Above and Beyond - James Swearingen

[@peterpine5298]

I'm playing this song in my band class. I'm in 7th grade band (My 2nd Year) and so far this is my favorite song (Including all the songs in 6th grade too).

[@peterpine5298]

This Song Reminds Me you might not have all your friends forever but memories will always last and use your time wisely.

[@videogamesfun9461]

I am also in 7 th grade playing this song for band and I like it a lot

[@masomn]

Hey man, you still doing band?

[@Thatoneguy0007]

I’m in 8th and just played in all-region honor band.

[@HenryL0967]

Ha same and its my fav song and im in 7th

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

I come from a small band (only 14 people!) and I'm a 2nd trumpet... this song is amazing!

[@sl58wizard]

Wow there r like 30 types of instruments in my band with 80 people in it! Wow!

[@Moonfire121]

BlueCapricorn wow that's a large band! We got like 20 kids in our band lol

[@micahbell9489]

I have somewhere around 50 people in my band.

[@fazejoerod]

I am in a band with 100 kids

[@TjWatt_90]

@@fazejoerod same

[@tjconway2728]

We r playing this song for band class

[@motherfrickncactus9331]

TJ Conway same. In 7th grade band right now. We only have one percussionist who can’t even count!

[@nourkardaman2868]

yeah it is my favorite

[@somestupidgeek3602]

@@motherfrickncactus9331 dude what school are you in?!? how r u in 7th and someone doesn't know how to count?

[@jotid8930]

Same grade 7 band

[@aqquit115]

Same 6th grade band

[@nobunaga8900]

love hearing that beautiful french horn

[@meredithwalsh9473]

FLUTE ALL THE WAY ,WHO IS WITH ME? Where all my flute people at?

[@the_fungus_]

One year and no flutes lmao

[@ae0lian5284]

You got a flute right here!

[@rosemariebaker-mosley9435]

YESSSSSSS SIRRRRRRRRRRR

[@BrokenCoffeeMachine]

YESSIR

[@angelwood7903]

YEAHHHH

[@SillyNinja]

I'm playing this in my schools band. Awesome song.

[@doty9575]

My Band teacher just gave this song to me and my classmates on Thursday. I play timpani.

[@maxfimbres8661]

Doty the timpani has a good part

[@MrMega-lg7vm]

Good man. Timpani is fun

[@micocksmall7406]

I heard the timpani is fun. I play snare

[@oliviaackah9435]

I am so excited to be playing this piece in middle school band! GO TUUUUUUUUUUUBA

[@anniemorrison9318]

I play the tuba

[@CodingK1d]

respect to this man hes either a senior or is currently out of highschool. respect to you and hope you still enjoy band to this day!

[@kajuan136]

I love the clarinet part...

[@pope0331]

Esta es verdaderamente una composición de Swearingen plena de inspiración y forma perfecta. Ideal para un ensamble con al menos un año de experiencia tocando juntos. Mis alumnos de Banda literalmente adoran esta pieza.

[@myaMercedes]

Alto Sax Babyyyy

[@_long.away_]

yessss same here love this piece

[@igordon4431]

Right here

[@TheSuitedDingus]

Hell yeah

[@Liv_aerials]

HECK YEAHHH

[@beverlyhicks7219]

Fax🎷🎷🎷

[@verycool97]

thumbs up if you play the clarinet!!!

[@poison_ivy16]

i’ve played this to many times but still love it 🤦‍♀️

[@PotOfLuck]

I met Mr.swearingen in irl he was very nice and inspiring and said he wrote this for his successful student who retired before him lol

[@kassidyhamiltom9792]

this song is fun to play its one of my favorites in 3 years of band so far im 1st clarinet

[@jordanaddictfrfr]

true it is fun

[@heckingjesus8927]

I'm 2nd clarinet

[@bhbg0309]

me too. This is my favorite concert piece

[@denisebusch2857]

i love it i play drums and i love my solos :) its a cool song

[@dkayke]

+denise busch :)

[@avadoestheater]

oo, I play the suspended cymbal, sleigh bells, large gong, and the triangle

[@supermangj7684]

Less go, brother! Love the fellow snare!

[@Laytonxvr]

I also play drums but you won't reply because this comment is from 8 years ago 😅

[@denisebusch2857]

@@Laytonxvr I do!

[@jame113_]

Haha I played this in 7th grade band 6 years ago, just unearthed it again and I remembered how exciting it was at the time

[@andrewbay8891]

I got to play this song on the grand piano along with the band, great memories :D

[@zqnto]

Altos Saxaphone🔛🔝those slurs👌

[@giffordscott2599]

Saxophone gang wya?what? So far out of my 4 years of band I have to say this is one of my all time favorites

[@_long.away_]

i play sax too- this is one of my favorite that we have played too i like measure 12 and the part where it’s he woodwind highlight or whatever i can’t remember the measure number tho 🤪

[@pirat_UA.]

I play Tenor sax, We are playing this rn

[@Star神Editz]

Yessir 🫡

[@TSontop13]

The trombones at the end though😮‍💨

[@mimianderson2787]

You can't hear my instrument (flute) at all..... does anyone know where i can get the sheet music for this song? I need it desperately!

