Honors Band Auditions (part 2) || All South Jersey Middle School Percussion

The struggle of this audition will haunt me forever.
Suspended Cymbal - 0:20
Crash Cymbals - 4:04
Bass Drum - 6:20
Triangle - 12:09
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[@kyled4528]

Bruh I’m a junior in college and a couple of these were things I still didn’t know. What kinda middle school audition is this?!

[@ethanperez3844]

@@EMCproductions Can i play the Mayonnaise?

[@aprilmoore2917]

I did the same. I thought, "gee, this seems advanced for middle school ... it IS honor band - have our little small schools here fallen behind on what they SHOULD be familiar with?" I swear - there isn't enough time in the day - now I understand why we had extra rehearsals when I was in school...

[@speed_y4263]

I'm from Pennsylvania in 8th grade and I got 1st chair in my district thanks to you

[@JoCE2305]

I wish they had this for trumpet...

[@jacobbau8328]

JoPlays21 you may now exit percussion land

[@ryannoll369]

I appreciate that you're taking the time to teach the proper techniques required for concert percussion. I kinda would like a series demonstrating techniques on more obscure percussion instruments.

[@timbeer8266]

Thats a lot of handy tips I never learned in high school for the various auxiliary percussion. Its gonna be a very good morning on part 3

[@stansethley3853]

Here in Georgia our auditions consist of Snare, Mallets, and Timpani only. It's kind of interesting to see how other states audition their students. Most of these things I knew but it is always good to learn some new things about the intruments you play every day & that you've been playing some things incorrectly. Being a sophomore in high school it's great to learn this now, while I still have a chance to make more regional bands, plus it'll help in my college auditions.

[@astrodrumgaming7232]

StanSethley it is a similar thing in Tennessee and you have to audition for all three timps mallets and snare

[@lovaboy0076]

Same in maryland, you can audition with mallets, timpani, and snare, you only lick two, I picked timpani and mallets

[@abyss7657]

Secco mode(im not sorry)

[@TylerDunphy]

Crap you stole my comment idea

[@abyss7657]

@@TylerDunphy lmao

[@nurylee1309]

i play brass im not even in south jersey middle school why am i here

[@graysonries4828]

Random triangle lick

[@jayprivacy1900]

Your triangle game is on point, sir.

[@silhouettelectric]

Don't live in southern New Jersey, watching your videos hyping up for my audition for where I live. Also, learned some new stuff here, thanks!

[@gamernationwill1717]

Already had my audition, but I didn’t even make district honor band

[@Jemanzanares640]

I feel proud that I knew most of this stuff but I just never knew about the sweet spot

[@kool4580]

percussion was hard in middle school im playing next year maybe

[@hiro-mk4jn]

My middle school music wasn’t even close to this. They didn’t teach me nothing :( luckily high school finally did but it was super hard to catch on because I BARELY KNEW WHAT A SIXTEENTH NOTE WAS. The only way I knew what a sixteenth note was was saying pepperoni lol.

[@classicalytrumpet9190]

During marching band when I played bass drum and gong when I had a really quick stick change I would set the other stick on top of the drum and use the top as a table. Something to consider

[@CDCGaming]

I don’t know why I enjoy these types of videos so much.There just so entertaining

[@aro4457]

Tchaikovsky took cannon shots too literally

[@ezioblazesit9017]

I play trumpet, why am I here?

[@tywills2693]

They’ll survive... *(hint: they cant)*

[@trextify]

several years of being a percussionist in college and never knew that trick with the bass drum roll. really useful tip.

[@alexalani10110]

I play the oboe and this helps me for the one day I might have to play aux perc, even if that never happens, I’m prepared.

