Arabian Dances - Brian Balmages

- For Concert Band -
Composer: Brian Balmages
Publisher: FJH Music Company Inc.
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Disclaimer: The Gallery of Sounds (which is I, myself) owns neither the image nor the music in the video.

[@zxcvbnmasdfghjkl9439]

i love how when this song got passed out our percussion section had a bunch of instrument set up i didnt even know we had

[@justkev10]

lol true

[@mushjrl532]

+el soundiest same

[@trinitymchellen3457]

Same!

[@olivia36341]

me with literally every piece "Okay you can play the.... idk how to pronounce it.." "wtf what is it" "idk ask the director" "no!" **I get yelled at for playing the wrong instrument bc i was to afraid to ask my band director who yells every 5 minutes**

[@berleezysvanillaraisins8084]

OliviasWorld SAME

[@ocean4alex1]

I had the honor of playing this with Mr. Balmages as conductor

[@nehemiahuriel]

TMEA 2015-2016 all region Region 10??????

[@catie1671]

Same he’s such a bitch

[@yungcashregister354]

catie c you’re just mad he gets paid

[@jaylendobelbower8551]

Same! TMEA region band last year I think!

[@paytonk01]

PirateFan606 awesome!

[@braedynpentkowski3754]

Measure markings with times: Measure- 7 - 0:22 Measure 17- 0:59 Measure 25- 1:28 Measure 32- 1:47 Measure 40- 2:23 Measure 52 1x- 2:42 Measure 58 1x- 2:55 Measure 64- 3:07 Measure 80- 3:24 Measure 92- 3:36 Measure 129 1x- 4:07 Measure 137- 4:24 Measure 148- 4:35 Measure 160- 4:45 Measure 172- 4:57 Measure 180- 5:05 Measure 188- 5:12 Measure 208- 5:31 Measure 216- 6:02

[@evelynhentschel1248]

you're a god

[@emilyriker1132]

Thank youuuuuu

[@elenakarol1733]

I love you

[@hannah9075]

Bless

[@RhyHello]

I cant believe people like this really exist

[@quilbill6511]

Those flutes and clarinets are literally on fire at the end

[@jaidenrene1670]

yes it makes me want to die

[@skizza4821]

Hiya, flute here: that part made me wanna ✨die✨

[@lunitixx6410]

i’m playing this for a festival and i have the clari part,, it sounds so cool even by itself

[@berryberryswag_1407]

im playing it on piccalo and i very much want to die. and to make things better, IM THE ONLY PICCALO AHBEIFNK

[@lunitixx6410]

@@berryberryswag_1407 there’s one oboe in my band and they have fast parts like us (clarinets),, i feel bad

[@FranciscoHernandez-7170]

that bass clarinet and flute duet

[@daviswetter]

Javier Hernandez it sounded like a deeper clarinet

[@firestar_0130]

Javier Hernandez. Excuse me. It’s a Contrabass Clarinet. I’m triggered.

[@lopezg8475]

The duet with the flute is actually a bass clarinet part. I played the bass clarinet part and it sounded amazing with the flute

[@oluwatosinokusanya7529]

MY FAVORITE PART!!!

[@chanman1717]

@@firestar_0130 actually it is bass clarinet, played it my junior year

[@olivereeee]

That contra clarinet though. I would've killed to have that part, but I played bass instead, and I had an unplanned solo when my section failed to practice their parts and just didn't play for the concert.

[@redfoxcat5537]

Nice

[@itskarinaa9918]

Ooh I do to. I play most of all the low Reeds lol

[@keandreaanderson3650]

I got to play contra for this song in band it was one of my favorite songs

[@ethancampbell9096]

If my band ever plays this piece, I'm forcing them to let me play the contrabass at least that one time

[@kalebriggs6203]

Yeah I have an Eb contra, and I actually had some moments when I had some time to shine. Loved the part I got play specially at 0:39

[@jayforerunner965]

this song is addicting. Love it for Alto sax.

[@jamaicasam4827]

Jayson Sumner tenor is better :3

[@chrisblazer4624]

I played this song in high school for festival and i play the alto sax. It was a fun piece to play.

