that one kid that's good at everything:

Download transcriptions at georgecolliermusic.com and check out the Discord!: / discord
Original video: • Things Ain't What They...
Performed by: James Morrison (obviously)
Transcribed by: BA
faq:
Q: how are you related to jacob collier? / A: i'm not, we just have the same last name
Q: how do you transcribe? / A: i use musescore for notation and 'Transcribe!' for beat marking, slowing down etc
Q: do you have perfect pitch? / A: no
Q: where can i suggest videos? / A: / discord
Q: what music do you listen to? A: open.spotify.com/playlist/0zP...
Q: why are some videos not transcribed by you? / A: sometimes other people submit transcriptions, most are commissioned from others who can do a better job than i can. i want to make sure you see the best transcriptions possible!

[@pims1234]

first time i've seen someone dual wield instruments

[@gabi-chan7806]

This comment almost killed me

[@AnthraxPastry]

Dana Colley

[@joempoem478]

@@gabi-chan7806 Brass akimbo.

[@Alpostpone]

Gunhild Carling

[@naejimba]

You have to invest enough points in having massive balls to unlock that talent option.

[@rixarlin]

"Trombones are never animated correctly"

[@abeno62]

Underrated comment

[@jeffsirname]

This is one of the greatest musician insider meme I've ever seen 🤣

[@kloyster7382]

LMAO

[@julianpischler9378]

Until now, I'd thought a trombone and it's slide were as equally necessary for playing music as a hammer and chisel were for sculpting, so to me it just looks like this guy threw his chisel away and started hammering marble into a work of art.

[@verfuncht]

His trombone has an f-attachment, which is usually used to partially close the gap that exists in the low range of the instrument and to eliminate the need for the two farthest slide positions. However, in the high range, it can almost entirely eliminate the need for the slide in general, as long as you’re ok with being a bit out of tune.

[@RaptorT1V]

I didn't understand either, how is that even possible?

[@adamhero459]

Almost all the notes he was playing can be done in the 1st position once he goes above the first F above the staff, although you do have to very good with adjusting your embouchure to flatten/sharpen the note so you hit the proper note and like the other guy said, he has an f attachment so that means he is effectively using 2 slide positions(generally the 6th position is the other assuming it is tuned to the standard position although for what he did here I bet he had it tuned in a way that made this easier, likely a bit flat) making him able to properly hit a lot more notes with alternate positions and a very good embouchure. Also some of those note he is just playing them close enough and fast enough that it sounds like he hit them. But then again maybe he is that good, but don’t recall seeing this guy play anything else on trombone.

[@SirWhobbles]

Yeah…….I just play trumpet

[@abbatrombonelol]

if your high enough it doesnt really matter where you stick your slide. C and Bb are in position 1 at the currect interval.

[@brokkobro6246]

The faces of the musicians behind him are priceless

[@kleiner851]

0:26 center is probably the best one

[@Muddytony20]

They all look so bored

[@ajfreshkid]

They kinda looked like haters until he started wailing high notes on the trumpet 😂

[@thorthefrenchone852]

wtf u talking about cluesless peons, they litterally dont care

[@jackthefrog80085]

I think every musician in these videos are kinda dead inside, especially the background ones

[@barbarian92]

Alternative title: “When you’re the only one in the group project who does the work”

[@Spitfire720]

The musical equivalent of talking to yourself

[@kriegh94]

0:52 that note sounds clean af

[@xavierharris9749]

Why not 0:36 or 0:40?

[@Nottremel]

@@xavierharris9749 lol they never said those weren’t

[@afreakingtree]

squeaky clean

[@thomaskilbey9560]

wish i could do that lol

[@AVdE10000]

As someone who used to play trumpet, let me just say being able to do that is more impressive than running a marathon, and this man must have titanium jaws

[@TylerLeeJones]

i had no idea you could solo that hard on trombone without even touching the slide, wow

[@s01itarygaming]

Having played a lot of trombone in my life I can assure you that you can't. This man's technique is so good you almost don't realize how incredibly hard that is to pull off even without switching between trumpet and trombone. Sure an F trigger gives you a lot of flexibility, but his control is next level. One does not simply play false and partial notes so cleanly that they sound exactly like a regular note.

[@ho0ber]

@@s01itarygaming Yeah, it's astounding how clean those are, and at SPEED too. The trumpet version is hard enough (with access to valves), but the trombone version is unlike anything I've ever seen.

[@yq0706]

​@@s01itarygaming not just the F trigger, the partials in the upper register are so close that with the trigger you can play almost get to any note you want on the top ranges.