[@0v_x0]

14:50 I think the staccato marking indicates that, from a digital analysis standpoint, the sonic transient be short, so I think it does call for a fingertip muted hit, only enough to dampen *some* of the harmonics and speed up the envelope decay and release; then just... rest as normal. The rests would still be written in, so the staccato seems to indicate more than just muting on beat with the rest, because that's what you do on rests with non staccato hits. With no staccato marking, you'd play so it rings and then fullmute *on the beat the rest is on*, rather than playing a note that is snipped a bit in timbre and shorter than a full eighth note ring, but still do a fullmute on the rest for good measure. I don't think it's redundant, I think the staccato indicates the hit should be as short as possible (i.e. the transient if you were to see it as a digital waveform). Do it isn't ringing open for the entire eighth note beat like it would if there were only a rest and no staccato. If that makes sense, I feel like I just typed in circles. That was oddly difficult to explain. That's hella complex for middle school. High school all state was easier than some of this.

[@aro4457]

The cannon shot can be taken literally if your playing Tchaikovsky

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

"Is cannon an instrument?" "No Tchaikovsky, cannons are not instruments!" *20 years later* *1812 Overture Premier - featuring dynamic performance instructions, such as "escort cows off of stage" and "use cannons!"*

[@ozielguzman3529]

omg did every school use the wind chime as a triangle beater

[@MariChambers]

My first year in high school we used a screwdriver

[@asianjim8343]

Haha

[@Invert_Scrub]

This has been the best percussion PD session I've ever been to as a director LOL WHERE'S MY CERTIFICATE

[@jasono3679]

I'm from texas and the audition piece for middle school was way easier

[@vibeguy_]

Didn't know most of this stuff when I played the same exact solo excerptsin middle school auditions... fortunately I made it on mallets and then timpani so i never had to lift a cannon. Phew. Dodged a bullet there (get it? Heh)

[@lovaboy0076]

Same😂, I auditioned with mallets(xylophone) and timpani, but I mainly played with mallet instruments like xylophone, marimba etc, so I had to learn timpani

[@box3229]

The instruments I had to deal with is the snare drum, xylophone, and timpani

[@Zequintiny]

There are actual suspended cymbal mallets; they are very similar to timpani mallets but with yarn. They have the shaft of a drum stick, but the yarn head of yarn mallets. With these, you could reasonably use the back end of the mallet. In the video, he used keyboard yarn mallets, instead of suspended cymbal mallets.

[@nasanka7428]

guess he needs a third degree

[@dralf2020]

Long-time adjudicator here. The requirements are intentionally hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. We typically see 1 or 2 students who can pretty much ace everything on the requirement list (even in MS), a few students who are absolutely clueless, and most are in the middle where they can do a few of the requirements well, but not the majority. The audition process for a band like this is set up so that those students who really have the chops rise to the top and then the really difficult skills separate the 1st and 2nd (and sometimes 3rd) chairs, so that the truly skilled students get the top slots. The rest of the section is filled with the students who know more than most. The requirements are very difficult, so we look for the student who has some mastery of all the skills and weight the selection toward the skills that are most important overall. I'm not a percussionist, but I would imagine snare technique would be one of the important skills that separates the better players with the mediocre group. As for dictating tempo, that is often counter productive (IMHO). I would weight higher a student who can play the skill at 100 bpm cleanly than a student who can play it at 120, but has technical errors.

[@EMCproductions]

I agree, but I feel that a lot of the material in this audition is over the top and unnecessarily difficult. Yes, rudiments are a good evaluative tool (though I would clear up the open/closed roll interpretation on the sheet). All the traps ‘rudiments’ are completely unnecessary. I am currently in the process of writing a letter to the board for NJ honors bands. The percussion audition shouldn’t be separated in to battery, timpani, and mallets. All 3 should be included within 1 percussion audition. Much less material for each and no traps rudiments. This will encourage more well rounded percussion training and should clearly showcase which chair students will place.

[@dralf2020]

@@EMCproductions OK, I can understand that, and I will certainly take your word on the necessity of certainly elements as you are obviously more qualified to speak to that. In light of this information I would love to see what skills are required in their woodwind audition material (that's my area.) Thank you for the thoughtful reply.

