I'm a music ed student and every time I've observed a middle school band class there has been a percussionist playing megalovania and/or baby shark. This is a masterpiece.
Exactly but it’s with random instruments and with the piano,my friends are still working on it,trying to play Megalovania but I may have to play something else for a funeral.....
All the percussionists at my hs hate me because I can not control myself around megalovania lol. It’s just so fun. I really want to do pit for winter drum line some day so that I have an excuse.
Lol we had a concert for Christmas and my friend who’s in my class and also a percussionist had the cymbal part and during class I had to give her a que from my place at snare and she still got late but THANK GOD I didn’t give her a que and she got it
I was a trumpet player and messed around on the trap kit after school a lot. The guy who was supposed to play trap encouraged it. Our argument to the director was that I played drums better than any of the percussion kids other than him. The band director said that just because his percussion section sucks doesn't mean we could break the rules.
Being a Sophomore in highschool and currently in Front Ensemble, I can say with certainty that this video is extremely accurate!!! (Although you might be giving us a little to much credit on the middle school mallets. Most of us can’t even play the scales!!!) Love you videos, they always brighten up my day. I hope you keep posting!!!
You forgot the part where the percussionist drops a stick during a stick trick onto a timpani, except it happens during the rehearsal with the entire music department for the end of the year concert, and the percussionist's middle school girlfriend is in the school choir, so she sees the percussionist fail miserably. You know. The thing that happens to everyone.
I’m a high school percussionist and we’re trying to get Megalovania into our Pep Band charts next year as well as Never Gonna Give You Up. Next year’s going to be epic if all goes according to plan...
u forgot the one where he focuses on the flutes and the percussion start laughing and messing around or when they get extra mad at percussion for one small thing
Not a middle school band but a teacher gave our class another lecture on the triangle and the science behind it. I’m not a percussionist but that was really cool to hear.
Andrew McClure I missed a few days of school because I moved and it took some time for me to transfer over. In the time I was gone the kid who played the triangle wasn’t playing it correctly and the teacher gave a lecture on the triangle, (he gives music appreciation lectures before we play), and when I started playing, a month in or so the same kid wasn’t playing correctly. The teacher got pissed and said he would give ANOTHER lesson on the triangle since the kid was just hitting it. The lesson was on the physics behind a triangle, how the trajectory of the triangle worked, how different angles played different sounds, and how in an orchestra this violinist came up to a person playing the triangle and made fun of him for practicing it, but the triangle guy retorted by saying he has one of the most important parts and his instrument didn’t cost as much as the violinist’s violin cost.
The forgot the part where that one kid always has private lessons and missed his part. And that other kid who stays in the storage room the entire class playing with the slide whistle. - The only 8th grade female percussionist (why)
I have a friend who's a percussionist and he lost 1 of his drumsticks. None any of his mallets but just 1 drumstick and the teacher was kinda really mad
As a middle school percussionist- one kid doesn’t want to leave the snare. One kids mom signed him up so he does bass drum and falls asleep. There is a girl who loves the triangle. One kid loves glockenspiel. Three kids love marimba. One kid loves vibes. And two of the boys fling their sticks EVERYWHERE. That’s everyone in my class for you including me
Sounds like you got a lot of dip on your chip man. Just relax, most people dont take music very seriously until high school. Just keep on practicing hard and help out others where you can. Also to answer your question yes this is very true of most MS percussionists😂😂
Just don’t get a big head about it. Always keep working. My buddies and I have helped rebuild our entire drumline after a bunch of people left my first year. Went from almost 3s to multiple best-in-class/division scores. Always strive to be better than the best and work with your section, not against them.
This is SPOT ON bro. I was a lot more mature than my peers in middle school but this kind of stuff ALWAYS happened. Everyone hated mallets, meme songs were rampant, snare drum was the best, mallets was bad, etc etc.
@@dontworryaboutit6569 Don't worry, you're a Jojo, you're already great! I was a high school percussionist and now I'm a church drummer, trust me, keep practicing and all will be good! Speedwagon will cheer you on!
At our school, all the classroom phones have the same ringtone. One day, while I played saxophone before switching to percussion, I went over to the vibraphone and learned the whole ringtone. The teacher actually though it was the phone and went to go pick it up. When she realized it was me, she just laughed it off. Then, my brother tried it. The teacher heard it and threatened to give him lunch detention if he didn't stop.
