The Tempest, by Robert W. Smith - Score & Sound 

let's admit that we all played this in middle school band at some point

RIP clarinets... dying of boredom of playing too much A's... their grave name being claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...rinet player died of boredom Edit: Thanks for the 54 likes!

Rip clarinets. I am a clarinet and I had to play it 2 years ago in 7th grade and we basically had the same note every time.

Robert w smith died on 9/21/23 and he was one greatest composer and wrote many great songs like this one.

As low brass, I gotta learn how to not get distracted while counting 4 18 times

I play the trumpet I remember nearly reaching heaven playing this 😭

When we played this, our band director looked at the clarinets and said "I'm sorry", then looked at me and my fellow horn player and said "Your welcome"

I remember this was hard and now I’m playing into the storm ;-;

Robert W. Smith wrote one piece and practically made the same piece over and over again like the second storm and into the storm. Even still the songs are still unique. I love this composer

This is THE BEST song we played in middle school

I played this in elementary school band and our director was like, "Clarinets, I'm sorry but you only have A's"

Holy smokes I was a flute for this about 8 years ago and this brings back such good memories! Thank you!

We are playing this in 6th grade and I play the flute and at measure 18 through 36 is a nightmare you got no rest and it’s constant but it’s fun and easy notes just these 2 different parts going back and forth and if you breath you might get lost at where you are. I also realize the clarinets have a painful time as well Edit wow a year later and I still keep getting likes thanks for 114 likes and wow I did not think anyone would find this comment. Edit again I’m in 8th grade and I quit band 😭😭 and I wasn’t even good anyway edit again i’m in 9th grade now and i’m still getting emails abt this

This was the vibest band song of them all, coming from a flute.

As a saxophone player I greatly appreciate this song we finally have a melody

This is bringing back middle school memories. I miss middle school.

Crazy reading these comments. I played this song on trombone when I was in 6th grade on 2006. Never knew it was widely played in so many schools, even to this day.

Honestly, the clarinet part was really good! It perfectly described my emotions playing this heaven-forsaken piece of music.

Playing this in my spring concert.

why no rests for clarinets and only A's?? like my face was red in 6th grade after playing this

I LOVE THIS SONG! The trombone part doesn't have much, but its just SO GOOD!!!!!

I love how all the clarinets are complaining of no melody. Join percussion. You’ll love it.

The flutes sound so awesome! I am a flute player myself, I'm playing this now. I'm in 6th grade and this so cool!

I’m still playing it. I’m the bells, and like how they add a nice kick to the song.

I am a french horn and I love this!

20 years later I can still hear my part. I played the trombone.

I played this in my middle school band. RIP Robert. You made our band experience a little better.

Robert W. Smith will be missed!

I can not wait to play this on my French horn for the end of the school year 😊

i really want to imagine how the clarinets sound like when they're practicing the aaaaaaaaa notes by themselves... aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I had to play Timpini for this song in the 7th grade and I will tell you it was my favorite song to play in the four years I have been in the band. We did this piece as a whole so we had 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade play this all together and what did I get the chills. To this day I still remember playing this and it is still my favorite. It plays in the back of my head and I am not complaining.

Rest in Peace. Gone too soon.

i remember playing this in 6th grade and thinking this was the hardest thing ever. Now here i am in 8th grade (i got held back

Man. I remember this, I panicked so much while playing some parts. (I was a flute) Mainly because this was the first song we were given, and I had no idea how to play the flute because nobody told me out.

I remember playing this when I was younger. And when the bass clarinet came in, it was always so satisfying as a flute player.

That song always gave me chills especially when I played it.

in my band class in 6th grade we had to play this and the french horn player was literally crying cuz he saw the clarinets sheet but like also the clarinets faces were so red

I played this song for my 7th grade concert. I loved this piece, im in 9th grade now.

RIP Robert W. Smith :(

Rip Robert W. Smith 😔

Easily one of the best Level 1 pieces out there!

I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH- we are learning it in band this year👌

Remember playing this in middle school? 😂

I don’t know about you but this used to be the hardest song but brings back memory’s

We played this for a winter concert is surly is Ana amazing peace :D

I'm practicing this song on my own. We're not performing it. I really love this song. Defeating the giant is a song I played while I was in 6th grade, and the repeating part for flute reminds me of that song.

I played this at a multi school concert, i was glockenspiel for this song and it sounded amazing live, in fact i can still play the song unsheeted to this day

I'm a high school senior and my class is playing this song for our upcoming concert and as a clarinet player I'm dead 💀

ok if you played this then look at the level three band "piece into the storm" it was made by the same person and sounds so similar its basically the harder version of this.

lol I just played tempest for my winter concert and as a fellow low brass (euphonuium) or however you spell it all there was was basically GGGGGGGGGGGGGG

R.I.P Robert W Smith, loved this piece last year.

