Swamp Thang, by Richard Meyer - Score & Sound

[@OmegaDeltaOmicron]

We makin it out the bayou wit this one❗️🗣🔈🔥🔥🔥💯💯

[@SOLOISTSxTOGETHER]

Heard this for the first time and now begging my conductor/teacher to have us play this in the spring WISH ME LUCK

[@UnsungBee]

Haha me too! I suggested mine so hopefully MY group likes it enough to play it 😭😭

[@bentheonenonly2006]

My advanced class is teehee 🤭

[@PerilMax3]

My conductor/teacher says REPEATEDLY that its too advanced for us, but me and my friend keep bugging him about it anyways

[@SOLOISTSxTOGETHER]

@@PerilMax3 took me a good thousand times, KEEP BUGGING IT WILL WORK SOONER OR LATER !

[@alton-alijahjohnson7063]

@@PerilMax3 Has he ever changed his mind about it lol

[@someonessecretaccount1904]

OF COURSE ITS RICHARD MEYER THIS MAN LIKE CARRIES ORCHESTRA😭

[@S1lversp0ts]

THATS SO REAL BRO

[@DoritoBou]

Soon Hee Newbold exists

[@lilyoz7090]

I'm gonna break my bow trying to play this... but it's worth it

[@naomi-zj7jt]

Lily Ozulumba honestly samee

[@nadiaspeer3967]

Lily Ozulumba I’m in a middle school orchestra and we are playing this

[@lunaic9446]

Whydontwe_ Weirdgirls same we playing this for 6th grade chamber orch

[@yeetosneetocheeto7351]

Samee

[@sara_sparkling_editz4972]

yess 😂 what do you play? (btw i play violin)

[@maliamischke8485]

This song is a good chamber orchestra audition song

[@zaydkhan3496]

i learned that the hard way lol

[@ak-wq6di]

Malia Mischke do u mean the whole thing or an excerpt

[@nolanshen2773]

My chamber orchestra is probably gonna play it. It’s a fun piece.

[@HAPPY_TRIGGER04]

For our chamber orchestra it’ll be our finale piece 🎉🎉

[@hehehehaaaa]

yeah this is actually one of the songs for all region this year

[@paladinmixer6735]

"I want you to look up the next piece we'll be playing, I'll have the sheet music next time." *listens to the first 30 seconds* SWEET MONGOLIAN FUSTERCLUCK

[@0hGreen]

Paladin Mixer lol true

[@comicallylargespoon9426]

As someone who's played sixteenth notes a bit faster in my school orchestra I can say you'll do fine. You just have to get locked into swinging your arm first. Then its just a matter of mastering the notes for it!

[@serena-ip3qz]

SAME

[@naomi-zj7jt]

SAME

[@marikaw.6460]

exactly what I thought lol. now that I know how to play it it's not as bad as I thought it was gonna be.

[@100deadinside9]

if you aren’t sweating after playing this piece you’re doing something wrong. 😂 after playing this song in rehearsal, i’m all pumped up and sweating a bit. i play second violin for this song in my orchestra, i can’t imagine how the firsts feel after playing it.

[@camilamartinez2881]

bestie...idk how i even survive haha-

[@tishisnowflake2238]

Haha I’m a first violin and I my arms feel like they are sticks and I can’t ply anymore 😭😭

[@skittlesvodka4350]

I can play this at about 1.5 speedbut my arms aren't tired, just try get into the swing and the rythm. A lot of it is really just syncopation.

[@eviemarquis6855]

first violinist and basically in a nutshell, we die lmao

[@jacobwhitt9232]

Try playing "Evil Eye and the Hideous Heart" for First Violin and ALMOST AT TEMPO-

[@NaxNestoris]

Richard You shouldn't be allowed to be this good of a composer

[@Scorchedlnfern0]

Wait till you see hemispheres lol

[@ava.noellez]

​@@Scorchedlnfern0 FR

[@shrezfr]

Ong

[@samsv289]

He's not good though ☹

[@ava.noellez]

@samsv289 nahhh bros still trying 💀💀💀

[@Jasmine-ik8ys]

ive played the violin for 8 years and this is a very very beautiful peace

[@erikamurray5120]

Jasmine Rangel Is this... Is this sarcasm?

[@darshandesai7225]

Yet you still don't know how to spell piece...

