Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson

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  • @Valerian29xX
    @Valerian29xX 4 роки тому +2990

    Imagine your band director making you play this every year could be me

    • @baileynacol6438
      @baileynacol6438 4 роки тому +64

      FACTS

    • @meghanmedendorp3257
      @meghanmedendorp3257 3 роки тому +58

      @@acebeingace0002 2 years ago, when I was a sophomore in symphonic band, the wind ensemble was supposed to play this like normal. But we all begged to play it that year and we got to B) but now I’m a senior in wind ensemble and I don’t have to beg lol

    • @meghanmedendorp3257
      @meghanmedendorp3257 3 роки тому +13

      @@bluepotato1303 they meant that as a meme lol

    • @meghanmedendorp3257
      @meghanmedendorp3257 3 роки тому +9

      @@bluepotato1303 notice how they put the “could be me” at the end

    • @meghanmedendorp3257
      @meghanmedendorp3257 3 роки тому +5

      @@bluepotato1303 that’s not how that meme works but ok lol

  • @thewanderingsamurai1150
    @thewanderingsamurai1150 3 роки тому +1270

    I guess I’m gonna actually have to practice on my own time for once to learn this one.
    -Clarinet

    • @andrewfilmsproductions9351
      @andrewfilmsproductions9351 3 роки тому +11

      Bruh

    • @thewanderingsamurai1150
      @thewanderingsamurai1150 3 роки тому +1

      @@andrewfilmsproductions9351 AHMOD

    • @super20dan
      @super20dan 3 роки тому +40

      this is the only song i ever have to practice in community band -its tough on clarinet!

    • @joshuabraeden4390
      @joshuabraeden4390 3 роки тому +8

      Never practiced on my own for alto sax. Imo it sounded pretty obvious that not many of us practiced

    • @super20dan
      @super20dan 3 роки тому +18

      i have practiced it till i am blue in the face and still cant consistently nail it at speed. the alto clarinet wasnt built to play like this!

  • @michaelestrada1972
    @michaelestrada1972 2 роки тому +510

    Audience: this sounds so nice
    Band: this sounds so nice
    Clarinetists: *carpal tunnel noises*

    • @rouxlsyy
      @rouxlsyy 10 місяців тому +3

      XD

    • @Chargelsisawesome9910
      @Chargelsisawesome9910 5 місяців тому +7

      Shouldn't have been 1st chair

    • @jelliebeans04
      @jelliebeans04 2 місяці тому +7

      @@Chargelsisawesome9910I’m on first part right now and I’m not cut out for this please send help

    • @lillly1188
      @lillly1188 Місяць тому +1

      lolll srsly tho im clarinet!!

    • @sonicatyt1082
      @sonicatyt1082 26 днів тому +1

      WHY IS 29 SO FAST IM GOING TO SCREAM

  • @seawhisk
    @seawhisk 3 роки тому +385

    All of these flutes and 1st clarinets out here fighting for their lives while I’m on xylophone literally playing 3 measures out of the whole song

    • @rat.lyd1379
      @rat.lyd1379 2 роки тому +7

      Thats why you play the flute part like me 🙈

    • @b.l.a_n.k504
      @b.l.a_n.k504 2 роки тому +4

      Literally so true I play French horn on all the other Christmas songs but I play flute on this one and our fingers are flying the entire time

    • @addisondurrence1431
      @addisondurrence1431 2 роки тому +4

      My last year high school I played this on flute. I had to fight for my life on this bruh, and we went slightly faster than this recording too💀

    • @phantom8856
      @phantom8856 Рік тому +1

      and oboe

    • @Buddie_shipper
      @Buddie_shipper 25 днів тому

      I don’t like my part as first clarinet makes me wanna hide in the corner and rock back and forth

  • @rg823v
    @rg823v 3 роки тому +1339

    Its that time of year again, Good Luck fellow band mates
    EDIT: I wish luck to all of you, But even more for my fellow 1st clarinets, lol
    EDIT: How did you guys do on your concert? Good luck next year guys, Sadly this was my last time playing sleigh ride, Ill be graduating 😅

  • @lordoftitans7636
    @lordoftitans7636 3 роки тому +280

    Back at my high school we have a tradition; only a senior gets the woodslap part, though the part may be small, the woodslap part is so satisfying to play and hear that it makes up for it's small size tenfold.

    • @Techn9cian123
      @Techn9cian123 2 роки тому +15

      I got the wood slap part my senior year. Precious years I did the wood blocks and then the sleigh bells.

