One of the best Guards music I have ever heard. Simply love it. X
@christopherfisher62934 жыл бұрын
Don't care what any one says, I'm really proud and glad that these lads are on my side!! Go guards, go!!!
@babbadudl9 жыл бұрын
Really a beast on the drill square :D Farewell GSM Mott!
@markevans69734 жыл бұрын
Brings tears to the eyes. Can't beat the guards at music
@1chish9 жыл бұрын
@5:43 Billy Mott getting the Pace Stick into use... on the march. Guys a legend.
@aislingmichaelaoneill10286 жыл бұрын
1chish Mind you, all GSMs London District are legendary, as are all Academy Sergeant Majors at Sandhurst.
@cynthiasetter820011 жыл бұрын
WOW! As the Daughter of an RSM I agree with the comments about the GSM----and as the "ex" of a Guards DoM, I also agree with the remarks about how good the Bands are sounding under the direction of Col. Barnwell. Bodes well for Trooping the Colour.
@yasmin4911 жыл бұрын
Ohhh my ohhhh my !!! made me feel very nostalgic, I attended the Trooping of the Colour in 1996 as a guest of the Welsh Guards, it was as spectacular then as it is now, Excellent Billy (GSM) very proud of you
@pasqualepellicoro62614 жыл бұрын
Well done. Thank you so much
@ronaldweasleyfan5511 жыл бұрын
It's always wonderful to see the work and preparation that goes in to make the Ceremony o so smoothly. THank you for posting this! Gotta love the Sergeant Major's command presence. The band sounds great, but that's nothing new!
@emutemusic10 жыл бұрын
Yep! Amazing, enjoyed the video ! Music is the prime invention of our species isn't it? I'm very thankful to be a musician!
@drummajor200011 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to see your videos. Keep them coming
@JohnnyNorfolk11 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that. Thanks so much for posting.
@hovanti11 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing this video; I enjoy it immensely! The marches are all quite stirring, my favorite being the "Grand March-Rienzi."
@erickotlyarov27247 жыл бұрын
Great drum major! You can tell he's musically inclined!
@expatmartin11 жыл бұрын
"When the Sgt Major's on Parade!" and in this case the GSM. Outstanding projection. Just fabulous thank you.
@조금성-c8n3 жыл бұрын
고맙습니다.
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
The march is called "Heroes' Return" by Arnold Steck and was used for the Quick Troop in this year's parade.
@t3h8d910 жыл бұрын
Life of a Guardsman is not easy....Jolly good show of pageantry.
@aislingmichaelaoneill10286 жыл бұрын
t3h8d9 “Alice is marrying one of the Guard, A soldier’s life is terrible ‘ard,” said Alice.
@johnross76796 жыл бұрын
im 1st btn scots guards right flank 1983 ____1990 rosco i loved the band of brothers we meet every year reunion in union jack waterloo
@GH-lo8vl4 жыл бұрын
John Ross - The union jack Waterloo, now that brings back memories. I was in training in 1979 and my Glaswegian mate pestered me to go and watch some rock band who were playing at the hammersmith odeon, and we stayed in the union jack. It was the best night of my life, being one of the very few people to have watched Bon Scott sing with ACDC.
@FFEMTB087 жыл бұрын
I love looking this stuff up on here to watch and enjoy it. I hope to one day be able to travel over the pond and witness this in person.-An American
@kennethsewell42457 жыл бұрын
Its live on tv you should be able to pick it up via internet
@jamesweigh31784 жыл бұрын
FFEMTB08 Same!
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
The final two ranks of the massed bands consist of the Corps of Drums of The Grenadier Guards and Welsh Guards together. These soldiers play drums and flutes and are not professional musicians but are part of their infantry regiments.
@rodentum4411 жыл бұрын
Now that's a GSM!, Must be Billy Mott!
