I remember playing this last year for county honor's band. all I could think of was afterwards, " there needs to be a shirt with ' I survived playing clarinet on metroplex'" good memories.
@mackiemo0o
8 жыл бұрын
Omg same here. Just played it for my district assessment for symphonic band.
@laddybug3
8 жыл бұрын
Playing this for community band and have a month to learn this song.
@tevitateulilo7573
7 жыл бұрын
laddybug3 Were playing this tomorrow night and we've only had a 5 days to learn it alongside many other pieces. Cool piece.
@michaelaholm1831
5 жыл бұрын
Try flute. Oh boi.
@garrisoncluff5367
4 жыл бұрын
You're lucky. We only had 2 full band rehearsals to play this. It was for Regionals. We had 4 pieces in all. I love the piece, though.
@mattthompson7638
8 жыл бұрын
RIP to the woodwind section
@fawnfleck590
7 жыл бұрын
As the Piccolo I can confirm this
@mattthompson7638
7 жыл бұрын
I was first chair alto sax, so I had the two solos in the opening and jazz section, plus the hot mess runs in the last part...my chops and fingers were done...and it was only the third song out of six in our concert lineup ;(((
@alexbaldwin1771
7 жыл бұрын
Matt Thompson I'm first chair in this piece right now (alto sax)
@greylandrum9164
7 жыл бұрын
The solos were easy but the runs are awful.
@TheGymSavant
7 жыл бұрын
No english horn? What a shame :(
@jasonw8216
5 жыл бұрын
I love the crappy zoomed in jpegs of nyc
@BMofficialvids
10 жыл бұрын
That bluesy section though, so beautiful and so fun to play especially on trumpet!
@henryham1169
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I’m not gonna do that anymore lol lol I don’t know if it’s a problem
@briannaslone
13 жыл бұрын
This piece makes you get better FAST.
@MrsGogeta
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a flute player and my high school band is playing this for our spring concert RIP ME OHMYGOF
@haileysteeves9880
6 жыл бұрын
same here man
@owenlilol_17
2 жыл бұрын
@@haileysteeves9880 Ik this comment was 3 years ago but same
@iiGhxZt
Жыл бұрын
time repeating its self six years later and my band is doing the same thing 😭
@mellybandgeek64
12 жыл бұрын
I played this in HS, and every single time we got to 3:42, I ALWAYS thought it sounded like "The Knight Bus" from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
@ellaott5584
4 жыл бұрын
My band played this last year and now anytime we get something difficult we're like, "we survived metroplex so this is a piece of cake"
@-katie--zelda-3997
8 жыл бұрын
When I saw the inside pages for the flute part, I could only glare at my director and kept saying that he hated us. A bunch of sevenths and sixths and just....ugh! I find them hard to play. But, overall, this song is very pretty and it sounds like something that could be in a movie
@Tingling10
6 жыл бұрын
-Katie- -Zelda- It sounds like it belongs to the Ratatouille movie.
@shiko-hirosuki
5 жыл бұрын
I think it's been used in a movie
@bassmaster6474
3 жыл бұрын
there is a movie
@seansullivanmusic6869
9 жыл бұрын
The first time I played this was conducted by Mr. Sheldon. Interesting guy. Awesome piece!
@shadowgoose1
12 жыл бұрын
sexiest sax solo ever
@naterkirby
13 жыл бұрын
Hmm, music representing a crazy taxi driver... Asphalt cocktail, anyone?
@kendalm550
Жыл бұрын
Oh my god I'm 12 years late but I LOVE asphalt cocktail John Mackey is a crazy genius
@Rando101rules
13 жыл бұрын
Wow, I got to play this amazing piece at Rowan University with the man himself. I was the ONLY tenor sax. I can see the music now haha.
@paulsangiorgio3093
5 жыл бұрын
Randy Brown I’m a sophomore in high school playing tenor sax. Boy, I’ve got my work cut out for me but I’m sure the song will make me a much better musician.
@user-dm8cz7tk6m
8 жыл бұрын
今度コンクールでやります!! この曲大好きです💕✨
@markbernard4156
5 жыл бұрын
That English horn solo tho love that low B 😍
@santovillatoro1849
4 жыл бұрын
Mark Bernard Im in love with the solo and im so glad i get to play it for this concert cycle :)
@Blitz_Spencer
7 жыл бұрын
I hate and love this song. It's frickin' hard as hell, but it helped me get good fast.