[@potatohead9999]

Go saxes!!!

[@mariapardue7817]

heck yeah

[@avo8883]

It’s best on tenor

[@dartan3077]

If only our French Horns were that loud. :d

[@LivFallon13]

we have one.......

[@paulciesluk7427]

:(

[@daviswetter]

Dar Tan me too I’m the one good one in my section and the other 2 get the second parts and aren’t as good lmao

[@sirbarker1948]

agreed man, we got 7 french horns and only 3 actually try

[@novemberdafur]

our band has three french horns, one is very good, the other two are very bad. One is tone deaf and the other just can't play well

[@carpediem9913]

This is awesome, my parents are Lebanese and immediately recognized the Arab melody. Brian used a mashup of legit Lebanese songs into one big one.

[@rosieazzi7674]

mine too 😌

[@danielponder690]

I'm very impressed by this, Balamages studied with R W Smith and honestly I always wrote him off as an R W Smith 2.0, but this is actually pretty good and not just hokey cultural appropriation. The melody is called Ala Dal'ona and Tafta Hindi according to the score.

[@rinnyspeaks]

hello dying oboe player here

[@aqualoon9120]

Erin Jones sameee

[@almaguzman755]

Erin Jones YEEE OBOES 😤😤

[@squidney8798]

i feel

[@tressdorfler4840]

I know this was 8 months ago, but go oboes!!

[@alexhoffmeister9638]

Erin Jones try arabesque by Samuel R. Hazo

[@IndianaJoneFan24]

I love the bass clarinet/flute duet after the drum break.

[@zebs.autumn]

i bet you do

[@jasmineconstant7313]

that flute amd piccolo tho

[@ritardand013]

RIP Piccolo player

[@ohnoherehego2158]

Gaming For Noobs we just got this piece- wanna come to my funeral? :’)

[@kalebspriggs9966]

this could make a good show for a marching band during half time

[@AngelaGarcia-tp2jg]

Kaleb Spriggs We're doing it and it's so bad ass

[@amysanchez4173]

Angela Garcia yo man it's Dat boi Amy

[@AngelaGarcia-tp2jg]

Amy Sanchez LMFAOOOO WHAT A FUCKIN L O S E R

[@jrockg-zi9dh]

Kaleb Spriggs funny thing is my school used this for our show this year. I can tell you first hand that It makes an amazing marching show

[@zxcvbnmasdfghjkl9439]

Kaleb Spriggs we went to a competition in mooresville and the band before us played this

[@vedinbarve2708]

By far the BEST PIECE FOR PERCUSSION

[@paytonhuffman1406]

Vedin Barve No, that my friend, would be Arabesque!

[@gameflystudios1]

Two words: John Mackey

[@donnaholcomb2975]

*cough cough* GHOST OF THE LOST SHIP *cough cough*

[@cyrusmf]

so fun in percussion 🙏

[@kyracarta4213]

The fact that there are multiple people coming with percussion- heavy songs brings me joy

[@exhumed2283]

As a beginner on the flute, I find this flute part VERY entertaining.

[@natalysmirl2868]

I'm a senior in hs who plays flute, im 1st chair in my band and I also find this flute part very entertaining! It's probably my 1st or second favorite thing I've ever played

[@malory6312]

It hurt my fingers at the end to play this. It's fun to listen to tho.

[@saccharinefreakshow1786]

im a senior in highschool (i play flute xD) and this has been my favorite piece to play, right beside River of Life by Steven Reineke and Ride by Samuel Hazo. all three are great pieces but something about this one really drew me in

[@TheRandomAsian711]

I'm silently praying for our band director to add this to the concert music. The band this year is really good, and we already played a piece from Brian Balmages in the winter concert. Flute part sounds great, and I'd be able to play piccolo for it which is even better :3

[@TheRandomAsian711]

+Kayleigh Wilson thanks for the suggestion. we just added some more music so idk if he'd let it happen, but it sounds awesome so I'm hoping

[@catarinasousa1894]

Playing piccolo on this one must be so fun!! I keep switching between flute and piccolo, since my flute section It's still quite young and they are still learning, I can't seem to enjoy the full piccolo playing so I'm jealous of you! XD