My middle school band instructor used to always say: *Those* *who* *cannot* *'Do',* *Teach...* *and* *those* *who* *cannot* *Play,* *are* *in* *percussion..*
I was a middle school percussionist 35 years ago. Nothing has changed much except "Baby Shark" didn't exist. We were playing A-Ha's "Take on Me" on the keys. ;-)
I play megolavania and baby shark on xylophone, I play drum set, I lost one of my music pieces, I play random things at random times, I break stuff, I start late... this is scary how accurate this is. Great job though!
What about when the kid playing the snare drum breaks the head? Here's a story; Ok so I'm in a middle school band and in December we had a concert (to play for 5th graders from different elementaries). On the last song (thankfully) there was a snare player. Everyone plays a loud note at the end. Our snare drummer ended up hitting the head so hard that he created a tear from top-to-bottom- Our Director/teacher was pretty chill about it lol.
Band Teacher: Alright guys, lets do Concert F practice Woodwinds, Brass, etc: 😭 Mallet players: 😔 Percussionists on snare, bass drum, crash cymbal, etc: 😎
Oh no, the memories of crash cymbals for “American Civil War Fantasy” are coming back. Besides that, I went to go audit a class and this is the best representation of it.
I am a percussionist. My band teacher played this and I started crying laughing 😂😂 I lose my music daily and always play those songs on mallets. This is too relatable. I love this 😂😂😂 also the percussion floor is always covered in papers too ahaha
Omg the Baby Shark one 😂 In marching band, Baby Shark was a big meme at the time. So everyone would play it on their instruments so often, that the band director eventually had to say, “Don’t play Baby Shark or you’re punished” or something like that. One day, the band director couldn’t come to practice, so the marching band assistant director ran the practice. During the break, he let everyone play Baby Shark 😂
this is accurate. Especially the mallet/bell part. Not to mention all the people who play wind instruments are always playing on all the percussion stuff before class
I'm a music ed student and every time I've observed a middle school band class there has been a percussionist playing megalovania and/or baby shark. This is a masterpiece.
That... that would be me. But afterschool and in high school lmao
Exactly.
Execpt it's the Sax's that play baby shark in my school
Exactly but it’s with random instruments and with the piano,my friends are still working on it,trying to play Megalovania but I may have to play something else for a funeral.....
All the percussionists at my hs hate me because I can not control myself around megalovania lol. It’s just so fun. I really want to do pit for winter drum line some day so that I have an excuse.
Stranger Things intro?
Don’t forget...
Band teacher:Alright everybody lets tune!
Percussionists in the back like:😐
lola Gutierrez i get bored out of my mind
Is my school the only one where the directors forget about percussionist
I know the band hates us they say we play to loud then they tell us to put a practice pad on the bells 😑
i once was tuning the drum to sound differently for a song and the teacher got mad at me
i am a drummer in a band and i just sit and wait while the guitarists tune lol
bass drum: *not hitting hard enough*
director: *takes 5+ minutes demonstrating*
bass drum: *still not doing it right*
director: *more demonstrating*
bass drum: *hits MUCH harder*
director: play softer
grace the rat YESSS
So relatable
grace the rat frrr lmao
YES!!!!!
Bruh, everyday percussion is not by themselves at my school, some wind instrument has to be so bad that we play one note for an entire day.
The cymbal cue hit too close to home
Jacob Neville
Honestly sameee
i feel that bro haven't used the cymbals since a time in the Star Spangled banner
Eli Snell I feel you
Lol we had a concert for Christmas and my friend who’s in my class and also a percussionist had the cymbal part and during class I had to give her a que from my place at snare and she still got late but THANK GOD I didn’t give her a que and she got it
Or when your sight reading and on aux and all of a sudden it’s just you playing and you’re like 😳
But can we talk about the non percussion kids touching all of the equipment????
Happens all the time and i want to choke them
My teacher taped a sign on each of the instruments.
"Non-percussionists touch Percussion instruments = lunch detention.
- Mr. Maldonado"
Jesus Christ, I hate that so much
I was a trumpet player and messed around on the trap kit after school a lot. The guy who was supposed to play trap encouraged it. Our argument to the director was that I played drums better than any of the percussion kids other than him. The band director said that just because his percussion section sucks doesn't mean we could break the rules.
the fricking tubas
I am a middle school percussionist and I can confirm that all of the scenes in this video are true
Same :’)
Me as well
Very true
Get off UA-cam you’re too young 🤣
randomguy555 what? why do you say that?
"Was this... not a big enough cue??" continues into College. You never grow out of that one.