    • @evangillespie3267
      @evangillespie3267 Рік тому +7

      Our percussionist actually broke our woodslap. oops

    • @forehand101
      @forehand101 2 місяці тому +7

      ​​@@evangillespie3267 If the wood slap isn't in pieces by the end of the concert from the numerous times during practice where it was slapped as hard as it can possibly be slapped, then I don't think the song is being played right lol
      Ideally, during the final slap of the song it should just collapse into dust on the floor for audience satisfaction

    • @FlowersAndRocks
      @FlowersAndRocks 24 дні тому +2

      This year we got the shortest freshman to play it. And it is absolutely glorious😂

    • @OllieIsANerd
      @OllieIsANerd 6 днів тому +2

      Yall call it a wood slap?? We call it a whip lol
      (Ours is just two pieces of wood stuck together with a doorhinge and handles)

  • @hannah7970
    @hannah7970 2 роки тому +400

    My whole career I’ve played this as a 2nd & 3rd clarinet. This is my first year in my 12 years of playing clarinet that I’ve been assigned 1st clarinet on this piece. Wish me luck🥲

    • @radon_8686
      @radon_8686 2 роки тому +9

      Good luck. I'm playing first part for my school band and my advice is to just be patient. It took me hours of practice to be able to play everything, but still not well.

    • @anandmorris
      @anandmorris Рік тому +3

      How did it go?!

    • @technoeggnog
      @technoeggnog Рік тому +2

      I’m also on 1st clarinet, after being bass clarinet last year. This piece is hell.

    • @Xxx-tp9dd
      @Xxx-tp9dd Рік тому +2

      my first year on this, i got 1st alto sax.. i’ve had my alto for maybe a month.. lol

    • @818Dimples
      @818Dimples 11 місяців тому +1

      I will pray for you and it's not easy.

  • @zacharykesler9759
    @zacharykesler9759 3 роки тому +367

    I'm on first Clarinet for this song. I'm gonna die in a corner. Alone.

  • @lukebilhorn2067
    @lukebilhorn2067 3 роки тому +936

    Possibly the greatest Christmas song written for band...

  • @JackNCheese04
    @JackNCheese04 4 роки тому +447

    Imagine having an interesting melody 😂 - Current French Horn Player

    • @sharpmuffin1955
      @sharpmuffin1955 4 роки тому +26

      we love quarter notes throughout the whole song😢😢😢

    • @whistlepunkz
      @whistlepunkz 4 роки тому +7

      Mallet ppl rest half the song we just taught ourselves the main melody

    • @faithandree7933
      @faithandree7933 4 роки тому +6

      Try being a baritone sax player 👀

    • @coolguyculero7577
      @coolguyculero7577 4 роки тому +3

      This song is so fun for us isn’t it

    • @superior_nobody07
      @superior_nobody07 4 роки тому +6

      @@coolguyculero7577 offbeats over and over just like a Sousa March, how exciting

  • @tink2490
    @tink2490 4 роки тому +520

    My fingers can't move that fast.😅
    - Current clarinet player

    • @wolfhowler182
      @wolfhowler182 4 роки тому +31

      Finally someone who gets me! I always wanted a clarinet 1 part but not on this song 😅😀

    • @meghanmedendorp3257
      @meghanmedendorp3257 3 роки тому +27

      I’m a flute player, and the brass will never understand the struggles and how hard we woodwinds actually work. We work hard and they outplay us 🥲

    • @vindictive_angel
      @vindictive_angel 3 роки тому

      @@wolfhowler182 bruh same

    • @serenabreeze2246
      @serenabreeze2246 3 роки тому +1

      Yes help me please. Tips?

    • @goodguycarl
      @goodguycarl 3 роки тому

      Well I'm now suffering from that problem

  • @cantstopthestopmotion6828
    @cantstopthestopmotion6828 3 роки тому +171

    POV you here because it's November 1st and your band director just give out the Christmas music

    • @christopherorourke6543
      @christopherorourke6543 3 роки тому +4

      The official start of the holiday season begins October 31st. Which we know is Halloween & ends the 3rd. Monday in January which is the Martin Luther King Holiday which is the official end of the Holiday Season. When Super Bowl Sunday was the last Sunday in January that used to be the official end of the Holiday season. I

