Sleigh Ride from the flutes’ perspective

Second edition
2022 version. Maybe possibly have improved on piccolo. We were in fact brain dead as it had been a very. very. long day but that’s ok. Silly goofy mess ups for the win
#band #sleighride #fails #concert #flute #flutemusic

[@AliciaChenaux]

As a former flute and piccolo player, this made me smile! And I cracked up at "That's the worst whinny I've ever heard in my life!" 😂 I'm not sure there's a director alive that hasn't said that at least once!!

[@rbyers.musics]

Last year’s version is up on my page too. It’s filled with fails and funny moments over the course of multiple practices

[@melodykinkle4754]

Man I had the weirdest conductor in my life he would say like “I hate seeing little kids smile” or “I cry when ever hear kids laugh” 😢 that was a weird experience and I am still with him 😢 sadly he is still my conductor and I will have to put up with that 😢

[@rbyers.musics]

@@melodykinkle4754 there are some strange ones out there! There’s one locally to me what we call the fairy pirate😭 he’s so theatrical when conducting, dresses like a pirate, and will cry on stage during a speech about the students every concert it’s comical most the time

[@melodykinkle4754]

@@rbyers.musics Brooo 😭 why would he cry tho-🗿😭

[@13xPetra]

We’ve actually had a pretty good whinny-er each year, so my director was too busy yelling at the percussionist clip-clops to compliment or diss them.

[@MrsWheezer]

Well over 30 years ago, I played flute in band. Would you believe we played the same version of Sleigh Ride all those years ago? Y’all definitely sound better than I did back in the day.

[@rbyers.musics]

It’s a classic favorite!

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

I would, given the band I was in played it six years running over 20 years ago.

[@TailsKade]

I miss playing the flute throughout school, I never practiced and oddly enough thats what made it fun! This brought back so many memories of playing, I smiled the whole time watching this. Gotta love da flute section!!

[@rbyers.musics]

So glad it brought so much joy!

[@JB49105]

Fr I don't even remember the last time I practiced

[@ZoeAlthouse]

As a fellow flautist, this was highly entertaining. My band played this song a few weeks ago. Great job on this!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you! Last years edition of sleigh ride is on my channel as well and has all fails over the course of a few rehearsals

[@jodiburnett6211]

As a professional cellist and teacher, you just made me laugh so hard!!! Sleigh Ride is the best crazy holiday piece ever and you can’t mess it up if you’re having fun! Thank you for sharing the flute situation. You guys nailed it! 😎🤘🏽

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you so much!

[@flutechannel]

I admit I also head nod between rests! Love your flute section you ladies rock!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you so much!

[@flutechannel]

@@rbyers.musics my pleasure! thank you for this!

[@mittenvonscrufflears7233]

Haha my friend switched from flute to piccolo this year and she hates every second of it! She hardly ever plays and she is super self-conscious of how shrill it is compared to the flute and thinks she stands out too much. I feel bad for her but she was the best flute among us so our band teacher volunteered her haha! We play this exact version of Sleigh Ride though, so it's really relatable, even if we don't go as fast(our band sucks 🥲). Hope you had fun! Band has a lot of my favorite school memories!

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

Piccolo really takes a somewhat different attitude from flute to actually enjoy it. It isn't for everybody. You need enough self-confidence to want to be heard and feel comfortable holding down a part by yourself. Also enough skill to control the tuning and volume on the high notes, which isn't easy and takes a substantial amount practice specifically on piccolo to achieve. The embouchure is tiring if you aren't used to it. Piccolo can be a blast once you have those things, but if you're playing something a bit beyond your skill level, or you aren't comfortable being alone on a part, or with everyone being able to hear you, it can be really scary. I really liked playing piccolo, but I can totally see why a lot of people hate it.

