My band director was one of the trumpets in this show, and sometimes I hear him in his office playing that flight of the bumblebee bit. Also I can see where he gets the warm up techniques.
From what I've heard from BD guys I know (including a staff member in this video), the leads at BD are just so good they don't have to take it down. Seriously, Wayne Bergeron-esque chops. The staff asks if they need to take it down but they never do. Absolutely incredible.
These are all effective warmups and practice tools for any level. I've used similar warmups with middle schoolers and seen professional symphonic musicians humming, buzzing, and running Remington exercises before a performance. It's all 'variations on a long tone.'
It's awesome. I marched Columbians this year and I got to sit in the middle of this exact circle. It sounds amazing. I'm the dark-haired dude near the baritone section.
At the DCI Southeastern Championship in Powder Springs Georgia this year, I was lucky enough to sit in the middle of their circle. I was on a band trip to DCI and a friend of me and I saw BD's hornline walk far from their trailers. We followed them and they ended up in a tennis court. We sat there and watched them do a visual practice (which was pretty cool). Then they all went and formed a circle, so my friend and I walked to the outside fencing of the tennis court to hear them better. Then they started letting people in the court, but outside of the circle. My friend and I were super stoked just to be that close. Then they started letting people inside the circle, so of course I went. The sound was indescribable, and truly amazing. My friend and I were the only people in my school there that went into the circle, or even heard their warm-up, up close. It was awesome that I got to see and hear them up-close and in the circle!
My trumpet professor (and really all our music faculty) had the rule of "if you can't hear it you can't play it," and audiation is one of the cornerstones of musical practice and is easiest to apply without your instrument - just use the vocal folds you have. That's why any school of music has ALL their musicians sing on some level. So... if you want to play at a high level it might be time to start singing a bit.
@@seandevlin3948 Exactly. Let's see... dependent on your range, holding 1-3 down, you can play 3-4 different notes with ease. If you have no concept of where note center is; what the note is supposed to sound like... how would you ever hit the note you're after? Oh, and this is carried to an even greater extreme for f-horn players.
It’s supposed to be a ripple, so it has to look good, that’s how most drum corps are, also it’s the blue devils, we’re supposed to look hella good no matter where we are or who we’re around
Prob just a little more than most brass players. They are just so got at stagger breathing you can’t tell. They prob have like numbers and they can only breath on counts 1-4 depending on their number. And I think they ease in to play after a breath and breaths are really short and fast. They keep everything not accented and smooth.
Its the ballad from the show they cut it off cause it's early season and i enioy it early cause the last chord they hold and i enjoy it when it's fully done too cause ya know i love drums and brass
Well go back in time, travel to Seattle, then find the Blue Devils, then sit in the center of their brass circle. There is a point in their warmup that they invited people into the center if you ever have the chance.
Sean With Life Thanks. Actually, I'll be at this show next year. If I see them forming into a circle to start warm ups, would I need to be invited into the circle or could I simply ask if it's ok? Sorry if it sounds like stupid question. I'd just love to here the sound.
Great job on the video. The audio sounded better to me when you were walking around the outside of the arc, but the video was a bit shaky. My mom would tell me that she was getting a headache from watching it lol
As a contra, I don't think I'll ever understand how the hell trumpets can hit those screamer notes like that. Hell, there's notes in my show this year that I'm having to do air & valves on cause I can't hit them yet thanks to how deep my mouthpiece is xD
Hmm... depends on which sound or role you like the best. Trumpets have the high stuff and (usually the melody). Mellophones have the most technical passages. Baritones/Euphoniums have the filling roles and sometimes the melody. Tubas provide the bass voice and can on occasion have the melody. So it just depends on what you feel like doing. I personally know a clarinet player who switched to euphonium in a year and is now at Blue Knights on his way to Bluecoats. So there you go.
Baritone/Euphonium are often considered the easiest and most natural embouchure for beginning brass players to achieve. While a little more challenging many woodwind players have great success and find enjoyment with the Mellophone as Corps arrangers will often take the woodwind parts from the source music and write it for the Mellophone. But honestly just choose the one you enjoy the sound of the most. You have to enjoy the sound you are making.
Speaking honestly it's just kind of how the North West crowds are... Once you start moving East they pickup more and more. Ohio is known for having some of the most animated crowds.
Sean With Life I've been to Massillon OH for 2 shows, both last year. Great crowds. But nothing compares to the crowds at Allentown, PA. They're not afraid to cheer in the lots like some of the other shows I've been to.
You know, I forgot about the Allentown lots - most likely to the memories of the great audience in Birney Crum. But do the Allentown lots even count as lots when they are so big that they count as their own show? The show before the show.