[@dkayke]

www.barnhouse.com/~barnhous/samples/pdf/024-4018-00.pdf a partitura ^^

[@mimianderson2787]

Dannyel Kayke Oh my gosh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!!! You dont realized how much that helped me! ^-^

[@treyspencer1659]

U can never hear the bassoon

[@dkayke]

+Trey Spencer que triste, por isso toco euphonium ^^

[@mimianderson2787]

Yeah it was like that when I played but if you play sit up straight and play loud and make them hear you ^-^

[@RoseCadenza]

Man, this song is giving me nostalgia. I played this about 6 years ago. I think I played 1st clarinet. I think so because I was the section leader at the time.

[@XxSavageTKxX]

I played mallets for this piece at my spring concert, it was fun especially the band triplet and the eighth nothes at the end was senign adrenaline throughout me

[@hermilazacarias4960]

YASSSS TROMBONES im playing this for my concert in december 😀

[@rocketgamer3d401]

eyyy trombone gang

[@plantainbruh]

@@rocketgamer3d401 yessir

[@elizabeth-nu1tc]

slay

[@bhem83]

Eyy

[@civilliancat9058]

Played this in my grade 8th band I love it

[@Em-bz8sj]

Yay, trumpets!! I play both first and second

[@amireahh.__.7239]

This song so calming especially clarinet part (what I play )

[@caidenmccaughan6737]

Man I miss playing this song in middle school band....

[@lavenderspates2757]

This peace of music is BEAUTIFUL!!! I love it so much. Fact: my band director is actually teaching us this song

[@michiganboi2398]

I am playing this in band Tenor sax part is nice

[@pirat_UA.]

I play tenor

[@viviepop1469]

Flutist!

[@alexis7696]

Yass girl 🎼

[@braddywakler8601]

ViviePop 🎺

[@meredithwalsh9473]

How come u can barely hear the flutes?☹️

[@Romina-qq4sg]

Flute player!!!!!!

[@SupremeTax]

Drum player

[@Dvance]

Trumpet player.

[@huntergaylord5652]

@@Dvance Trumpet Gang for life!

[@avalovesmusic4310]

Me too!

[@Magenitech]

Clarinet player

[@umomgiey2407]

my favorite is Jurrasic park and this is my first year on trumpet

[@Mitchell-hb6co]

I just got done with a Band performance and it was awesome

[@CalmLuhTucker]

I’m in 7th grade honors band (1st chair alto sax) and we’re playing this tomorrow..sounds great though, I can’t wait

[@handy_jack118]

did this one last year (first clarinet) this one was my favorite of the 3

[@JaicobYoutube]

I playing this song right now I love it

[@nobadybutwater]

My band is currently practicing this piece! I’m a horn player and this is magnificent!

[@Susann_Liza]

What type of horn?

[@nobadybutwater]

@@Susann_Liza F horn

[@Momo-mw3dg]

Alto Saxophone player here

[@thecrusader7117]

I thought id never find em

[@Liv_aerials]

YIPPEEE

[@kajuan136]

Team Clarinet ....

[@braedenalberstein5128]

Go Trombone ^_^ ! I'm in 7th grade doing this for my concert! December 20, 2015 wanna come? It's @ Washington Middle School, OH!

[@zaydenm]

Sure

[@CodingK1d]

back when people were willing to doxx themselves

[@CodingK1d]

also this is a 24 year old man now i think

[@happydetectivevalentine3009]

1st Horn!

[@boredaf514]

I'm playing this in band and i get to play the chimes and we always play forte because it sounds cool and the gong is the best part

[@Getreadyprpys]

I'm😛 percussion I'm playing this for my band too its an awesome song

[@rysn4934]

As a trumpet, this song was very fun to play on both 1st and 2nd

[@Goodniteboyi2]

I was 1st

[@bandmariachiaddict1970]

@@Goodniteboyi2 same

[@Codys.candies]

I play bells on this song! Bell people where you at??

[@sammich8295]

legit i play tuba and I' I'm so excited to play this I'm i love with the low brass parts :)

[@jojanayaolivotroncoso4342]

5 years ago when this song came out my school band were the first ones to play it and we're playing it again this year. I play Violin in the band and I play Oboe part. Go Central Springs Panthers!

[@jojanayaolivotroncoso4342]

I love this song!

[@AndresMarroquin-or8io]

My brother played this when he was in middle school and now I'm playing it and we're both trumpet players

[@JediMasterOW]

Wow,I'm glad I found this song easily.

[@erbmiller]

I love the percussion parts

[@Getreadyprpys]

Im percussion and eye this is a great song

[@Getreadyprpys]

eyeeeeee

[@Getreadyprpys]

eYYYYeeeEee

[@Getreadyprpys]

eyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@Getreadyprpys]

ima stop

[@hangytangywot3672]

It was so loud playing in the back my eardrums were exploding lol

[@bandmariachiaddict1970]

Same lol Especially at the end

[@Painted_Sky]

This song is fun, doing it right now!