[@rbyers.musics]

@@lizziesmusicmaking yeah and I uh don’t have the confidence part LOL I’m working on it. I’m only a year into playing picc so my journey has a long way to go

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

@@rbyers.musics If you keep doing it, you will get better at it. Like dealing with stage fright generally. You've probably noticed that the more you perform, the easier and less scary it gets. Same with playing piccolo. It may also help to remember that you have started a different instrument, and NO ONE is great when they first start out. Your playing was sounding pretty good there, so yeah, it's probably just the confidence. I hope it works out well for you, and gets less intimidating.

[@Neeshquas]

As a young flautist, still learning the flute, this was epic. Especially because I don't think I'll be able to play like that soon.

[@rbyers.musics]

Aww I wish you luck in your journey!

[@Neeshquas]

@@rbyers.musics Ah thanks

[@carolinehomlar1884]

As a flutist who just started a year and a half ago, I can now play any song I see after just sight-reading! The first half year is rough, but then it glides by just like your fingers will! A good teacher goes so far!

[@Neeshquas]

@@carolinehomlar1884 So true! I also started around the same time as you lol.

[@melissahollowell7255]

Progress, not perfection!

[@lillysmith3623]

I can confirm that this is 100000% accurate. As a flute it’s my job to jam as I sit and wait patiently for the flutes to be the highlight of the music

[@rbyers.musics]

Absolutely!

[@Froggie-draws]

As a flute player, I had so much fun listening to this! Your band is so much better than mine lol

[@rbyers.musics]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nxte1630]

Never forget the oboes too we’re always with the flutes 😇😇

[@rbyers.musics]

Our oboe was one one my flutes last year. Wish I could have kept her but she’s doing amazing picking up oboe!

[@nxte1630]

@@rbyers.musicsohh I was a clarinet and now I’m a oboe 😭

[@rbyers.musics]

@@nxte1630 I’m a flute/piccolo learning Clarinet what a lovely woodwind circle!

[@hopepetal]

So that's what you all are doing while we're back in the percussion section playing literally one note Great job, from percussion land!

[@rbyers.musics]

LOL thank you!!!

[@headmistressartemis189]

As a flute/picc player who went to districts and county on picc, I love this! Pretty sure I have a version of this somewhere that I was given at some point! Great job girls! Keep at it!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@karbear04]

as a sax player, it was cool to actually hear what the flute part sounds like lol.

[@UrEmoDad-p8k]

Gotta love the fellow band kids

[@arosebski]

Not sure why I clicked on this considering I know exactly what it’s like to play this from a flute/piccolo perspective but I enjoyed it! I’m a senior in college about to start likely my last ever semester of band. We don’t do holiday concerts at my school because we are done for the semester in late November so I haven’t played this in what feels like forever, but I played it all four years of high school and spent many of my young childhood years sitting on the floor in the flute section coloring while my mom (also a flute/piccolo player) practiced this with the band she was in for much of my childhood. That director actually had me “help” him direct this when I was around 6 or 7 at a concert one year. This video brought me back to all of those holiday concerts, so thank you! I hope the actual performance went (or goes) well and that the trumpet player figured out their whinny lol

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you and glad to hear! The whinnie is usually perfect but that one was a major fail LOL. There’s usually community bands around in most town. Maybe seek one out near it and continue your journey and enjoyment with usually a low commitment on time

[@lizziesmusicmaking]

This brings back a lot of memories. The band I used to be in played that every Christmas, and I played flute and piccolo.

[@rbyers.musics]

Awesome!

[@teloiv0651]

As a piccolo player myself, I totally vibe with the measures where we’re just counting while the flutes go off lol

[@rbyers.musics]

SLAY

[@aminawinterwater2915]

Hey, I’m a flutist too! And I played this same piece with my band only about two weeks ago! I always love to get recommended videos of fellow flutists! As a bonus, I’m also about to start learning to piccolo, and I’m looking forward to that :) Oh and the band director yelling “that’s the worst whinny I’ve ever heard in my life!” Cracked me up. I remember the trumpets in our band learning to do that…

[@rbyers.musics]

Welcome to the piccolo gang!! I started just over a year ago?