    • @vistav8358
      @vistav8358 3 роки тому +1

      mine gave the piece today (24th) crying and throwing up

    • @suna6590
      @suna6590 3 роки тому

      Lmao yes

    • @west8733
      @west8733 3 роки тому

      LMAO

    • @west8733
      @west8733 3 роки тому

      @@vistav8358 sending you prayers 😧

  • @maya9220
    @maya9220 3 роки тому +172

    Rip to my fellow flutists and picc players, it’s the trills man

    • @jacksonsdrawingcorner
      @jacksonsdrawingcorner 2 роки тому +9

      Omg YES the T R I L L S
      There’s S O M A N Y

    • @rhynia._.musicy
      @rhynia._.musicy 2 роки тому +8

      yEs iTs aMaZiNg

    • @intenselyscreaminglol8836
      @intenselyscreaminglol8836 2 роки тому +3

      My band director said we were his first band who has played sleigh ride to learn the trills in 2 days

    • @intenselyscreaminglol8836
      @intenselyscreaminglol8836 2 роки тому +3

      From a flute player who is also doing the slapstick because our band consists of 20 people and none play percussion

    • @alyssayoung8521
      @alyssayoung8521 2 роки тому +3

      I got nominated as the Picc player as I’m first flute and it sucks

  • @stqrrynights1471
    @stqrrynights1471 4 роки тому +318

    Clarinet 1 is brutal 😔

  • @unknownduck025
    @unknownduck025 3 роки тому +102

    Measure 45
    Trombone 1: A pretty fun part
    Trombone 3: Not as fun, but at least you get to move the side
    Trombone 2: *hold F*
    If you can’t tell, I’m not very fond of whoever decided to make me hold f for 15 measures. Still a fun song though

    • @earlyriser1861
      @earlyriser1861 3 роки тому +5

      It's still an important part.

    • @kamithesnom
      @kamithesnom 3 роки тому +5

      Fellow 2nd trombone on this song, I feel the pain

    • @annabellesimmons4782
      @annabellesimmons4782 3 роки тому +3

      Trombone 2 part sucks. I cant wait till next year when I'm first chair, btw a senior is first chair rn. We have 2 sets of bands, an advanced one and an intermediate kind of one. We all come together to play this song tho. There are only 3 trombones in the advance band and the rest go at the other band, right now 6. I'm a freshmen and I am second chair in the advanced band but so I play 2nd part and it's terrible

    • @earlyriser1861
      @earlyriser1861 3 роки тому +1

      @@annabellesimmons4782 Well, like I said before, it's still important.

    • @zino5879
      @zino5879 3 роки тому +2

      This is my first year being 2nd trombone and I never realized how boring that part is

  • @Ace_v120
    @Ace_v120 4 роки тому +230

    I had so much fun playing sleigh ride when i was in high school. It's a tradition to play sleigh ride every winter concert! and we actually sounded pretty good :)

  • @DancingWraiths
    @DancingWraiths 3 роки тому +95

    Clarinets: Dying
    Me: Vibing with my slapstick, waiting for my moment
    *SLAP*

    • @Connor-kx6zw
      @Connor-kx6zw 2 місяці тому +2

      The first few practices of my band, our slapstick player was, get this, LATE somehow on the slap… HOW DO YOU DO THAT?

    • @Cullin-bowling
      @Cullin-bowling Місяць тому

      My girlfriend plays the slapstick and I play the trumpet. We did an instrument switch day and it was the easiest thing ever for me. She was ALSO late with the slaps😂

  • @maxrubinstein9802
    @maxrubinstein9802 4 роки тому +52

    As someone who’s school went all virtual... this year didn’t feel right without this...

  • @n3wtthedeadguy342
    @n3wtthedeadguy342 4 роки тому +170

    Current alto sax, imagine not a having a stroke, thanks Leroy Anderson

    • @Rj_S1
      @Rj_S1 4 роки тому +7

      Allow me to assure you that this song is not as hard as it might seem 😂

    • @cosmo9444
      @cosmo9444 3 роки тому +5

      it is please end my suffering

    • @julianmilk7021
      @julianmilk7021 3 роки тому +1

      Current newbie freshie, and @R.J Stallard is right, its not that hard as you practice 😎