@BismarcksOtto11 жыл бұрын
Trooping the Colour has been one of two must-see annual live television events since I was about twelve. And while I'm always delighted when a German march is picked for the ceremony (pretty sure the wonderful rendition of the Möllendorfer in 2009 will stay with me for the rest of my life), this simple choice of playing Rienzi during Wagner Year just doubled my fondness for Her Majesty's Armed Forces. Thanks for the vid, troopingadmin - and the best of greetings from Germany!
@timothynorris798410 жыл бұрын
BRAVO THE MUSICIANS, BOTH GUYS and GALS, OF THE BANDS of HM HOUSEHOLD DIVISION ! THE VERY BEST, and THE MOST " EXPENSIVE" SOUND IN THE WORLD !
@arbuckle12311 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, as always, troopingadmin. Thank you for uploading. It's nice to see the GSM in action and those marvelous massed bands of the Household Division.
@bobanderson345310 жыл бұрын
Damn good, even with Billy Mott roaring down their necks!
@johnbilby683511 жыл бұрын
the massed bands are a set size and all those left over provide spares. the coldstreamer without an instrument is just standing in for someone who was missing for the rehearsal. the space will have a 'blower' in it on the day. hope this answers your question.
@OSkyFireO8 жыл бұрын
Best (or worst) blocking of my life came from Billy Mott....holy shit could that man make you shit yourself.
@Jackwylde687 жыл бұрын
OSkyFireO what for?
@MGHLOVER11 жыл бұрын
Yeah Garrison seargent major Bill Mott can yell its rumored he is the most feared man in the British Army
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
The drummer singled out performs a solo known as the "Drummer's Call". The Trooping of the Colour phase is initiated by the lone drummer's eight-bar "Drummer's Call", signalling the Captain of No. 1 Guard to cede his command to the Subaltern of No.1 Guard before the Escort move to obtain The Colour.
@adelaide10211 жыл бұрын
There used to be eight Guards battalions, three based in London for ceremonial duties, now reduced to five battalions with only 2 for ceremonial duties.
@Aeoline10 жыл бұрын
The Heroes Return (Arnold Steck) at the beginning is wonderful. Some of the British marches have a slightly 'cheeky' quality about them. From 1:40, and 2:15, it's reminiscent of one of those slightly bawdy music hall songs: you can almost imagine the missing words! Given that Steck/Statham was born in 1905, it's likely that he was familiar with the popular music hall tradition.
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
It is known as a pace stick. It can open so that the tips separate at fixed distances, corresponding to various lengths of marching pace, such as "double march", "quick march", "step short", etc. When opened to the correct pace length, the pace stick can be held alongside the holder's body by the hinge, with one leg of the stick vertical to the ground, and the other leg pointing forward. By twirling the stick while marching, the stick can be made to "walk" alongside its holder at the proper pace
@NancyCampbell-rk9rm Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info, and the video of course.
@skillet233110 жыл бұрын
Garrison sergeant major billy monte what a guys
@GeorgeRMcFarlane6 жыл бұрын
Whats the first piece of music called
@Insperato6211 жыл бұрын
I wonder if any "tourists" watching this realise that the man "doing all the shouting" is Billy Mott, the same guardsman emblazoned all over Heathrow Airport :)
@LtHades4 жыл бұрын
I am not sure. I know it him because he told me it was him.
@emptyangel11 жыл бұрын
Lovely! Thanks!