It follows percussionists everywhere, the only difference is the amount of frustration in the delivery of the line.
or when the teacher says next song and it’s a zoo when every one is moving around to get to their other instrument
You forgot the guy that gets put on the bad instruments every song and complains about it
There are no such things as bad instruments only instruments that are happy little mistakes -Bob Ross
Nah, man. I played the HELL out of that triange.
@@seanharvey9199 well i got a told i was a happy mistake, not that bad though :D
Bass drum same rhythm for the whole song REPRESENT
If i'm not put on Snare or bass then I'm not playing
There’s always the one kid who’s off beat by just a bit
Very true
That use to be me for a little while lol
Accurate, as a former percussionist
Are you the villain
Yes, very accurate
Yes pretty accurate
I thought that said farmer-
Why is this so accurate, I’m in high school too
same with me
I feel like that is every percussionist at my school.
Teacher: Alright everyone be quiet and we'll start.
Everyone: *We don't do that here.*
Being a Sophomore in highschool and currently in Front Ensemble, I can say with certainty that this video is extremely accurate!!! (Although you might be giving us a little to much credit on the middle school mallets. Most of us can’t even play the scales!!!)
Love you videos, they always brighten up my day. I hope you keep posting!!!
Jamin Mosher
There’s this one guy who always plays megalomania after school. (We can go to band practice after school)
You forgot the part where the percussionist drops a stick during a stick trick onto a timpani, except it happens during the rehearsal with the entire music department for the end of the year concert, and the percussionist's middle school girlfriend is in the school choir, so she sees the percussionist fail miserably.
You know.
The thing that happens to everyone.
oddly specific
I feel so sorry for your soul
r/oddlyspecific
That's an oof
You need some help? Maybe some time to think about it?
this all holds true as a college percussionist
cant forget about someone dropping sticks at least once a rehearsal though
We used to throw our sticks hard enough that they would stick in the ceiling
Emma we got ours stuck in the ceiling lmao
Wdym stick in the ceiling? The hell is your ceiling made of?
Kai Beasley it’s a drop ceiling
We do that at my high school
Omg the ceiling is too high for me to do that
Finally, the best section!
Ofc 😎😎😎
That’s pretty debatable
@@kristiansreadalongs4259 well yes, but actually no
NHCuber well yes, but actually yes. All drums have to do is hit stuff with a stick. Wind instruments have to be a lot more talented.
@@kristiansreadalongs4259 But can you hit 25 different things with a stick well?
0:53 basically Percussion in a nutshell
Haha
You’re gonna have a bad time💀
I do that almost every day LMFAO
I’m a high school percussionist and we’re trying to get Megalovania into our Pep Band charts next year as well as Never Gonna Give You Up. Next year’s going to be epic if all goes according to plan...
@@icedragon7378 Did it work?
@@SeriouslySamuelyearsago unfortunately haven't been able to do Pep Band... yet
the chimes during christmas time are always a pain
God, they're a pain AAAANNYY time xD
The chimes are where it's AT dawg.
Yeeeeeeeesssssss I have to play them for an MPA Concert
The chimes are always a pain because I'm too short for them so I need to use a stool
When the director says “no percussion” on that measure😖
YES IVE BEEN WAITING 6 MONTHS
Sorry! Life got busy... I already have material recorded for another one. The wait will be much shorter!
Good, I’m not the only middle school student with a beard...
u forgot the one where he focuses on the flutes and the percussion start laughing and messing around or when they get extra mad at percussion for one small thing
Accurate. Especially the being ignored except when in trouble.
Me, the only mallet percussionist at my high school: Malit
no one:
not a single soul:
LITERALLY absolutely no one:
jace: (if not on drumset) *_megolovania intensifies_*
This many people watching this video are percussionists
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This is how many little kids beg for likes. I'll bet you're still an pre-k....
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Was a middle school percussionist, can confirm all of this. Forgot the part where you mess up the triangle too
Your level of physical comedy is outstanding 😂😂😂 keep up the awesome work!!
Band joke. Director: are you from Moscow? Student: No why? Director: Your rushen.
I know so funnny
Can you do day in the life of a middle school trombone player and just go all out on the stereotypes? I'd click on it like *_that_* 😂
I agree
As a trombone player, I’d like to see this happen
Agree
No, trumpets need recognition
Yes I’m a girl trombone player hoping for this to happen 😂
I’m a high school percussionist and this is so dead on 😂. Amazing video bro perfect description here
Not a middle school band but a teacher gave our class another lecture on the triangle and the science behind it. I’m not a percussionist but that was really cool to hear.
Waniyare another?