[@aminawinterwater2915]

@@rbyers.musics Thank you! I’ve heard that a piccolo is notoriously hard to get in tune, so I’m a bit nervous, but I’m really looking forward to it anyways! :)

[@tempoticandmeepstar7584]

@@rbyers.musics I had piccolo for marching band this year. Always fun to try and tune it for thirty minutes lol

[@lognalovely2044]

We love our flute section but trumpets are superior, you guys sound great!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@IrishAnnie]

I love this!! The musicians are wonderful! One of my holiday favorites!!!

[@diamondkind6912]

I play Euphonium so I never get the chance to hear our piccolos and flutes (since I’m all the way in the back) it’s nice to hear your part!

[@rbyers.musics]

Gotta love Euph players! Glad you enjoyed!

[@melissahollowell7255]

Such an underappreciated but lovely sound.

[@laucatarino9885]

This made me smile and miss playing my beautiful flute. Totally relate with singing other instrument's parts 😅

[@rbyers.musics]

We are all NERDS

[@celsyius]

oml not us literally having played this for our winter concert too!!! It was, unfortunately, a train wreck, but it makes for a funny story to tell! Love from a flute player, gj on this

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@zanmolecules4105]

Last years symphonic band played sleigh ride, but I wasn’t in it because the freshmen were separated into their own school. This year we didn’t play it, but we played music from A Christmas Vacation, which I like way more

[@rbyers.musics]

Sounds super cool!

[@zanmolecules4105]

@@rbyers.musics it was, I had a fun Tom part and it’s my favorite Christmas movie, barely beating home alone

[@DTXlani]

Yall killed it

[@gracev5288]

As an oboist I would love to try to play this!!! Much love from the oboes. You guys are my section (kind of)

[@rbyers.musics]

ALWAYS LOVE FOR THE OBOES

[@raysantiago3750]

Beautiful faces of joy to the Sleigh Ride orchestra. Smile girls, beautiful. So cool.

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@eastmarvista3267]

Excellent job ladies!

[@antoniomariamarinelli8022]

I remember the Christmas concert last year. We came home dead because I think we rehearsed at least 7 times each song in one day with no breaks. But it was a success. soon I will have to do the end of year concert and it will be even worse 👍

[@allygator616]

I was never in the orchestra, but a good friend of mine is and they play the trumpet. Every winter they complain about the whinny.

[@rbyers.musics]

Well you heard how that run went😭 usually it’s great but that one was a fail for sure

[@mga2899]

Best music video this year!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@heniswhynot_pt1819]

I needed this video 1 month ago

[@Zonksmobile]

As A Trumpet Player, I Did The Horse Whinny In Sleigh Ride When I Was In High School! Merry Christmas! 😁😁😁

[@rbyers.musics]

It’s usually spot on but that one was a fail for sure LOL mad creds to our trumpets though they are killing it this year

[@musicyak3471]

As a violist, this is an interesting POV!

[@rbyers.musics]

Fun! And thank you!

[@daizeedavis2332]

all four players must raise thirty hands and like.

[@rbyers.musics]

L

[@glenpierce777]

Great stuff.

[@garlicbreadgames4958]

during my band concert, i am a french horn, the horse whinny was just a simple loud screech

[@rbyers.musics]

Honestly…. I prefer it that way

[@nevim007]

"Oh, and this one time at band camp..."

[@rbyers.musics]

LOL

[@gravel35]

as a flutist + oboist, hearing both instruments just makes me giggle cause. thats me!!

[@rbyers.musics]

LOL absolutely! Our oboe just started a few months ago and she’s killing it!

[@winterstokdyk9841]

flute/picc here! just played this a couple weeks ago with my band and you guys sound great!

[@rbyers.musics]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@striker3761]

As a trombone player, I don’t think I’ve ever heard this instrument

[@rbyers.musics]

Trombone is the elite brass instrument. Just saying

[@scottwaldo]

@@rbyers.musicshello? Trumpet anyone?!?!