I love how amazing this arrangement is! It is easy to learn and fun to play.

Im in 6th grade and I’m playing this for my spring concert - I play alto sax and the part is SO pretty

My teacher said no one would play this for the next four years...she meant the other song

As a trumpet player, i can clarify that this was easy to play yet fire and now nostalgic. I know how to play this without music sheets ~SKULL EMOJI~

I can listen to this one hundred times

sounds like a mix of argosy, furioso, and festivo if anyone knows what they are

Clarinets be like: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i have no idea why this came up in my recommended but i’m glad it. brings back middle school memories.

To whoever’s out there reading this, if you’re playing this for your concert, you’re gonna do great. Don’t doubt yourself, alright? You got this.

Let’s just say as a percussionist I keep forgetting what measures I was in cause we were literally repeating the same thing over and over again😭

this is just an easier version of into the storm

I finally found it!! I played this for concert band in middle school. This was so much fun to play on Bass Clarinet.

This one time while we were practicing this song, dark clouds appeared behind the band, our band teacher had seen it and we go so hype. Most fun day I had in band lol

I loved this song when we played it in middle school, but now I realize it sound a lot like Into the Storm 😂

This is an injustice to the clarinets

Man I saw this song in my binder from what felt like ages ago and I decided to play it and oh boy I still like it.

My band class was obsessed with this song, I was too, but we have a horribly small low brass section but our few players are great. I played the bell mallet part for this and we went to universal with it in march

I'm in high school and my band director is forcing me to play this piece🤦‍♂️

as a trombone, its really fun just spamming G basically the whole time.

R.I.P., Robert W Smith. You have no clue how many lives you have touched, and how many you will continue to touch. I still remember my first concert in the school band. I was on clarinet, and this song pushed me to my limit in the best way possible. My dad cried that night. My aunt was part of the Troy band alongside him. My band director was also his student. All three of his will miss him.

We played this for band a few years ago! And i just found while scrolling through my recommended!

I’m a trombone player and I can’t play this....I can’t read notes I’m a beginner. I’m in my first year even though I’m almost in high school >~

rip clarinets and trumpets no rests btw where it sounds like a ship falling apart at the end there should be a large clap

I just played this for my spring concert my favorite!

I was a clarinet on this in middle school and I loved every second of it because it was so exciting being in the storm like om gosh

It's easy but for clarinet you need alot of breath

OK quick thing, there's a fricken tenor "solo" in this piece which is practically unheard of.

RIP Robert W. Smith

I play the trumpet and it is really fun playing this song…..TySM for the video❤❤❤

clarinets be like aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

😂I played this last year with my old teacher which btw he retired but was literally the best this year our teacher takes things rlly slow and treats us like beginning band like uh no but fr everyone was obsessed with this song even thought the clarinets had to play the same note over and over ngl it was my favorite song and we still play it like when the teacher this year let’s us free play ( or whatever he calls it idc) in the beginning of class one person starts playing and others join in and everyone who wasn’t at our school last year just stays quiet and it’s like our first concert over again😂 Also the day our concert was, it was a rainy day/ stormy day making it even better with the song as it’s basically what it’s based off

I was on bass clarinet for this song in middle school and I miss it so much.

I've actually met Robert W. Smith and talked to him and this piece is one of my fav pieces by him

Bass clarinet army (I am one)

Tenor sax gang Solo gang

I missed this song, I played the bass drum part in 7th grade with the steamm academy band at Hartford middle school, godamn I miss playing with them

I almost died playing this bc I was a clarinet 😂😂

Let's be honest flutes carried the whole thing

I play Alto sax in my band class and we have the main part so if we mess up.....well........we all mess up we play this btw

I LOVE THIS PIECE. PART OF MY HEART

You gotta understand that when my mom asked me to play this on my oboe at home, I had to sit there in silence for about 18 measures in front of my family just holding my oboe to my mouth so they don’t think I’m done

Trombone player here, the background is SO boring to play, the most used not is G, listen to the background and you'll here the trombones

Let’s be honest sax carry

Were still learning it

I literally just got this song from my middle school band teacher, I have played it 10 times since I got home

Rip flutes..... same fricken eighth not pattern for 18 bars. LET ME REST, I’M JUST A BEGINNER FOR GOODNESS SAKE

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Played this in middle school in the 90s, it's still lovely

I'm a clarinetist and this song is quite fun to play, especially the parts that weren't all A's.