Alligator Alley by Michael Daugherty

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  • @LemonNerdBird
    @LemonNerdBird 5 років тому +148

    Alternately titled, "Better Hope You Have a Damn Good Bassoonist"

    • @Elilucksout
      @Elilucksout 9 місяців тому +1

      We got lucky my freshman year with an AWESOME bassoonist who I was friends with…she cried when we first got the music and said “my bassoonist barely playing lungs won’t be able to handle this” and she rocked it

  • @fig4714
    @fig4714 6 років тому +312

    Micheal Daughtery: I heard ya liked time signature changes

    • @crownlexicon5225
      @crownlexicon5225 5 років тому +1

      Try Sensemayà by Revueltes

    • @crownlexicon5225
      @crownlexicon5225 5 років тому +2

      Actually, Profenation by Bernstein

    • @PhilMC_
      @PhilMC_ Рік тому +1

      Laughs in With Heart and Voice by David Gillingham

    • @cosmos6476
      @cosmos6476 Рік тому

      Take a look at Into The Sun by Jodie Blackshaw lol

    • @fizzikl
      @fizzikl 9 місяців тому

      try confluence by richard l saucedo

  • @carlie_draws6487
    @carlie_draws6487 4 роки тому +241

    When you’re the only bassoon in the band and the band director breaks this piece out

    • @benblessing
      @benblessing 2 роки тому +5

      My bassoonist is really good. would this be a good number for her?

    • @DangerNoodle68
      @DangerNoodle68 11 місяців тому +1

      My band director did this to our bassoon

    • @DangerNoodle68
      @DangerNoodle68 11 місяців тому +1

      @@benblessing y e s

  • @kjdubs5877
    @kjdubs5877 6 років тому +636

    “For my daughter who played a mean bassoon”

    • @addidaddi04
      @addidaddi04 6 років тому +46

      why cant she play a nice bassoon, come on ev

    • @victormeyers1860
      @victormeyers1860 5 років тому +12

      We just got it and I love it. I play bassoon

    • @lukeconlin3612
      @lukeconlin3612 5 років тому +8

      @@victormeyers1860 I play Basson i'm playing this in 7th grade

    • @matthewbroach6046
      @matthewbroach6046 4 роки тому +5

      I play bassoon in 8th grade and I’m in love

    • @dragonsoul2173
      @dragonsoul2173 3 роки тому +5

      I’m the only bassoon in the band and we’re playing this for our next concert

  • @addidaddi04
    @addidaddi04 6 років тому +182

    When you play trombone so you literally wait for 52 measures.

    • @aedisan2358
      @aedisan2358 5 років тому +11

      angel. 3:28 makes up for it :). it’s so iconic

    • @addidaddi04
      @addidaddi04 5 років тому +3

      Addy_ Rosie lol true it's our county cult theme song.

    • @jokertegn7011
      @jokertegn7011 5 років тому +3

      This is the pain that french horns normally feel.

    • @ashnichols4306
      @ashnichols4306 5 років тому +1

      Try being a French Horn and waiting 72 measures...

    • @ashnichols4306
      @ashnichols4306 5 років тому +1

      @@jokertegn7011 HORN SQUAD 📯👏👏👏

  • @emilysapp353
    @emilysapp353 3 роки тому +87

    as a bassoonist, this gives me great anxiety, but i love playing it

  • @lilyb4363
    @lilyb4363 6 років тому +103

    my band has two bassoons and i'm one of them and if we played this we would go absolutely crazy in a good way

    • @carlie_draws6487
      @carlie_draws6487 4 роки тому

      Lily B we were practicing this in class for an honor band and I was going crazy sightreading it

    • @Unimagg
      @Unimagg 4 роки тому

      Me and my other bassoon just got this piece today they gave me 1st part 😅 I’m screwed but I’m so excited

  • @IndominusWolf
    @IndominusWolf 3 роки тому +77

    We recently got this piece for my senior band for play. I’m the only bassoon in the senior band, so it’s my time to shine 😎

  • @athleticgirl2017
    @athleticgirl2017 6 років тому +71

    It's just me and one other bassoon, we just got this piece today and we are completely scared.. But I'm always up for the challenge 😃

    • @holybamboozler
      @holybamboozler 5 років тому

      Welp it's a month later, how are you guys doing?

