March of the Belgian Paratroopers by Pierre Leemans/arr. James Swearingen

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MusicWorks - Grade 3
Moderate in tempo and light in style, this appealing and unique march is now available for young players in this masterful arrangement by James Swearingen. The skillful scoring and modest technical demands ensure success with this time-tested march classic.
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[@NoSoupForYouu]

Everyone talking about how fun it was to play their little woodwinds or brass but never experienced what it was like smashing the crashes together for this beauty

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

Tbh the crashes only add to the song they aren’t the song it’s self and I have you know my little Tuba is heavier and bigger than your little percussion.

[@Ethan-yi8dk]

Do you have to bang two tubas together though

[@liamhurley1513]

@@AOSMAKAKMS facts, if anything crash plays the same line that tuba does

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

@@liamhurley1513 exactly

[@ojasdeshpande9366]

My tiny woodwind bassoon crashes very loud

[@tardarsauce1842]

This is probably the happiest and cutest march I've heard

[@sce2aux464]

Sounds like it would be appropriate to the Smurfs or Keebler elves.

[@thomastimlin1724]

@@sce2aux464 But I wouldn't tell the Belgian Paratroopers that....they might come down to your house from the sky and thump you, lol

[@Kainine20]

Amen brotha

[@EpicGamer9992]

Fr though

[@dark_musician02]

I remember playing this when I was a freshman in high school. I was playing first part on the clarinet and was second chair, I had great times playing it. Definitely one of my favorite pieces.

[@aidenbell4803]

Dark Musician I’m having fun playing this at my middle school honor band but I do enjoy Dvorak’s Slavonic dance no. 8 more

[@miloandmint9534]

I’m playing this song, as the equivalent of a freshman in high school (9th grade), on the clarinet part, and also on first part second chair!

[@mayaeisenstein8653]

Dark Musician wow... I played it in 6th grade... And like a champ...

[@kingbearpvp2577]

@@mayaeisenstein8653 6th grade!!?? Are u like god or something

[@stevensun9776]

KingbearPVP she is probably at a magnet school. I only played this in 7th grade

[@maxalain9948]

With a title like that, I was expecting it to be more sinister.

[@sce2aux464]

Imagine if it had been "Marsch der Fallschirmjäger"

[@LM1C144]

the pitty is, it's played like for a childrens play. It's nice but it lacks the parachutes march a bit.

[@ibuprofen-noodles]

belgium isn't a very serious place :)

[@gorkbushk8193]

@@ibuprofen-noodles Oh the irony...

[@galaxycoffee933]

Apparently sometimes it's also translated as parachutists rather than paratroopers, which I feel like makes more sense for the tone

[@thomastimlin1724]

I remember conducting an arrangement of this with my high school band back in the 1990's. no computers or auto tune, lol. This is such a joyous march. This is is a pretty good arrangement. So short it makes you want to put a repeat from 99 back to measure 67, it makes more sense to me. I would have done that for a concert.

[@GinTeaLeaves]

They played this as we walked out of our high school graduation and neither I nor anyone else at that event have ever been more confused

[@shelbydickson8424]

Its a really fun song for clarinets though!

[@yulenajasper8147]

!00%

[@mobile_pac7977]

did a version in my class with altos playing that part was fun for me until quarantine happened

[@limejello2882]

Believe it or not, us baritones have a great time to lol

[@doraalter2820]

Definitely!!

[@bkatz0218]

You mean geese sticks? 😜

[@RoseCadenza]

I love playing this on the bari sax.

[@AndresMartinez-nn3xm]

Hannah the Musician I played this on bari sax as well in 8th grade I loved it

[@RoseCadenza]

I didn't actually for a band or anything. I just played along with the recording. I like doing that. :D

[@Bob800StateFarm]

Hannah the Musician played with bass clarinet so that was pretty fun

[@Alice-og3wv]

@Hannah the Musician I played this on the clarinet, I love our part and because we are the melody

[@alexgrant440]

Im playing it in 7th grade this year as an alto sax its really hard but at the same time its an honors group so i cant complain because all the 8th and 9th graders probably already had it down the first day we played it lol

[@nicholasmohr3353]

We are playing this song for our Spring Concert and Contest! Wish us luck!

[@unclejoe5541]

version I played in a high school Honor Band started out with just an oboe solo. Girl kinda squawked it badly on the first attempt, the conductor stopped her, made a little joke to break the tension, and off she went again. Flawlessly the second time, and a great song that I remember almost 45 years later.

