Music Teacher Got Scared and MORE: Beginning Band Survival Guide

[@kevinli3838]

Me: "Uh, my reed is broken." Band director: *stares in visible confusion* "You play trombone."

[@Wildtooth-mg9sl]

Hell yeah fellow Trombonist

[@dogwater865]

that one kid: nah pretty sure i play trumpet

[@boon7660]

@@dogwater865 nah bro i think i play the drums

[@HotDog-wy5vw]

What time stamp

[@kevinli3838]

@@HotDog-wy5vw Nah that was something I actually said to my director.

[@PixelatedPixelz]

I just imagine this teacher making bets with the students that if they practice enough, and do good, they can make a KZbin video lol.

[@meredithmoore461]

I love how they just broke reeds and then just threw mouthpieces everywhere like it was no bug deal😂😂

[@yamchiccolo7944]

my bd would have a heart attack

[@Person_number_10]

@@yamchiccolo7944 same

[@tj1lincoln182]

@@yamchiccolo7944 mine wouldn’t he would probably KILL US

[@ilverdsgames3819]

Like serioisly. I mean I know its hard to break a trumpet mouth piece (ive tried) but throwing it could get it lost

[@moonjelly_0]

@@yamchiccolo7944 Yeah XD so would I

[@ArtemisCassini5672]

You forgot the “My mallet broke!” Kid who’s mallet breaks every day somehow.

[@claimingpizza7928]

I wish you were my music teacher

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

I’m sorry your director is not such a goofball like me. 🤣 Thanks for making me feel good tonight!

[@ilverdsgames3819]

Lol

[@Slades_Garage]

@@SchoolBandOrchestra step 1. Assembling your instrument. Me who plays mellophone/ French horn: I have no such weaknesses

[@josueportillo2786]

As a freshman this makes me miss middle school 😭

[@ilverdsgames3819]

imma bout to be freshman next year.

[@jedmusic5241]

@@ilverdsgames3819 same

[@Jen_TheSnail]

@@ilverdsgames3819 same! And I wanna be in band lol

[@JLU61307]

@@Jen_TheSnail when your mom had your band director

[@alphatrion6959]

same omg

[@drtsprt]

After 2:11... "Uhhh, Mr. Soandso...? The slide on my trombone keeps sticking..."

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

I wonder why?!! Ha ha!

[@eric3532]

I have been a band director for 25 years, teaching all levels of band grades 4-12. This is spot on!!!! I am currently the only band director in the Jim Thorpe Area School District in northeast Pennsylvania (Poconos). I have 43 beginners this year. There’s a special place in heaven for folks like us.

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha - so nice to hear from you, and thank you for joining the ranks of us beginning-band-teaching saints!

[@BontrasSnide]

I quit band in seventh grade, but I remember it well, and this video is so nostalgic. The parts with saying to tiptoe over the cases and with the brass blasting were most memorable, not gonna lie. I played in brass, and my eardrums would be lucky if they weren’t bleeding at the end of the lesson because I was right near the tubas just trying to quietly play my euphonium.

[@brendo7289]

3:58 That's EVERY day reguardless of whether you're in band or not, it's not always the same class but it happens once a day for everyone.

[@Vampirehtr]

Im a senior in high school and I love how I can remember the amount of times people would do all of this and the amount of equipment that was poorly treated. Takes me back, also Shepherds Hey is a great song. It was so fun when I played it. (for anyone Shepherds Hey is the song being played between each thing)

[@davidsnyder3275]

my band is playing it this year

[@Ratyrat_123]

I only played a flute in my school band for one year but when she put it together like that my heart literally screamed

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ouch - sorry about emotional pain… I feel it too… practically every beginning band class. 😵‍💫

[@kr0k_0d1l]

As a flute player, I also felt that pain, but it was kinda funni

[@Xiao944]

My brain blew up

[@kenny2990]

band teacher: "can anyone play this for the class?" the class: **hides** me: **hides*** teacher: **picks me** "can you play this for the class?" me knowing why i was picked: "sure-" i was the only trumpet in my class ;-; and i played the songs on point, no flaws

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha! True!!

[@mystix1979]

Noice XD

[@hitherez_2925]

1 trumpet, when have I ever heard that.

[@ilverdsgames3819]

Im wondering how they got the band teacher to be on board with this idea.

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha! Maybe he was the one who instigated it!??