[@TheRandomAsian711]

//inhales// Ok so I commented this a year ago and gUESS WHAT? This year I got into wind ensemble we're playing this for our spring concert AND I get to play the flute solo because I got first chair again THIS SONG IS BLESSED The best part is this is the same director for concert band because our old wind ensemble director left and I didn't even tell him about this because I figured it was more of a concert band thing but nOPE he got my back and everything has come fULL CIRCLE FUCK YEAH //exhales//

[@felwinterslie8223]

I know this was from 7 years ago, but was it into the arctic? Just played that one recently and it's great

[@kassidy3539]

We had 1 french horn player who absolutely KILLED IT with his part. Well over 80 kids AT LEAST in our band and this solo 9th grade french horn player played his lungs out. It was so amazing, I still get chills thinking about it and I've been graduated for 2 years now

[@XfoREVerDisturbedX]

Oh man, I want to play this in band... (I'm just listening to random pieces by Brian Balmages because I loved Among the Clouds so much.)

[@XfoREVerDisturbedX]

***** 11th grade clarinet and bassoon :D

[@gabegonzalez2931]

My 7-8th grade band was going to do Among the clouds but our band was not capable, I was tho(I’m kinda advanced). Anyway we ended up playing Kronos by Robert W. Smith instead. It’s still ok, only ok though, among the clouds sounds godly

[@Context.Required]

Same!

[@aggayeet6962]

we finally got it today. i’m so excited to play it

[@lorelikesthings]

Same but for twittering machine, which we're playing in band right now

[@fearful6202]

As a Euphonium player, I love this piece. Difficult, hitting that high G and A, but fun. Can’t wait for the upcoming performances with this piece.

[@thisiscarden6881]

REAL. I play out during 172 lmaooo They want to silence us, but the sweet sound of the euphonium WILL be heard

[@thisiscarden6881]

@Vinnie UwU uh, like the 1 a 2 + e??? Cuz like only low brass plays during that

[@TRS_SPLASH]

So true

[@user-qv9tg5su9v]

I'm only a freshmen in high school and the high A is easy to play. Finally a piece where Euphonium goes higher than F.

[@logang11]

Just asking, how do you play high A? Like which valve

[@TheLudiYOLO]

1st to comment haha and flute solo melts my body whenever it graces my ears. This is by far my favorite piece of music I have ever played in a band. Hands down, no contest, goodbye, go home, its over. I listen to this whenever I want to turn up. Stay classy flutists.

[@kennethschechter352]

If u love this than I know you'd like arabesque by samuel hazo

[@tristanmedrano4856]

Gotta agree with you there but I think my favorite piece of I've played is probably king cotton

[@deamonscar5952]

Flautists*

[@tylersomerville313]

If you’d like some wild flute playing you would enjoy Danse Diabolique

[@kiiboDaRobot]

I’m one of three flutes, I play second and the guy next to me plays first, the other girls on piccolo, we’re all the flutes so everything is a solo… I guess that’s what happens in small schools… shitty time for me to be so nervous though

[@AS-bg4bm]

ARABIAN NIIIIIIIGHTS LIKE ARABIAN DAAAAAAAAAAYS Wait wrong song oops

[@CosmicFeline2023]

legit when we pull this out thats the song that comes up in my mind!!

[@TheBurrowBoys]

Close enough

[@jayforerunner965]

I love the sound of the sound the Tuba and alto sax in this peice. 👌👌

[@JustAcoolguy-rl7jg]

Jayson Sumner of course. Tubas always sound good

[@starkiller7165]

Jayson Sumner I love the alto sax

[@FranciscoHernandez-7170]

thanks!☺-that one tuba player

[@ryanbeard8909]

Jayson Sumner I was a tuba player to it was litt

[@hoseareid7069]

I played the tuba part I loved this song

[@mikemclean5815]

I played this piece in my freshman year of high school. This was a piece we played after we had already gone to UIL, so it was one of the harder pieces we played this past year. I played the bass clarinet part.