[@funkodisco1003]

This song will always have a place in my heart. I lost a friend of mine, during one of his highlights we played this for KMEA and when I hear this song I’ll think of him. Rip buddy!

[@sportyginger]

It sounds like you had good times and made memories with him. I hope you keep them, and him, in your heart. :)

[@Angela._.2008]

We're playing this for a competition next week and I love this piece so much. It's actually fun to play on euph. for once

[@williamgreninja158]

i also play euphonium its a great song for it because we get to do stuff not just background sounds, my friend plays french horrn he got off notes with basiclly no variation, i felt bad for him

[@lauramanzor9008]

the tenor sax part in this song is so much fun to play

[@nicklh186]

One of my favorites from middle school ❤️

[@tombrady6986]

Delena in middle school girl I was playing this in my high school band

[@meltedtuber9347]

Same

[@tektite0]

We’re gonna play this for middle school UIL 🙌🏻

[@aidenbell4803]

Raven_Dell same

[@aidenbell4803]

Raven_Dell what instrument do you play?

[@Ikury_X]

i loved this song so much omg playing clarinet for the second year and being 1/2 of the clarinet ones was the best part of band no doubt too bad we wernt confident enough to play this on concert day I love this piece

[@Tubaboy]

This and esprit de corps are definitely my two favorite marches

[@Carrotcake_52]

I love playing this song on flute and we are going to a competition with it in spring

[@GB-Sophia]

1:19 Me and my friends always Vibed to this part during our 8th grade Band

[@Samtrien]

I started playing this song for band at about 0.75x speed in this video. That's what we usually play it at

[@Symphkit]

The song is even better in context

[@TippfehlerEN]

This song is very fun on Bb Bass Cl because it’s so easy compared to some of the others we’re playing

[@somethingsomething2712]

Yessir I’m also a bass clarinet currently working on this song 😎

[@josephmadigan1018]

that tuba part tho, it's basically like having a metronome

[@colterbrown4046]

Baseballpitch5 its very helpfull to the snare drum part

[@josephmadigan1018]

Colter Brown oh

[@hypnobeast84]

Joseph Madigan and also the horns god the horns

[@lukaspuetz8621]

As a trombone I feel some of your pain

[@cosxcrxy9851]

I played this last year and had the solo part

[@yulenajasper8147]

There's a really watered down version of this. I feel so sorry for the ones that get stuck on the 2nd part. All they do is play on the offbeats. For the whole song.

[@hrenes]

Yulena Jasper you could see it as a team effort.

[@bigmac8249]

thats me right here

[@yulenajasper8147]

@@bigmac8249 Rest in peace.

[@jacklou.6699]

This was one of my favourite pieces to play, along with the Juno Beach Concert March...

[@warrenwillis5382]

I played snare for UIL contest on this piece. We got sweepstakes that year. Good times.

[@andrehuysfromaalterinfland1896]

Superb with this conductor's music score!

[@ShydenPierce]

I remember playing this in 6th grade at a summer camp, good times

[@jackbrown3985]

Must’ve been a pretty good sixth grade band!

[@ShydenPierce]

@@jackbrown3985 it was just the kids that actually cared who went

[@khalidaishaomar]

if you were in high school or middle school you /band in school this was one of my favorite songs

[@Sosna-U]

Played this song my 8th grade year good times

[@RoseCadenza]

One of my favorite marches of all time. Love it!

[@rytheguy8665]

I really like the music hopefully after this pandemic we could play this in band! I wish I could be at school because I miss going to band and thinking about music I could play in my own head.

[@jameswalden353]

I play trumpet and this song is great

[@NeilPalande]

1:29 is just so powerful

[@btv_spotter]

Playing the euphonium/treble clef baritone is fun!

[@RoseCadenza]

Playing the tenor sax parts for marches is so much fun and interesting. :D

[@mcknotmack]

ForteRosé yeah! I just had my school concert and I play tenor, it was really fun!

[@lacunaereversed]

ah, to be the horn player and to have to play syncopation the entire time. can’t wait till i play it in my school band

[@GB-Sophia]

1:45 I love the first trumpet in this part

[@etmans2201]

I played this in 7th grade. It was a really fun piece for 1st trumpet

[@isssssstimeee]

7th grade is insane omg😭

[@gideonkinneygaming3506]

I Love this song it sounds good

[@janskorpil4364]

Beautiful

[@accio_hufflepuff3274]

playing this for my all county performance tomorrow :)❤️

[@richardvogel6307]

They should have a march for the Belgian waffles 🧇

[@yulenajasper8147]

Yes. Definitely.