[@rbyers.musics]

@@scottwaldo sorry man😬 our trumpets be killing the game this year but trombone first LOL

[@LapisTheGem427]

I'm a Flute player myself... Nobody hears us, lol. Mainly because my classmates have no idea how to pay attention to their dynamics, but Flutes are still wicked quiet.

[@flyingsquidinkorperation9275]

"You sound like a horse being sent to the glue factory" was what our band director said. Of course he was right but goddamn

[@rbyers.musics]

Sounds like my director ✋🏼 was a late and long practice leading to a failed whinny

[@contragurl]

Oh my gosh this blew up!!! (This is Bella, the contra clarinet at school 😆) you sounded awesome tho!

[@rbyers.musics]

Heyyyy hope your break is going well!

[@hopesierra124]

I love thissss! i'm a first chair flutist/flautist (idk how to spell it) and i can't wait to play this, you guys are amazing!

[@rbyers.musics]

Yay! Thank you!

[@parttime.loverr]

the head bobbing!! i also do that 😭

[@rbyers.musics]

Might as well LOL

[@aschsma]

As a clairnet it sounds so different hearing how heigh pitch a flute can be.

[@rbyers.musics]

It gets higher than what it heard 😖

[@foxthebard8197]

We haven't done this song yet but I can't wait til we can

[@rbyers.musics]

It’s one of my favorites!

[@gbksgbks1212]

We just played this for school assemblies on Thursday and tbh I was more focused on playing my jazz music to remember what was going on in my other band but I think it went well lol Great playing from your band!

[@rbyers.musics]

Lol and thank you!

[@thirstnhowliv9740]

Hey! As a guy who watched way too much Big Bang Theory, it looks like Kaley Cuoco is behind you playing flute!

[@rbyers.musics]

LOL😭

[@barbarawilsonfocusonflute3324]

❤ This!

[@13xPetra]

The trills are the worst part I SWEAR!! As a floutist, I just played them as the note that was written or moved a random finger each time we played 😂

[@rbyers.musics]

I love them! But everyone else doesn’t 😭

[@kalilewis6429]

You guys were amazing! On the other hand I do happen to see a French horn in the background which is my instrument! Once again you all did amazing and sounded great!

[@rbyers.musics]

Definitely not an easy instrument to play. Props to you 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 and thank you!

[@kalilewis6429]

@@rbyers.musics thank you I have only been playing for two years(I’m only in 7th grade) and I will agree with you that it is not an easy instrument!(I get yelled at a lot in class for playing a wrong note/partial) Also you are certainly welcome, I can tell that you and the hole band has been practicing really hard and from the short amount I heard it sounded amazing! Definitely keep up the good work!

[@-maybeutsjustme-9630]

clarinets are eating!!!!!

[@tung-x]

I was never a big fan of this holiday tune.. it just sounded too dated to me, but now I can appreciate the little key changes a bit. But watching this reminds me of the fun we had in band -- we would make it fun, no matter what!

[@peachy4128]

🧡🧡🧡🧡 I love this, as a flutist myself

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@softerhaze]

i played this a few weeks ago and i was sitting in front of those blocks that mimic hooves and i felt like my ear drums were being ruptured lmaoo

[@rbyers.musics]

😬 sign of a good time?😭

[@marnieholdsworthgreen8449]

We just did our Christmas concert at college last week with the orchestra only having started up this year for the first time since I was 11. I’d forgot how fun it is to play in an orchestra, especially seeing as I would up playing the violin parts with the two people I played with back when I was 11. Unfortunately our song was for more drab than yours (we did walking in the air) but at the end we did a big-ass showstopper with all of the choirs singing All I Want for Christmas while we played the accompaniment for them. It all felt very Love Actually 😭😂 honestly though have never played so loudly because there were only 4 violins trying to be heard on par with the brass section ffs 😂 This was so funny - the faces you were making are too relatable

[@rbyers.musics]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@autumn.44]

as a flute player myself this is pretty good!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!!

