"Variations on a Korean Folk Song" by John Barnes Chance
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- Опубліковано 11 гру 2021
- Written in 1965, “Variations on a Korean Folk Song”, is one of the giants of the symphonic band literature. The work consists of five variations based on the Korean folk song “Arirang” that composer John Barnes Chance heard while serving in the Army in South Korea in the 1950s. The piece centers around an A-flat major pentatonic scale and highlights the different instrument families of woodwinds, brass, and percussion.
Please enjoy “Variations on a Korean Folk Song” by John Barnes Chance!
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I remember playing this every year as one of the "what do the seniors want to play" pieces in high school, and it continues to impress. How MASSIVELY enjoyable!
Those 16th note runs though I mean I’ve got it easy with the trumpet part but I feel bad for the woodwinds
The trumpet solo is absolutely beautiful.
I played the solo in my high school band. I also had to play the French horn solo because we didn't have one, and yes the solo is beautiful.
OH YEA
I played this in 7th grade as it was my band directors last year at our school so he wanted to play a master piece, it was a very good song, hard to learn but fun at the end
We had a concert with 3 middle schools and a high school. One of the middle schools played this and wow, they did so good
Was the concert by any chance in Midland because I remember one of the Middle Schools playing the song.
@@johnxina2555 that was our school 💪💪💪
Damn your school cracked
Even as a clarinet player, respect to the percussionist at the Vevace. That dude got mad skill
2:37 is so breathtaking and so surreal to experience live. The percussion section doesn’t play during that part of the song so I get to just take it all in
ong i was bout to cry
Definitely very late but fr though, I could listen to this part forever and not get tired of it, definitely my favorite part when my class played it
I dont know if the USAF band takes requests, but if you do, Incantation and Dance is another beautiful, and exotic arrangement by John Barnes Chance
incantation and dance is my favorite!!! we played it one year in band as a halloween piece and it was sooo much fun
I LOVE INCANTATION AND DANCE!!!
We played this and Incantation and Dance in high school. I played flute and I don’t think we (the flute section) had a decent run through one time with Incantation and then the concert came and oh the dread. We nailed it on the night. Somehow! I have both pieces on my phone.
Omg my band is playing that piece along with this one
I played this in 8th grade. I still remember the audience standing and yelling "Bravo!!!". We had an amazing director. Now I'm playing it 50 years later in a community concert band. It brings back great memories.
Wow, what kind of elite middle school did you go to, haha.. my high school wind ensemble is struggling to keep up with this piece...
@@Kat-xc8sb we had an amazing band director. If you
Couldn’t hack it,
You played it for a grade. Also this was the wind ensemble
Of the middle school so we
We’re the better
Players.
@@Kat-xc8sb that part. 8th grade is CRAZY
Playing the mallets on this and the xylophone pentatonic run near the beginning is so fun to play
The clarinets at the start...holy chills down my back. I always enjoy wonderful performances from you guys!
i played this in middle school in a big auditorium as part of the clarinets and someone messed up the second note lol
Bravo!!! Tight performance!! Great clarinet section, trumpets, too. This piece is notorious for intonation problems, but everyone did a really good job matching pitch. What a great ensemble!!
I absolutely love the Vibraphone solo
As a clarinetist, this is one of my favorite pieces that I've never gotten to perform, not in many years of high school, college, and community band. One day! But probably not quite this fast.
I remember playing this in high school 13 years ago lol
나는 한국인입니다^^ 아름답고 멋진 연주 감사합니다. ^^
At long last I found a recording of this song! This was one of my favorites to perform in high school band but I couldn’t remember the name. Thank you for allowing me to enjoy this piece again.
We're playing this at our next concert hope we make you proud
As a tenor, I LOVE THIS PIECE!!! WE’RE PLAYING IT AT UIL AND WE GOT INVITED TO PLAY IN INDIANA IN FRONT OF LIKE 2k PEOPLE SO WE’RE PLAYING THIS, CORCORAN, DANCES OF INNOCENCE, BYZANTINE, INTO THE CLOUDS AND 2 MOREEE
One of my all time favorite band pieces. A beautiful rendition!
