

First year?!?!

@@anthonybreshears6255 yeah. I was super new to percussion and it took me a bit to get the rhythm and my director wanted me to play it by hand. I love listening to this and thinking of that time!

@@terrimoran4428 oh you must have just switched to it and the rest of the band was already couple years in?

@@anthonybreshears6255 yeah something like that

percussion gang!

yes

Oh my goodness. Hello Mr. Hazo my name is Victor. I am a senior in high school from NY and I just want to take the time to let you know how much I admire your work and how obsessed I am with this song. This song makes me feel an unexplainable range of emotions but in the end, what it comes down to is the purest musical joy. I have never been more excited to play any other song the way I have been excited to play this one every day for wind ensemble. Thank you for this gift to the world.

You guys are so underrated honestly.

Agreed...but there's always that....one guy that plays that low C with 1 and 3 instead of 4 -_- I guess he doesn't like his intonation...

tuba at the beginning was a bit out of character and out of tune though

Can’t forget bass bone

Frrr

Lol same...it would be much better if it was a bit slower and played with more emotion

Yeah tru but everyone has their own way of playing but it could def be better i still loved it rtho

I guess it's just a matter of interpretation. The soloist and the conductor have their own way, moreover if the part says "ad libitum".

@@julezzazzy9821 Ohhh did I hit a soft spot? I hope you feel better after writing an angry note to a minor on the internet. :) ♡

@@julezzazzy9821 jeez bro that ain't cool

DAMN

@@pinkapple3619 wtchu mean damn, I already learned my parts (expect for the 32nd notes, those are fking insane), as first and only tenor sax in my school, most ez, (for me atleast).

​@@Clutch9099 it was an impressed damn, my middle school could never lmao we also have one rly good tenor but we're nowhere near this level of playing yet

bro what the middle school i went to barelt even did level 0.5s…..

@@FlamedancerStudio dang, do you live in florida?

Percussion gang

does 3:10 sounds rushed to you by the trumpets? sorry u were one of the newest comments so im replaying to you

@@P72962A tiny bit maybe. But that part is definitely slowed down a bit from the original. (Or at least it feels like it)

@@krimson1958i wonder why they decided to do it like that

The director was probably too afraid they’d take his request as a challenge 😂

Good luck!! I didn’t get to play this last year because of covid and because my band teacher left. Have fun playing this because I sure did have fun playing for a month.

@@smexykevon993 It was so much fun and I got a lot better!!