[@Potter5416]

There are auxiliary percussion tables with pads and a stand included!

[@LonnieDavisMusic]

Bass drum excerpt use Culligan Mahler 3 Mallets so you can switch to the hard side for the "canon shot"

[@judahgartzke327]

I love these videos idk why

[@aquathemage1680]

Any advice on practicing a bell kit part without owning a bell kit?

[@lovaboy0076]

I had the same problem, you should ask your band director if you could borrow one, but I assuming you don't need one anymore😂

[@insertchannelnamehere632]

This is extremely late, but my band director said if you own a piano or a keyboard play on that with just your pointer fingers if you can't borrow one

[@blake4129]

What mallets do you use for bass drum? They look nice a fluffy

[@baconcat2458]

What they do to kill us brass players during all state/honor band auditions are tons of 16th notes, which is foreign to you if you are low brass

[@hobg5786]

14:50 the word is redundant Also my percussions classmates and I have tried stringing the triangle with some thin yarn we found in our former band director's old office, but it's become a meme for falling onto the floor at convenient times (i.e. during concerts, during sightreading, etc.) Should we just get thick yarn? Is there some better thing to string with?

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Fishing line dude, fishing line. Tie it through the loops of a binder clip, and knot the ends together, and then knot them together again. Way better than buying a $10 triangle clip lol

[@Leonlion0305]

now I cringe every time when I see concert bass drum because apparently I got roasted by the judge for playing the bass drum with the wrong hand (I had to do that part like 2 weeks before the festival and I didn't get any tips on how to play them; I play french horn for the most part too). I said apparently because I never heard the tape only heard second hand by other percussionist

[@jeffcon1]

For the cannon shot. I'd be tempted to pull out a radio and shout something like "Rain 6, this is Rocky 3! Fire mission! Grid FG23397643! One round H.E. Fire for effect!

[@ianian2425]

Where was the have a good morning

[@braddywakler8601]

I don’t know most of this, although I have never touched a percussion instrument

[@coencarlberg7047]

Our county honors band in California wasn't nearly as hard

[@anastonishingnick]

You could also stand on the other side of the bass drum to play quarter notes with your right hand.

[@vectorjiu-jitsu955]

I learned this in college ? What middle school band director has this much time to spend with percussion tech. Or who knows it with out being a perc. If they are a percussionist they are most likely al about marching band and only doing middle school as a requirement .

[@lovaboy0076]

My middle school band director was a percussionist 😂

[@vectorjiu-jitsu955]

@@lovaboy0076 so was mine but we only had one director

[@hadeerfati4913]

Why do I keep getting this Chanel in my recommendations I’m not even a percussionist

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

I got it in mine, and now I'm a percussionist lmao

[@kittycat344]

I'm a high school trumpet player why am I watching these

[@hanbyoullozano1167]

Reee fourth P.S. love the vids and happy be-lated birthday! and is this how it is for almost every orchestra audition?

[@EA-hp9pt]

You should invest in trap stands it's a good invest but just an idea though

[@SnomelBocaj]

You need to be a perc director

[@cjaverysrandomreviews4675]

What bass drum mallet did you use

[@friedpancakes266]

We always got 5th bass out for canon shots

[@joshuamaldonado1721]

When you play french horn but you are watching a percussion tutorial...

[@tjay9958]

What is an eight note with a flag I don’t get it

[@jonathanrichardson9791]

just go find the arty boys for the cannon shot

[@jomloft1]

Why would the art dept have a cannon? Rotc kids would be a better choice

[@Danny-sy7bg]

Rotc kids dont get anything other than bb guns, go to the one history teacher that all junior highs have thats like 70 and is a civil war re enactor

[@theloniousspunk3728]

Bro what triangle do you have

[@jathan7145]

Equilateral

[@ericsilverman2367]

Do North Jersey

[@gusstork508]

chair always comes in handy

[@loganochs2609]

Middle School kids have to play that?

