Bach Toccata - National Saxophone Choir

[@williamcarter7325]

Those baris and basses. #Gosh

[@AnDynessisity]

Probably my favorite classical song played by an army of my favorite type of instrument! Well done!

[@DavidMGarens]

All around enjoyable performance of Bach. All these talented folks make several instruments sound like one big church organ instrument, each is a finger on Bach's keyboard. Keep up the good work.

[@upload5895]

Really good performance! Great job

[@knexkid27]

it give me chills... normally only trumpets do that! Wonderful!

[@ulthryvasse]

Incredible - thank you for that masterpiece!

[@zacwilson9088]

I love saxaphones. That's why I play one. :D

[@ferretprince007]

amazing sax arrangement

[@youcanttrickmeagain]

great great performance. I liked it.

[@helenelamor8811]

Bach Toccata - National Saxophone Choir ВЕЛИКОЛЕПНО!

[@helenelamor8811]

игорь ботвинов Благодарю, Игорь!

[@jeffreyjhouser]

Very nice! Interesting arrangement for a select group of instruments!

[@Sofjfjfkfidifjfjuu]

I recently played this on tenor in a ensemble. great job

[@latindrummer777]

i like 2:59 because it has a balance of the high and low saxophones and creates a warm dark sound.

[@toccoa66]

Beyond WOW-- Thanks!

[@thewoodenrabbit]

Wow, great sounds!

[@RACERDALEJR88]

This song gave me goosebumps!

[@raywoodmiller8725]

People who say they are moving way too much, I know a lot of people who move while playing. It's their bodies natural reaction to the song. If they are really involved then they move. I do it occasionally. Especially one song called Danzas Cubanas by Robert Sheldon. Bari has the melody and I get into it and start deck for a bit

[@DeathProductions200]

+Raywood Miller If people think they move to much then I kind of feel ashamed. Look at lucky chops brass band. They move a lot more than the National Saxophone Choir. Then again Lucky Chops performs in the street a lot. But it's still the same thing. People think that moving isn't that good to do when playing. But it's really a good thing to do if you can play while moving.

[@RewindTour2011]

imma move over there :) love this!!!

[@gordz2]

This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Been wanting to play sax for so long but alto not ,soprano, tenor or bass. Please someone give me a sax so I can learn how to play this beautiful instrument

[@CamiloVaque]

Jason Gordon tenor

[@mclaine33]

OMG! So beautiful!

C'EST TRES BEAU

[@TheFranklefurt]

this is sooooo good

[@DreadedEd]

Awesome ! ! !

[@dezabaleta1]

Excellent...

[@dvsfamilys]

it sounds like an organ frickin cool man :DDD

[@GhostDragon1274]

All you need is Sax!

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

Hearing the big saxen play the low D (Organ Pedal) is great stuff I agree... Like having 8' and 16' Stops on die Orgel!!! Wish they would add the Fugue!!!!

[@shiningarmor2838]

It is an octave higher though

[@shiningarmor2838]

8' is normal tenor/baritone pitch. I imagine you meant 16' and 32'.

[@GregBrownsWorldORacing]

Prolly, never thougth about it much Shining. Guess a Bari is about 8' if you stretched the whole thing out. What about that badass TuBAX?

[@shiningarmor2838]

Contrabass tubax plays at 16' pitch and subcontrabass plays at 32'

[@Mome-music]

Instrumentalist and musician should click here to watch a wonderous performance wit saxophone

[@MrCarlosvoz]

Beautifull

[@fatfatdog85]

Omg I play alto sax. And this is giving me the chills

[@TheFunkyKingston]

Yes!!

[@RichardDenRooyen1973]

amazing how the tones sometimes just sound like...... strings....harmonics? frequencies?

[@soulastrology]

love it.

[@FrizzyIzzychicken]

@EEaudio09 hahaha i knew thats whyy! I did check it out there amazing! and yes sax players love the spot light haha

[@radsaxman]

this is fantastic. i want to play a contra bass SO bad.

[@CodyL211]

i love how they sound like a string orchestra.... i play the alto and this makes me want to move to Great Britain XD

[@CaseyFriday]

@FrizzyIzzychicken hehe, you got me. I'm a horn player. You should check out the American Horn Quartet's version of the Toccata. It's unbelievable. On another note, sax players were always stealing my upbeats in wind ensemble...