They're phenomenal! I wish they weren't playing indoor instruments. Used to be one of my favorite activities in the world when they were on G bugles. Big, Bad and Blue! This has taught me more than in any other endeavor that not everything improves over time. There are seasons. Enjoy them!
I do not know anyone at BD after the 2015 season so I cannot pull anyone for comment but there are many reasons a member or soloist can change over the course of a season. In Drum Corps injuries happen quite often so I wouldn't leave that out as the leading cause for an alternate to take the spot. Working with a corps one season we were doing improv solos for part of the preshow and we would let people challenge for those spots so the group of soloists changed several times over the season. There is always the chance of drill rewrites also taking place where the previous soloists dot may not have worked to get him to the staging area he needed to be so they had to have someone with a more manageable dot take the solo. There is also always the Blue Devil's factor where they just like to mix things up. They are a hard working and consistent group which provides them opportunities with what they can do on the field. If anyone knows someone from BD 2017 ask them for a comment about the change in soloist if possible!
I am a parent of a baritone for the Carmel HS Marching Greyhounds and marching band is all new to me so pardon my ignorance here. Is that a high school marching band's brass warm-up or a college's marching band?
A Drum Corps is composed of the most talented students from high schools and colleges around the country and world! Many members of the Blue Devils are college students but a few very hard working high schoolers do make it in as well!
When they form the circle they invite everyone in. Most corps are very inviting to the public with their warmups, most. You don't need permission but I always ask. I've only been asked to not record twice. Once because that group doesn't like having media out, and the other because it was early in the season and they didn't want that to be what the public saw. Allentown is very used to having people record in the lot, I don't think there would be any problem with you recording just about anything there.
@@InsaneClown2 The competitions take place from the end of June through mid August on a daily basis. The training begins in November and December the year prior with training camps held on the weekends once or twice a month. As for location there are corps in many states across the United States but the state holding the most is California where Concord is. There are drum corps groups outside of the U.S. as well if you are looking to broaden your drum corps viewing repertoire.
@@seandevlin3948 Thank you much I'm about decent drive from Concord so I'd like to sit in on a practice or anything along those lines. Get tickets to a show next summer. 2017 performance really help me realize my passion for drumming again and I have a huge appriecition for brass I never had. before. I am inspired and would love to see them live.
My band director was one of the trumpets in this show, and sometimes I hear him in his office playing that flight of the bumblebee bit. Also I can see where he gets the warm up techniques.
You. Are. So. Lucky to have a band director that was in this show.
I wish mine is like fifty
What school do you go to??
Duhhh
Duhh
Duh
WOAAAAAAAA
Add me on xbox GT: Talun i read this comment as that drop happened and I'm really pleased with that
I feel like the Blue Devils hold the trumpets' ranges hostage or something.
"SCREAM AT ALL TIMES OR YOU WON'T EAT"
Owen Shapley This comment made my day 😂😂😂😂😂
Dude 😂😂😂 funny shit.
From what I've heard from BD guys I know (including a staff member in this video), the leads at BD are just so good they don't have to take it down. Seriously, Wayne Bergeron-esque chops. The staff asks if they need to take it down but they never do. Absolutely incredible.
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You you're good when even your warm up is impressive
It's the show before the show!
Chris Fleming that sentence makes no sense
Braddy Wakler he missed a “know”
I’m in a high school marching band and holy CRAP that’s a perfect circle and this sounds AMAZING
I wonder how long they practiced getting into a circle.
@@Illiterate243 yeah I wonder. Circles are actually very difficult 😂😂
Well considering it is the Blue Devils this is a normal formation. Drum Corps is not marching band.
They really know what the concept of “ one band, one sound” actually means!
4:37 my favorite part
My Assistant Band Director is from the Blue Devils and does this exact same Warm Up with us WOW!
What school and what level
WOAH!
Yeah my band director had directed Blue devils but is now teaching our Westlake
These are all effective warmups and practice tools for any level.
I've used similar warmups with middle schoolers and seen professional symphonic musicians humming, buzzing, and running Remington exercises before a performance.
It's all 'variations on a long tone.'
Oakxy Westlake Marching Festival
I love hearing the overtones when they play chords
Geez, I wonder what that sounds like in the middle!
Well take what you hear in the video, turn it to 11, and imagine in full surround sound.
That's what it is like my friend.
It's awesome. I marched Columbians this year and I got to sit in the middle of this exact circle. It sounds amazing. I'm the dark-haired dude near the baritone section.