    • @lexiespihlmann3151
      @lexiespihlmann3151 4 роки тому +1

      Same. He just me (who started bassoon 5 months ago) and a senior and she’s excited but me....not so much😬

  • @benjaminlowder6848
    @benjaminlowder6848 7 років тому +61

    When there are no bassoons and the euphonium is forced to play it

  • @justincutherell8885
    @justincutherell8885 Рік тому +21

    I got to play this in my last ever concert in highschool before covid hit, I loved it as a bassoonist and got to finally play a part people could hear

    • @jrose1204
      @jrose1204 Рік тому

      this was for my last concert but covid hit instead 😂

    • @justincutherell8885
      @justincutherell8885 Рік тому

      @@jrose1204 lol finally someone else qhp understands

  • @TaishirosSpirit
    @TaishirosSpirit 6 років тому +132

    When there's no bassoon so the bass clarinetists gotta bring it :)

    • @Ikeman922
      @Ikeman922 5 років тому +1

      My band has bass clarinet bassoon and bari sax I play bassoon

    • @brynnp.4953
      @brynnp.4953 4 роки тому +1

      When there's 2 bassoons and 1 bass clarinet so you all have to bring it

    • @brickcinemastudios
      @brickcinemastudios Рік тому

      hell yeah

  • @allenwang202
    @allenwang202 6 років тому +55

    I looked at the percussion part and all I could see was "whip".

  • @Lake.ishhhh
    @Lake.ishhhh 6 років тому +56

    So apparently my band director thinks that our all freshman band can play this. The entire flipping thing is one big bassoon solo! And I’m the only bassoon. I’m terified

    • @ComposersforumOrg
      @ComposersforumOrg  6 років тому +13

      We believe in you!

    • @anthonydiaz7160
      @anthonydiaz7160 6 років тому +4

      I'm in middle school and I have to play this

    • @jonnygarcia5
      @jonnygarcia5 6 років тому +1

      8th grade bassoonists can play this😉

    • @basiccloud3491
      @basiccloud3491 5 років тому +1

      7th graders were playing this in middle school lmaao.

    • @lukeconlin3612
      @lukeconlin3612 5 років тому +1

      @@basiccloud3491 Im playing as a 7th grader and i am a basson

  • @queatle
    @queatle 7 років тому +41

    This piece has made me suffer but it sounds good ik I just contradicted myself

  • @michaelsnuffalacagous1651
    @michaelsnuffalacagous1651 5 років тому +9

    For bassoons, this piece is a challenge.
    For trombones this piece is so mind mumbling easy.

    • @Yexamani
      @Yexamani 16 днів тому

      Just gotta count. Thats it. Just wait for the song to end the the trombones did a great job. So boring.

  • @nikoskorick2889
    @nikoskorick2889 6 років тому +29

    I have never heard a good performance of this song... only the recording.

  • @Kai_138
    @Kai_138 2 роки тому +8

    I'm playing this in my middle school band class. I play oboe and it is extremely fun and the basso9ns are having a blast

    • @zerro_ducks_given5662
      @zerro_ducks_given5662 10 місяців тому +1

      middle school?? dude i’m a sophomore and the other two bassoons in my class are juniors and we’re all struggling with it

    • @lawoneseven
      @lawoneseven 16 днів тому

      ​@zerro_ducks_given5662 we do this in middle school too

  • @Sam_lAmm
    @Sam_lAmm 2 роки тому +8

    I’m a 7th grade bassoonist… and the first time I saw this piece, it gave me the biggest anxiety- but now, I absolutely LOVE this piece ; probably one of my favorites I’ve played so far!

  • @ejmartin5515
    @ejmartin5515 6 років тому +34

    When you're a flute/piccolo that's forced to play the bassoon part and having a solo when you don't even play the instrument yet

    • @jetsettech8804
      @jetsettech8804 4 роки тому +1

      How small is your band thatv you get the flute to play the bassoon part? No bass clarinets? Euphonium? Bari sax?