[@ephraimkwon66]

+Mike McLean Eyy, fellow bass clarinet player! Bass clarinet needs more recognition. :/

[@carterholtzman6650]

I'm in 6th grade but I'm also in 7th and 8th grade band playing this song

[@corpliner1506]

aye bass clarinet

[@aqualoon9120]

Carter Holtzman sureeeee, that's hilarious

[@kom2146]

This piece is very fun to play as a first clarinet. I just love the part were we (of course with other instruments) accelerate up and then play a beautiful tune all while the melody is going on. This was for my middle school honor band UIL and I can’t tell you how nervous we were on the way to compete.

[@jacobmusgrave3088]

This was the first ever piece I played with our band and it was amazing to play. I've been the youngest in the band but I was joined in properly by this because at the end of the piece the first time I cost and let out the biggest squeak. This piece will always have a place in my heart.

[@danielponder690]

fun little trill from Bb to C# in the upper register...

[@bluetuki]

This song is fun in Percussion

[@neophyteredglare3976]

blue TUKI all of Brian balmages songs are more geared towards percussion

[@damienchavez7928]

Jackson's Thighs he also gives the euphoniums a chance

[@matteo.1510]

I agree

[@paytonk01]

Andrew Doepke especially with that cool percussion feature in the middle of the song!

[@Corwart]

Ikr.

[@Bobthe1st2]

Piccolo yess, get it😋😋👑 & flutes as well. I'm the picc player in my band lol

[@impossibleorc6356]

me tooo heheh

[@skizza4821]

....I had to play the picc up an octave on flute, luckyyy XDXD

[@k9uknit564]

Where tf are all my percussionists at? SQUAD RIGHT HERE!

[@sarahlizzy7341]

K9uKNIT I'm hereeeee

[@RedBoi1337]

WAT UP, I'm playing this for my concert next Thursday, rocking the frame drum

[@hotwasabi324]

Andrew Lopez I rocked the Bongos and had that solo

[@niclasschroeder849]

Small darbuka FTW! I forget to yell though, i'm always too busy celebrating the fact that I didn't mess up the 32nd notes XD

[@trinitymchellen3457]

Bongos!

[@Bigcow-yh4ll]

Playing first horn on this part was one of the highlights of my band career

[@alisonkisiel8360]

I remember we picked this piece up my freshman year right before covid hit, we were reading through the song and at the part where percussion yells "hey!" everyone else wanted to do it with them (the ones who weren't playing) and we tried running it and everyone said hey at a different time and it was easily one of the funniest things to ever happen to me in my entire life.

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

I am so excited because Brian Balmages is coming over to my school and we are playing some of his pieces. However, we are not playing Arabian Dances; we are playing Joy of Life and Elements. Those are good pieces as well though.

[@paigeh.9956]

Woah, cool!

[@fabienchavez9680]

Wyatt Wahlgren really?!?!?

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

Yeah, that was in October, and it was awesome! I'm so glad that I met him. He is really cool and a really good musician. we finished with those pieces, but now we are paying his "Shadow Waltzes."

[@fabienchavez9680]

Wyatt Wahlgren lucky he is my favorite composer, do you know what instrument he plays

[@paigeh.9956]

Ooh, lucky!

[@qtpenguinnie]

playing this on flute

[@fountainpen8689]

You poor thing

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Wrong choice

[@zebs.autumn]

and? I bet you can't play a C below the staff idiot

[@baycic]

Its late but ik ur pain

[@jamielazette]

Playing now with VCB (flute 1, clarinet 2 and piccolo) and still not up to 160 at the end yet...

[@wildchild5867]

I can't stop listening to this song, I'm so excited! -1st Clarinet

[@foodreview8082]

Wild Child don't be, it's a fucking pain in the ass especially the end

[@wildchild5867]

Hah for real, the ending was a pain but learning it was a lot of fun, and then once I learned it, playing it was even better

[@oluwatosinokusanya7529]

As a first clarinet I am scared outta my mind and so excited at the same time

[@okayitskitty]

same girl but those 30 seconds notes and the ending is pretty hard!! our clarinets cant even play the end lol

[@isabellamhaney]

the ending is pretty difficult but i somehow managed to actually play the 32nd note part pretty decently!