Andrew McClure I missed a few days of school because I moved and it took some time for me to transfer over. In the time I was gone the kid who played the triangle wasn’t playing it correctly and the teacher gave a lecture on the triangle, (he gives music appreciation lectures before we play), and when I started playing, a month in or so the same kid wasn’t playing correctly. The teacher got pissed and said he would give ANOTHER lesson on the triangle since the kid was just hitting it. The lesson was on the physics behind a triangle, how the trajectory of the triangle worked, how different angles played different sounds, and how in an orchestra this violinist came up to a person playing the triangle and made fun of him for practicing it, but the triangle guy retorted by saying he has one of the most important parts and his instrument didn’t cost as much as the violinist’s violin cost.
The forgot the part where that one kid always has private lessons and missed his part.
And that other kid who stays in the storage room the entire class playing with the slide whistle.
- The only 8th grade female percussionist (why)
This is soooo tru for our band class lol (7th period)
Nu were da best period
@@eepyvert which one u in
Except for the Alto Saxophones. We suck. Well, at least some of us.
@@ruthievandevoorde4073 cough cough (i forgot her name but she always asks the notes) *
@@eepyvert How do I know you?
As a middle schooler, I guarantee this is what I see and hear every time I turn around when I’m in band
It's been 7 years since I was a middle school percussionist and nothing has changed
I have a friend who's a percussionist and he lost 1 of his drumsticks. None any of his mallets but just 1 drumstick and the teacher was kinda really mad
Yesssss oml I’m a middle school percussionist and this is just spot on 😂
Btw, your timing is PERFECT....I was literally searching for something like this a few days ago 😂
I cant tell if this guy loves or hated his job
As a middle school percussionist- one kid doesn’t want to leave the snare. One kids mom signed him up so he does bass drum and falls asleep. There is a girl who loves the triangle. One kid loves glockenspiel. Three kids love marimba. One kid loves vibes. And two of the boys fling their sticks EVERYWHERE. That’s everyone in my class for you including me
Who actually likes the vibraslap
Can you do one with a Baritone/Euphonium I feel like were forgotten 😂
Lol we are. I support this!
Bro we honestly do get forgotten about though alot
You should have added the part where we sit there for full class periods while stinking French horns or euphoniums waste our time learning 4 notes
This is my percussion section in a nutshell. Not even kidding
tfw you’re a high school percussionist watching your middle school future crew and you hear the disappointment that is baby shark
i l;ike slappin tummies
Thank you, Doctor.
My favorite instrument
Me (a percussionist) in the back while the teacher is tuning all the instruments: 🤪,🥳,🤔,😐,😑,😪,😴..
Can anyone relate, everyone in my percussion class sucks I’m in seventh grade and the only kid in the band who made it in my regional band
Sounds like you got a lot of dip on your chip man. Just relax, most people dont take music very seriously until high school. Just keep on practicing hard and help out others where you can. Also to answer your question yes this is very true of most MS percussionists😂😂
Bodie Walker don’t worry, everyone is trash until high school. Unless your in the bottom band. Then everyone is still trash
Bodie Walker I feel bad for your percussion class everyone in my class made region but we are symphonic so
Just don’t get a big head about it. Always keep working. My buddies and I have helped rebuild our entire drumline after a bunch of people left my first year. Went from almost 3s to multiple best-in-class/division scores. Always strive to be better than the best and work with your section, not against them.
I have been waiting forever for a new video. I’m so happy it’s about us this time. I love being in percussion.
I love your vids you should post more
My students LOVE all of your videos! They’re going to flip that you’ve made a new one. Please continue uploading these amazing videos!!!
I'm a percussionist in my band
@skullrade5 Last I checked, it's pretty banging.
Ok
thanks kaleb, very cool
@skullrade5 it is awsome
Omg the cymbal queue part was so accurate you don’t even know
I feel appreciated (this still happens in high school, trust me)
This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time! And as a retired middle school teacher, I've seen a lot of funny things!
Have you been watching my rehearsals?
This is SPOT ON bro. I was a lot more mature than my peers in middle school but this kind of stuff ALWAYS happened. Everyone hated mallets, meme songs were rampant, snare drum was the best, mallets was bad, etc etc.
I’m a percussionist in my band and I can absolutely confirm almost everything in this happens
Giorno Giovanna
I, Giorno Giovanna, have a dream...
To play my cymbal hit on cue
Jan Solo I do snare
I, @@dontworryaboutit6569 , have a dream to play my double stroke rolls cleanly
Jan Solo I’m the best in my grade and class :/ not even bragging even the teacher says so
@@dontworryaboutit6569
Don't worry, you're a Jojo, you're already great! I was a high school percussionist and now I'm a church drummer, trust me, keep practicing and all will be good! Speedwagon will cheer you on!