    • @ejmartin5515
      @ejmartin5515 4 роки тому +1

      Sorry I wasn’t that clear, I had to learn bassoon and be my band’s bassoon player because my director wanted to play this song. We had a base clarinet and some baritones. I just happened to be the person who had the easiest time picking up new instruments.

    • @jetsettech8804
      @jetsettech8804 4 роки тому

      @@ejmartin5515 He would've been better off letting the euphonium play it. They don't do much in this song anyway. Unless they were a T.C euphonium and not.a B.C

    • @ejmartin5515
      @ejmartin5515 4 роки тому

      He was an unreasonable old asshole, but ended up eventually scraping the song.

  • @cortneylovesbugs
    @cortneylovesbugs 21 день тому

    I was the only bassoonist in my highschool band. My director let me have my moment my senior year with this song and I will NEVER forget it.

  • @NadiaX01
    @NadiaX01 Рік тому +2

    This is one of the few pieces i always return to, I remember playing it in All-State Honor Band my Sophomore year and even though I don't really play anymore, I'll always remember this piece and the fun I had playing it

  • @braydenkarn295
    @braydenkarn295 6 років тому +42

    Any fellow bassoons here??

  • @downie78
    @downie78 3 роки тому +5

    I love this song, my high school concert band played this song. I played baritone but we didn't have a bassoonist, so I got to play the bassoon part. By far the most fun I've had with a piece in concert band.

  • @dylancrozier84
    @dylancrozier84 2 роки тому +7

    Being a tuba player for this song sure is fun. I love waiting for half the song to play

  • @4alcyons
    @4alcyons Рік тому +8

    We’re playing this for our concert tomorrow and I’m excited :D

  • @emmakostyun9291
    @emmakostyun9291 6 років тому +11

    My band is gonna do this piece soon and I play bassoon so super excited

  • @pukalo
    @pukalo 7 років тому +40

    I love this piece so much. Bass clarinet represent!

  • @RiveraofEli
    @RiveraofEli 9 місяців тому +1

    We played this my seventh grade year and im a bassoonist and we did really good on this.

  • @ZombieOtter
    @ZombieOtter 6 років тому +13

    Loved playing this song! I played Tenor sax for it. P.S. My band had two bassoon players.

  • @maggiedrennan9814
    @maggiedrennan9814 5 років тому +21

    Coming from a French Horn player currently playing this with her band, god bless the people with the melody honestly they work so hard to make this song so beautiful props to them. Ngl the French horns are kinda unimportant in this song 😂😂
    Edit: Honestly I think my part is absolutely impossible in this song, but compared to the melody people it’s child’s play! Haha

    • @nobunaga8900
      @nobunaga8900 Рік тому

      french horn gets melody multiples times tho its js shared?

  • @Mel12722
    @Mel12722 Рік тому +1

    It feels so amazing to see so many bassoon players in this comment section since we are a rare breed of band kid

  • @brendanmcgreevy595
    @brendanmcgreevy595 4 роки тому +2

    I played this freshman year after switching to the bassoon- probably my favorite piece I have ever played. Its so fun.

  • @DanandJoeMusic
    @DanandJoeMusic 4 роки тому +9

    This recording is AMAZING! Far superior to the one I have with the "Teaching Music Through Performance" CD. Great stuff! One of my all-time favorite band pieces.

  • @saracastillo197
    @saracastillo197 5 років тому +15

    When the trumpets are so loud that the flutes and clarinets can't be heard.

  • @ganonscrote5051
    @ganonscrote5051 4 роки тому +3

    We played this in all-district band and it was dope. I played Euphonium on that action

  • @damiontrujillo3667
    @damiontrujillo3667 7 років тому +33

    I do bassoon and this song is killing me.....(in a good way : ))

    • @elizabethweiser9124
      @elizabethweiser9124 7 років тому

      Fancy seeing you here 😉😂

    • @damiontrujillo3667
      @damiontrujillo3667 7 років тому

      Yea WHAT a coincidence........