    • @OscarLovesAngst
      @OscarLovesAngst 3 роки тому +2

      No no I agree with OP at least currently
      Song be hard

    • @zl3e278
      @zl3e278 2 роки тому

      @@Rj_S1 Yes it is

  • @flower6590
    @flower6590 3 роки тому +406

    i can never get sick of this.
    -happy Christmas to all bands

  • @PurpleHoover
    @PurpleHoover 4 роки тому +136

    When the trills for flute kill your braincells
    -current floutist

  • @jessiebaezmendez6264
    @jessiebaezmendez6264 3 роки тому +39

    Measure 13 - 0:15
    Measure 29 - 0:32
    Measure 45- 0:49
    Measure 63- 1:07
    Measure 91- 1:37
    Measure 103 - 1:49
    Measure 119- 2:06
    Measure 135- 2:23
    Measure 153- 2:43

  • @OrangeSodaKing
    @OrangeSodaKing 11 місяців тому +13

    I don't care how overplayed this is, I absolutely adore this arrangement, and isn't Christmas until I hear it!

  • @Lil_Anxiety_Bean
    @Lil_Anxiety_Bean 3 роки тому +80

    When everyone is complaining about playing this but you are wanting to play it for this concert

  • @quintinstephens349
    @quintinstephens349 2 роки тому +26

    This is and always will be my favorite Christmas song we played in band because it not only sounds good, but is also really fun to play, despite how difficult some rhythms are.

  • @8Eli
    @8Eli 2 роки тому +57

    Fun fact this song was written for a concert band, and at 1:58 the classic marching band stand tune “Go Big Blue” or “Let’s Go Blue” is in there.

    • @yourlocalloco8550
      @yourlocalloco8550 2 роки тому +1

      Wow I did not know that!

    • @dabsup5522
      @dabsup5522 2 роки тому +8

      When we started playing this and got to that part I was like "that sounds..like big blue" I had said it outloud so the trombones infront of me were like "it is" almost immediately

    • @Fosk-cj2kt
      @Fosk-cj2kt 2 роки тому +1

      Blue Devils Babyyyyyyyy

    • @Randompersonfor
      @Randompersonfor 2 роки тому

      Dude I just realize

    • @Chrryc0la
      @Chrryc0la 2 роки тому

      yup our school calls it go big purple or go fight win

  • @MAELSTROM27
    @MAELSTROM27 2 роки тому +13

    “oh great we just finished the halloween concert!”
    *sleigh ride just chilling on the stand*
    “oh….”

  • @NaomiMalp
    @NaomiMalp Рік тому +7

    Bro we have to play this 70 times every day until it's perfect
    -trumpet -percussion -saxophone
    Wish me luck this year
    Especially when it's december

  • @MicahiLove
    @MicahiLove 6 місяців тому +8

    If your band director gives this to your group, that means they think highly of your woodwinds ❤

    • @watdee4133
      @watdee4133 27 днів тому

      For better or for worse
      -clarinet 1 player

  • @KSupreme57
    @KSupreme57 25 днів тому +2

    Me and my High School Band played this song in our senior year of high school. This song gives me so much nostalgia and so much more breathtaking moments with those who have been keeping up with us in the legacy. ❤🎉🎄

  • @GabetheSlacker
    @GabetheSlacker 11 місяців тому +4

    I actually played this song with my high school band for our Winter Concert this year. This version of Sleigh Ride sounds very fit for a movie.

  • @rotobotomatic1122
    @rotobotomatic1122 3 роки тому +79

    Rip every clarinet and trumpet ✌

    • @nevaehpeterson375
      @nevaehpeterson375 3 роки тому +10

      flutes too.

    • @rachael2963
      @rachael2963 3 роки тому +4

      @@nevaehpeterson375 and alto saxophone

    • @nevaehpeterson375
      @nevaehpeterson375 3 роки тому +11

      @@rachael2963 basically everyone in the band except for snare😭😭

    • @mnwlf132
      @mnwlf132 2 роки тому +3

      @@nevaehpeterson375 and xylophone

    • @brothercuber3288
      @brothercuber3288 Рік тому +4

      True I got 1st trumpet. It's hard asf

  • @moist_soup7215
    @moist_soup7215 2 роки тому +14

    Bass trombone on this masterpiece. Over the years I’ve played every trombone part and not that it’s my senior year, I can decisively say bass trombone is the best trombone part

  • @mrman5066
    @mrman5066 3 роки тому +21

    Those clarinet trills are funky

  • @JohnAckerman31
    @JohnAckerman31 11 місяців тому +4

    I played this a few times when I was in college band. This was such a fun piece to play to get you in the holiday spirit

  • @tucker6072
    @tucker6072 3 роки тому +32

    HORSE GO NEIGH - Current trumpet player

    • @ocularzombie6679
      @ocularzombie6679 3 роки тому +4

      I'm a trumpet player, and we're doing cornet parts since we either divide into 3 parts or 4
      the best part of this situation?
      there's 5 people in our section.