[@andretsang7337]

FIFY This is sax.

[@djmir4]

1:30 sounds like an oboe :D i love saxophones!!!!

[@hap184]

There is another kind of contra probably you don't know, In the Brazil, it was manufactured a compact contra bass sax. I don't know the exactly work... It's BENT,DOUBLE,CURVED,BOWED SAXOPHONE. In my option, to consider a sax alto, tenor, baritone, bass and contrabass. The VOLUME is the path.

[@samuelcarvlaho4227]

espetacular

[@LowReedExpert1]

a contrabass saxophone would have a much larger bell and flare and it would be considerably wider throughout the bore

[@LowReedExpert1]

well thanks for correcting me(not sarcasm) im always trying to find out more about these giants, and i've heard and read debates among some saxophone purist (this video as an example a few times) say the bore is too small for a true sax but granted you've played them unlike them lol

[@87AltoSax]

i was waiting for the contra-bass player to break out in a crazy 32nd note solo hahaha!

[@masoncraine650]

shopping checklist 1. a tuner

[@JohnBaptist702]

The sound of all the Sax Family mimics a Grand Pipe Organ.

[@awesomeskier12345]

sopranino sax omg

[@hap184]

I've heard about diferences instrument with low A and with out, there are many opnions. It's sounds more a sax without lower notes. manufact a sax without a large bell could means more refinament/fininf/tuning. if you manufact an enlarged sax you can compromise the tone... to ensure the right note/tone/ the right Hertz... better produce right... Selmer and Benedick does a good work in the volume and size of the saxophone, allowing the players to sound more right as possible(Hearts)...

[@kinoglaz777]

Don't really agree on some cuts for the sopranos.

[@rcoremos]

Bach would have originally written this for saxes if he could have. Sounds very much like an organ :)

[@severinorafaelcavalcanteda8252]

👏👏👏💎Fantastic Melody Very beautiful 💐 Big Band Shaw 🎷🎼🎶@Kaki_Som

[@jdragon1012]

remember all you saxophone players. always practice safe sax or if not then just jazz on her face.:D

[@beatsax]

Dang, that soporillo played in tune!

[@flodareltih9407]

would of been epic to be there :(

[@eljarrado123]

oboes and flutes are a lot lighter. i'm not saying sops are heavy, and i'm not saying they WILL drop their sop, just a lot of people would rather be safe than sorry. i mean you sometimes see clarinet players wear neck straps aswell. And i know they do sometimes, but more often than not, saxophone players stand a lot more than those two instruments, so if they were to drop it, it would do a lot more damage.

[@LowReedExpert1]

The giant in this video is technically a Tubax, I think, they may have made a special order, but it has a range to A. General rule of thumb I use is if the bell is by half the body, it goes to Bb, next to the top, A, OVER the top of the sax (super rare) LOW G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@hap184]

There is no TUBAX in this video, the tree lowest are Contra, bass and baritone saxophones.

[@jarod997]

Amazing arrangement and playing -- however I disagree with the interpretation of the playing style.

[@skyrider234]

1:30. yes.

[@shenkeey]

@TurboHertz No, this is sax*

[@williamcaton6781]

Mother Of God. I play bari but OH, MY, GOD!!!!

[@AntonioFlores-wz8sv]

Could not hear the contra d on the double bass sax which can sound 1 half note lower.

[@pugoverlordoffspring]

@RasmusEOE With an organ you can't get the same articulation, dynamics, and sound and would you have said that if this were a video of a traditional orchestra playing this?

[@hap184]

I've play a big J´ Elle Stainer bass Bb, which has low G and it appears with Low Bb, its very funny. It's hard to play, you must use mouthpiece of contrabass, uses much air, its necessay to set up(openning keys, reed) the sax to each players. The manucture told me he consider that sax as contrabass, there somethings that is hard to measure. that one can cheat every one. Of course he does great saxophone, but that one is unique because someone asked him to do that.

[@japansekip]

what a civilisised sound. I ltttle bit stiff way of playing but a fine sound

[@MajeAdams17]

Soprillo mini solo at 2:00! XD

[@majickids]

This is Awesome ! Anyway Culd

[@ThePopcornMan14]

How many hours did it take you to get in tune?

[@coco2898]

Reminds me of Epic Sax Guy.