[@austinsenkerik8825]

what would really make "brass blast" would a sponge bob background "my leg" and at the beginning someone yell "fire in the hole"

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha! Great idea!! You need to be on our creative team next time we make a video. :-)

[@austinsenkerik8825]

@@SchoolBandOrchestra sounds like a plan lol

[@nightshade5910]

I can be louder than that whole group I am a French horn

[@randomgaming8321]

2:01 the kid in the white is literally me everyday for school

[@Local_NerdyClown]

Same :3

[@harvestedvoltage4324]

0:45 Valve trombone?

[@_A_Cube]

What?

[@RK900Gaming]

As an ex-trombone player (band started directly after lunch in elementary and I didn't want to get food in my trombone) that is 100% why you should clear out before brass begins to play. (even though I was the only trombone player among woodwind and a few trumpet players)

[@RubyDragoness.]

3:48 best part of the video

[@heiditronic2182]

Agreed. It was hilarious

[@Speed_O_Sound_Sonic-OPM]

You mean 3:52?

[@snapdragon606]

I basically did all this on my first day in band, best day ever

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Awesome - glad to hear it!

[@la2don826]

the stand one is really true especially because we got new stands and every time we would try to raise them the top would just fall off

[@Humphrey-mu1nq]

I'm an orchestra geek, but this is still very relatable with picking the right stand, coming up with excuses, leaving the cases sprawled out everywhere, blaming the instrument for our lack of practice, etc. Lol the bathroom one is definitely true, though the conductor's I had were strict and told people to either wait after reversing a song or until someone else is done going.

[@ussarizona2201]

I’ve had all of those stand issues except the broken one. Also that assembled flute and those broken reeds pained me more than anything despite not being a woodwind player.

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Thanks for your woodwind empathy!

[@emerald2700]

The only problem with having a trumpet is I can't assemble my instrument incorrectly. I remember one kid put a penny in his alto sax when we were warning up for our concert that night and it came out while we were playing and our band teacher said, "I don't know who that was but parents one of your kid is making money!" We all found it funny and the kid had forgotten he put it in there. Ahh good times. Also 3:52 headphones users beware.

[@philippmuenchen2553]

The warning came to late... :-)

[@emerald2700]

@@philippmuenchen2553 sorry

[@goldensushi8746]

4:00 Lol I recognize the piece. It was played for my 6th grade end of the year concert. The Magnificent Five.

[@jacobconfederat8214]

OK I have a valve trombone but it's longer

[@Cobaltus]

1:43 Dude the eye contact one is so dang true almost everyone in my band class does this

[@random_foo9712]

2:24 that kid swore in Spanish lol. That's basically some of my classmates in our band class cause we know how to speak Spanish lol.

[@jaydengarner4218]

I have to agree with brass blasts I am a tUba player and I take pride if being the only one in my school

[@LullabiesofAlaura]

I’m not a band kid but I was a choir kid and this is still so true lol

[@mustafamubarak8559]

THE BRASS BLAST AND THE "surprise for the band director"

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

The second one is now a multi-million views TikTok!

[@PanFroggo14]

Ok this reminds me of 6th grade. We were playing a Chinese song, and one of our saxs (I’m a clarinet btw) said “it sounds like a Chinese song” the whole class just erupted in laughter, myself included. We still tease him about it to this day, and it’s been two years. 😂 And the time in 7th grade a different band director had to teach my class bc our band director wasn’t here, actually played this electric piano to how he felt. It isn’t the best thinking about this when your playing something Samba Le Le. 🤣🤣

[@kenisharobinson2757]

I love this! I remember getting ready to play with the band and tried to adjust my music stand; the flat part of the stand, as I pulled up, came apart! Memories!

[@DecMakesARec]

0:21 the start of the process to assembling trombubas 1:35 wow Orem jr you made very bad music stands 2:22 it’s a game! 2:51 HE CHOKED ON THE MOUTHPIECE 2:47 bro he got brain damage 2:54 new nose picker

[@connorcaricchio7792]

Same because I am in middle school band and play the clarinet every day that I have band that exactly happens

[@bazinga1783]

0:26 there was a instrument like this. The over the back cornet. It was used in brass bands in the civil war.

[@analeacabrera1651]

the reeds! and the woodwinds on the floor thats a killer 🥹 😭

[@Lcxruns]

lol the brass section always does this when woodwinds try to warmup

[@mysticalnov9602]

2:07 bro the middle schooler is playing a super bone?! (Valve trombone)

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Just a valve trombone. The superbone has both a slide and valves. That would be so fun to play!