[@Timpdaddy146]

No it was shit

[@sierrak6340]

i did not know there was a piccolo part for this song. i never really get to play my piccolo for christmas concerts and it makes me so sad

[@rbyers.musics]

We did 6 songs this year (I think) and I only had one on flute, the rest was piccolo!

[@guyfaux3978]

The pic gets to star in The Stars And Stripes Forever, and we always see and hear THAT part "from the piccolo perspective"-- it might be interesting to do a "perspective" of TS&SF from other perspectives... ;-)

[@rbyers.musics]

Agreed! Hopefully I can post a Stars and Stripes video soon!

[@ryuqxy]

you sound awesome!!!!

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you so much!!

[@SW33T_ANG3LS]

As a flute player I understand this 😊

[@rbyers.musics]

Heck yeah!

[@Demised777]

great job

[@rbyers.musics]

Thank you!

[@mugfan9779]

Nice profile picture

[@Demised777]

@@mugfan9779 TY

[@Demised777]

@@rbyers.musics YW

[@mahevalepage]

playing this exact song as a french horn is the worse😭 we play the backgrounds

[@rbyers.musics]

Off beatsss💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@anasolis2128]

I Love it!! I play flute too😍

[@rbyers.musics]

Awesome!

[@snackcracklepop2259]

During sleigh ride this year my school had the orchestra, the chorus, and the band on stage together. We have a very small stage. The flutes were put behind the basses and we couldn’t see the conductor. The trumpets and trombones switched the tempo so we were very fast. It was a sad two days for sleigh ride.

[@rbyers.musics]

Well that’s an experience LOL

[@savannah2539]

Ive played this song so many times in band that i cant count. Both flute and piccolo. Trumpets always mess up the whinny i swear.

[@rbyers.musics]

Super fun! This is from a late rehearsal so we were all so exhausted. The whinnie is usually spot on but obviously this one was a FAIL lol

[@amtraktraveler9118]

As a trumpet player the horse Winnie died!

[@rbyers.musics]

Twas a fail LOL but it is usually perfect and was for the concert

[@nicoleherrera8495]

GUEST APPEARANCE BY NICOLE

[@rbyers.musics]

YUH

[@scottishbananaclan]

wow, the clarinets played it (mostly) correct! When I first played it the melody was a real b, just a chromatic scale but fast.

[@rbyers.musics]

I think this was our second rehearsal of this piece and it was a late rehearsal I swear the end product was spot on

[@idk-ki8mn]

Nailing it on thay piccolo

[@rbyers.musics]

Thanks LOL started a little over a year ago and last years edition of sleigh ride (that is up on my channel as well) definitely shows me as beginner 😭

[@idk-ki8mn]

@@rbyers.musics 5 years on flute, just got a piccolo and im failing lol

[@HelloooThere]

Good good

[@ladykiller-im8ir]

omg it looks so hard to play flute even though it’s actually so easy

[@rbyers.musics]

I can play clarinet and saxophone too. Flute is definitely the hardest out of those three

[@selahthehorsegirl]

I played this to

[@TheSoftballstar1261]

I play the flute too!!!!!!

[@rbyers.musics]

Yuh😎😎😎

[@imdesperate0236]

Hey this is christian lol I played this song with my new band and it was so slow 😢 miss y’all

[@celestethesloth]

i’m a flute and i just wanna say…………so true 😂

[@rbyers.musics]

Absolutely!

[@Mimi.youtube1]

I switched to trumpet recently and omg i used to play the flute heck nah for me im a short teenager im literally a migit and bro i cant i crashed after i played it

[@rbyers.musics]

Much love towards your trumpet journey!

[@FlashMMA777]

Bro I played the winney better than them, this made me crackle as a form or first trumpet player. Hopefully, they get better :)

[@rbyers.musics]

It was a fail after a long, long rehearsal. This was at like 8:30pm we all felt dead inside 😭😭😭 the Whinney’s have never been a problem in my band but horse dead in this go

[@HockeyGuy_in_STL]

Who shot the horse? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@OnyuJG]

I'm also a flutist and we played this piece before. We love the flutes!

