The Westlake High School seniors doing a farewell version of trombone guillotine on senior night 2016. They called it "trombone suicide," but it is more commonly known as "trombone guillotine."
doing this on a bench would make me so nervous omg, lose balance or control of your core and not only do you take out the person next to you, you fall down stairs
And that’s why we the people of marching band always work on core…for an aggravating month in high school. Boring as hell but it’s necessary to have good marching
@@B34STIFIED perhaps the wrong video to be mocking musicians on lol I’d say at least 90% of the people in the comments WERE band geeks (myself included)
This is easier than actually playing the instrument. Whether it's dancing, playing an instrument... and doing whatever this is, you need to be able to follow the rhyme and nothing goes wrong. You go off beat and you get some damage. Stakes are higher, of course... but just don't mess it up and nothing happens. But obviously people who have never touched an instrument before would understand that and would more easily get impressed by this.
Our entire brass section was doing this in the 70s and 80s. My best friend actually hit me in the face with his brand new trumpet. The trombones had no mishaps. We had done this for all 4 years of high school. We didn't call it "suicide" we called it "head chops".
As a non american I don't get the point of this. Instruments are there to be played and not ment to twirl around. Composure and not such wriggling where people can be easily hurt. Sure it looks funny and maybe cool. But for what? Speaking as a player too.
@@Someone-wg3pv fun. im not american either, but it doesnt matter where your from, your able to see that theyre enjoying themselves. sure its dangerous and mabye its not the intent of the object but its such a joy too use things not as intended. like, chairs with wheels arent supposed to make you nausous, but in the moment its fun, a challenge mabye. 'i wonder how long i can spin in that chair without stopping'. alot of the things that we do are just because we think its 'funny' or 'cool', its how we've fixed our boredom for ages. take rush e on the piano for an example! its stupid, and obviously not possible irl but its a fun challenge and has even been the reason some people learn piano lmao. /lh
@@Someone-wg3pv rifles aren't meant to be spun and thrown either, they're meant to be fired. That doesn't stop multiple nations' armies from having armed exhibition drill teams.
I was on the drum line for 3 years in high school. Prior to that it was percussion in the middle school band. I thought I’d sit here and write a bit about my experience but I’m a lot more emotional trying to than I thought I would be. I’ll just leave it at: those were some of the greatest memories of my life to date. Thank you Timber Creek Regiment. From the bottom of my heart. What wonderful memories this little video brought back… 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
@@sparkstudies1675 there is the danger that the main part of the tbone would crash into another, causing damage that would probably make the instrument sound like garbage or not play at all
as a former bass trombonist, this fills my very soul with glee. thanks for posting! :D happy i got to see it, even years after it was originally posted. lol
Impressive ??? I thought the way to impress with a trombone is by playing the instrument well. Could any of them actually play the instrument ? And why were they dressed like mini storm troopers ?
As a former trombone player it's cool to watch these kids working together and having fun. In middle school I played the trumpet. In HS, I initially resisted learning the trombone, but I'm so glad I switched because the trombone was much more fun for me.
We've done this at my school in years past with Mellophones, Baritones, Trumpets, Trombones, and Tubas. I've done it quite a few times (Tuba player), and it is so fun!!
@@Vtec_Just_Kicked_In_Yo I play saxophone so I can relate to hitting people with my instrument (usually just saxophones who are sitting/standing next to me tho)
its so scary the fact that their movements have to be ON POINT one mistake could get you hit in the face pretty badly. and if you trip over, even worse of an injury
Thank you for watching this video. I put this on YT several years ago and the YT algorithm recently decided to start sharing it to others. I’m not monetized - my reward is reading your nice comments and when you like and sub. My son is one of the trombone players. This was his senior year in the band. He was a drum major and borrowed a trombone from a friend so he could do this one last time with the kids he had played with since middle school. Fun note - the band marched in the Rose Parade a few weeks later, which was awesome! I wanted to address the most common comments. - They called this "trombone suicide" at our school, but I've heard it called "trombone guillotine" by most people. I made he title "trombone guillotine" so I wouldn't attract people expecting to see a suicide (something I would never share on YT, even if I had a video of that!). - The blue trombone is a P-bone. The trombone players used it in the stands, mostly for fun. They don’t march with it. - There were no injuries in the making or practice for this. The rehearse without trombones first and then move to using their instruments. If someone gets off rhythm, they duck down and stay down until they can get back on track.
