Nah.. they still got to do it later in the song. It's all good.. and even if that's the case, I wouldn't be offended if that were me.. lol.. I played flute and piccolo (briefly) for 7 years in school. I think that's the first time I've ever heard a tuba do a trill in my life.
@@kimtyler1821 - That's a perfect analogy! I always hated playing that damn solo. I was a pretty shy kid and despised, for five years, having to stand up under a spotlight and trill my life away. At first it's nice to be able to play the solo cleanly, but it gets old fast. I don't care if you play the tuba, bassoon, accordian, or timpani -- you can have that solo to yourselves. It's been over a decade since my last S&SF, but I can still feel the clammy hands, racing heartbeat, and the always-dreaded sweaty lip.
When the director turned around midway through the recapitulation, his face said "I appreciate that you're all so enthusiastic!" But in his mind he was thinking "FFS people, quit throwing off the beat!"
Directors are happy if the clapping slows the tempo by fewer than 20 BPM. It's a military band, they're used to it, they just don't want the clapping to drop the tempo so much that the concert continues into tomorrow.
I have done this. 1976 my home town had a concert with both high schools combined. No one but me knew I was going to do it until it happened. My band director grinned and it went unmentioned afterwards. Tubist gotta be hot doggin it!
As my Johnson City Senior High School band director, the great Lou Alfobsetti told me - You can't call yourself an elite Tubist until you've played the Stars and Stripes piccolo solo in concert, that solo, that moment in this tuba soloist's career was and still is monumental, and a rite of passage. Thanks Mr. A!!!!
Played it when I was 15 in 1976; later I came back as an alumni after 25 years and played it on a sousaphone at a football game fully miked! About 10,000 in attendance so a big hoedown
I played it with our high school band when I was a senior...I had to practice for MONTHS before the concert...and I was shaking like a leaf through the whole song. My director made me stand during the solo and everything. It's HARD. LOL!
Very well done! Plus, for the courtesy of you and others who view this, there are actually lyrics for the main theme of this work, which begins at the 1:27 mark and they are below if you want to read them while listening or sing along. Hurrah for the flag of the free! May it wave as our standard forever, the gem of the land and the sea, the banner of the right. Let despots remember the day when our fathers with mighty endeavor proclaimed as they marched to the fray that by their might and by their right it waves forever!
@tyjetz Yeah, I'm thinking that's probably the reason the director spun around and starting clapping with em, to get them on beat. The band members may be expertly trained, but that off-beat clapping would throw a lot of instrument players off.
One time, my band played Star and Stripes Forever (we actually played it two times in two years). One of our tuba players, Gilbert, played the solo along with the piccolos. I thought that was cool.
its really cool how a tuba could play that and nice how the guy is recognized but its really stupid and kinda rude to announce the solo right in the middle of the song...im just saying... but great job on the song
I find it incredibly fitting how the tiny piccolo's moment was sent to the tuba. It's very American to be big and to "respect big"; no matter how silly it is :')
I have the sheet music for the pic solo on tuba.......and im going to practice and hope i can play it in my HS or durning the summer at Marshall. But i dont think i will get it as good as him
As a piccoloist I am offended* that this tubist has stolen what's basically the only popularly-recognizable piccolo solo in America. Stick to the Jabba The Hutt theme, you shameless thief!! As a musician, I tip my hat to this masterful performance. (*not really)