[@rbyers.musics]

It’s a favorite! Thank you!

[@MysteriousPickleWizard]

I currently play flute, and this was really cool to watch but the trumpet player that did that whinny could’ve done a lot better

[@rbyers.musics]

It’s usually perfect but that one was a FAIL lol

[@SalemXenon]

How many flutes do yall have?! It looks like more than one row!

[@rbyers.musics]

5 including me on picc. We had a special guest who is seen in the video behind me because she was in the first edition (which is on my page as well) so she came back for sleigh ride part 2

[@SalemXenon]

@@rbyers.musics ah, that makes much more sense. I’ve seen bands with 15+ flutes and I don’t know how they function.

[@jakeforsdahl599]

The horn player doing offbeats the entire time was always my perspective in band 😮‍💨

[@rbyers.musics]

I think I’d fall asleep 😭

[@HIHELLO72915]

Why can the flute player not hold it near 90 degrees

[@rbyers.musics]

Not supposed to. Not good for your arms, shoulders, or back. It can slow your technique and hinder sound quality. It should be a 90 degree angle for marching band and marching band only for the aesthetic aspect

[@ZipplyZane]

What grade level are you guys? Also, is that girl in the back in the nice outfit wearing a soda can tab? Those were all the rage back when I was in school, especially in band.

[@rbyers.musics]

The band has all from freshman to seniors. We play mostly grade 5 and 6 music. The girl with the soda can tab is actually in college. We had made a sleigh ride last year (that is up on my channel as well) so she came back to do this years edition!

[@ZipplyZane]

@@rbyers.musics Thanks. BTW, I love that you guys do it at the original tempo. A lot of these seems to do it slight faster these days.

[@nicoleherrera8495]

soda tab girl is me!! i’ve worn it for over a year!

[@PatrickHogan]

This is not the view that flutes see

[@rbyers.musics]

You right. I’d give you a director cam but he just starts us and leaves

[@perkyjenna]

As the piccolo player in my symphony, I’d have to say that’s about the worst articulation of Sleigh Ride that I’ve ever heard. 🤦‍♀️

[@rbyers.musics]

Maybe encourage growth. It’s high school. Not the symphony. It’s FAILS hints showing the funny bad sides.

[@prinzjohn75]

Wow. This definitely needs a few hours practice 😂

[@moncefthunder3581]

Bro i want her Instagram 😩

[@dreandkenempire1997]

I played this version the trill part was the worsttttttt

[@rbyers.musics]

I love ittttttt. I think it’s so fun! (I know I’m alone on that one LOL)

[@whateverfin]

yikes

[@KyleKlabunde]

sounds like you have leaky pads.

[@rbyers.musics]

Nope, new picc from Flute Center of New York. I’m just new to playing picc and don’t use support✨

[@IRFAN_14567]

It’s actually piccolo not flute

[@rbyers.musics]

The flutes. The section. Piccolo is in the flute section. The more you know ✨

[@toast_toast1206]

We played the polar express at my school and it was amazing but yet I still adore the people who played sleigh ride, I wish I did it instead but still polar express was great

[@rbyers.musics]

LOVE polar express

[@toast_toast1206]

@@rbyers.musics I love your piccolo playing btw, I started playing piccolo for my band with a Sousa March, it’s really fun

[@rbyers.musics]

@@toast_toast1206 Sousa is ICONIC the piccolo playing I post in these edits are rough 😭 piccolo is a tricky relative to the flute

[@toast_toast1206]

@@rbyers.musics Fr, I love my March, my piccolo playing is rough though, it’s marching through Georgia if you’re wondering

[@rbyers.musics]

@@toast_toast1206 same ✋🏼 I don’t think I’ve heard that name I’m going to have to go check it out

[@ausieri]

Tenor Saxophone who is soon getting a second instrument as a flute here, this is the same version I play!! I love it so much!

[@rbyers.musics]

Super cool and thank you!