[@donovanreagh1675]

the part at 9:00 about killed me XD

[@astrodrumgaming7232]

I think cannon shot equals rim shot plus hit

[@DanielGutierrez-qt4ri]

Good sir at 10:06 you almost made me lose no nut November,good video though

[@joshstinger9752]

Second means dry in spanish

[@theloniousspunk3728]

Love you

[@zackallen8274]

S e c c o m o d e

[@markagustin593]

a lot of these concert stuff is wrong but the idks are halirious lol

[@captainkiwi77]

Mark Agustin how’s the concert stuff wrong

[@mrnicknick02]

@@captainkiwi77 With the bass drum, when you do a roll you do it in traditional not matched (because look at it). Also, with the cannon shot if I remember correctly your left hand is supposed to go behind the drum and your right hand just hits it normal.

[@captainkiwi77]

Mrnicknick02 I’ve seen professionals roll either way, personally I prefer matched but the angle definitely makes traditional a viable option, as to the cannon shot I have never heard that. I think between the mans 2 percussion degrees and years of experience he knows a little bit of what he’s doing. And most technique in terms of auxiliary percussion is not super uniform. I’ve been told 4 different “correct” ways to suspended cymbal roll, and 3 different triangle sweet spots. It really just boils down, like all technique, to what works for you, at least in a concert setting. In a drum line setting of course uniformity is key, but in a concert setting there’s quite a bit of leeway and differentiation

[@markagustin593]

@@captainkiwi77 normally band plays the bass drums tilted and when we roll we roll it the same was as a timpani (between the edge and middle) and instead of using your legs on the bass drum which is weird we use a towel or a thick sheet to mute it and we take it of to roll. for triangle we normally also dont have time to hold the triangle so we hang it. also its weird how the music doesnt tell the suspended cymbal to crescendo

[@captainkiwi77]

Mark Agustin very weird on the bass stuff, but I’ve definitely seen it done that way before too, we hang our triangles as well unless there is easily enough time to take it and feature it (if the triangle is supposed to really stand out, like a bookending to something ending on a triangle hit or something similar) also it is strange that the music doesn’t say crescendo but I guess if you really think about it it’s kinda implied that rolling on a suspended cymbal should crescendo to some degree at least.

[@kitkatkid1976]

Who else get blisters from their sticks because they practice a lot

[@calvinboden9932]

5:28 "fastest thing we have is quarter notes" theres 8th notes in the next mesure

[@kitkatthicccat1864]

Calvin Boden Eighth notes are length, not speed. Those eighth notes are equally as fast

[@calvinboden9932]

@@kitkatthicccat1864 well then

[@fettuccinealfred]

Haha using an MB4H on a concert bass

[@popwiz3029]

Touching the head of the mallets is bad for the yarn because of the oils in your skin.

[@10thelement75]

Am I the only one who released the drumsticks on the suspended cymbal has mallets in the butt of the stick

[@mannymunoz06]

Secco mode

[@friendlyepictv9808]

Ok, putting I don’t know for playing the suspended cymbal on the outside is kinda dumb in my opinion. That’s basic technique, you should know that. Same thing with crash cymbals. You shouldn’t have to write how you hold the cymbals, that should be common knowledge. I learned that in 6th grade, my first year playing percussion

[@squiddy7869]

I don’t even play percussion..

[@garygordon4116]

s e c c o

[@andrespinzon8030]

it’s pronounced subito not subito 🤪

[@huntergrimes9094]

Reee 2nd

[@kazrios2553]

oof.wav

[@whoitisnot]

You needed better instruction in middle school. You were cheated.

[@cryptycpromethea1993]

Reee first

[@GabeT04]

No one cares

[@cryptycpromethea1993]

Gabriel {BYOS} K

[@EMCproductions]

Good job!

[@dementiadan]

What about muting the back head of the bass drum?