At our school, all the classroom phones have the same ringtone. One day, while I played saxophone before switching to percussion, I went over to the vibraphone and learned the whole ringtone. The teacher actually though it was the phone and went to go pick it up. When she realized it was me, she just laughed it off. Then, my brother tried it. The teacher heard it and threatened to give him lunch detention if he didn't stop.
The reason I’m subscribed
This guy nails all of these the percussion section doesn’t stop doing this
honestly the most relatable channel i’ve ever watched
My middle school band instructor used to always say: *Those* *who* *cannot* *'Do',* *Teach...* *and* *those* *who* *cannot* *Play,* *are* *in* *percussion..*
I was a middle school percussionist 35 years ago. Nothing has changed much except "Baby Shark" didn't exist. We were playing A-Ha's "Take on Me" on the keys. ;-)
From the meme music, to the reluctance to play mallets, to the stick flips, this video is 100% accurate.
The baby shark part is so accurate 😂 this video is hilarious and perfectly describes middle school percussionists. 😂
YESSSS A NEW UPLOAD
I love these videos so much.
I play megolavania and baby shark on xylophone, I play drum set, I lost one of my music pieces, I play random things at random times, I break stuff, I start late... this is scary how accurate this is. Great job though!
What about when the kid playing the snare drum breaks the head?
Here's a story;
Ok so I'm in a middle school band and in December we had a concert (to play for 5th graders from different elementaries). On the last song (thankfully) there was a snare player. Everyone plays a loud note at the end. Our snare drummer ended up hitting the head so hard that he created a tear from top-to-bottom- Our Director/teacher was pretty chill about it lol.
The Megalovania part was relatable. The percussionists did that in 8th grade at my old school.
I'm a lil offended about the stick flipping...I do that all the time and I'm a junior 😂😂😂
Percussionists on the drum:UNLIMITED POWER!!!
Percussionists on the glockenspiel: Im too weak...
Can confirm. This is my fifth year of playing percussion, and I have done and/or seen all of these. Very accurate video!
I just graduated middle school as a percussionist, I thank you for this.
Thank You, Mr. Chamberlin, very epic video once again. Coolio
one time we were doing play tests in class and one of our percussionists took a nap under a marimba. they also played a lot of card games.
I’ve never seen something more relatable 😂
0:12 is how *every* rehearsal began - also when I started dying lol
As a percussionist In highschool I appreciate this so much 😂
You forgot the part where the percussionists are hitting each other with the sticks
Band Teacher: Alright guys, lets do Concert F practice
Woodwinds, Brass, etc: 😭
Mallet players: 😔
Percussionists on snare, bass drum, crash cymbal, etc: 😎
This really brought me back to my middle school band days lol
Yes! Omg but we race to snare and the bells so the other kids can't get them😂
Bro the cymbal part is so true. Good video
I love how nervously he walked to the marimba... the scary complicated instrument
"Make sure you pick a different instrument for this next song" *slides over to the other snare drum* that one hit close to home. Very funny!
You forgot to include when they flip their sticks...but then drop them and it goes "CLANGKSKWJANDJSBAALNG"
Why has UA-cam given me this... IT'S A SIGN THAT I MUST BECOME THE GREATEST PERCUSSIONIST OF ALL!!!
Oh no, the memories of crash cymbals for “American Civil War Fantasy” are coming back. Besides that, I went to go audit a class and this is the best representation of it.
I am a percussionist. My band teacher played this and I started crying laughing 😂😂 I lose my music daily and always play those songs on mallets. This is too relatable. I love this 😂😂😂
also the percussion floor is always covered in papers too ahaha
I have been waiting for this! Thank you!
Omg the Baby Shark one 😂
In marching band, Baby Shark was a big meme at the time. So everyone would play it on their instruments so often, that the band director eventually had to say, “Don’t play Baby Shark or you’re punished” or something like that. One day, the band director couldn’t come to practice, so the marching band assistant director ran the practice. During the break, he let everyone play Baby Shark 😂
You forgot about the person who won't stop playing when the director is giving directions
as a percussionist in middle school this is the most real video ever
this is accurate. Especially the mallet/bell part. Not to mention all the people who play wind instruments are always playing on all the percussion stuff before class
1:07 there always has to be that person who always plays snare. Thank god I like mallets since no one plays them
What I learned from this is that I can use anything to play the triangle