[@shealinbanta4169]

I’ve been in band since I was in 4th grade, and I do understand all of those strategies

[@shealinbanta4169]

@Milk vr yes and Kim now a junior

[@shealinbanta4169]

I’m not Kim

[@paulready8897]

When the students snuck behind the teacher and played was too funny lol.

[@Greggorto]

3:10 that reed breaking hurt me & i dont even play woodwind

[@petarrajcevic4607]

1:38 I laughed too hard here

[@jerodwilliams1962]

Music stand: I hate you. Band book: Noooooooo.

[@Jay-Mad]

We need more videos like this please add more

[@AceOfStars0]

Im a cellist but i can HEAVILY relate to the tiptoe around the cases one. There are 3 cellists in a tiny room and there is NO space for us to unpack. Also last year we had 5 but in a bigger room. We put all of them in one area. Was a nightmare to step around them.

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Sounds like we can be buddies. 😅

[@RoyaleDaFox]

Teacher: Lilly, will you play that on the flute for me please? Lilly: No. My flute shrunk.

[@RubyDragoness.]

I hope the whole class reacts to there video

[@ezra2064]

0:55 The flute underneath him made me cringe so hard. Also almost everyone in my sixth grade band class snuck their phones in and hid them on the stands

[@sandyquilty3138]

Also, if recording the woodwinds and brass separately, cover your ears when listening to the brass.

[@Bella-hh8vr]

Where I live middle school doesn’t exist! Just elementary considers grade k-8. I graduate this year and hope to be in band in high school if everything is normal again! My elementary school oply allowed us to have recorders to learn in grade 7 and this year we can’t because of covid! I think I forgot how to play the recorder 😂 I want to learn a band instrument in high school!

[@apexgaming1652]

Learn percussion I regretted playing the tuba I mean I liked it in all but I realize how much fun it is to not have simple rhythms and then the one time you have complicated rhythms your band teacher gets mad at you even though he barely teaches you and expects you to be as good a senior when you should be in 8th grade band Sorry but that felt good to let out

[@yetivaknighten4088]

3:52 best surprise ever

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha!

[@whitty3190]

3:40 This one is my favorite XD

[@rubyshaver2708]

haha shepherd’s hey playing in the background!! we’re playing that for uil next week!!

[@potatopotatopotatopotato8496]

If only I saw this when I was in beginner band

[@Aldos_channel]

1:08 how do you squal on a D, even if the reed isn’t wet enough, it is still easy.

[@JacobJohnsen-nu7nl]

0:45 and 3:51 I have done these brass blasts. Especially in competition with other trumpets also, what's being played at 3:41

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Brass players: can't live with them, and can't live without them! 🤣

[@thebeastie_boys]

For the bathroom one, i remember that song, i think i played it last year for my band concert! I would have to look at my old music to remember it!

[@pug_bot8326]

This band teacher is the coolest ive ever sen he put up with this just for the video and probaly had a fun time!

[@Wildtooth-mg9sl]

The brass section: If we play loud maybe they will think we are Good!

[@Jay-Mad]

i could tell that the band director is filming because when the girl was putting her flute together i saw his foot

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha… caught!!!

[@lenelelison]

I am a band student and I can confirm this lol

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha - congratulations on surviving!

[@whitty3190]

@@SchoolBandOrchestra Middle School Band is not that bad, for a Trombone player like me.

[@d3ad3y39]

@@whitty3190 same. But then again, I was very quiet in band class so 🤷🏻‍♂️. Haha.

[@ilverdsgames3819]

Yes bieng a trumpet player everu thing about the trumpets is true aswell

[@Person-lx1qu]

Guys if your stand is wobbly either use your fingers and screw the thing on the bottom of the stand bass or just rotate the bass.

[@fives-theloyalsoldier6247]

2:34 and the whole of that part was *hilarious* I broke

[@takasonam1614]

0:58 fully expected a Flute to crack and say "It's my reed, I swear!!"

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha!!

[@thetraeyway23]

1:24 ....holy hell, is this true...this goes on into HIGH SCHOOL for my town...

[@ventedbus4917]

2:37 does anyone know what instrument this is?

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

It's a valve trombone 😎

[@ventedbus4917]

@@SchoolBandOrchestra thanks

[@divingdolphin5035]

When tuning, my whole class had a running joke where every trumpet would just blast- it was great! (Especially when me and all the higher ranked trumpets did it lol)

[@tj1lincoln182]

The brass one in the beginning is so true and reed on is so true

[@-_Violet_-]

Thank you this will helpful next year 😊

[@Ari_Sunny]

3:40 was my favorite

[@rachelsworld5922]

3:23 what’s the stick for?