  • @rb_jett0641
    @rb_jett0641 4 роки тому +47

    I’m a freshmen in wind ensemble and my BD doesn’t think I’m good I ouch so I’m Cornet 3 for this piece.

    • @shhhmynamekool
      @shhhmynamekool 4 роки тому +8

      Cornet 3 is still a difficult part

    • @aidan5005
      @aidan5005 4 роки тому

      They’re all very difficult especially at F, It doesn’t matter what part you have whether you’re one or four

    • @shhhmynamekool
      @shhhmynamekool 4 роки тому +3

      @@aidan5005 I honestly think 2nd and 3rd cornet are the hardest parts for that song

    • @broncogamer1842
      @broncogamer1842 4 роки тому

      My band director doesn’t think I am good

    • @yawningsun1786
      @yawningsun1786 4 роки тому

      I am literally working on cornet 3 now and I’ve wanted to rip out my hair multiple times because I still don’t get it. Any suggestions??

  • @joshuasmusic.c7533
    @joshuasmusic.c7533 3 роки тому +53

    This song is making me insane, I've played and listened to it a billion time so I would get the first clarinet part right.
    Rip my fellow first clarinets and good luck this year and every year you play this ear worm of a song

    • @radon_8686
      @radon_8686 2 роки тому +1

      I'm play first part for my band and I literally died during our first sight read

    • @newyorkpizzaz
      @newyorkpizzaz 2 роки тому

      thank you!

  • @nootdoot6307
    @nootdoot6307 3 роки тому +18

    Current trombone player, and ready to destroy this base line/counter melody or whatever I have, all I know is it’s bopping

  • @mhagatchatiger2237
    @mhagatchatiger2237 4 роки тому +42

    I’m playing this song for a concert next week and I can’t get the rythom correct and this song is so hard on flute

  • @KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry
    @KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry 2 роки тому +25

    As a middle schooler, I can’t wait to get into high school to play this!

    • @FrancescoArmas
      @FrancescoArmas 2 роки тому +1

      Update?

    • @KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry
      @KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry 2 роки тому +5

      @@FrancescoArmas I'm in a band mixed with highschoolers cause it's the advanced band, but we're not playing it this year sadly

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj Рік тому +1

      @@KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry Sad. We didn't play this when I was in school band -100- 30 years ago, but I would have enjoyed it!

    • @whosm0lly
      @whosm0lly Рік тому

      update!!!

    • @KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry
      @KaiandAdrianjestandgilandharry Рік тому +1

      @@whosm0lly we’ll see what my band director says this year!! 😁 I’m really hoping we will

  • @nnggage3704
    @nnggage3704 3 роки тому +38

    The one time I get 1st Clarinet this is what I get handed

    • @evelyncohoon111
      @evelyncohoon111 3 роки тому +1

      I felt that on another level 😭

    • @evelyncohoon111
      @evelyncohoon111 3 роки тому

      Good thing my band director is getting me to play Eb (which is still hard asf but easier fingering wise) and now my section leader is gonna have to feel my pain LOL

    • @super20dan
      @super20dan 3 роки тому

      @@evelyncohoon111 check the key signature for eb insterments!-brutal

  • @brittanywestbrooks1437
    @brittanywestbrooks1437 4 роки тому +24

    Absolutely loved playing this in middle school - flute 🖤

    • @MildleySaxySaxGuy
      @MildleySaxySaxGuy 3 роки тому +25

      m-m-middle?! Im a highschooler and this is hard

    • @RoseGalaxy-w4d
      @RoseGalaxy-w4d 2 роки тому +1

      I’m in middle school rn… I can’t understand at all

    • @fandomtrash3198
      @fandomtrash3198 2 роки тому

      Girl what middle school did you go to cuz i couldn’t even play a high Eb in middle school 😭😭

    • @aletheia874
      @aletheia874 Рік тому +2

      @@fandomtrash3198 fr what middle school band is level 4

    • @slayerliciousscoliosis7506
      @slayerliciousscoliosis7506 Рік тому

      @@aletheia874im doing sleigh ride too, our band director thinks we can do it. just got it today and the trills are killing me 😭

  • @maryateoatmeal
    @maryateoatmeal 2 роки тому +3

    i played this for my winter concert yesterday on bass drum! the person who played the slapstick would crouch down in different places and jump every time she hit it. it was great. after spending hours on this song its stuck in my head all of the time

  • @luisafigueredo996
    @luisafigueredo996 4 роки тому +41

    Current bass clarinet imagine having an interest melody or part.