[@TristanAnderson31299]

Timpani is just as easy :) | | V

[@SupremeTax]

Omg I hate to comment 7 years after this was posted but holy crab I was timpani for song too!

[@mariberry1964]

Clarinet!

[@NiallisfromIreland]

GO FLUTES!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!

[@andrewlee1359]

Me and my whole band learned this song, I was 2nd b flat clarinet 😁

[@TSontop13]

Alto Saxophone 🎷

[@anahstory4821]

Clarinet

[@DrumsetMonkey]

I play percussion, snare part is really fun and easy for this song.

[@jakobherbst7538]

I'm in 6th grade, a bari sax, and this is one of my favorites

[@_long.away_]

i’m an alto in 6th and this is one of my favs too

[@safetyhazardsadie3627]

Band camp memories :) but mostly memories of dropping a suitcase off a spinning swivel chair on my hand :/

[@rosemariebaker-mosley9435]

LOL I fell over a podium and my band teacher threw a expo marker at my face ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ✏

[@loganbailes7413]

I'm a Logan marching chieftain and we play this sold in our concert

[@stefhankozubenko137]

Clarinet player

[@franciscojunior8983]

Sax alto *------------------* BRASIL 8)

[@nathanshepard2349]

Trumpet 👇

[@sl58wizard]

Nice

[@itskingpablo8547]

Dang I'm in 8th grade rn this video came out when I was in kindergarten

[@TheDanx45]

1st clarinet, anybody?

[@Fuar11]

Aaaaay! So beautiful eh?

[@jordanaddictfrfr]

hey

[@plasix8881]

*Raises Hand*

[@lmiddlebrook4882]

I am!

[@motherfrickncactus9331]

Me

[@totally_sparky]

me toooooooo

[@ajjohnson3701]

Played this with the Ohio Honors Band with the lady this song was dedicated to :)

[@xandergriffin5326]

Hey baritone gang!

[@glc762]

I play French Horn and so does my friend. We both just played Above and beyond and Hocus Pocus.

[@zenki477]

heh reminds me about the time i played trombone 9 years ago......those were the years

[@zenki477]

lol jk

[@80ssynthpop52]

Ugh I play snare on this song and it's giving me a lot of trouble. I just gotta keep practicing!

[@Nathanlime2200]

When ever my band director would search James swearingen on Google her computer would get locked out because of the school district's search restrictions :P

[@SillyNinja]

Being a percussionist with the base drum, I really like this song. I do prefer another song we're playing, though, called Agon.

[@diegosoriano6164]

alto sax🎷

[@anngraves3479]

I’m playing this in band

[@JohnnyWeb]

TRUMPET FOR THE WIN!! (i play 2nd)

[@fazejoerod]

I am in a band with 100 kids

[@loganvogel9532]

Joe Rod holy heck

[@Em-bz8sj]

Yes trumpet for the win ✊✊

[@huntergaylord5652]

Trumpet Gang! I play first bc we are superior

[@colesandoval5201]

I play first trumpet on this

[@laceydonahue333]

I'm alto sax and playing this song and I met James 😜

[@laceydonahue333]

He is really old and his hair is white

[@thejazzcartel2542]

I play alto also

[@diegosoriano6164]

Lacey Donahue same

[@PotOfLuck]

Lacey Donahue same I met him at carowinds festival of music

[@darudek6016]

Lacey Donahue And me to

[@Nagii_Sa]

I'm one of the only two tubas in a 100 piece band.

[@ShatteredDust]

Trombone, anyone else???

[@rileyisa45]

trumpet

[@lmiddlebrook4882]

we are playing this song for band :o

[@Andrej-pu1qu]

Suspended cymbal triangle gong and sleigh bells

[@MrMega-lg7vm]

How'd you do that! I could barely manage sus cymbal, sleigh bells, and triangle. Going must be worse

[@MrMega-lg7vm]

Gong*

[@Boxedbyjayden26]

Trombone gang 👇

[@darudek6016]

I play this in orcestar

[@_long.away_]

so i play alto and our section sits right in front of the low brass and ITS SO LOUD AT THE END like-

[@karinavega5668]

Fellow baritone 🎶

[@toemad1805]

At 0:56 you can actually hear bass clarinet! !

[@Squish26Squad]

Savage Gamer thank

[@pleaseunsubscribe9603]

0:22 measure 12

[@ashfoot2134]

LIKE FOR PERCUSSION-ANONYMOUS

[@zacharytaylor5977]

snare

[@peterpine5298]

Zachary Taylor Cool. I'm on bells

[@minekat2897]

Zachary Taylor same

[@chrissanti223]

Same😂

[@danefranolic]

Zachary Taylor same but I also have the bass drum

[@jakobjohnson2835]

We played this for M.P.A last week (enterprise al)

[@MadiRose-xy6dx]

I play flute

[@buzziam718]

nice

[@locoacocoa]

It's all about the Chimes/Bells! Lol

[@gus.ohnaka]

My PART

[@iamnottheyeetus]

7th Grade band is playing this for Spring concert 2022

[@lmaoooderek]

Trombone, anyone? That E, F, A eighth note at the end though!