@rickhall431810 жыл бұрын
Ok, I figured out that the hat bands represent the Irish Guards (Green), the Highlanders (Tartan Plaid) I would assume maybe the Coldstream Guards... what do the braids on the visors indicate? rank? Very Cool. Saw the Highlanders her in St Louis a few years ago and Loved it!! God Save the Queen and God Bless America
@semajbronson216 жыл бұрын
Rick H I'll explain the Forage Caps: Grenadier Grds: Red Band Coldstream Grds: White Band Scots Grds: Plaid Band Irish Grds: Green Band Welsh Grds: Black Band
@Coldstreamer175 жыл бұрын
Rick H there are no highlanders here, those are the scots guards, and they have plaid
@Insperato6210 жыл бұрын
@Rick H - the colours of the hand bands are: Grenadiers - red, Coldstreamers - white, Scots Guards (NOT Highlanders!!!) - chequered (red and white, not a tartan - the plaid is worn over the shoulder), Irish - green, Welsh - Black (I think). The regimental emblems on the caps also help (also shown on the collar of their red tunics), and the number of buttons on the tunics worn by the Drum Majors. Easier to work out who is who when they're wearing full ceremonial summer dress - bearskins and red coats - plumes, insignia, button groupings all clearly visible (even on the back of the coats). You're buggered in the winter, as they all wear grey greatcoats, so you've only the plume in the bearskin to help you. The regiments in the British Army are continually being shrunk, amalgamated, renamed, ancient identities blurred, but so far the Government hasn't dared touch the Household Division (the Guards and the Household Cavalry).
@Jackwylde687 жыл бұрын
Insperato62 Irish has a blue plume
@Jackwylde687 жыл бұрын
Insperato62 and the Welsh is white-green-white, it's meant to look like a leek or something
@arbuckle12311 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your information, troopingadmin. I just corrected my records-
@jimmymyers87539 жыл бұрын
Check out the Bi Centenary Parade Kings Royal Rifle Corps with Liz and all!
@GenociderF6511 жыл бұрын
Gran trabajo. Enhorabuena. Los mejores músicos militares del mundo junto con los Royal Marines.
@Giggles15424211 жыл бұрын
Oh Les Huge Nuts (as we like to lovingly refer to Les Huguenots) ;-) Great slow march.
@fitnessisgood4u11 жыл бұрын
The Corps of Drums at the rear of the band don't train at Kneller Hall. They attend the Infantry Drummers Course at the ITC in Catterick, Yorkshire. Regards.
@BudFieldsPPTS7 жыл бұрын
By what measure do you absolutely KNOW your formation is square and lines are ramrod straight? It's a secret reserved only for bandsmen, and their Sergeants Major. (Never let the word "diagonals!" escape your lips!) This formation is ramrod straight and square! How do I know? I could tell ya, but then I'd have to kill your reed, mouthpiece and sticks. Diagonals, dammit! These are beautiful to see, and a joy to watch. BTW: That outstanding young man carrying the pacing stick is the greatest bandsman of them all! Ultimate admiration and respect, GSM Billy Mott!
@expatmartin11 жыл бұрын
Talking of RSMs, I have performed these wonderful English songs such as the Sgt Maj on Parade and The Changing of the Guard all my career, people love them. On a trip to Australia last year my cousin gave me a very old song book called The Pick of The Bunch" of Soldiers' Songs with songs dedicated to all NCO ranks and the foot soldier. It is I'm sure a collector's item.
@rodolfojude49024 жыл бұрын
Beautiful music only the British can .!
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
That is "The British Grenadiers", Regimental Quick March of The Grenadier Guards.
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
The first section of the video is not part of the drill rehearsal but is a music "warm-up" for the band. and, at that point, they had not been given any order to stand at ease or at attention.
@paratropers9 жыл бұрын
the tall one(last row) has a good few over the massed band
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I will update the list.
@drummajor200011 жыл бұрын
Again great stuff mate!
@etionshrdlu11 жыл бұрын
I find rehearsal videos such as this one more interesting than the ceremony itself. Especially enjoy the commanding presence of the sergeant major. Another question from an American unfamiliar with the British military. The troops in the final rank seem to be carrying some object in their left hands--perhaps piccolos?--but they appear just to be following along with the rest of the band, except when they lead a side-step maneuver at one point. What is their purpose?
@Coldstreamer177 жыл бұрын
Heroes return is probably the best quick march ever especially the piano part (piano meaning soft)
@NancyCampbell-rk9rm Жыл бұрын
Pianissimo.