    • @damiontrujillo3667
      @damiontrujillo3667 7 років тому +2

      no. im in my schools freshman band

    • @jemuzu0944
      @jemuzu0944 6 років тому

      lol i a trumpet player G# high cant reach

    • @Natearl13
      @Natearl13 6 років тому

      I’m a Trombone player. We legitimately have a variety of 3 notes the entire piece. Typical for us.

  • @txbooklvr
    @txbooklvr 11 місяців тому +1

    Played this my junior year of high school on the vibraphone, and had a great time! I kept on wanting to play with the marimba though at first, and thought that I came in the wrong time all the time 😂. On measure 119, I had a hard time joining in the entrance of the vibes with the flutes, because of all the voices playing at once in different times, thankfully I did well during the concert though 😂.

  • @eleanoralbertson4605
    @eleanoralbertson4605 2 роки тому +3

    This was one of my absolute favorites to play. I was the 1st chair bassoonist in my high school band and I would request this any chance I got lol

  • @jtlegoproductions
    @jtlegoproductions 6 років тому +10

    My honor band played this!

  • @lemmytoad8569
    @lemmytoad8569 5 років тому +4

    so my band teacher told our band that we might play this next year for 8th grade. which is us in a couple months :))) cant wait! practicing now for it! :DDDDD

    • @tllsaeteurnn13
      @tllsaeteurnn13 5 років тому +1

      how did it go? I’m assuming you guys had already played it by now!

  • @splodinatekabloominate846
    @splodinatekabloominate846 6 років тому +3

    I really want to play this piece now

  • @mycatsolosgoku
    @mycatsolosgoku 3 місяці тому +1

    My band director said that we’re playing this for festival!! The grade above us is also playing this with us and we only have 1 bassoon😭

  • @taco7707
    @taco7707 5 років тому +3

    I have listened to this 15ish times, and I still can't wrap my head around it. I am marimba, and this is my first year in band... help meeee

  • @Pardoxia
    @Pardoxia 6 років тому +21

    And then the Tubas... Totally could do the bassoon part, but instead we'll give them eighth notes. HOW EXCITING!!
    ...Salty.

    • @leslithune2991
      @leslithune2991 6 років тому +2

      Mood

    • @lovermuzak
      @lovermuzak 5 років тому +3

      Yeah, the tubas and the rest of the low brass got nothing compared to the other instruments. Hell the string bass played more than the tubas.

  • @stevieisinband5340
    @stevieisinband5340 6 років тому +6

    Everyone's talking about the bassoon part, but can we take a moment to look at the french horn part 119-141
    Rhythm nightmare not because of the rhythm, but because we play everything the trumpets play, but 4 counts earlier
    And I'm the only horn in my band
    yay.....

  • @bluey5902
    @bluey5902 Рік тому +2

    when your a trumpet and you have to play so it sounds like your blasting on the first 3 notes at your part when you come in ☠️

  • @landonsmith1028
    @landonsmith1028 2 роки тому +1

    My band director is having me learn bassoon as we don't have any, and the assistant director asked if I could play this piece so, very exciting

  • @markjrcolin1210
    @markjrcolin1210 5 років тому

    Played this in high school senior band (or maybe grade 11? I honestly don’t remember) and had so much fun playing it. We had one bassoon player, and he rocked it!
    Played tenor sax and it really scratches that musical performance itch. An under appreciated song for sure.

  • @bagellord8886
    @bagellord8886 6 років тому +1

    I heard this at honors band and it was my favorite song

  • @kryskobold
    @kryskobold 5 років тому +4

    Man I wish our band's percussionists actually knew how to do tambourine thumb rolls.

  • @cashewbag
    @cashewbag 5 років тому +1

    Played this for counties this year

  • @cheesy8472
    @cheesy8472 5 років тому +1

    I’m a bassoon player and I know I am going to play that!