    • @gabriellafotso9648
      @gabriellafotso9648 4 роки тому +1

      Dude I'm a bass clarinet too. I agree with you 100%

    • @erifetim
      @erifetim 4 роки тому

      Also bass clarinet, ngl I think I'm glad that I'm not on the French Horn part haha

    • @broccoliiy
      @broccoliiy 4 роки тому

      @@erifetim i’m playing this in band and orchestra and it’s so easy on bass but not on violin 😅

    • @malakalkhafaji6542
      @malakalkhafaji6542 4 роки тому

      @@erifetim I’m a French horn player and the part is boooooring

    • @bhmusic2433
      @bhmusic2433 4 роки тому

      C G D G ...... AGHH DRIVING ME NUTS

  • @TheMoxieBros2006
    @TheMoxieBros2006 Місяць тому +1

    This melted my heart. As a senior of the 2024-2025 school year, my dreams have come true to play it in the school band as a baritone, which is ironic since we just gotten it today and I saw from this video compared to the sight reading was It has some hiccups in there

  • @meghanmedendorp3257
    @meghanmedendorp3257 3 роки тому +57

    When you try to play high notes on piccolo quietly

    • @meteor_boy3777
      @meteor_boy3777 3 роки тому +6

      relatable 😭 -current piccolo player

  • @shen6088
    @shen6088 2 роки тому +2

    This reminds me when I was a kid and hearing it all of the Departments Stores, Sears, etc. best time of my life. Good memories going shopping with my late parents.

  • @morganv.d.mitchell6815
    @morganv.d.mitchell6815 2 роки тому +10

    my band plays this arrangement every year and I've finally been around long enough to collect all 3 clarinet parts, idk whether to be hype or not

  • @TrizBroStudios
    @TrizBroStudios 4 роки тому +10

    This is VERY POG. We are playing this in band.

  • @Abasnail400
    @Abasnail400 Рік тому +5

    We finally get to play this in our Winter Concert, I'm excited for it, but yeah this is gonna be difficult, especially as a Clarinet player

  • @fearful6202
    @fearful6202 Рік тому +2

    Imagine not playing this yet in all your years at high school but a version that is made where we’re the background to singers. Could never be me.. yeah.. I really wanna play this piece before high school is over.

  • @filiaknight8514
    @filiaknight8514 3 роки тому +8

    My favorite part of band, we just got the music today!

    • @flower6590
      @flower6590 3 роки тому +1

      same happy Christmas

  • @singlereedenjoyer
    @singlereedenjoyer Рік тому +2

    We played this in 10th grade and the director got the principal to play the whip part. It actually went pretty well but I’ve never seen a school administrator so timid before.

  • @eb6s834
    @eb6s834 4 роки тому +78

    ngl i wasnt expecting this comment section

  • @wilsoncarrington4091
    @wilsoncarrington4091 Рік тому +1

    Wow, this is my last year coming back... Have a merry Christmas all! I hope your concerts all go well!

  • @jessicawatson891
    @jessicawatson891 2 роки тому +17

    1:50 this part is just soo good ahhh those trombones i love it

  • @laxvmarch3
    @laxvmarch3 3 місяці тому +1

    I've sat in the band hall and had a mental breakdown because I wasn't ready to rehearse this song. I've gone home and cried about it. I've hyperventilated in a practice room just thinking about practicing Sleigh Ride. I've dreamed about playing it beautifully and I've dreamed about totally screwing it up during the concert, then dying. I've woken up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, my first coherent thought being "SLEIGH RIDE." It played in my head for months on end and I couldn't go more than 5 minutes without thinking about it. This song made me consider seeing a therapist. My heart rate still gets faster due to an anxiety if I so much as listen to Sleigh Ride. If it comes on the radio while I'm in the car, I will jump out. Leroy Anderson's ghost haunts me life; I see him everywhere, no matter the time of year. I hear Sleigh Ride playing in the background constantly, even when it isn't there. This song had caused me heart issues, anxiety disorders, and PTSD. Send help, please...
    (I played 1st Cornet part in Sleigh Ride with my trumpet my freshman year of high school and I have never been the same.)