This just brought back so many memories of my high school marching band years. I was a flute player and we adapted our own version of this to do with the trombones ahaha. I'm 26 now and wish I could re-live those memories of being in the stands.
@@gdttdeggegdh5471 Well, this is strange. I think this is the 1st time that I've had different people send random replies that have nothing to do with my original comment.
I love the 2 duck maneuvers they pull off. Some of them are very delicate and reserved so they can’t damage their instruments. The others decide to live life on the edge and risk banging the hell out of their instrument on the metal bench
I’m also in marching band atm and I remember a couple weeks ago on our highschool football game, our trombone section went down and did the exact same thing, everyone cheered, stuff of legends. Great job guys 👏👏👏
It was fun to see the trombones in my band do this last year. Maybe I can get them to do it this year even though the seniors (that we’re amazing) left.
Hope everyone doing good and staying safe. If you need to talk to someone or need help, there are people who care. Sending support and hearts. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️
I was a part of percussion and we had this thing called “the theme” where we would play it at every football game and the band directors thought one of the students just made it up and it sounded cool which is why they let us play it, but it wasn’t made up… it was the PH theme
at basketball games we had a drum kit and they would switch off doing riffs every basket, except all of them were suspiciously similar to the ph theme lol.
they never let us do this bc there were too many of us 😢 30 trombones, and one person gets out of sync… it would be a nightmare for every single one of us
I always love these things. Like, I know it's simpler than it looks once you know the importance of the drum cadance, but it still never ceases to impress me.
As a former trumpet, dancing in the stands with our instruments was super fun. During my senior year, after our halloween game we replaced one of our songs in our show with another, and that song had all the trumpets dance. I was the most recognizable on field because I put the most energy into my dancing
Reminds me of our trumpet section doing this during a game for fun, I turned around and I just see the trumpets (who have never practiced doing this before) doing suicides, and honestly it went pretty well
What would have made this more impressive is if they could've played a note/cord in their down time. Then, then, it would've been worth buying a new bone after the eventual fall of doom.
This reminds me of the musical skit If I Were Not Upon This Stage (which is similarly difficult to pull of without thwacking someone cross the head with a heavy object)
I just realized the pattern is the exact same for every person. Nonetheless it’s still probably difficult for everybody to do this in sync at the same time cause someone would mess this up
One of the hardest parts of these kinds of things is that worrying that you'll screw it up _is_ how you screw it up. If you get too much in your head, you'll hesitate or get off count.
My HS brass section did this at a concert. One girl started laughing at something and forgot to duck. She ended up in the orchestra pit. Thankfully she wasn’t hurt and thought it was hilarious.
That could have ended as well as my second ever band performance (yesterday) I was trying to let another sousaphone in (I'm one) and forgot that he's on my right not my left so he bumped into me and I realized I was a seat above where I was supposed to be and took the step and instead of landing on the seat it landing right in between luckily I my sousaphone suffered no dmg (other than minor scratches next to the one it had before) and I only knocked the wind out of me supposedly I broke the fall otherwise the fate may have been way worse
Oh yes what fun! I was in marching band back in junior high and it’s a blast doing this kind of fun stuff. It was always a lot of rehearsal and hours and hours of practice and usually it paid off just like this!🥳 These guys were great. Way to go! ☺️
doing this on a bench would make me so nervous omg, lose balance or control of your core and not only do you take out the person next to you, you fall down stairs
And that’s why we the people of marching band always work on core…for an aggravating month in high school. Boring as hell but it’s necessary to have good marching
Band geeks forever try and make band a sport OMEGALUL. I remember when the band geeks tried to tell us that band practice was harder than 2 a days
@@B34STIFIED bro what
@@B34STIFIED perhaps the wrong video to be mocking musicians on lol
I’d say at least 90% of the people in the comments WERE band geeks (myself included)
@@jcthefluteman 😂ikr idk what 2 a days are but band makes me atleast Feel like I'm playing a sport sometimes lmao
That percussion is everything and these kids’ timing is amazing.