  • @skeletonz102
    @skeletonz102 6 років тому +10

    My teacher told me about his since I play bassoon

  • @michaelleiterman72
    @michaelleiterman72 2 роки тому +1

    Me with 4 weeks of knowledge on a bari sax playing this piece was fun

  • @Mel12722
    @Mel12722 Рік тому

    My band director almost gave us this piece, but me and the other bassoonist were in two different bands. He was in wind ensemble rather i was in symphonic band. This year there's two of us in symphonic so I'm hoping we get it this year

  • @maximumproductions8408
    @maximumproductions8408 6 років тому +52

    When there is no bassoon and the bari sax takes over😑

    • @Alexandra-we9pd
      @Alexandra-we9pd 6 років тому

      @Nathanial Lewis same

    • @smokeyy684
      @smokeyy684 4 роки тому +2

      AlexandRa M I’m the only bari sax in my honors band

    • @jetsettech8804
      @jetsettech8804 4 роки тому

      @@smokeyy684 as you should be. Honor bands only have one bari sax. Anymore is just unnecessary.

    • @remastlers
      @remastlers 3 роки тому

      @@smokeyy684 im the only bari sax in my 9th grade band class

  • @JaxonTaylor-m9y
    @JaxonTaylor-m9y Рік тому +1

    Bassoon is the best!

  • @taylorhayden1589
    @taylorhayden1589 5 років тому +5

    We are playing this or contest I love it where’s my flutes

  • @WaluigiPlushBros
    @WaluigiPlushBros 2 роки тому +1

    Very good piece

  • @jordynrae8392
    @jordynrae8392 5 років тому +1

    I played percussion 1 back in sophomore year and this is by far the most fun I've had as a percussionist of 6 years. Me and my percussion 2 counterpart had so much fun going back and forth. Our director didn't let us perform it, though, because "it wasn't practiced enough." Maybe you should have given us some practice time, then, Karen!

    • @GameJack26
      @GameJack26 Рік тому +1

      YES THIS
      except i did get to perform it, i'm so sorry you didn't :(

  • @thatpianogirl6324
    @thatpianogirl6324 2 роки тому

    We are playing this for a competition and we have 3 bassoons and they rock

  • @wryt19
    @wryt19 11 місяців тому

    I’m a senior and I just got this piece today. I’ve never had a solo before and there’s a trumpet solo in this so I’m excited but also scared lmao

  • @zgiller
    @zgiller Рік тому +2

    I dont know how my 8th grade band popped off playing this

  • @ryanchauvette7059
    @ryanchauvette7059 5 років тому

    I cannot get enough of the low wind soli

  • @TaraZaraChara
    @TaraZaraChara 4 роки тому

    I've been playing flute for like 6 months now and I decided to join the band at my school. Jesus christ this piece is driving me insane.

  • @troyc_4044
    @troyc_4044 5 років тому +1

    Everyone be complaining about the bassoon but they ignoring that god of a Conga solo

    • @Nrste316
      @Nrste316 2 роки тому

      Percussion 3 part here. Fun times. Kinda nervous to play it but also very excited

  • @kjdubs5877
    @kjdubs5877 3 роки тому +2

    Whoever disliked had alligators invade their alley

  • @spacebread7
    @spacebread7 2 роки тому +1

    Played this at contest with only 2 bassoonists in our band

  • @thelmaobrothers4565
    @thelmaobrothers4565 6 років тому +37

    Who else plays this when they’re goin to bed?

  • @mckennacoyle4235
    @mckennacoyle4235 5 років тому +1

    Of course I’m one of the clarinets that has to play that soli with one other clarinet and we struggle so hard

  • @lokithebunny9392
    @lokithebunny9392 8 місяців тому

    3:26 about mesure 119
    4:05 about mesure 141

  • @davinm111
    @davinm111 2 роки тому +2

    This shit busting

  • @quackimasheep6809
    @quackimasheep6809 4 роки тому +2

    Guys I know you probably won’t believe me but this is my uncle.... I’ve meet him before

  • @monrt25gmer38
    @monrt25gmer38 3 роки тому

    Trumpet part is awesome but is tough when you first learn

  • @zyxxify6676
    @zyxxify6676 2 роки тому +1

    I have to play this on Bari Sax (as in I play the bassoon part)

    • @edsonnunez6531
      @edsonnunez6531 Рік тому

      The past is very similar but not always the Melody lines. It’s still a fun part for sure 👍🏾