[@cimarronMC]

I remember playing this in highschool. I mainly played Saxophone, but In this song non of the flute players could play loud enough to actually be heard good. So teacher had me learn the flute in 2 weeks to play the song for our festival, and I gotta say I enjoyed it and I found out I was a dang good flute player

[@sixelakeller5377]

that’s crazy, you learned in only two weeks?? it took me a while to have a good tone on the flute and learn the notes lol

[@addisondurrence1431]

@@sixelakeller5377 saxophone and flute have the same key fingerings as I heard so doubling a flute and saxophone can be a relatively simpler switch than other instruments

[@sixelakeller5377]

@@addisondurrence1431 really? i currently play flute and have wanted to learn the sax so that’s good news lol

[@Smocky409]

i got the honor of playing for Mr. Balmages in high school. I'd go back in a heart beat if I could.

[@mushjrl532]

Percussion FTW

[@michelleanderson8126]

tell me about it

[@matteo.1510]

Yeaaa

[@joeyponziani4384]

I honestly love the alto saxes in this song. I play tenor saxophone but I wish I still played alto when I hear this

[@gabegonzalez2931]

Leading Cosine tenor is amazing, I’m trying my hardest to switch to having part time bari too. I love bari, it’s super powerful and loud. I live bass parts sometimes

[@senpi-chiptunes]

I got to play this song for all region band with Balmages himself as the clinician. Good stuff, yo.

[@bluedragonfire4960]

Thank you for the high quality recording!

[@altmusicperson]

I forget what “real panic” is until I come back and listen to this

[@davidlara4339]

Where my oboes at extremely small yell

[@bumblebees4242]

Idiotic Squirrel here

[@squidney8798]

Aye!

[@aqualoon9120]

Idiotic Squirrel HEY!! That's mee

[@tressdorfler4840]

Aaayyye

[@chandleiz1475]

Ayee

[@stormrider7235]

This song is precisely why I want to switch to French Horn.

[@bryannajera7482]

StormRider72 French hornest here

[@alexabond1217]

Switched to horn two weeks before we performed this. Best decision of my life.

[@CosmicFeline2023]

have fun carrying

[@thaumaturge4236]

@@alexabond1217 yesssssss

[@lunobbione]

Do it lmao

[@averijames3741]

we just got this piece for our spring concert and tried to sight read it. we all exploded. i love balmages' pieces tho

[@him918]

+Blue Averi That solo in there is trash tho.

[@him918]

+Hi m9 The flute solo is trash, the brass solo is amazing.

[@averijames3741]

+Hi m9 Aye I play flute >:T I'm actually gonna play the solo too so like, ye (idk where I was going with that gg me)

[@oscarrh8005]

Blue Averi I actually don't like the flute solo even though i might play it. Piccolo I feel like is better on this piece.

[@Calienteabi]

my school did this song for the senior high band (im in junior high so i got to watch it) and it sounded soooo similar and they did such an incredible job. i just had to look it up and listen to it again.

[@claudiaventura1644]

we just got this song. it sounds really cool. -French horn!

[@jayjani2591]

Claudia Ventura I agree, I'm an F Horn too and I played it at my middle school last yeat

[@jayjani2591]

year*

[@lilliampumpernickle4655]

same. i might play it for uil

[@claudiaventura1644]

Harambe good luck!

[@allisongarippo3269]

same, i love the song but I can't hit the A so we'll see how that works

[@makaylajackson3865]

Ummmmm French Horns! Where did u come from!!

[@thaumaturge4236]

We've been lurking, waiting for the right song

[@ethang2494]

Haha true

[@frigidnadir]

we’re playing this at band camp! it’s really fun. im a euphonium :)

[@LilMacMusic]

Was that ICC?

[@kassidy3727]

sameeee

[@frigidnadir]

@@LilMacMusic HOW DID YOU KNOW

[@LilMacMusic]

@@frigidnadir I was in that band with you, I played 3rd trumpet (9th chair) was at the time in 7th grade in the red band. I’m now a freshman in high school and am the top freshman in the state! As well as being 11th chair in Lions Band

[@Ignitablegamer]

at my high school we just got that song to play and guess what part I play... BONGOS!