This is easier than actually playing the instrument. Whether it's dancing, playing an instrument... and doing whatever this is, you need to be able to follow the rhyme and nothing goes wrong. You go off beat and you get some damage. Stakes are higher, of course... but just don't mess it up and nothing happens. But obviously people who have never touched an instrument before would understand that and would more easily get impressed by this.
I mean, they're in band. If they can't keep this tempo, I'm not sure what they've been doing in class.
"that percussion is everything" why are you so cringe? did your schools crack down on bullies so you were never taught not to be so cringe in public?
@@maxchan179 damn, you must be an unfortunate existence
@@gdttdeggegdh5471 you're feminized and limp wristed. that is because you had no strong masculine father figure or bullies
Our entire brass section was doing this in the 70s and 80s.
My best friend actually hit me in the face with his brand new trumpet.
The trombones had no mishaps. We had done this for all 4 years of high school.
We didn't call it "suicide" we called it "head chops".
Oh my god are u okay? The “head chops” tho 😂
it dosen't actually mean suicide
As a non american I don't get the point of this. Instruments are there to be played and not ment to twirl around. Composure and not such wriggling where people can be easily hurt. Sure it looks funny and maybe cool. But for what? Speaking as a player too.
@@Someone-wg3pv fun. im not american either, but it doesnt matter where your from, your able to see that theyre enjoying themselves. sure its dangerous and mabye its not the intent of the object but its such a joy too use things not as intended. like, chairs with wheels arent supposed to make you nausous, but in the moment its fun, a challenge mabye. 'i wonder how long i can spin in that chair without stopping'. alot of the things that we do are just because we think its 'funny' or 'cool', its how we've fixed our boredom for ages. take rush e on the piano for an example! its stupid, and obviously not possible irl but its a fun challenge and has even been the reason some people learn piano lmao.
/lh
@@Someone-wg3pv rifles aren't meant to be spun and thrown either, they're meant to be fired. That doesn't stop multiple nations' armies from having armed exhibition drill teams.
I was on the drum line for 3 years in high school. Prior to that it was percussion in the middle school band. I thought I’d sit here and write a bit about my experience but I’m a lot more emotional trying to than I thought I would be. I’ll just leave it at: those were some of the greatest memories of my life to date. Thank you Timber Creek Regiment. From the bottom of my heart. What wonderful memories this little video brought back… 👏🏻🫶🏻🤘🏻
That part where the guy talks at the beginning fits so well, I love it
i know your comment is 2 years ago but man i really agree
@@kiilee5963 as do I
@@methatswho6299 as do i
Agreed
@@mn3io As do I
My school did this blindfolded and it was one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen.
It was also the most hyped I’ve ever been for a sports game
i thought suicide meant one of the trombones would break i was dying the whole video in anticipation 💀
i thought one of the people would pull a patrick star💀
i thought they were gonna jump off one by one 🙃
I still don't get why it was damaging to the trombones, I know nothing about them
@@sparkstudies1675 there is the danger that the main part of the tbone would crash into another, causing damage that would probably make the instrument sound like garbage or not play at all
@@InsertedFeels thank you does it pose any threat outside of that?
I'm in a marching band and as a freshman playing mellophone, this is amazing. We're playing TSOP and everyone in the band is gonna do it! I'm excited!
Hey, how did it go?!😊
Hell yeah, mellophone, much mellove to ya!
Fuck yeah percussion section just giving us EVERYTHING
nerd
Cadences are ✨perfection✨
@@99Nimmuh how does it feel down there feeling satisfaction from putting people down for enjoying their hobbies
@@99Nimmuh “nerd”
-clown
@@99Nimmuh bro what
you know it’s good when it’s over 5 years old, most the comments are from under 3 months, and youtube recommends it after 5 years.
did the guy just say "I CAN CLAP GUYS, I CAN CLAP MY OWN HANDS" or am i trippin
Omg I didn't notice that!
