Sahara Crossing (Meyer)

[@kaileefrenn4526]

My orchestra(8th grade) is playing this piece this year. You guys sound great!

[@lilly850]

Same my class (7th) and 8th are playing it right now

[@david01701]

mine too

[@whycantithinkofanything]

TheGamingFlygon 16 I played this in 6th grade an it was awesome

[@showatches]

Easy claps

[@FlickTutorials-zp3ie]

i'm playing it and i'm in 5th grade

[@dhbu]

1:55 that cello kid in the front on the side literally surprised me that vibrato. I'm in 7th grade and I still can't even do good vibrato on the cello

[@kangarooonthemoon.n]

Since I play cello I forever have the beat that we have to play for like half of the song engraved in my memory

[@Yappachina]

Same here

[@naomivanwyk]

I play 1st violin, but it's the cello's beat that I love most about this song.

[@ur_fav_sportygirl]

Frr me too

[@em_viola]

we are playing this song in my seventh grade orchestra class and it’s so fun!! beautiful song!

[@0rb]

I played this way back in 4th grade it was such a bop, surprised I still remember it

[@ArieYooHoo]

were doing this piece for our spring concert for 6th grade orchestra

[@M-yoghurt]

Same

[@ranimsalame4697]

We just had a concert last month and we played Sahara's Crossing!

[@Gabby_19219]

I’ve started playing this song on my double bass and it’s such a beautiful song

[@nickyy7865]

I know right!!! Especially the opening with the high D's and when we get to go fortissimo

[@emilyrobinette4326]

My orchestra is playing this next week at our concert, hopefully we sound as good as this!

[@jonesparg]

Good luck and (always) have fun!

[@lilly850]

My class is playing this right now and it so amazing...I love it so much♥️♥️

[@JennyWang-y3d]

my sons playing this and he is in grade 4😊

[@haileymckenzie13]

2:08 OMG this is my favorite part of this piece !! my orchestra teacher loves this part too and always makes the first violins (me) play it so loud I don’t get to enjoy it ! but I love it and I love this piece

[@fishtoesorsomething8355]

Ong. This part is divine.

[@billlaoer2618]

Wow. My daughter (The one whos typing) Is in 5th grade and playing that song. Obviously, I can't play that well... ;-;

[@quinnleyva7714]

I'm going to play this song for UIL this year the first violin part is so cool!

[@sj6919]

I can picture camels plodding across the Sahara. Wonderful piece, beautifully played, kids!

[@Ren-lr1yx]

Wow in my orchestra were playing this this year (8th grade)

[@chxudot715]

omg so i cannot leave the video without dropping a comment- YALL R SO GOOD AHHH i literally couldn't tell that literal *6th graders* were playing this until i noticed how smol you guys were :O i just started playing violin this year, and without disclosing major personal info let's just say i'm a little older than you guys and listening to this i feel like your playing is just phenomenal at that age like WOW o- i just realised this was 5 years ago and now you'd all be 17 years old :O

[@jonesparg]

Yes, it is true. Time flies.

[@chxudot715]

@@jonesparg ahh do u all still keep in touch w each other? it'd be so cool if u had like a reunion or something :>

[@jonesparg]

Well, they're all seniors now, and getting ready to leave for college. Many people play music in middle school because there is time to explore this, but quit by junior or senior year in high school. But a bunch of these people are still playing, and will end up in Conservatory or University music programs in the fall. Enjoy your middle school years! It's a time to discover the musician inside and possibly a passion to pursue in the future!