[@eljarrado123]

I'm not saying that flutes and oboes don't stand,i'm not stupid, but i can guarantee you that they are only using a neckstrap just in case they drop it. I never used to, but then it just slipped, accidently. now i always use a strap, not because i feel it's an absolute must have, but just as a safety precaution.

[@jimka2001]

there seem to be two saxes in the video smaller than the soprano. and of those two they are different sizes from each other. did anyone notice them? what are they?

[@thatsaxguy8356]

they are called the sopranino and the soprillo they are extremely high and expensive saxophones

[@babieedoll518]

Tenor Sax !

[@majickids]

Anyway could I get these sheet music for my sax choir ????

[@tetragrpatg]

SAXES RAWKS~ (:

[@MrJianghanchao]

please watch this video "Squillante - Toccata et fugue". Just for intonations...

[@godblessingme20]

Hunting!!!! I love it tho!!!! :-)

[@Alex-mg6vn]

THAT was incredible; why isn't the the fugue there? It would have sounded really good as well...

[@MrMuzzi70]

im gonna make a cover of this. i just need 19 saxplaying friends

[@hap184]

There are one contrabass there!. There are tree guys which(Contra, bass and bari) is not TUBAX, they are saxophones, just it! As you u have written "I think"... I'm sure man I play all of them. When you manufacture a sax, as bass saxofones, look at Conn, Martin and Selmer, there are tree diferent sizes, you must consider a rangeo of size and volume to consider a bass sax. And the Contra is the same thing, just a thin size! My apologies Look for my amateur videos, "sax contrabass hino 445"

[@7musicdoctor7]

i fully expected the people who walked in at :36 to start mystery-science-theater commentary...

[@BobtheHoboDog]

lol ive noticed EVERY single sax moves when playin

[@LateNightTrain]

MORE CONTRABASS!!!!

[@noodles3132]

soooooooooo from what i gather is that ppl hate us saxes cuz they are jealous :P

[@337336324317313306]

@jmtoor It was a minor chord. Not really dissonant at all.

[@BelladonnaRLGK]

i play the alto, tenor and bari.... if anyone wants to get me a contrabass that'd be greeeat :P

[@curtisharder7112]

I swear they are cheating, I hear some sort of string instruments. Jk great job.

[@shannonsimble3710]

That's because in the soprino sax section there are two uncommon saxes used this being the sopranino sax and the sopranissimo sax the sopranissimo sax is the smallest if you look in the lineup when they show the soprino sax section

[@crIms0ngen]

Saxophones blend very well in orchestra like pieces, assuming the sound of a variety of instruments, including strings. :P And in this ensemble they start at the Soprillo, then have sopranino, then all the familiar saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone) go down to the bass, and even the tubax.

[@eljarrado123]

and i would like to see you play as well as them with a tone that good. Soprano's take the championship trophy on screwing up intonation and sounding like oboes, so good luck with that.

[@michaelmoses603]

1:15 My jaw dropped

[@MelissaLikesOtters]

Baritone Sax!(:

[@Thezombieslayer99]

sopranino and soprillo

[@amschu04]

ooh, a sopranino :o

[@eljarrado123]

on that last note, accidents can happen. play for long enough and your thumbs get slippery sometimes. BTW, i am LOVING how angry you are getting over such a little thing :')

[@groovychronics5611]

I know right! that thing belongs in the pachyderm family haha

[@FrizzyIzzychicken]

@EEaudio09 your probably only saying that cause you cant play

[@eljarrado123]

those soprano's aren't cheap. you do realise the only reason they wear the straps is to stop them from dropping it right?

[@xxsomesadkidxx]

@hp71196 i know i do lol

[@jessthompson6285]

Lots of troublesome intonation problems to work out, both within & between sections. First of all, the low register octaves weren't in tune - that needs to be fixed in order for the upper voices to have a chance to know where to place their pitch. Also, a few individual players (notably tenor & soprano) weren't adequately blending with the overall ensemble tonal color (i.e., they were "sticking out") - which is another basic issue. When everyone's individual tone qualities are matched, perfect intonation is much easier to achieve.

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

Interesting interpretation. The sax can at least handle the bass. Especially with the contrabass sax.

[@GoldSabre]

Girl on the left outside edge probably should have been standing somewhere else... she's bouncing around like she's on a friggin' trampoline!

[@Davmm96]

Must be some job to arrange for 20 saxes..