Bruh he did wth
yes he did say that.. lmao.
Lmao I wish I knew what was happening over there
Lmao I heard that too!
Keeping a group momentum like that for that long without messing up is a pretty big achievement, good job.
Percussion making it quite funky sounding
As percussion does
We just cool like that
we chill like that bruv
@@DTux5249 most likely a flute player 😂
@@the_girl_who_got_frozen bro I watch your videos 😂😂
as a former bass trombonist, this fills my very soul with glee. thanks for posting! :D happy i got to see it, even years after it was originally posted. lol
As a trombone player, this is one the many mating calls of the trombones
does it give you a tromBONE?
@@sotepniques why yes it does,
@@grnmario8-music311 how do trombone mates mate
@@crack9014 ask your mother
@@crack9014 They (trom)bone
Their Parents must have been nervously sweating the entire time.
One wrong move…..and it’s all over. Very impressive!
hence the suicide part
Impressive ???
I thought the way to impress with a trombone is by playing the instrument well.
Could any of them actually play the instrument ?
And why were they dressed like mini storm troopers ?
@@philyew3617 it’s all apart of marching band
@@book_greek Apart of? Or a part of?
@@philyew3617 🤓
As a former trombone player it's cool to watch these kids working together and having fun. In middle school I played the trumpet. In HS, I initially resisted learning the trombone, but I'm so glad I switched because the trombone was much more fun for me.
We've done this at my school in years past with Mellophones, Baritones, Trumpets, Trombones, and Tubas. I've done it quite a few times (Tuba player), and it is so fun!!
how the fuck you swing around a tuba 💀💀
@@Vtec_Just_Kicked_In_Yo I can imagine. Things like this make me glad I am not a brass player honestly.
@@Vtec_Just_Kicked_In_Yo definitely.
@@Vtec_Just_Kicked_In_Yo I play saxophone so I can relate to hitting people with my instrument (usually just saxophones who are sitting/standing next to me tho)
What is it called?
I ain't gonna lie.
I listened to this full blast like 20 times for that sick drumline.
that drum beat be giving me the hype that i dont need
but we all deserve
The percussion line is superrrr tight, shit sounds fire ! And they are full sending them trombones 🔥
THAT PERCUSSION IS FIRE 🔥
DUDE YES!!!!
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 and why again are you expressing that here 😐
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 that’s a mighty big L
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 ur an L
@@paulwaltersheherfeministvl521 RIP BOZO
its so scary the fact that their movements have to be ON POINT one mistake could get you hit in the face pretty badly. and if you trip over, even worse of an injury
Thank you for watching this video. I put this on YT several years ago and the YT algorithm recently decided to start sharing it to others. I’m not monetized - my reward is reading your nice comments and when you like and sub.
My son is one of the trombone players. This was his senior year in the band. He was a drum major and borrowed a trombone from a friend so he could do this one last time with the kids he had played with since middle school. Fun note - the band marched in the Rose Parade a few weeks later, which was awesome!
I wanted to address the most common comments.
- They called this "trombone suicide" at our school, but I've heard it called "trombone guillotine" by most people. I made he title "trombone guillotine" so I wouldn't attract people expecting to see a suicide (something I would never share on YT, even if I had a video of that!).
- The blue trombone is a P-bone. The trombone players used it in the stands, mostly for fun. They don’t march with it.
- There were no injuries in the making or practice for this. The rehearse without trombones first and then move to using their instruments. If someone gets off rhythm, they duck down and stay down until they can get back on track.
Thanks for the clarification about the suicide part. Was a bit worried I'd clicked on something I maybe shouldn't have lmao
This is dope, glad it's being seen by more people (including me!)
Your son is talented, you should be proud!
@@MissMoontree He went on to graduate college with an aerospace engineering degree and works on the new NASA rocket to the moon and Mars! Super proud!
🔹One question, what city was that in?