@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein
7 жыл бұрын
same. i did this freshman year, and this song toughened me up (and i did high-hat)
@NorthPride2014
13 жыл бұрын
I absoltely love this piece! It's true that since it is the first movement in our marching show, it wont be the original, but it does capture the basics of it. We do still have those awesome runs though! CLARINETS RULE!
@andrewhxrris
4 жыл бұрын
Why’s everyone saying ‘rip woodwinds?’ It’s not even that bad- *_oh Jesus Christ never mind_*
@alexiboris6937
2 жыл бұрын
Mhmm
@sabrinacapriceheartt
6 жыл бұрын
I played contrabass clarinet in this song in high school symphonic band probably one of the best musical pieces I’ve ever played so beautiful!!!
@daawesomedude6119
3 жыл бұрын
I remember back when I was only a toddler I was accepted into the Tokyo kosei wind orchestra to sightread this piece after their first chair clarinet dropped out...of course I aced every note and had never even held a clarinet before but after that I played it with my 3rd grade band again and got straight 1’s with my double A rating at contest.
@acbomber11
Жыл бұрын
And everyone clapped 🙄
@skullshadowmastercybershad1010
6 жыл бұрын
My schools playing this. I loved the part where its chaotic and few measures before that. That's my only favorite part from this piece.
@emmacain2538
4 жыл бұрын
Skull Shadow Master cyber shade same
@adammader180
3 жыл бұрын
in first grade my schools wind symphony went to states competing in double A. after or performance of Armenian Dances, incantation and dance, and Slava! we got the the sight reading room and they passed out this. I nailed the ending! it was so fun and easy on my piccolo but so much fun!! i love this song and such a hard sight read. we played it much faster though :/
@BobbyC1986
8 жыл бұрын
Played an faster arrangement of this when I marched in DCA in 2011. It was fun!
@rwforsh
6 жыл бұрын
BobbyC1986 me too ;)
@SafetyTheDuck
5 жыл бұрын
What corps?
@massiekur19
13 жыл бұрын
clarinet person, but I have to say that my favorite part is when those trumpets are blasting!! I'm also in jazz band so that's the reason why.
@tailsfan13
14 жыл бұрын
The flute part fro this is hard....I love this song
@ryansaylor3979
4 жыл бұрын
I got the trumpet solo in the bluesy section in 8th grade, it was pretty epic.
@SyncytheShredESP
10 жыл бұрын
Percussion all the way! \m/
@Austin_2600
7 жыл бұрын
YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
@nimeezee8366
4 жыл бұрын
WOOOOOOO
@thewayofway1
7 жыл бұрын
Whose playing this version? It's really pretty.
@masonshatney3074
10 жыл бұрын
I loved how easy this piece was
@joefroze
6 жыл бұрын
!?
@Zack_Attack_26
14 жыл бұрын
We played this song last spring. This is a perfect song to portray New York City.
@bassplaya248
12 жыл бұрын
such a great piece. played a little while back on tuba at all district band. awesome and fun piece.
@cubfan1100
12 жыл бұрын
I remember watching our Wind Ensemble perform this my freshman year of high school. They premiered it at Carnagie Hall in New York. We performed this piece for marching band my sophmore year.
@Airmaxxed
9 жыл бұрын
my band played sheldons other song Iberian Escapades an the songs are so similar nice broad beginning, slow and shooting middle and big finish . We got a 1 at contest
@LauzeyR6
5 жыл бұрын
played this at carnegie hall (clarinet player)
@TheGymSavant
7 жыл бұрын
I think this is the first piece I've ever played that I LOVE to listen to but HATE to play. The trumpet parts are so boring :(
@shiko-hirosuki
5 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't want to be a woodwind for this
@SafetyTheDuck
5 жыл бұрын
Everything except for woodwind and tuba are boring, maybe trombone as well.
@jerseygirlgm2303
4 жыл бұрын
do you wanna switch parts? LMFAO clarinet player here.
@topg3460
Жыл бұрын
Was supposed to play this back in 9th grade but COVID happened but I still play the music when I come across it the solo is so much fun to play to this day
@garrettmonshor6612
9 жыл бұрын
I am going to be playing this for my high school band competition,and of all of the songs we are going to be playing this is my favourite.