I played the clarinet 2 part for this is high school ten years ago and still remember the beginning soli - easily my favorite song I've ever played
2:35 Man I could fall asleep to this part is so beautiful omg
They came to my school in Brainerd at the Gichi ziibii Center for the Arts to perform with the singing Sergeants and it was The most spectacular concert i've ever heard!! the Tone quality and sound engineering was out of this world!! it was like i was in a movie because it was so Fantastic!!!
our band has to play this for a concert soon and uh…..yeah it’s hard
Imagine mpa's 😭
Same I’m so nervous my festival’s next week 😭😭
@@myakrohn5228 Good luck. Mine is next month.
@@owouwu9891 it was not pretty, especially because we had lots of intonation issues in the woodwinds, thank god for strong bass lines and brass.
mine is next month
Amazing! 🤩 All the across the board! All the musical decisions made! I am all for it!
High school band memories!
🧡🧡😍🙂🧡🧡 Beautiful ❣ This brings me warm memories of when I played this in high school band. Thank you. 🙌👏👍😊
Thanks for listening!
Thanks for this upload. This is my favourite piece for bringing the best performance out of a wind orchestra. Having first heard this played by a junior wind orchestra of Newham (east London, UK) at the Royal Albert Hall in April 1984, it still brings immense joy, with all the different moods conveyed through the piece, and of Korea too. 2:37 - 4:17 is a rapture in itself ❤ Then there is the stellar ending from 5:14 ⭐ I don't think this piece gets the recognition it deserves, and whether it's performed by a junior wind orchestra, or a military band, it always uplifts the senses 🎼👏🏾
Thank you for always giving me good songs and performances.
Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays!
It sounded like 1 person per section! Teamwork + in tune!! Damn. Perfect.
The 7th ID has a really good version of the song..it was given to them by the president of Korea for their actions in the chosin reservoir and is there official unit song
WOW
Without the God and the USA South Korea is not. Thank you so much for your help and high loves until these days. God bless USA. Thanks for beautiful music. South Korea. 💞🎄
I played this in middle school. Tough but very fun piece!
a grade 5 1/2 in MIDDLE SCHOOL?? are you in texas?
@@Confideo1 Santa Monica, CA (near LA). It was 8th grade.
I'm a high school percussionist. We're playing this piece quite a bit slower than the intended tempo in order to not sound like a disorganized ball of noise, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the snare part in the middle. It doesn't help that I suck at concert rolls.
I did this song in Grade 13 because it was the Kiwanis competition song (that might just be a Canadian thing, not sure). The issue was, we did not have a single oboe player in the school. 3 of us knuckled down to learn the oboe. There is a reason it is classed as one of the most difficult instruments to play! (One guy managed to get really good at it shortly before the competition thank goodness. Not me. Give me a French Horn any day thanks.)
Really wonderful..Thank you to all .. Enjoy it
Our pleasure!
This is not an easy piece to play (J.B. Chance's music requires a LOT of work) but man, the payoff is magical.
3:55 is trumpet solo
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Wonderful performance. What is the deal with the mannequin-like head in the middle of the band?
That is a microphone.
@@BaritoneIrishman whyyy is it head shaped???
@@mjc3813 Our sound technicians said it helps to provide a more accurate feed of the sound in the room (or something like that). Here's what the maker says about the head-shaped microphone on their website:
The KU 100 Dummy Head is a replica of the human head with a microphone built into each ear. When the recorded audio signal is reproduced through high-quality headphones, the listener perceives a sound image almost identical to the one they would have heard at the recording location of the Dummy Head (head-related stereophony). When played back through loudspeakers, the sound matches to a high degree that of conventional stereo microphones, placed in the same position. However, a superior quality is added, that of a distinct spatial depth perception.
i think i could do this as an intermediate horn, i am probably overestimating myself though/
How do you have time to do the Air Forcy stuff when you're this good?
Because this is their Air Force-y stuff, the people in military bands do this for their service
@@antcorn738 I understand that. That's what makes this all so much more exceptional!
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For trombone this song is not difficult BUT its not hard to play. Its hard to count. One of the hardest songs we are playing this concert
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