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

It’s just a bass clarinet reed. Not important…

[@saidoof9369]

@@SchoolBandOrchestrait’s useless

[@GoldenTuba]

This helped me last year but now I need us symphonic band Survival Guide

[@Morris-183]

2:38 nice slide trumpet man

[@senaidaniel6154]

Fr I though it was just a trumpet behind a trombone

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

I think you're talking about the valve trombone...

[@Morris-183]

@ yep

[@MisterSneeze]

This video is b e a u t i f u l I love it!

[@jimibailey2015]

This kid in my band class recently switched to bass clarinet and so whenever he messes up we always have to restart so he can get it right. The thing is, he always messes up when I, as a flute, have 11 measures of rest.

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Oh, that is frustrating! 😵‍💫🤣

[@hadleyhayvaz3895]

I’m a sixth grader so a newbie I’m gonna use all of these on my teacher

[@JLU61307]

2:06 at least im a freshman right now so the upperclassmen do the demonstrations

[@manueldodson929]

I’m playing Shepard’s Hey for UIL in band right now.

[@squeakychicken]

Sadly I don’t have the excuse that my read is broken because I play cello and I don’t think that I really wanna break my bow

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Ha ha!

[@IM_SHIHIRO]

0:20 When I bought my bass trombone 2 years ago that’s the first thing I did.

[@kelinmchull]

The Brass blast is so relatable ✨

[@TheNathanx13]

This is absolutely fantastic

[@artificialgamer8364]

0:28 is your ever had a trombone admit it. You’ve done tjyis

[@Local_NerdyClown]

As a percussionist I wanted to play Trombone but I accidentally chose the drums and I could admit this is true comment :3

[@TheDragoncowStudios]

Wow just like band at my school except way more instruments than ours

[@wolf_2094]

I play clarinet and I see my self just breaking my reed when my band teacher asks me to play for him lol

[@notsocutenow9844]

When people started breaking their reeds, I mentally screamed cause I'm a clarinet player who needs a reed to play and it just hurts to see perfectly fine reeds just break

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

I assure you none of these reeds were in good playing condition before being broken 🤣

[@RoccoLee-k6l]

2:56 where did the bottom of the flute go?

[@dinonuggets3527]

3:10 that was painful to watch

[@deara3424]

3:15 No explanation needed, and where is the bass at?

[@haileyk3870]

I can definitely relate to the music stand one haha!

[@gwen7404]

I know the sick feeling, I sneezed while trying to get my reed on and my vision is still sometimes blurry

[@cryptedz9860]

for brass this is true i am a trombonist and my ears blow up hearing especially the trumpets

[@Instrumentjesus]

Ok I have a question I want to ask my director if I can play bass clarinet. But I asked for a French horn earlier in the year and I got one (it’s now my main instrument) then I play trumpet in jazz band. So if I got a bass clarinet I would have 3 instruments. And she never really says no but kind of blows me off. And I feel like I’m making her annoyed (she’s a really calm and nice teacher) anyway I just don’t know how to ask her. I would like your advice like should I make a deal with her for example if I want one at the end of the month still I can try it. (That might work). Idk what do u think is a good way to ask her or convince her.

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Is regular Clarinet an instrument you have already played? If not, I would wait until the end of the school year then ask I you can practice Bass Clarinet over the summer. Otherwise it is a question of whether she needs Bass Clarinet more than French Horn.

[@lorenzomontesa2818]

As a trumpet player irl this video is so relatable

[@crawdad-gaming7161]

Me in wind ensemble watching this

[@progamingyt8625]

I sat here cracking up, too funny. I mean that’s definitely not how I acted in band I was a little more forward with playing but still, pretty funny!

[@malaria_floors]

2:37 does anyone know what that instrument is called? cause it looks like a trumpet and a trombone lol

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

It’s a valve trombone. 🎉🎉

[@malaria_floors]

@@SchoolBandOrchestra thx!

[@Houndrunner308]

Every one went to the bathroom then the teacher well I guess that's every one. I have to go to the bathroom to 😂

[@HaloDarkKnight117]

0:46 Lol, I play trumpet, and I know exactly how that feels, it is SO FREAKING LOUD!

[@SchoolBandOrchestra]

Oh, man, the sounds I have to live with day after day!!!

[@diceqube6439]

I love getting concussions while also having a cold!