  • @Lightsky-n9g
    @Lightsky-n9g Місяць тому +3

    Doing this for winter concert the “jazzy swingish” part (1:50 I think) on euphonium/baritone is so high!

  • @AtlasAlpha0678
    @AtlasAlpha0678 18 днів тому +2

    Ladies and Gentlemen and everyone inbetween, it’s that time of the year that we pray to the Band gods that the trumpets get everything right.
    I would know. I’m one of them.

  • @allie._eilla
    @allie._eilla 3 роки тому +28

    I just can’t…
    -Current Flute Player

  • @marilynlestik1073
    @marilynlestik1073 Рік тому +2

    He actually came to my high school Christmas concert in 1973 to hear us sing this song.

  • @sgdy2834
    @sgdy2834 Рік тому +8

    As a first year bassoon player, this song is very fun, but very challenging to play.

  • @forsakenshadow2619
    @forsakenshadow2619 2 роки тому +2

    I get to be the student conductor for my high school for this piece and I’m so excited!

  • @pukalo
    @pukalo 2 роки тому +4

    I've played this piece twice, first time on alto clarinet and the second time on E-flat clarinet. Both times were much fun.

    • @michaelgibson5596
      @michaelgibson5596 11 місяців тому

      Only thing is the alto clarinet part is only really fun if you’re either: good player, have an excellent playing and ergonomic clarinet, or both

  • @sonicatyt1082
    @sonicatyt1082 26 днів тому +2

    I HAVE 3RD CLARINET PART WHY IS IT SO FAST AT 29?!?! PRACTICING THIS PIECE GAVE ME A NIGHTMARE LAST NIGHT THAT MY CLARINET BROKE IN HALF!!

  • @leilap1390
    @leilap1390 3 роки тому +37

    we were gonna play this for our winter concert last year, but we were so bad at it that my band director took it off the concert list 😭😭

    • @rhynia._.musicy
      @rhynia._.musicy 2 роки тому +3

      damn we have to play it every year. how bad were you to mess up quarter notes, eighth notes, and staccatos?

    • @leilap1390
      @leilap1390 2 роки тому +9

      @@rhynia._.musicy this was during covid when we only had half the band, and no one practiced 💀 the woodwinds were fine, but the brass was another story

    • @strawb3rrysuccubus
      @strawb3rrysuccubus 2 роки тому +1

      LMAO

  •  Рік тому +1

    WHY THE WORLD LOVE THIS SO MUCH

  • @mistbea
    @mistbea 3 роки тому +18

    Idk what you guys are talking about, I play the hardest part, the sleigh bells

    • @lancefoxtrot7129
      @lancefoxtrot7129 3 роки тому +2

      Bruh the whip is literally the hardest part what do you mean😆

  • @mrblue7533
    @mrblue7533 Рік тому +2

    Playing the sleighbells part is like playing bloody knuckles with yourself

  • @athazag0r4
    @athazag0r4 3 роки тому +3

    got this music about a week and a half ago. Concert is this coming up Thursday. Wish me luck 🤞

    • @DogzRBlue
      @DogzRBlue 3 роки тому

      Goodluck me too on fridau

  • @futct
    @futct 3 роки тому +2

    i didnt play it this year but as someone who always gets first clarinet parts this is one of the times i would want pt 2 or 3 😟😟 worst nightmare tbh

  • @martinat3884
    @martinat3884 Рік тому +4

    Our band director held a raffle to get one of the parents to conduct for us during this song, and she was just having fun conducting and was conducting based on what we were playing, and the kid with the slap stick jumped up when hitting it.

  • @siryak
    @siryak Рік тому +1

    its that time of year again yaayyyyyy!!!

  • @MF-dz7cp
    @MF-dz7cp 2 роки тому +3

    I had to play this in band at a concert last month. I'm a clarinet and I absolutely sucked at it

  • @coke3128
    @coke3128 11 днів тому +1

    after this year i only get to play this one more time :') - euphonium

  • @Osloe
    @Osloe 2 роки тому +4

    It’s a band tradition to play this every year.