(postscript, I am from the city of Mar del Plata, Argentina)
This just brought back so many memories of my high school marching band years. I was a flute player and we adapted our own version of this to do with the trombones ahaha. I'm 26 now and wish I could re-live those memories of being in the stands.
that was so smooth i was so scared someone would mess up.
Brother it's been so long! How's your Blob-family?
as a former marching trombone player myself, that's insane.
i can imagine someone who doesnt know what suicides are being absolutely horrified by the title
Yeah will it's not an imagination anymore
....
I was
theres another meaning for it??
no, im very much disappointed i got clickbaited.
Not horrified, just bored.
The sheer amount of TRUST you must have for this--
Jeez, marching bands earn my respect
No clue why this is on my recommended, but I am SO glad it is.
Same!
same. I can already see UA-cam mass recommending this video for no reason soon
Same
the percussion does something to my brain and I kind of like it
nahh could we talk about the fact the drumline was going hard on that like i was feeling that.
Dude that percussion goes so hard I was not ready for that.
And i thought it was the drumline who had the crazy ones...
Marching bones be pretty wild sometimes
Bones lol
Indeed we do be wild
Heisenbones
@@InsertedFeels we are WILD YES
one person makes a wrong move, everyone gets mad. bro lives with it forever
I just love how humans are obsessed with doing absolutely rediculus stuff just for the fun of it
* ridiculous
@@moneyguy2008 crystal waters -Gypsy Woman
@@J0Ecorreia Do you care to explain why you sent me this completely out of place reply?
@@moneyguy2008 thirty seven
@@gdttdeggegdh5471 Well, this is strange. I think this is the 1st time that I've had different people send random replies that have nothing to do with my original comment.
Came for the suicide, stayed for the performance.
I love the 2 duck maneuvers they pull off. Some of them are very delicate and reserved so they can’t damage their instruments. The others decide to live life on the edge and risk banging the hell out of their instrument on the metal bench
Nice catch
WHS Drumline captain here from 2002-2006, good to know this still happens! And the same beat!
I’m also in marching band atm and I remember a couple weeks ago on our highschool football game, our trombone section went down and did the exact same thing, everyone cheered, stuff of legends. Great job guys 👏👏👏
POV: You're watching your school band try to make the game enjoyable while your football team is down 84-0 at half.
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It was fun to see the trombones in my band do this last year. Maybe I can get them to do it this year even though the seniors (that we’re amazing) left.
Hope everyone doing good and staying safe. If you need to talk to someone or need help, there are people who care. Sending support and hearts. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️
all the trombones in my do this as well, except it's freshmen through senior so it's much slower but it's still so cool to see it happen in real life
Moral of the story: musicians can count. Additional moral of the story: marching band musicians can really count
dang this beat slaps.
The middle kid was the most relieved at the end, I wonder why...
The beat is sick too.
Never knew band could be so exciting, I might have giving up football to do that!
I was a part of percussion and we had this thing called “the theme” where we would play it at every football game and the band directors thought one of the students just made it up and it sounded cool which is why they let us play it, but it wasn’t made up…
it was the PH theme
AHHAHAHA
at basketball games we had a drum kit and they would switch off doing riffs every basket, except all of them were suspiciously similar to the ph theme lol.
There is one universal rule about marching band. The trombone section is full of crazies.
they never let us do this bc there were too many of us 😢 30 trombones, and one person gets out of sync… it would be a nightmare for every single one of us
I always love these things.
Like, I know it's simpler than it looks once you know the importance of the drum cadance, but it still never ceases to impress me.
Never have I been so disappointed to see nobody get hit in the face.
thats what I thought it was abt
Hey Westlake!! Greetings from LT!!!!
Found this on my recommended just by chance and I was like "wait.. I know those uniforms!"
Rock on!!!!
As a fellow trombonist, this is as fun as advertised.