[@dominionofquebec10452]

Sweet Banana: I see I found a new opponet

[@franscardoen2392]

@@dominionofquebec10452 Whe also have the worlds best beers, frites and chocolats. Pride tho be a Flemish Belgian.

[@avahmarie9607]

just played this in honors band yesterday

[@Metamario68]

What band plays these things for Hal Leonard??? I need to know.

[@HLConcertBand]

Virtually all of our recordings are done at a studio with professional musicians.

[@Metamario68]

Hal Leonard Concert Band Do you have a special band that plays songs for you or do random bands play for you guys???

[@HLConcertBand]

The studio we use hires the musicians that play in the band. They tend to be the same personnel with a few differences at each session.

[@Metamario68]

Hal Leonard Concert Band oh ok thanks!!! Also I find it cool that my band teacher's friend arranges for you guys! His name (I think) is James or John something. Anyway thanks for making these videos because it gives me an opportunity to play all instrument parts for one song! Thankyou again!

[@Supergamer-37]

from 0:10 to 0:45 is what i gotta play rn

[@historybuff1848]

I remember playing this my freshman year last year. I was playing Clarinet, 3rd part, on 3rd chair. Definitely one of my favorite pieces. This year we are playing American Exultant March. I hate American Exultant March.

[@cheesynatostar4784]

as a clarinet player its sooooo good to play! but rip horn players

[@historybuff1848]

I played the 3rd part. I was 3rd chair. Bb Clarinet

[@robertstark8527]

This is by far a befitting unofficial March for the SAS, and long may it be so.

[@PenneyBack]

Apparently the SAS also adopted this as their marching song

[@mariajose03]

my heart aches for the french horns

[@JustAnotherGlockGuy]

I have the luck, and honor to play this peice with a band. I will will tell you, it is as fun to play as it sounds. (I play 1st trumpet on this.)

[@toml802]

We played it in junior high band. My last name is the same as the composer!

[@annikasmith2180]

1:19 (for myself sry)

[@kajtekz5540]

Also some parts are different than original and it's like half as long.

[@Sakura-pu2ks]

Honestly, playing measure 91 is a pain for me as a flute, ‘cause I just started re-learning flute again and I gotta play 3 octaves higher then normal :P

[@maddyterrell0]

Playing the entire piece of a French horn is a pain because it literally is just constant eighth notes and it's SO boring

[@ckdrumgoole]

there are only 3 octaves on the flute though

[@pandywolf1236]

Ah, yes the pain, TJE AGONY!!! THOSE HIGH NOTES!!

[@pandywolf1236]

@@ckdrumgoole still hard.

[@scrimbles2973]

I wish there was a bass trombone part, I play, and it would be way more fun than Trombone 3.

[@AOSMAKAKMS]

Trombone 3 should’ve played with the bass line

[@rubyangel9707]

also known at my high school as "march of the bagels"

[@sportyginger]

Wonderful. Couldn’t be a better name.

[@notnintendo]

certified bop

[@tiktik6367]

I'm in 8th grade and the only trumpet with the melody for this. We got it yesterday. Help.

[@tiktik6367]

Nevermind it's really fun

[@1ndi.948]

its a great song

[@tucker.84]

Trombone's ftw

[@_eddiel2080]

tstanton_ _ damn eight!

[@_eddiel2080]

Right I meant

[@elizabeckett3135]

tstanton_ _ YES.

[@valrhys8527]

low brass ftw.

[@Jj-np8qt]

Trombones ftw

[@NPGMSTUDIO]

0:01 START

[@erinmoeller7609]

We are playing this

[@gibbydude9457]

This is popping on the oboe and English horn

[@copingalex]

You can barely hear the low brass 😭

[@perizydal4403]

Such a pain for tubas...

[@josephradley3160]

The regimental quick march for the regiment not known for marching...

[@thebard2863]

Sounds like a banjo kazooie sing

[@samj.s3132]

When you drop into the Congo

[@vivmcdaugherty5692]

😂😂😂😂

[@ojasdeshpande9366]

Bassoon has fun dynamics for once

[@Carol-er8uv]

Alto sax part 3 measures 91-99... I took forever learning this but it's so prette

[@toml802]

It’s supposed to start out softly, then build, then end softly, as if they came marching into, then out of town.

[@stingyaviation]

0:20

[@TyChroniesxX1985]

The tittle sound like the fly paratroopas from Super Mario

[@ClydeBuilt]

The Regimental March of the Special Air Service Regiment....