[@ChickenInTheRaw4]

Ignitablegamer yo I got that part too it's pretty sick right

[@peachofthejunglegames834]

Yea I played that part too

[@ryaneads4525]

Dude same

[@mattwiltshire1130]

the darbuka was where its at

[@adithyasastry2240]

Yess I'm playing bongos this year

[@adamblake9565]

I am new to writing music and I am currently writing an Arabian piece, this is a perfect example of exactly what I wanted mine to sound like. Love It!!

[@oliviaking7533]

how did your piece turn out!!

[@santybarrero5530]

X2

[@Jordinkiryu]

dude I had the piccolo part xD

[@isabellawalters2416]

Jordin Kiryu me too!!

[@zebs.autumn]

ok? cool? never asked.

[@AVLXOCH]

being 1st alto is like everything in the soli music with the flute is solo

[@ph-jx4bd]

Avoided Legends it is not that fun bring first alto except for being melody accompaniment for a few measures

[@Dreigonix]

Where my clarinets at? ^__^

[@tearsofcontrition]

Dreigonix hell yea!

[@imawarawara]

Dreigonix right here

[@darknightmike10yearsago]

We here

[@cowzmoo2564]

Heck yea!

[@axellstuff4373]

I’m late BUT I DID THIS DURING MARCHING SEASON

[@izzya7274]

I remember listening to this in 8th grade and hearing the flute part at the end had me so inspired but scared because we were going to play it for contest

[@Stellabella32197]

such a fun song to play on French horn

[@tylerino4665]

I'm so jealous. I play the french horn. But I was a year last on the Arabian Dances train ;-;.

[@mancand027gaming]

but i am 4th horn and rest for half of the whole song

[@allisongarippo3269]

The Nether Knight the first horn part tests for half the song too

[@mancand027gaming]

Allison Garippo yeah the whole song is like flute and percussion

[@allisongarippo3269]

The Nether Knight yeah super cool, just a lot of rest. I remember I played a song that the one movement was 60bpm and the 3rd horn part (which I was playing) didn't come in until like measure 74

[@jakehohl1642]

LOVED THIS SONG. were playing for a concert/ prefomance infront of judges 1st trumpet

[@apollo7310]

I had the honor of playing this in AllCounty. And I played clarinet! It was so fun, but I was panting like a dying animal after lol

[@judeoster3222]

Played this song tonight at a concert. Trombone FTW

[@jayusofficial6348]

Dude trombone is where it's at!!

[@joonyah8904]

+Savory Harp I think you spelled French horn wrong!!

[@justkev10]

+Rickie Carballo French Horn ftw

[@mushjrl532]

+Skitz The Skittish dude same i play timpani

[@meganstorm9891]

Tell me is that a trombone, euphonium, or horn solo I hear at 4:58?

[@EndeReatha]

Mmmmm... the piccolo part tho

[@citrusaurus1970]

Freshman year trumpet, holla. Forever 2nd trumpet, lol. Until this year. hehehehe

[@ephraimkwon66]

+Bryant Mason Part time trumpet, full time savage. Dayum what a savage comment.

[@julianfernandez5272]

+Bryant Mason i was second part trumpet for this in all valley and i played way higher than all those chumps

[@Foxyboi1]

First trumpet here! It was pretty fun and easy!!

[@delta3265]

I loved playing Clarinet on this, it’s just cool to see all of the parts for this song collide into the masterpiece that this is, GO 1ST CLARINETS, although I did love it when half of our band said HEY in the percussion solos😂😂😂😂

[@Ooodam]

This song still haunts me, its been years. Amazing piece.

[@lizziea5480]

I played this in an honor band in high school, and I still have nightmares

[@samtron7467]

2019? I play the clarinet in symphonic band in middle school and this sounds amazing! I feel like my brother's marching band could play this!

[@gingechicken7394]

I always get chills within the first 2 minutes and honestly throughout this whole song. I played this in concert at an honor band in a beautiful concert room and the stage was vibrating at those loud powerful bass swells. Makes me smile thinking about it.

[@torilovespotatoes8857]

I've been listening to Brian Balmages pieces all night long and it started with Hypnotic Fireflies. He's a genius!

[@atticusnari]

Same!