At the DCI Southeastern Championship in Powder Springs Georgia this year, I was lucky enough to sit in the middle of their circle. I was on a band trip to DCI and a friend of me and I saw BD's hornline walk far from their trailers. We followed them and they ended up in a tennis court. We sat there and watched them do a visual practice (which was pretty cool). Then they all went and formed a circle, so my friend and I walked to the outside fencing of the tennis court to hear them better. Then they started letting people in the court, but outside of the circle. My friend and I were super stoked just to be that close. Then they started letting people inside the circle, so of course I went. The sound was indescribable, and truly amazing. My friend and I were the only people in my school there that went into the circle, or even heard their warm-up, up close. It was awesome that I got to see and hear them up-close and in the circle!
Astrobrant2 depends if you high
Idk but I’d imagine it sounds like heaven
I've seen these kids perform..they're wonderful..people don't realize the amount of practice and commitment it takes to be this great.
THEY CAN PLAY GOOD AND SING GOOD TOO?!?!?😂
At that level they go hand in hand, having good control of your air stream, like they do, makes singing easier.
Watch blue coats singing their 2011 show or 2016 show
My trumpet professor (and really all our music faculty) had the rule of "if you can't hear it you can't play it," and audiation is one of the cornerstones of musical practice and is easiest to apply without your instrument - just use the vocal folds you have. That's why any school of music has ALL their musicians sing on some level. So... if you want to play at a high level it might be time to start singing a bit.
They have to be able too. There air control (as stated) and to learn by ear easier
@@seandevlin3948 Exactly. Let's see... dependent on your range, holding 1-3 down, you can play 3-4 different notes with ease. If you have no concept of where note center is; what the note is supposed to sound like... how would you ever hit the note you're after? Oh, and this is carried to an even greater extreme for f-horn players.
The little warm up tune they did at eh 3:42 mark was silky smooth.
Computer Crash Gaming it was part of the show
The Ark It's not a warm up dumbass
@@juancacatzun948 why u being a dick
@@wisp2482 you know the saying u are what u eat💀💀
I LOVE MARCHING BAND!! What are you talking about
I love how the band puts their horns up and down in waves. So satisfying
This is my favorite video ever. Fantastic work.
+Gentry Walker Thank you. I try. (:
You need to see Carolina crown drops the hammer in Houston
This literally brought tears to my eyes! I wish I could go back!
Beautiful sound 😁😁 both audio and horns
Your recording quality is amazing!
Thank you very much DragonSlayer!
dAYUM I really wanted to be in that middle!!!
NiceRazer high as f
ngl I'd wear earplugs 😂
all of you are phenomenal musicians.
Tuba for life(Contra) been playing for 3 years and cant wait till i im ready to join. Amazing warm up
was nice hearing some good jazz from the Devils.
I really want to know the chord phrases between 2:53 and 2:58? I love those chords!!!
I have the sheet music to that. It's called Shotgun
In concert pitch: D major, F major, G major, A major then resolving onto Bb major
sorry if this is late but it goes like Bb6/9, F6/9, F#, Ab, then Bb
tacoface pr did you get a piano yet
Roush shotgun chord
Blue Devils forever a World First Class Show and Merry Christmas 2017 from my family to yours. Terry
Blue devils rock!! That was pure awesomeness!!
And then there's Crown Brass!
Crown can be consistently number one in brass. As long as BD is consistently DCI World Champs.
gunner 3477 damn you got him there😂😂
I hope I can make this band someday
I know this is late but did you just call them a band?
Griffin Roberts how’s your progress coming?
mad disrespect to them
calm down guys, he’s probably like 12 or something
DatSav_Kendall 😂
....Must sound incredible in the center!
At 3:42. That tune was so jazzy as hell
4:49 were gonna ignore the synchronized contra standby
It’s supposed to be a ripple, so it has to look good, that’s how most drum corps are, also it’s the blue devils, we’re supposed to look hella good no matter where we are or who we’re around
Da hört man die 1 Stimme - 3 Stimme übel gut und das macht mir Freude
3:34 was mesmerizing, watching the tubas pick up their instruments
They’d make a killer choir
🎺😔💬I miss Band!! Class of 1994 (low brass 1985-1994)
Tanta perfección en un solo vídeo!👌
Blue devils #1
How much air do they have in their lungs?!
Prob just a little more than most brass players. They are just so got at stagger breathing you can’t tell. They prob have like numbers and they can only breath on counts 1-4 depending on their number. And I think they ease in to play after a breath and breaths are really short and fast. They keep everything not accented and smooth.