[@amarismilano845]

smh

[@joshuachien1913]

Lmao

[@lunaic9446]

I think so too I play violin for 3 years

[@whhehshehah]

audition time stamps (ignore pls) 1st part 0:03 2nd part: 1:27 3rd part: 3:42

[@ronaldlontoc1690]

This is why I love Meyer

[@trajan_x0128]

MoonSoul88 I like him most of the time, but I hate his pizz parts no one asked for and are really boring tbh

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

@@trajan_x0128 you just don't like playing that part don't you

[@bruv178]

2:30 *that's nice.*

[@thenoisyeater]

I love that part so much

[@Elisuperxwerwol25]

Same

[@Gabyhasagyatt1]

Samee

[@BlueNinjaGaming]

My class is learning how to play this now

[@l.plante]

This song is amazing! It is also really challenging and fun to play. I have been playing violin for almost 5 years

[@williamhiegel2756]

Richard Meyer is nothing less than a sigma male, change my mind!

[@IssacsBetter]

richard chad meyer

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

Dude is, in my opinion, the greatest scholastic composer of the modern era

[@jamesdiehl8564]

@@WillTheBassPlayer richard ain’t got nothin on doug spata

[@irismeyer9143]

James Diehl yeah, Doug Sparta is amazing. March of the wood elves and gargoyles are some of my favorite orchestra songs I’ve played. Although now I kind of associate gargoyles with a really sad part in a book I was reading at the time we played it… but that’s my fault.

[@tadashiGTmyim]

richad meyer

[@z_hopster23]

When I first heard this my brain went “ahh heck nah!”

[@justaguywhocommentsforfun]

Now I listen to it and my brain goes "hell yeah!"

[@ThatBassClarinetist-u6y]

My new favorite orchestra pice

[@edwin2590]

My fingers cry when playing this song (worth it)

[@comicallylargespoon9426]

Get out of my swamp

[@ifigi]

game ogre

[@amarismilano845]

oof

[@laurengillis2045]

AND STAY OUT

[@drewbazile8919]

neva

[@whitney_noel4630]

Shrek is that you?

[@irismeyer9143]

This song makes me think of 20s evening gowns. I’m a dress history nerd, though, so everything reminds me of some historical era.

[@skate_evans]

3:39 saving this cause this is one of my all state excerpt

[@HahaWhyNotAgain]

One of my teachers made meatballs for us because we play this piece really well even though it wasn't concert week yet!

[@SnasDeSnas]

nice

[@AAAAAAUUUUGHGHHHH]

meatballs there is nothing else to say

[@Christina-ch8qq]

my class is playing this right now. love it so much! #violin

[@Mr.Bimgus]

Same! This song is awesome, but its a nightmare to play.

[@velvet._.]

Christina my class is also playing this and yep #violin

[@jdsarfo610]

which violin? 1 or 2

[@TheRealKat_]

@@jdsarfo610 I'm 1

[@quirmi_6770]

@@TheRealKat_ I used to be a first violin, but I switched to bass

[@MostExplosiveBombOfficial]

This be my 2nd favorite.

[@bigchungus1144]

then what be your favorite

[@zollychan]

My 2nd favorite from Meyer. #1 being 'The Elements'

[@lunaic9446]

My favorite is a caprice by paganini

[@heatheranderson7214]

I love Richard Meyer's music

[@connorevans7802]

Played this in our HUGE high school chamber group and IS SO FUN OMG. Little hard without a conductor tho lol😅

[@Polorx_]

why did you not have a conductor!!

[@connorevans7802]

@@Polorx_ LOL was a chamber group, meaning you don’t play with a conductor and rely on looking at section leaders during the pieces!

[@Love_yourself_more28]

*cries in I’m in middle school playing it*

[@GamingWithGio99]

I had my orchestra concert tonight and the older advanced kids played this

[@Maddie.S.D.129]

Might be playing this for our last second year concert I really hope our teacher lets us

[@tadashiGTmyim]

i played this about two years ago and i’m going to be honest, i thought my hand was going to fall off and my bow was going to break.

[@kaleichristensen4463]

Played this in our orchestra concert this year it was so fun

[@beannaeb462]

My fingers hurt so much playing this but it was so fun!! Never again though 😂

[@taotao409]

I played this piece in my Melbourne youth orchestra!

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

As in Australia? Well glad you Aussies got a little slice of a good old American fiddlin

[@neelsg8380]

only freaking piece I actually like playing. I hadnt played practiced the violin out of school until I head this song. :D

[@Hextate]

This song is not for the weak

[@joe_lmfao]

There is a kid in my class that memorized the entire first violin part

[@faaaaaded]

performing this piece for a string quintet next year, i’m 1st violin, wish us luck!!!!!