[@MG-ts1xs]

Have you gotten to elements

[@ltdragon565]

this is one of my favorite songs i’ve ever played in band

[@Levi-lv1tv]

Still a song I hated playing in middle school. Our brass tone wasn’t mastered. But now when we sight read it as a joke, I got chills. Legit chills. It’s a brilliant piece.

[@sarahgalassini5188]

this is still one of my favorite pieces i've gotten to play. I was on flute for this and played the solo for our UIL concert. Such a fun piece

[@geekpiratcy8229]

Played Bari sax for winter concert and we take everything down the octive. By far the most fun I've had with a peice

[@jacobwhite4895]

All these little middle school kids saying they played this in 6th grade are lying their asses off because this piece of music is hard enough for a high school wind ensemble to play, I know because I'm playing this for UIL as a junior in my schools wind ensemble.

[@kingcrawfish420]

+Jacob White I'm playing this in my 8th grade varsity band for UIL. It is not an easy song at all though, you're right.

[@carterholtzman6650]

I'm playing it in 6th grade but I'm in the 7th and 8th grade band

[@julieweese5467]

+Jacob White often times teachers will slow down the tempo even at the increases and accelerando. I'm in a pretty advanced eighth grade band and weve been practicing it recently. A lot of it is just going up and down scales.

[@katyacorrea654]

I played this in 6th grade i was 2nd chair tenor in my districts honor band and we played the real tempo so idk what you talking about

[@ivanorozco8669]

I'm in 8th grade and we were playing this last year, we were doing so good but we didn't have enough percussionists. And then we played Fantasy of a Japanese Folk Song by Hazo. They're both grade 4's so it is possible to do it.

[@benpope184]

that low clarinet part though!

[@Pahang.bend17]

ikr

[@redfoxcat5537]

Bass clarinet lol

[@shanemsmith]

RedFox Cat If your'e referring to the low clarinet at the beginning, it sounds too low for a bass. I think it's a contra-alto clarinet. Idk though, I might be wrong.

[@redfoxcat5537]

trivialGalaxy oh no, I meant the duo at 4:35. I don't know if that is a clarinet harmonizing with the flute or a bass clarinet, what do you think?

[@shanemsmith]

RedFox Cat Sounds like the lower range of a normal Bb soprano clarinet. It does some of the lowest notes on it, so I get the confusion. I'll be able to provide a better answer soon, bc I have 3rd clarinet on this piece and will get my own copy shortly.

[@aydins.g8761]

We played this amazing song at Okanagan Mission secondary school. Directed by Mr. Schnellert. And it was magnificent.

[@gbba9629]

We are abt to go preform this at a contest for North Texas hs bands amd I'm so excited

[@elec_tr0n]

ARE YOU FROM THE KAUFMAN HIGHSCHOOL WIND ENSEMBLE??????

[@chanman1717]

Played this with an Honors Band and it's my second favorite song I've ever played. First is Witch and the Saint! This song is epic and I love the harmonics in Arabian music.

[@corinnapittenger5701]

i wonder if i should recommend this song to my band teacher? this is SO COOL! i probably should, but i hope it's on our level... I WANT TO PLAY THIS!

[@evamatson2774]

Corinna Pittenger I’ m playing this in symphonic all county- really fun. You should recommend

[@crazycooper1024]

My high school band is playing this song his year for the spring concert! It’s actually pretty lit!

[@brodypenn]

I *LOVEEEE* the bass clarinet and flute duet because those are what I play and I never thought I’d hear them together!!!

[@FlutistPride]

I play piccolo on this!

[@fadechaos8525]

i played this sophomore year it was in my top 3 favorite band pieces i played that year 1. Velocity (Robert sheldon) 2. Arabian dances 3. broadway one-step

[@ccczeldamain]

Velocity is so fun! Especially for clarinets

[@Sharkadilla]

I absolutely adore this song can't get enough of it so glad were playing it for contest!!-Bass Clarinet!

[@raven_mint_915]

Just got my bass clarinet part for this song for the honor band near me. Literally will be listening to this song on repeat for the next month before I perform it

[@vanessagaytan7007]

This is my marching show for ROBERT E LEE HIGH SCHOOL 2019

[@musicen751]

3:07 is one of my favorite parts.