What's the title of the selection at 3:40 ? Im feeling that flugelhorn solo!!!!
watch the blue devils 2017 show
everything must change
It's also the ballad
Hopefully these kids realized that these are some of the best moments of their lives!
So many natural overtones starting at 5:52.
The high 5th at 6:26..
1st part of the show actually looked like Drumcorps for a while. What's with the no hats thing this year??
Cadets too.
I'm so very glad I never let myself believe I could do what these guys can when I was in band. I'm much better at geology
Somebody knows what song is that? I mean, the song in minute 3:42
I would love to hear them play the Don Ellis music as a throwback.
3:43 what is this little warm up song called its SO good
Look up Blue Devils Metamorph performance. It's a part of that extremely sexy piece
Its the ballad from the show they cut it off cause it's early season and i enioy it early cause the last chord they hold and i enjoy it when it's fully done too cause ya know i love drums and brass
Amazing sounds. I wast to hear more of their repertoire.
At 4:07 how tall is the person to the left of middle. Looks sooo tall!!
OMG the chord at 2:46 SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH!
2:25
I found the audio clip from the San Andreas trailer
I love seeing baritones 15x times better than me BOWING THERE BACK
3:43
Their rehearsal etiquette is insane
Grup my favorite
I was able to get this warm up my sophomore year I'm now first chair and practice about 2 hours every day it's not easy and takes commitment
Nice Jennifer!
Keep up the hard work.
(:
thanks for the upload! Trumpets killing it as usual!
Banks Nussman Thanks for the comment!
I'll be here next year to capture all of the Northwest Tour!
I want to sit in the center. Can I? How?
Well go back in time, travel to Seattle, then find the Blue Devils, then sit in the center of their brass circle.
There is a point in their warmup that they invited people into the center if you ever have the chance.
Sean With Life Thanks. Actually, I'll be at this show next year. If I see them forming into a circle to start warm ups, would I need to be invited into the circle or could I simply ask if it's ok? Sorry if it sounds like stupid question. I'd just love to here the sound.
Mike McKay the staff will invite spectators inside the circle.
Thanks. Looking forward to it.
Mike McKay be high as f
Those tubas tho I swear
Wow awesome job
People in middle: literally having the bells of the Blue Devils pointed are your face
Also people in middle: ima get on my phone real quick
A lot of people in the crowd were staff who already heard this a million times
What are the tiny smoke streams coming from the grass from/for? For example at 2:35 near the horn on the ground (right side).
They like to burn incense to help relax and focus the members.
Kess5994 they all smokin man! I told y'all!
2:46 sounds like when you get your first power up. 2:55 sounds like you get the *ultimate* power up.
In the name of everything Holy
Just WOW!!!
I could have sworn I heard Mike in the background
Great job on the video. The audio sounded better to me when you were walking around the outside of the arc, but the video was a bit shaky. My mom would tell me that she was getting a headache from watching it lol
3:43 sounds so lovely what's the name of that song
That specific part is a cover of "Everything Must Change," which they used as their 2017 ballad
As a contra, I don't think I'll ever understand how the hell trumpets can hit those screamer notes like that. Hell, there's notes in my show this year that I'm having to do air & valves on cause I can't hit them yet thanks to how deep my mouthpiece is xD
Ultimatu | i play trumpet contra but i’d assume playing high is just as hard as playing really low pedals on contra
What’s being played by the trumpet at 3:44???
my brass line warms up in the same way. Our band is pretty good( Mira Mesa Highschool) .
My seat partner for life! What stadium is this?
They really put my band to shame 💀💀😭
More entertaining than my own field show
Can someone explain what those guys sitting in the middle are doing?
Correct.
A few in the direct middle are the brass staff members.
Everyone else are there to simply soak up the sounds.
Sean With Life thanks!
BassWhiz92 being stoned
i play clarinet right now and i want to learn a brass instrument as well. which one should i choose?
Hmm... depends on which sound or role you like the best. Trumpets have the high stuff and (usually the melody). Mellophones have the most technical passages. Baritones/Euphoniums have the filling roles and sometimes the melody. Tubas provide the bass voice and can on occasion have the melody. So it just depends on what you feel like doing. I personally know a clarinet player who switched to euphonium in a year and is now at Blue Knights on his way to Bluecoats. So there you go.
Baritone/Euphonium are often considered the easiest and most natural embouchure for beginning brass players to achieve.
While a little more challenging many woodwind players have great success and find enjoyment with the Mellophone as Corps arrangers will often take the woodwind parts from the source music and write it for the Mellophone.
But honestly just choose the one you enjoy the sound of the most. You have to enjoy the sound you are making.