@emms620
11 жыл бұрын
Heck yeah bass clarinet! I love our part ;3
@toxicscarecrow9623
2 жыл бұрын
Hell ya
@tristan9547
5 жыл бұрын
My 8th grade band played this for our assessment and this one guy passed out playing it lmao
@kaziiqbal7257
4 жыл бұрын
Tristan Curtis 8 grade? Dear lord.
@parg345
12 жыл бұрын
we were in nyc for the band of pride tribute for the 10th anniversary of 9/11 then we played in the veteran's day parade, since metroplex was our marching show we played it in warm up, can i say EPIC!!! : D
@parrottmedia
11 жыл бұрын
Will be playing this for our Spring Concert with the composer as a Guest Conductor along with more of his pieces! Lookin forward to it!!
@alexbaldwin1771
7 жыл бұрын
I love this piece.
@Gamerlol22
12 жыл бұрын
My band is doing this at IMEA..Can't wait the bluesy section sounds so amazing, our bass clarinets are awesome at it, and our saxophone soloist is so amazingly good at it
@andrewnicholas9672
5 жыл бұрын
For those complaining, this is a level 4.5
@BandofPants
14 жыл бұрын
First horn for this freshman year of high school. A crazy way to indoctrinate a new horn, haha. It's one of my absolute favorite piece's I have ever played. Put it up there with Into the Raging River, American Overture for Band, and American Elegy.
@JackaryT
11 жыл бұрын
You had one spelling error. It's spelled s-a-x-o-p-h-o-n-e not c-l-a-r-i-n-e-t
@SuperReeseP
4 жыл бұрын
Lmao rip
@soixe1997
11 жыл бұрын
playing this right now, going to do a concert in new york with it
@keithskoglund10
11 жыл бұрын
played it 4 years ago freshman year, i had the solo of course. One of my all time favorites :)
@secretlyASIAN7
12 жыл бұрын
I can't listen to 2:23-2:40 without laughing to myself. My band director told us, "All right, everyone. At measure -insert measure number here-, the clarinets are like the chords on a piano. And the trumpets.. the trumpets are the fat ladies jumping out of a cake."
@DarkLloyd
11 жыл бұрын
Gotta love that English horn solo at 1:26
@OprahsPringle
14 жыл бұрын
omg we did this at all county honors band,,,, it was SOOOO much fun!!!!
@tabettales4633
2 жыл бұрын
I played this senior year of high school back in 2008
@MrTorterra111
9 жыл бұрын
Listening to this at double speed is absolutely hilarious.
@Keanu_notreeves
8 жыл бұрын
+MrTorterra111 The slight stuttering makes this sing (especially the jazz section) sound like an old disney movie
@Keanu_notreeves
8 жыл бұрын
+MrTorterra111 OMG posted that ^^^ when i was on the jazz section, it got to the next section and I started dying of laughter XD
@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein
7 жыл бұрын
i played high-hat :D
@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein
4 жыл бұрын
update: the high hat broke during the performance!
@BobbyJCFHvLichtenstein
11 ай бұрын
update: I still love this piece though lol
@403Bryce
11 жыл бұрын
A band I that was in played this at a concert. It is so hard. -.-
@maiday12
13 жыл бұрын
I play alto for this..and I love the blues part
@cryptocube5916
2 жыл бұрын
alto clarinet?
@annathefruitloop
11 жыл бұрын
Everytime i play this (flute) i start bleeding internally....
@FabalaH8sH20
11 жыл бұрын
Just read this. The runs are run for a flute but breath support will make or break you.
@devonsauve
12 жыл бұрын
i have to play the english horn solo, i cant even come close to the recording -.-
@4lifeZac
12 жыл бұрын
Playing this peice Saturday. Stoked. :)
@indysupercolts18
12 жыл бұрын
@NorthPride2014 I played this with my band in high school, the last fast part was difficult but very fun to play!
@bandgeekforever17
12 жыл бұрын
I'm playing this in our Wind Ensemble. Fun little piece! :P
@aidenbrooks8640
2 жыл бұрын
kid y'all not we played this in middle school. my middle school was crazy.