I tried searching this up and it gave me the ol' "you're not alone"
It’s 2022 and this appeared on my recommended! Bravo guys
As a former trumpet, dancing in the stands with our instruments was super fun. During my senior year, after our halloween game we replaced one of our songs in our show with another, and that song had all the trumpets dance. I was the most recognizable on field because I put the most energy into my dancing
It looks like they’re animated 3d models
I had no idea what I was watching when I clicked on this and no idea why yt recommended it. I am not disappointed I watched.
Rythmm Heaven Fever irl be like:
My band teacher would never agree to that. Care of Equipment was paramount!
The guy with the p-bone 😭😭
I can’t believe one of them is yawing a trigger trombone for it
I need to show this to my school band instructor and say “This. THIS is what our percussion section should sound like.”
wait as a trombonist i really want to do this now it looks so fun
This is what anxiety feels like
Reminds me of our trumpet section doing this during a game for fun, I turned around and I just see the trumpets (who have never practiced doing this before) doing suicides, and honestly it went pretty well
i don't know how i got here but holy shit that was impressive-
Never underestimate the ‘bone boys.
legend has it that after a few beers at the local applebees, they still try this
What would have made this more impressive is if they could've played a note/cord in their down time. Then, then, it would've been worth buying a new bone after the eventual fall of doom.
THE PERCUSSION AND TROMBONIST CARRY THIS WHOLE BAND I ALREADY KNOW
And so the algorithm strikes again with this wise choice… here at 150k views for reference!
Hello Mr Spradley, this is Rylan. glad I got this video in my recommended since it brought back the memories!
Hi Rylan! I hope you're doing well! It's funny how many views this video has!
This reminds me of the musical skit If I Were Not Upon This Stage (which is similarly difficult to pull of without thwacking someone cross the head with a heavy object)
Baritone players back there thinking “man….. I shoulda learned the trombone instead”
I've never seen a pBone in a marching band before!
Our ‘bones only use it in the stands. I think it gets used by the player of the week. They have fun with it.
"Mom, Dad? You know that trombone you bought me in 7th grade? It's time for an upgrade..."
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@@The_mrbob "I busted it performing the Suicide!"
see i wish our trombones could do that but their heights are like drastically different sooooo :(
idk why but the fact that two of them are holding p-bones is so funny to me
damn that snare !!! love it
the trombones are fr making drum sounds how bro that's crazy
I just realized the pattern is the exact same for every person. Nonetheless it’s still probably difficult for everybody to do this in sync at the same time cause someone would mess this up
Just remember your number. You're either "down" on 1, or you're "down" on 2.
One of the hardest parts of these kinds of things is that worrying that you'll screw it up _is_ how you screw it up. If you get too much in your head, you'll hesitate or get off count.
My HS brass section did this at a concert. One girl started laughing at something and forgot to duck. She ended up in the orchestra pit. Thankfully she wasn’t hurt and thought it was hilarious.
Yoooo I just did this at a game today
nice
Love that the most replayed is the beginning to the end
That could have ended as well as my second ever band performance (yesterday) I was trying to let another sousaphone in (I'm one) and forgot that he's on my right not my left so he bumped into me and I realized I was a seat above where I was supposed to be and took the step and instead of landing on the seat it landing right in between luckily I my sousaphone suffered no dmg (other than minor scratches next to the one it had before) and I only knocked the wind out of me supposedly I broke the fall otherwise the fate may have been way worse
They went off tempo for a second and it scared the crap out of me
A++
Why do they look like they're about to say "the only good bug is a dead bug"?
👏🏾👏🏾🔥
I just can’t imagine being in a band this big
(I come from a small music department in a small school. I’m one of eleven people.)
and the mouthpieces are where....
Oh yes what fun! I was in marching band back in junior high and it’s a blast doing this kind of fun stuff. It was always a lot of rehearsal and hours and hours of practice and usually it paid off just like this!🥳 These guys were great. Way to go! ☺️
The best use of a Trombone I have ever seen.
I have no idea why UA-cam showed me this, I wasn’t in band, and I’m not into band stuff in any way whatsoever… but this was still rad af.
Anyone else notice how most of them wouldn’t have even hit each other if they didn’t duck?
It was great. They had perfect timing. When I was in marching band, we called it the guillotine.