[@Bowbuzz]

Even after ten years of violin this still made me sweat lol

[@marikaw.6460]

Can't wait to play this in our concert!

[@irismeyer9143]

This is the one orchestra song I listen to that my sister actually likes

[@wraithege4384]

New chances new dances by richard Meyers is one of my favorites, I love him

[@danielgardner8615]

I’ve only been playing violin for 2 years yet this is a song along with 2 others I’ve gotta learn

[@VivianneNotVivian]

This piece is on fire bro 🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@chocolateteapot737k]

That should've been played in the Emperor's New Groove

[@kenjamarticus]

I actually quite liked this! Kinda wish my orchestra played this

[@serene3461]

WhAt ArE u DoInG iN my SwApM That’s what I said saw this piece

[@anitsuuko3522]

My teachers gonna get this. We’re gonna try and play it in the Spring and we’ve been playing for a bit over 2 years. He says he doesn’t know what he did that made us so good. 😂

[@MarcleYTClashRoyale]

Damn, we’ve been playing for two years, and we still do level 1-2 music.

[@lilianamacias9442]

I’ve been playing for 3 years I’m on level 5 or 6

[@Gabyhasagyatt1]

1:46 is my favorite part❤❤

[@amib1722]

Me and my chamber orchestra are playing this but we did it way faster than this😂

[@atherofthevoid]

Its the dynamics and style changes that make this song good. Speed is just a byproduct

[@utpalsingh8744]

Wierd flex but ok

[@annny6465]

Oof

[@jdsarfo610]

but did it sound good

[@UserName-dt3kc]

@@jdsarfo610 I mean with a song like this, it’s not hard to make sound good

[@stoopidgurlt-t3229]

1- 0:00 2- 0:55 3- 1:29 4- 2:16 5- 2:42

[@midnight23404]

My orchestra teacher (is that the right term?) cut out the ending (the last line or so) and I am beyond mad. I should start a petition but that's too much work so here I am complaining.

[@hehehehaaaa]

wtf that’s the best part?

[@williamhiegel2756]

Love this song!

[@user-js2cc4ic5f]

2:00 so prettyyy

[@TrippEvans]

I was going to play this for a school concert but it got cancelled due to the pandemic, wanted to play it so badly

[@jdsarfo610]

3:30 omg

[@SnasDeSnas]

relatable

[@SuperNewton82]

What are you doing in my swamp??!

[@amarismilano845]

if you from Louisiana, comment “WHATS GUD”

[@connorevans104]

amaris milano This Songs name “swamp thang feels aggressively Florida to me” but it’s subtitle “stompin’ the bayou” and it’s sound feels aggressively Louisiana to me.

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

@@connorevans104 So mississippi/ alabama swamp

[@elijaagu7787]

I'm from Arizona you liberal

[@evansanders14753]

@@elijaagu7787 liberal? That’s not an insult xD So delete your comment, you toxic bitch

[@Kalebbasco]

Every time I played this in school, I would always break my bow hairs

[@drakon6878]

Playin' this piece, honestly not that bad with a bit of exposure therapy.

[@ChanceMcGee-g3z]

I don't even wanna play first no more after hearing this

[@hehehehaaaa]

help our director wants us to play this at 120😭😭

[@AcidSpitter783]

That’s not bad

[@AcidSpitter783]

Just practices small motions on the wrist on open d

[@Gabyhasagyatt1]

Me and my friend made a dumb name for this song its called “Shrek’s thong”

[@nico4459]

lol i remember playing this two years ago in region. it was really fun. but i didnt lose any bow hairs XD

[@cardudeperson7208]

Imma suggest it to see if some 7th graders can play it in a month or 2!

[@bigchungus1144]

I did it don't have it completely

[@DirectorOmicron]

I'm trying to play this as a seventh grader, it's hard but not all the parts.

[@BBL.Soldier]

did it work?