@webduelist
9 ай бұрын
I’m actually a professional trombone player and when we sight read this everyone was like how the hell do HS’ers play this…
@parg345
12 жыл бұрын
we did this for our show this year too
@oktoberpanik
13 жыл бұрын
I'm a little intimidated to play first clarinet on this piece o_o
@zachroxas9173
4 жыл бұрын
Anyone here from Anderson’s band from BHMS?
@vortalezap
13 жыл бұрын
when ur only second yr on ur instrument...the seond page of this is rly intimidating -.-
@jolleyk13
13 жыл бұрын
@laurenkaye17 My band is currently playing Metroplex, and American Elegy is one of my all-time favorite pieces to play. I played it at an honors band and almost cried :)
@linky.salsaedo
2 жыл бұрын
my condolences to the woodwinds
@HangyKing
3 жыл бұрын
epic
@eddie123663
11 жыл бұрын
My HS band is playing this year and i have the trumpet solo
@TrAnMu
12 жыл бұрын
Those runs in the last section are quite nasty. They are not nice on the fingers in the slightest. The sound good when played right but thats a tough condition. lol
@MinniMoose1
12 жыл бұрын
awesome! mine played it last year at IMEA!
@Crazycolorz5
11 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure flute doesn't start with "s".
@tiebroken
11 жыл бұрын
If you call a high G above the G above the staff "awesome run." Then I don't want to see your version of hell
@kaziiqbal7257
4 жыл бұрын
I had that vibe part at first but I sucked at reading the bluesy part so I switched with my friend on timpani (who’s amazing on mallets).
@kohltinfrazier2046
3 жыл бұрын
AYYY I PLAY THE VIBES FOR THIS
@phillippeng1368
4 жыл бұрын
I see McDonalds.
@4WhiteTrashBeautiful
11 жыл бұрын
dude... bassoons
@Gamerlol22
12 жыл бұрын
Why yes it is! :) I'm guessing your in the symphonic band?
@sixstringking6
12 жыл бұрын
Dat string bass
@abree107
11 жыл бұрын
Lol... Most of our band doesnt think drum majors are necassary, cus we dont even look at them except for the beggining countoff. Plus all they do during practice is tell us we're doing things wrong when they cant even do it. You should rejoin the band, its much more fun than being in the hand waving club!
@jerseygirlgm2303
4 жыл бұрын
Love this song so much, love its style love its imagery, but wowie is it gonna be a bitch to play
@junghyun292
13 жыл бұрын
@oktoberpanik got a concert tonight as first clarinet.. LOL
@fallchild00
14 жыл бұрын
Did this song for marching contest!
@werdna397
12 жыл бұрын
go tubas!!!
@DoctorWhoIsBeast
13 жыл бұрын
AMAZING!!!!
@Melodnb
11 жыл бұрын
I am still to this day, not happy that clarinets are used in marching bands. Luckily there was drum corps to remedy this.
@matboy891
14 жыл бұрын
@fallchild00you did!!!!!! omg i hate you! i did this in honor band. i was chair 1 clairnet. when the runs came along, i was like, "hell yes!" it was so much fun. =) did you have the runs in the marching show?
@autobeemations5913
2 жыл бұрын
so where in this video do we see a city turn into a robot?
@brothermanv
11 жыл бұрын
1:39
@Gamerlol22
12 жыл бұрын
Dude that awesome ! :D
@dad6765
4 жыл бұрын
I played this in the womb
@Mwstmrlnd
13 жыл бұрын
Imagery is a little confusing, considering the song's named after Metroplex, Michigan I'm pretty sure
@jparmenia4795
2 жыл бұрын
False
@newby2809
7 жыл бұрын
I have the solo for Trumpet in this
@tywebber426
11 жыл бұрын
Pride of baker played this this just search pride of baker band mobile,Al
@liv2runrun2liv
13 жыл бұрын
we played this for an all county did not go too well
@ChrisBryantMusic
14 жыл бұрын
it stopped before the end... ?
@Scoony101
11 жыл бұрын
Tell me bout it, pretty pumped
@Randoman35
4 жыл бұрын
0:55 holy shit
@WalkingWithJesusThroughBabylon
13 жыл бұрын
@cj614 I'm Harry, I was the first second part Clarinet
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