[@misi1979]

Beautyfull music and excellent interpretation of the band and bandmaster!

[@ritaleal1204]

Played this some days ago in orchestra. I'm a percussionist so yeah I had a lot of fun playing that solo. This piece is amazing.

[@donniegingry1506]

I love the contra alto clarinet part in the beginning

[@anonymousanonymous5769]

Its contra bass clarinet. A contra alto clarinet is unable to hit those notes

[@mr.anything497]

Lol. We are playing this for our concert and my friend and I made up a story for fun: The song of Arabian Dances follows the story of the people of Arabia as they gather with the neighboring cities and perform the ritual of the leaves. Where they throw leaves they find in the forest into a fire as a sacrifice to their god. But what they don't realize is that this day is a windier day than most. And soon the leaves escape from the fire and spread to the trees ignite the forest in flames. Now it's a race against time to see if the Arabian people can save their forest in time before everything is gone from them. Yeah...the reason it's funny is because the city of Arabia is all deserts. So there are no trees at all. Funny. Isn't it?😂😂

[@derekd9349]

Wow

[@prime6091]

Really love the contra clarinet parts, I play them substituted on Bari Sax, and they sound amazing, especially at the start.

[@underplayer1927]

Brian Balmages was my guest conductor last year and we played with along with Kyiv 2022 as well as his other great works

[@musicbts24ateez95]

Every time it gets to the percussion part, my two friends and I in my section (clarinet) just start jamming out and having fun, also because we rest for over 100 measures in the middle of the piece

[@RebeccaSchell]

The contra clarinet is where it's at... We played this my freshman year and I was on Clarinet 1 (very fun, don't get my wrong) but I would LOVE playing the contra part when we rehearsed without my director. I've dying to play it at a festival. This is all I want to play now that I'm full time on contra (except our high school ensemble, where I'm bass and alto clarinet.) Too many clarinets lol

[@moon-crested-waves]

You also play 4 different clarinets?! That’s so cool. I rarely find people who play contra alongside Bb soprano and bass, let alone play contra (either Bb or Eb) and alto

[@RebeccaSchell]

@@moon-crested-waves yes! I played Eb contra specifically. That was my main. I never went for Eb soprano though. That was too much 😂

[@Hamboobies]

This song sounds amazing! My 7th grade band just got the sheet music yesterday.

[@daltoncarroll8407]

Played this song in an honor band at Tennessee Technological University while participating in the 2019 Festival of Woodwinds and Percussion and loved it.

[@WorldofCosplay1]

Oh, memories. First chair euphonium. I was the only one capable of hitting the high note at the 1:52 mark. Definitely one of my favorite pieces I've ever played.

[@Souseywousey5697]

Landon shut yo goofy self up

[@DavidEstrada1999]

playing this junior year, floutest. I feel like I'm the only flute player here though.

[@catarinasousa1894]

You are not the only one, my fellow flute player :) I'm playing this piece as well and It's so fun to play!

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

What's a flute? Do you mean the flout?

[@catarinasousa1894]

Flute, flout, flauta, it's all the same :)

[@michaelalemmons5270]

David Estrada I gotchu🤘 flutes all the way😁

[@aqualoon9120]

David Estrada flute👋👋👋

[@deadtm5934]

Ay! Playing this song for band! Where my contralto clarinet squad at?? We’re too unpopular of an instrument? Fair.

[@jeffreysarmiento5360]

We are playing this today for our All-County Honor band with the composer himself and a piece he commissioned for us Brian Balmages himself

[@AgFantastiCraft]

Song sounds amazing, and I get to play the piccolo part😝

[@frogman7806]

okay, let's talk, some stupid people must think it's funny or something to just go around and dislike these wonderful pieces. There is no reason, if you really, really don't like the piece, don't press the dislike button. Just click off the video instead of being the idiots you are. I just can't believe how many there are of you who would do that.

[@nickpage7012]

has to be one of my favorite music pieces of all time. (trumpet, percussionist)

[@creepercolemangames]

Love the little parts with the horns lol 👌 also flutes are on FIRE