[@lilianamacias9442]

Our 7th grade orchestra learned it in about a week or so we I’m in 8th now

[@jdsarfo610]

Ima suggest this to my teach tommorow i started violin in 6th grade and im in 7th rn, this is gonna be soooo fun

[@warriorprincesslillie1580]

i like the cello

[@PoboiDraws]

My orchestra teacher teased me with this song

[@JacksonHollo]

@Hot Patrick username checks out

[@CongressGamingINC]

Swamp Thang...Louisiana... THIS SHOULD BE SAL’S THEME FROM IMPRACTICAL JOKERS XD

[@dephilia4066]

HAHA YES

[@PinkieShy]

xD

[@ThrownUpDogWTR]

For my whole first year of bass I wondered why anyone would want to play swamp thong.

[@Elisuperxwerwol25]

Swamp thong💀

[@thinkaviation2231]

I’m doing this rn 😂

[@bearcountry4124]

Who here is from October 2024?

[@Victoriavicc]

1:20 best part

[@u_cx7]

I like measure 63 for violas personally

[@S1lversp0ts]

YES!!

[@danieltang3415]

2:50

[@warriorprincesslillie1580]

this sounds hard

[@williamhiegel2756]

I wonder if anyone has thought, "thang" was a typo!

[@elijaagu7787]

WhAt ArE YoU DoInG iN My SwAmP

[@youraverageyoutubeenjoyer2705]

This sounds like it's straight out of a James Bond movie

[@ezra211]

What's with the, "Get outta my swamp"?

[@slyth3rinnn]

If shrek was an orchestra:

[@kingkingston9015]

fr

[@dogsknowbest3999]

I'm going to play this but I'm not chamber.

[@furiousmagician5912]

we got a superior

[@EZMan-0-0]

rip first violins

[@AcidSpitter783]

All city for middle school

[@atherofthevoid]

What genre of music would this be

[@katmarlow5789]

AtherOfTheVoid shrek

[@therealkat2687]

classical I believe

[@atherofthevoid]

@@therealkat2687 it has too much aspects of jazz and blue grass to be considered classical

[@therealkat2687]

@@atherofthevoid ah, I see your point

[@jdsarfo610]

ooo and 2:30

[@kaymeedo]

bruh im in 8th grade and my teacher is having us play this im so scared im a viola

[@Ihuber-hj8jc]

rip my bow

[@furiousmagician5912]

shrek boss battle

[@jesusortiz5214]

Y’all say this hard to play and that your gonna break your bow pfft. That means you don’t practice enough🥱🥱🥱

[@clovekah9451]

I'd assume that a bow breaking means they're working hard ! And this is a piece worth mentioning requires a lot of endurance and dynamic, it *could* feel like your bow is gonna break.

[@Creepyslandofdreams]

very angry and menacing goblin boss music

[@Koisuosu]

THIS IS FOR FRICKIN 4TH GRADERS????????????!?!?!?!?!??!

[@burnbook3076]

No💀 It says grade 4 for orchestra not normal grade

[@samisreal16]

Lol it's based on the grade level of the orchestra. Basically u learn by practicing with different level books to play that level of music. For example this piece would be level 4 of books or around high school from where I'm from. (And srry if it's to late to comment but just making sure u knew)

[@xo.luvyana]

this song makes me wanna quit bass😭 the rhythms are so nasty and so are the accidentals

[@Fax_JB]

Im sø dunn with your anxiety at the disco same

[@trureddington5215]

That's what's fun about playing bass

[@herissmon9878]

sebastian i know youre here

[@Savi_I]

Sounds like it's from a video game

[@Savi_I]

Yup

[@DoritoBou]

Bro agreed to herself 😭

[@Savi_I]

@@DoritoBou oh what I do actually is I sometimes forget that I've watched a video and I re watch it and I think of something to comment only for me to realise I've commented the same thing so I reply to myself because I want to document how often my brain thinks the same lol, like this the comment was posted 3 months ago and I replied to it 2 months ago lol

[@sekkente6263]

G so o

[@dabaccahunter5466]

.

[@dabaccahunter5466]

What

[@parkc7316]

아.. 첨에 삑삑 소리 거슬리네;;;;ㅠㅁㅠ 중간중간 다른음 내지마세요 ..

[@pillpopper3000]

Был в том числе во времена СССР когда?

[@barrettcarter613]

Sounds a bit like megolovania

[@JacksonHollo]

@Barrett Carter no

[@WillTheBassPlayer]

Bruh litterally what

[@SnasDeSnas]

where the hell did you hear megalovania here

[@emmaheinz4449]

1:04

[@trureddington5215]

Yessssss

[@louleblanc2007]

1:20

[@Kim_Muzzs]

0:03

[@Starmushtic9756]

2:04

[@wenscorp]

1:47