[@kaileefrenn4526]

As my orchestra class continues to practice this piece, I have a few critiques to say as I compare my experience with this. Maybe the piano parts are played a tad too loud in the violin section? The reason I think this is, when rehearsing, we were playing the usual way we do when the dynamic is piano, but our teacher told us to play even quieter. I noticed then that playing quieter in the piano sections made the forte sections pop out even more! Another thing I have to say is that at times around the middle of the piece, the orchestra speeds up a tad. Now, I still REALLY love how you guys played this! I just felt a want to give a bit of constructive criticism. Gotta help a fellow orchestra member out, ya know? Comparing the way my orchestra plays this piece to how it is played in this video really helps me understand the piece better. Thanks for reading! P.s. Sahara Crossing is aweeeesoooooome

[@lauryn.amel422]

TheGamingFlygon I agree with you but keep in mind that they have to play loud enough so that everyone can hear the violins on stage

[@marieelands]

when my orchestra plays this piece, our teacher says to play the piano dynamics louder because we have the melody at that time. i definitely see where you're coming from and what its suggesting but i guess other teachers have different ways to play certain pieces. usually when one section has the melody, our teacher says that section has to play forte even if it says piano, but thats just my teacher. i dont mean this is in a rude way, im just saying that some teachers may have different approaches to different pieces. :)

[@laurenortiz890]

Im in 6th grade and I am going to play this in a concert. I play the double bass.

[@Xtwhatthe_73]

I’m supposed to play this in march

[@makayla2763]

That's not fair whenever I try to vibrato I look like I'm spazing

[@angelamckee9025]

I’m in 6th grade and my orchestra is playing this TOMORROW! I’m a cellist, and this is definitely my favorite piece we have done this year

[@jonesparg]

Have fun!

[@angelamckee9025]

jonesparg thank you! we did pretty good too! Not as good as them.. but still pretty good!😂💛

[@Sobbing_roses626]

My class is playing this song at our concert. And i'm a 7th grade violin 2

[@MichelleAhrens-q2d]

Thursday is my orchestra concert. We’re playing this song fiddlers on fire and dragon Hunter. (6th)

[@chipnee]

I remember my 7th grade orchestra was playing this. I couldn't go to the concert cause I was throwing up.

[@jonesparg]

It happens.

[@Lovlifelicia22]

Sorry I have yet to the experience where I miss one of my concerts but we have 4 thought the yr

[@_Runeeeee_]

I played this song in 5th grade for SCEMEA and I have loved it ever since and am so mad that Covid stoped us from playing this again in 6th grade

[@Salo.D.insane]

My 7th grade beginners class is already playing this 🤯

[@thatdxttynikka]

I’m playing this for orchestra

[@itswtvjayleen]

Im doing this song tmw, 8th grade concert :)

[@Sonaria_Documentaries]

I’m playing that this year at this exact location!

[@makiyastephens8264]

So synchronized with the Pizz. ;-; we always miss our beat in the song

[@jessehenderson9864]

The cello section at my school has made this the cello section anthem

[@Ryan-ie4se]

it sounds like it came right out of Aladdin

[@Lovlifelicia22]

Siriously tho like every time my 7th gd orchestra played this my conductor Dr.Colb was like "put ur camel hats were jumping into Alladin!" 😆

[@kylinaxx7544]

It’s literally the (Sahara) crossing. The Sahara desert..Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt..😂😂. Aladdin was in Iraq the Arabian desert.

[@johnnylewis7378]

My 6th grade group played that what do you know

[@Katie-yv5oq]

i played this in 6th grade my favorite piece that year!

[@ingridbrady5361]

I'm playing this piece!

[@shayjamz]

we practiced this in orchestra yesterday (sight reading) we’re preparing for a musical performance assessment.

[@jonesparg]

Good luck with your assessment!

[@Fnaf_fans362]

Im in orchestra6th grade and im going to play this in my concert :D

[@allison4172]

I’m playing this in 6 it’s so fun to learn

[@RubyOry]

Our 6th grade is doing this as well!

[@chanerabrown6669]

My 6th grade orchestra is playing this for our concert

[@leopardlycameron2121]

Sometimes I forget why I chose the violin instead of saxophone, then my orchestra plays this. OH YEA NOW I REMEMBER!

[@musroomguy2433]

I know both of them lol I like violin better

[@Mamautu1]

I love this my daughter is learning this

[@gmdpikachu9638]

0:14 that baby crying in the backround

[@yair6412]

Question, was there any basses?

[@jonesparg]

Yes, over to the far right, hiding behind the cello section. This combined orchestra had 5 bassists .... but there were 15 cellists sitting in the foreground.