[@jakeagusta]

Also favoured by UK Special Forces 😉👍🏻

[@little.ortist1803]

I’m playing the part 4 for trombone and aaa

[@pipluper3472]

play this in band (freshman) 2nd trumpet is alittle boring but i still like it (2nd trumpet is eight note eitght rest and so on)

[@carwashslayer4235]

0:45

[@pizzipuffichooseu9291]

I👏HATE👏THE👏TRIO👏‼️‼️😭 does anybody have any advice on it, I’m playing first trumpet and it’s soooo hard😭😭

[@Kainine20]

Simple Advice: Don't give up, you'll get it eventually. I know everyone says that, but seriously, just feel it...and play.😊

[@jpjp3033]

What tempo is this?

[@zapfish6476]

measure 83 trumpet 1

[@behavior2836]

In our band we were going to play this but we didnt have enough time to learn it so we played Aces Of The Air instead. Still a good piece but i wanted to play this one more.

[@CharlesMingusFan]

2:02

[@_eddiel2080]

We’re playing this at uil

[@justolopez3599]

Derpy Dash so am i

[@ausieri]

Tell me why whenever I was in seventh grade, my band (7-8 graders) got this music piece. I’m a tenor saxophone, altos usually get harder parts than us but this was the opposite. Us tenor saxophones personally have easy parts for most pieces of music but whenever I looked at my friends music, (alto) it was 90% rests and whole notes. While tenor sax and baritone were suffering. Trust me.

[@w-latham]

LOL director gave me a solo at 83 first trumpet in 7th

[@qwixifyuncle5314]

same i’m first trumpet 7th grade but 83-99 is rlly easy

[@johnborrowdale5918]

Regimental March of SAS Regiment

[@michellydearaujo5405]

Amazing

[@tastyteddy3874]

Lol it might be easy for clarinet but when tpt have to play the clarinet part rhe fingerings are impossibly

[@ewsmr2959]

So the bassoon part is the exact same thjng over and over again! Why? (Where my bassoon fam at?)

[@motis1837]

it's called a bass line

[@ewsmr2959]

M Otis true

[@Devin2fyne_]

Euph gang wya 🙏💗

[@Local_MusicMan]

Ong its so silly sounding im playing this for band festival

[@joserumbado317]

I'm sorry, but in my opinion, this magnificent march, finely played, is an adaptation of an old march of Spanish fifes, called the "Marcha tradicional de Ingenieros", that is often interpreted in the changes of guard of the "Guardia Real" and the "Regimiento Inmemorial del Rey nº 1", in Madrid. You can listen to it in KZbin: Marcha tradicional de ingenieros.

[@ChrisBreemer]

I'm quite disappointed to hear this is not an original tune by Leemans. I was thinking he must have had a massive brainwave to produce this infectious tune (apparently the first piece of music I strongly reacted to as an infant). Now it seems like he made his name by copying an existing tune. Strange that I cannot find any mention of this elsewhere. I suppose it cannot be the other way round ? The Marcha tradicional de ingenieros being adapted from Leemans' march ? The Spanish march is probably older. Either way, it's a great piece of music and I don't love it any less now. If only I could find a piano version....

[@zottejakke3]

I was intrigued by the possibility, but I cannot for the life of me find any origin information for this "Marcha tradicional de Ingenieros", and the only reference to it being old is the word 'tradicional' in that one KZbin clip title. On the other hand, I found a document by the Spanish Ministry of Defence in which they attribute it to Leemans, saying he based it on an old Belgian tune: bibliotecavirtualdefensa.es/BVMDefensa/i18n/catalogo_imagenes/grupo.cmd?path=73138 Do you have information to the contrary? I would love to see it.

[@t.vanoosterhout233]

This arrangement/performance does not do justice to the tragic implications of this music.

[@destroyedbyyuppiepowers]

Glad I'm not a French Horn?

[@jackwillson1278]

Lit

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

Poor French Horns...

[@mattlane3501]

dude you have no idea, it sucks

[@JustQuannn]

They did the horns so wrong on this man this is Exactly why I hate marches as a horn player I’m a horn

[@nathansfunland3875]

EXACTLY 💀

[@Daniel-hx1yu]

My band played this at 1.25 speed smh

[@wolfclaw3812]

You do know... that European marches are meant to be slow, right? Or at least slower than American ones. Playing faster isn't always good.

[@thelordgaming5234]

Yeah sure ur band did