The crowd sitting in the center was so dead.. how were they not cheering and clapping after the show segments
Speaking honestly it's just kind of how the North West crowds are...
Once you start moving East they pickup more and more.
Ohio is known for having some of the most animated crowds.
Sean With Life I've been to Massillon OH for 2 shows, both last year. Great crowds. But nothing compares to the crowds at Allentown, PA. They're not afraid to cheer in the lots like some of the other shows I've been to.
You know, I forgot about the Allentown lots - most likely to the memories of the great audience in Birney Crum.
But do the Allentown lots even count as lots when they are so big that they count as their own show?
The show before the show.
I know, at about 4:25 all you would’ve heard is me like...”AaaaAaaAAAAHHHH LET’s GO!!! Not to mention 4:49 ugh😷
I was in that crowd in the center. Most of us were just blown out of our minds and couldn’t respond with anything but just awe stricken faces
If you can sing 🎤 it, you can play it 🎶
They're phenomenal! I wish they weren't playing indoor instruments. Used to be one of my favorite activities in the world when they were on G bugles. Big, Bad and Blue! This has taught me more than in any other endeavor that not everything improves over time. There are seasons. Enjoy them!
Their System Blue horns sound pretty sweet though, you have to admit.
@2:47 - Groove time.
@3:25 thats why their one of the best
Good quality audio...too bad not in the center, sir.!
I could have gone to the center but I didn't want to block anyone's view.
The sound is good, I just don't the the WGI'esk uniform parts.
Can anybody identify the chords from 2:46 to 3:06. I just can't get enough
awesome! great !
What euphoniums did they use?
system blue
King System Blue SB30(K30).
Why did they have a different flugelhorn soloist at the end of the season
I do not know anyone at BD after the 2015 season so I cannot pull anyone for comment but there are many reasons a member or soloist can change over the course of a season.
In Drum Corps injuries happen quite often so I wouldn't leave that out as the leading cause for an alternate to take the spot.
Working with a corps one season we were doing improv solos for part of the preshow and we would let people challenge for those spots so the group of soloists changed several times over the season.
There is always the chance of drill rewrites also taking place where the previous soloists dot may not have worked to get him to the staging area he needed to be so they had to have someone with a more manageable dot take the solo.
There is also always the Blue Devil's factor where they just like to mix things up. They are a hard working and consistent group which provides them opportunities with what they can do on the field.
If anyone knows someone from BD 2017 ask them for a comment about the change in soloist if possible!
What’s the tune at 3:44?
Their marching show
I wanna like this seriously
BDATW!!!!
pls i don't know 1.59-2.45 what called this
Where do I sign up
Alguien sabe en que parte de usa estan
Moises Marroquin Este maravilloso groupo son de Concord, California. En este vídeo se están preparando para su espectáculo en Shoreline, Washington
What's the tempo at the very beginning?
I am a parent of a baritone for the Carmel HS Marching Greyhounds and marching band is all new to me so pardon my ignorance here. Is that a high school marching band's brass warm-up or a college's marching band?
A Drum Corps is composed of the most talented students from high schools and colleges around the country and world!
Many members of the Blue Devils are college students but a few very hard working high schoolers do make it in as well!
Chords at 2:46 ?
nice..
I try use headset and audio is like real
EARGASM
I’m a percussionist why am I here
Do you need any special authorization to be in that middle or even to film such content?
I want to film what I will see in Allentown
When they form the circle they invite everyone in.
Most corps are very inviting to the public with their warmups, most.
You don't need permission but I always ask.
I've only been asked to not record twice. Once because that group doesn't like having media out, and the other because it was early in the season and they didn't want that to be what the public saw.
Allentown is very used to having people record in the lot, I don't think there would be any problem with you recording just about anything there.
Sean With Life Perfect then! Thank you for the info.
Really complete answer. :)
@@seandevlin3948 what time of the year are they doing stuff like this? And is it mostly in Concord?
@@InsaneClown2 The competitions take place from the end of June through mid August on a daily basis.
The training begins in November and December the year prior with training camps held on the weekends once or twice a month.
As for location there are corps in many states across the United States but the state holding the most is California where Concord is.
There are drum corps groups outside of the U.S. as well if you are looking to broaden your drum corps viewing repertoire.
@@seandevlin3948 Thank you much I'm about decent drive from Concord so I'd like to sit in on a practice or anything along those lines. Get tickets to a show next summer. 2017 performance really help me realize my passion for drumming again and I have a huge appriecition for brass I never had. before. I am inspired and would love to see them live.
Ada japier di situ 👀