  • @rand0mly_avah
    @rand0mly_avah Місяць тому +1

    It is that time of year to cycle through the songs again.. good luck fellow band members.
    (And you too clarinets and flutes, you’re gonna need it.)
    - a tenor sax player

  • @thechaperone9008
    @thechaperone9008 3 роки тому +56

    It’s time, time for the best brass to shine.
    Trombone

    • @wigglezthepigg7977
      @wigglezthepigg7977 3 роки тому +2

      Correct

    • @furiousfarter
      @furiousfarter 3 роки тому +2

      trumpet better

    • @centreplay
      @centreplay 3 роки тому

      I salute to you

    • @blaskogaming1834
      @blaskogaming1834 3 роки тому +2

      As a baritone, I can confirm that this is 100% true

    • @imresachan
      @imresachan 11 місяців тому

      ​@noobmaster-kf4ueIs every single trumpet player bad just because they get the melody? It takes the whole ensemble to make beautiful music.

  • @sunfish2500
    @sunfish2500 3 роки тому +1

    Im a choir student and ohhh boyyy its the time of the year to tire out our lungs 😇😇

  • @annabellesimmons4782
    @annabellesimmons4782 3 роки тому +5

    We once played this under a minute... it was amazing. I did terrible bc I'm a trombone player n I think that speaks for itself. Trombone gang were u atttt

  • @lilly.370
    @lilly.370 3 роки тому +6

    always the perfect holiday song 😊

  • @raskullsshako
    @raskullsshako Рік тому +5

    1:10 *proceeds to break neck for effect*

  • @theyoungtrombonist
    @theyoungtrombonist 11 місяців тому +1

    First year playing Sleigh Ride this coming Tuesday, im excited!

  • @josephhull6289
    @josephhull6289 2 роки тому +8

    I love this song as it is very beautiful!

    • @jovetj
      @jovetj Рік тому +1

      It's really fun and chumbley!

  • @brotha-rue
    @brotha-rue Місяць тому +6

    guys the trill section for piccolo is rough 0:48

  • @moai1005
    @moai1005 3 роки тому +8

    The flute trills at 0:49 😔

    • @akinahokino2580
      @akinahokino2580 3 роки тому +2

      I would literally love to do any other melody BUT the dang trills....
      -Fellow flute player

  • @thatgirlissy3672
    @thatgirlissy3672 3 роки тому +4

    This songs been stuck in my head since we first played this in the 8th grade. :)

  • @vindictive_angel
    @vindictive_angel 3 роки тому +14

    Thanks for killing me
    - Clarinet 1 player

  • @itsleeivy
    @itsleeivy 11 місяців тому +1

    100% my favorite christmas song ever (specifically band version)

    • @itsleeivy
      @itsleeivy Місяць тому

      coming back to say still my favorite

  • @klaudiawrona5439
    @klaudiawrona5439 3 роки тому +9

    I have played this piece 10 years in a row, from having open notes with the big orchestra, to knowing how to play it now as a senior in high school 🥲

  • @brianjuarez4136
    @brianjuarez4136 4 роки тому +2

    bro at my high school it’s a tradition to play this every Christmas concert

  • @dragonic8241
    @dragonic8241 Рік тому +3

    So I think we can all come to the conclusion that all of our high school symphonic bands perform this peice for the winter concert lol

  • @themanwiththesongs5995
    @themanwiththesongs5995 Рік тому +2

    Finally-a mild challenge! Is what I would have said a year ago. God, this was fun to play!

  • @jaydab9478
    @jaydab9478 4 роки тому +54

    Stress ✨😃

    • @nuclear_reactor5x5
      @nuclear_reactor5x5 3 роки тому +1

      bruh this is ez

    • @SoMNoMW
      @SoMNoMW 3 роки тому +2

      @@nuclear_reactor5x5 What instrument do you play?

  • @Peach_Hood
    @Peach_Hood 3 роки тому

    As a member of the trombone community I would like to wish everyone reading this a very merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays (And good luck to whomever plays this for the 4th year in a row)

  • @TheOverlordFox
    @TheOverlordFox 3 роки тому +3

    I wish my band could play this version we play the easier one but I’m a saxophone who’s always looking for a challenge and this looks fun

  • @gabharri910
    @gabharri910 Місяць тому +1

    It's that time of year again!

  • @BGDave
    @BGDave 2 роки тому +4

    Here we go this year. Sophomore Trumpet 1

    • @tuwacroi
      @tuwacroi 2 роки тому

      Same though I have cornet 3

    • @yaboicatman4611
      @yaboicatman4611 Рік тому

      Im a Junior and Im Playing 2nd Cornet

  • @Dumythic_Teck
    @Dumythic_Teck 4 роки тому +2

    I played this in honor band in 8th grade so 3 years ago and i still dont know how we played this. I played alto sax so seeing those super hard parts at the beginning made me freak out a little lol.