  • @biggydrake
    @biggydrake 9 місяців тому

    1:39
    1:58
    2:19
    3:40

  • @noahadkinson2678
    @noahadkinson2678 2 роки тому +1

    Press f to pay respect to all the trombones

  • @Random_KpopStuff
    @Random_KpopStuff 3 роки тому +1

    I wish I could play this again but the expectations for the band I’m in now are much higher so my band director probably wouldn’t let us…also the low brass would end up wanting to quit band probably

  • @tig3rs3y3queer
    @tig3rs3y3queer 7 років тому +3

    Big Nut

  • @OhMyGucciGames
    @OhMyGucciGames 2 роки тому +1

    "For my 14 year old daughter, Evelyn, who plays a mean Basoon."

  • @sporadicspork6314
    @sporadicspork6314 7 років тому +12

    Woohoo I'm bass drum

    • @harshithramsundararaman6943
      @harshithramsundararaman6943 7 років тому +2

      Same here!

    • @STIZZLE1
      @STIZZLE1 5 років тому

      Same

    • @STIZZLE1
      @STIZZLE1 5 років тому

      That feeling when the saxes are the same part as you and you play the exact part but no one in the band feels the beat so you just carry as bass drum

  • @hadanah9426
    @hadanah9426 6 років тому +9

    any french horns ???

  • @jetsettech8804
    @jetsettech8804 11 місяців тому

    I can't imagine many brass players are running to play this.

  • @ninabanks2688
    @ninabanks2688 5 років тому +1

    1:07

  • @zorroplayz2092
    @zorroplayz2092 3 роки тому

    I have this for my band lol

  • @vyingforlife
    @vyingforlife 8 місяців тому +1

    Fellow bassoonists 🫡

  • @zerro_ducks_given5662
    @zerro_ducks_given5662 10 місяців тому

    guys keep this away from my bassoon teacher he’s gonna suggest to my band director that we play it

  • @leoruffz6455
    @leoruffz6455 6 років тому +1

    i have a love hate relationship with this song

  • @Dovesart_
    @Dovesart_ 2 роки тому

    As a clarinet this killed me but it’s a good piece I played it in my freshman year

  • @V3N0M0USX
    @V3N0M0USX 4 місяці тому

    Bass clarinet playing normal clarinet part 😔 band teacher usually gives me a part w the low brass but if not this year.

  • @keydarvis2211
    @keydarvis2211 6 років тому +4

    This sounds impossible 😬 But it’s also really cool!

    • @ComposersforumOrg
      @ComposersforumOrg  6 років тому +3

      Not impossible at all! In fact, it was premiered by a middle school band :)

    • @medli5614
      @medli5614 6 років тому +1

      most of the notes in this song is just a accidental which is a simple change

    • @rrrrrrr9859
      @rrrrrrr9859 6 років тому

      American Composers Forum what middle school

    • @cashewbag
      @cashewbag 5 років тому

      Difficult, but not impossible

  • @kjdubs5877
    @kjdubs5877 6 років тому +11

    When u have no bassoon and a base clarinet is forced to play it

  • @koy799
    @koy799 6 років тому +9

    No fair how come the Bassoons get a solo but the Bass Clarinets don't :(

    • @wookywoke2882
      @wookywoke2882 6 років тому +2

      Koy 1 they are common and bassoons are kind of rare in a band 🤷🏽‍♀️

  • @musicstewart9744
    @musicstewart9744 4 роки тому

    Here from Composers Datebook May 2020

  • @bre3z889
    @bre3z889 3 роки тому

    French horn and trumpet here and I wish I could switch instruments mid show cause this song has way better trumpet part

  • @bb_blogs
    @bb_blogs 3 роки тому +1

    I can't memorize the high G on the bassoon for the one part I can't remember where it is. lol

    • @bb_blogs
      @bb_blogs 3 роки тому

      But its like ONE note AHAHAH

  • @gourmetsnowball869
    @gourmetsnowball869 5 років тому

    Any one here from windermere 2019, it’s me Avory!

  • @MoreAther
    @MoreAther 5 років тому

    just played this at all county....time signature change b like😂

  • @cutedukeplays5065
    @cutedukeplays5065 4 роки тому

    I’m playing bassoon for this 💀