@louislungbubble11 жыл бұрын
the foot guards will say they are better im sure of that but gone are the days of the "tall guardsman", bigger than the rest of the army and all that .in war fighting i think one infantry soldier does the same as the next, handles the same weapons and uses the same tactics. in depot maybe the training is harder for the guards perhaps a higher standard is expected ,im sure morale would be higher just to be in the guards ,but all infantry i know "belong" to their regiment and are proud of it
@arbuckle12311 жыл бұрын
I might be totally wrong but I thought the Coldstream Guards BSM Hamilton is a clarinet player, whereas the soldier in question is standing in for a cornet player. Just a thought.
@1chish11 жыл бұрын
@ 14.32 How the hell do they manage that 'Wheel'. Closely guarded secret no doubt. Magnificent and makes me wish I hadn't peeled onions ..
@tralens11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great video and naming the Marches. I think at the end we heard a few bars of 'The Welshman' if I am not mistaken.
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
It is called 'Grand March - Rienzi' by Wagner.
@semajbronson216 жыл бұрын
Senior Drum Major WO2 Matthew J. Betts, Grenadier Guards
@neilwimperis318111 жыл бұрын
Great stuff !!!!
@AndrewSmart196011 жыл бұрын
You wouldn't wanna go missing with that sargeant major lol Great upload ty :)
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
Current Coldstream BSM is Adrian Beckett who plays cornet.
@Mick68511 жыл бұрын
A sea of slashed peaks. Notice" the pain with the cane" or the "Dick with the stick"... it's a Purbright thing! they are tailor-made.
@Guardsfriend11 жыл бұрын
Thank you from Germany Warm Up: Lt Col. Stephan Barnwell ( Welsh Guards) Senior Director of Music Household Division. GSM Billy Mott - The Voice of the British Army-
@SuperNutkin11 жыл бұрын
Kilbraur, for your information, half of the Massed Bands are facing the "wrong" way until the musical signal is given for them to about turn, to be facing the same way as the other half of the Massed Bands. We can only see one lone trombone player in the video, but its half of the Massed Bands facing the "wrong" way. Thanks. Supernutkin.
@troopingadmin11 жыл бұрын
If you watch carefully (@ 8.22) you'll see that the band's change of direction is carried out by means of half of the band facing one way and the other half the opposite way. At a command from the bass drum, the opposing half about turn to complete the wheel manoeuvre.
@RandomNickyDee211 жыл бұрын
You don't really get "better/worse" regiments to be honest. It's a big public misconception. All recruits will have done the same phase 1 training programme and all officers will have done the standard 52 week Sandhurst course. Different regiments (and more precisely different battalions) have different roles, but for the most part the qualtiy of those units is uniformly good. These days words like elite really just mean specialist role, but virtually all units are in specialised roles.
@patriot47865 жыл бұрын
7:47 officers cant come close to a senior NCO's command voice
@louislungbubble11 жыл бұрын
it has a link in fact, the composer Arnold Steck was the pen name of Leslie Statham , a former DOM Welsh guards.....marty
@frankpatton597810 жыл бұрын
get em in line billy.
@jacobkeppler198411 жыл бұрын
Massed bands of the household division in Wellington barracks Jacob keppler
@tayspuddy11 жыл бұрын
Ha Ha in more ways than one mate!. I think a few idle Bandsman heard a few bars of the Welshman alright. Good Ol Billy!.
@mommyx3ify11 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know who composed The British Grenadiers March?
@MikeBell208 жыл бұрын
The Barracks dress that the band is wearing. Do all ranks up to Colonel wear those too with the same type of colour?
@Coldstreamer177 жыл бұрын
Mike Belluomini I don't believe so I thought it was the summer dress :/
@steveellis90654 жыл бұрын
That is British Army number 2 dress uniform minus jackets. All ranks can wear that.
@retrofan111 жыл бұрын
hi troopingadmin This is Retrofan1 here I love the music featured in the Video Clip GSM Bill Mott is on the case checking The drill is Right & there a few minor things that are wrong people talking & a Musician in the Coldstream Guards is marching but No Instrument how has that come about? The Welsh Guards have just marched through PontyPridd as Part of the Freedom of Rhondda Cynon Taff Parade keep it up fr Retrofan1
@etionshrdlu11 жыл бұрын
What is the device--looks like a large navigational divider--that the sgt. maj. is wielding?