[@Gabby_19219]

Double bass is the best!

[@cassianmiller-felix2657]

My school’s middle school orchestra played this last year. I play cello and I thought it was a really cool song. I think it’s played a tiny bit slower and with more dynamics, though. Sounding pretty good overall!

[@sordidzucchini1303]

My orchestra group is gonna be playing this, but we only have 7 people! You guys sound amazing

[@jonesparg]

Wow! Good luck with 7 people - you can consider yourselves an octet (counting the conductor) :o)

[@Lovlifelicia22]

Wow ya same good luck bet u will have less people to mess up at the end

[@dannyzepe1627]

Tommorow is my concert and we are playing this and we are sixth graders

[@tokyoghoul1077]

My time has come to play this song 😂

[@beaglesally]

I played this in 6th grade

[@sloshedoffthejosh]

My orchestras going to play this but we're playing it way softer at the begging and we have a big orchestra

[@gmdpikachu9638]

i remember watching this when i was 6 and my sister actully has shara crossing or plays it

[@70X1CW4S7E]

In my orchestra class (6th grade) is playing this but were not doing vibrato 😵

[@emsblack4685]

same

[@Lovlifelicia22]

Ya I'm a 7th grader violinist been playing for 2 and a half yrs still No VIBROTO

[@emmamoran5843]

@@Lovlifelicia22 it takes a lot of time

[@jesuscarr1zales961]

Me and my orchestra class played this song this year and it was amazing

[@sirhuffington1512]

KZbin has recommended a playlist starting with "Great Gate at Kiev." The playlist features songs that I played for orchestra in middle school that I've never searched up. This is the third song I've played.

[@the_swagg]

Heh... I have to play this in front of a judge ;-; (I'm in middle school btw)

[@jonesparg]

Good luck!

[@the_swagg]

@@jonesparg thanks :)

[@Yappachina]

I played this song in 6th grade man was I talented

[@nyxaerospace4319]

I played this

[@thefaeriealtar]

this has got to be the only video ive ever seen that has 0 likes. great job!

[@alessandracordova9905]

Dragon hunter is I think the nets song I’ve played !!

[@aaliyahconner]

I’m a 6th grader and I’m playing this

[@ngoc_thieu]

this is 6th grade?! i mean sure online earning and stuff is a thing but im in 7th grade now and can barely keep up with the speed

[@jonesparg]

This was several years ago before pandemic, so they'd all learned entirely in-person. We are all of us catching up from having a lot of online learning, myself included. It will happen.

[@ngoc_thieu]

Ok also I'm doing alot better now I can play some of the 8th grader songs-

[@JackMMcMullan]

What key is this in

[@jonesparg]

E minor?

[@JackMMcMullan]

I was joking

[@jonesparg]

LOL. I've had sillier questions than that one.

[@Christiantacoeater]

We played this in the 6th grade😂😂

[@jacbro3909]

I am currently a seventh bass player and I learned vibrato is 5th grade.

[@jonesparg]

Not necessarily. It depends on when you begin playing, how much you play, and how flexible your hands are.

[@julianaalcantara3595]

❤❤❤

[@giovpllg]

Who else heard the baby crying on the biginning

[@litoboy5]

Cool

[@funside7879]

Who else likes their own comments because nobody else does :)

[@jonesparg]

LOL!

[@NC_Moto]

I play viola and people always mistake it for a violin and then I have to explain what a viola is and I hate explaining it because the only way to explain it so they understand is “it’s like if I violin and a cello had a baby” and it’s SO STUPID 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@anjalin2415]

I playe din 5th

[@jonesparg]

Congrats! Were you in a private orchestra or a school orchestra?

[@hashiragamers9321]

There playing to slow i dont understand when i played it it was faster

[@jonesparg]

LOL.

[@ivangrajeda3820]

My wife brought me here

[@burzwa38]

My orchestra group isn't nearly as good as this

[@MNBPGuy]

It a scary crossing.

[@jonesparg]

LOL.

[@sydneypicaza1016]

of course theres always a baby crying

[@kylinaxx7544]

XD fr