@smoko6411 жыл бұрын
Has sizing gone out the window, Opening scene half the Lilly whites were at ease yet the rest of the parade were at attention. That chap in rear ranks fifes ( Irish Guards ? ) was big big bloke. For the first practice not bad.
@rhogeterp11 жыл бұрын
Yes,Yes,Yes
@Callum099611 жыл бұрын
it is indeed, I wanna meet him so bad!!
@etionshrdlu11 жыл бұрын
Why was that one drummer singled out and later made to stand on the sideline? Was he punished for doing something wrong?
@FerdinandLiem10 жыл бұрын
Is there any video showing bird eye cam of the spin wheel?
@troopingadmin10 жыл бұрын
Trooping the Colour 2006 - Spin Wheel
@Insperato6211 жыл бұрын
I guess that would be no talking then Mr Mott!!!!! When's he going to start courses for newly qualified teachers - give them some "presence".
@orathaifreby22875 жыл бұрын
Feel good dear Thanks again sir yes sir how are you today i holp you're doing fine take care right
@londonmadeleineux8 жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me what is the march played after 12 minutes? Thank you.
@troopingadmin8 жыл бұрын
'The Champion' by Arthur Graham
@londonmadeleineux8 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sir.
@adelaide10211 жыл бұрын
Probably not true today as cuts in the infantry mean more pressure on all the soldiers. As well as performing as combat infantry the Guards have to make time for ceremonial duties and the time to practise The Queens Birthday Parade is getting shorter and shorter. Ceremonial duties are becoming more of a burden on The Guards as they have lest time to practise. More wars and less troops is putting more strain on The Army, 20,000 less troops in 2020 is another big cut.
@mistertofu6 жыл бұрын
What's the March at 3:50 called?
@madmeerkat11585 жыл бұрын
Les Hugenos
@Coldstreamer175 жыл бұрын
MisterTofu Les Hugenots
@LadySpartan11 жыл бұрын
at 6:15 it looks like the flowers at dancing and cheering
@erickotlyarov27248 жыл бұрын
What was said at 2:49, to signal the bass drummer to hit the drum?
@troopingadmin8 жыл бұрын
The command given is: "Troop!"
@erickotlyarov27248 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@Sam-vr3ss11 жыл бұрын
does anyone know what the slow march past is called?
@GUARDSMAN13310 жыл бұрын
Impressive !!
@horaceward740010 жыл бұрын
Great Video:Takes me back to my army life..watch your backs with the GSM,he would eat you alive and spit out the bones which you would have to sweep up on your hands and knees.Mark you I could be a little s-- on parade also,you wouldn't mess me around either.
@MrXBOXGAMER2510 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what the song the band is playing between 4:02 - 4:22?
@troopingadmin10 жыл бұрын
It's Les Huguenots by Meyerbeer
@neville5929 жыл бұрын
Les hugenots
@Pre11411 жыл бұрын
Damn, the guy giving the orders can yell!
@meadowlands193711 жыл бұрын
And let me add my thanks.
@tralens11 жыл бұрын
I think he's in the Welsh Guards COD but anyway he stands out in the rear rank!
@MilitaryBandsSouthWestUK4 жыл бұрын
whats the march??
@gavsky2311 жыл бұрын
Drives me nuts...just like "Oh, see the two soldiers running to catch-up when the new guard leaves Buckingham Palace - they were late, lol!". My mantra is: research first, comment later.
@jackgymlad8197 жыл бұрын
I get really angry at that as well. I'm like it's a command for gods sake!
@johnbenton44889 жыл бұрын
They're a bit good, ain't they?
@MGHLOVER11 жыл бұрын
If it's a drill rehearsal why is some stood to attention and some stood at ease