[@SPDFRK]

That man has a very happy wife I'd say.

[@s01itarygaming]

@@yq0706 regardless of which techniques he is in fact using, it takes quite a bit of control and practice to get that consistently clean.

[@tartinitrumpet]

the slide is just for decoration, folks.

[@unobrunoboi1499]

The fact that he was able to match the octave on his trombone is just insane! Who else strives to be like the GOAT James Morrison? •⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠

[@jamcam9]

I once saw Jim and Bill Watrous playing a stage together. the battle was furious and glorious and etched in to my brain forever.

[@lollololololololololol8116]

it's not the same octave its in bass clef

[@unobrunoboi1499]

@@lollololololololololol8116 but the sound was the same octave. He still managed to play just as high with his trombone

[@wil.makesmusic]

Highest I can go on tenor trombone is a D on the fourth line of the treble clef staff. Never really had to play that high though. Comfortable range goes to the Bb slightly below it, after that point it starts to get a bit ridiculous lmao. I can try though :)

[@justincombs7433]

I loved that look he gave, like "Nah.....well...actually....."

[@connor_phillipz5689]

Playing those lines so accurately in just first position is insane. James Morrison is incredible.

[@samgu619]

I love how everyone on stage look at him as if he WERE the kid that's good at everything

[@leopichler]

when only one brass player turns up for practice

[@neezduts3242]

0:56 *gives up on playing trumpet line and 2 seconds later plays something just as impressive on the trombone without the slide*

[@frederickii1534]

this is insane, switching from a trombone mouthpiece to a trumpet mouthpiece is awkward as hell

[@_Dwarkin]

0:55 Damn, on a second I believed that he would do it 😂

[@Sam.cr8on]

James Morrison is by FAR my fav current jazz artist. Man is insane

[@cooldebt]

I think it was the 2019 International Jazz Day opener in Melbourne where I first heard William Barton play jazz on his didgeridoo (with James) and the two of them together were just amazing

[@rantman86]

Wycliffe Gordon is my favorite trombonist

[@lilywashere27]

And they said multitasking wasn't possible

[@CornOnThe_Cob]

Well he played them separately

[@lilywashere27]

@@CornOnThe_Cob fair, but my comment was in jest

[@CornOnThe_Cob]

Fair enough

[@themug406]

No one said that

[@sugarsammy7209]

You know it's good when the band is in awe

[@stevecornet]

Especially that band!

[@emmbeesea]

I was halfway expecting both instruments playing identical runs at the same time. That would've made my head explode. Hot dang, those partials.

[@Sphagetti__]

He probably could to be fair

[@ZaneSteel]

Can't beleive I got to perform on stage with James when Iw as in year 9, an amazing man, incredibly humble as well

[@cooldebt]

Sounds like the man is as impressive as the music. A great ambassador for Australia and for jazz and no doubt a treasured experience for you!

[@joeschmoe6516]

Apparently, he isn't as humble as you are...still talking about something you did long ago as a kid 🤣

[@leftpastsaturn67]

@@joeschmoe6516 Have you always been an idiot?

[@bigboi5384]

@@joeschmoe6516 shut up bro😂

[@brendancskinner]

Are you from Ballarat? If not I guess he played with schools a lot which is cool. Memorable experience for me too.

[@zack4president]

The trombone is all mouth-work. I dont even understand how its possible.

[@amj.composer]

(I've copy pasted my own reply to another comment) He's on a really high partial in the harmonic series so the notes are pretty close to each other. Plus, the trombone has a F trigger (look at his left thumb), so that gives you a whole new set of partials. You can play a surprising amount of notes with that. I don't think I need to explain how hard this is to do.

[@zack4president]

@@amj.composer Never heard of an 'F-trigger' but it makes a lot of sense. So maybe he's just REALLY good, and not some kind of wizard like I suspected originally.

[@amj.composer]

@@zack4president F trigger is just a valve that adds tubing to the trombone, dropping its pitch by a perfect 4th (so it's in the key of F). Also James Morrison is basically a wizard, honestly.

[@zack4president]

@@amj.composer I get it

[@markm0000]

That moment you realize the slide is not moving. 😮

[@simplycomplicated2357]

Watching this made me feel lightheaded and out of breath. Extremely impressive effort put into that. I'd love to know how he managed to keep air in his lungs.

[@jonahlang6344]

Brass techniques teacher: The final isn't going to be that hard. The final:

[@1NegativeOne]

That is the main character of our universe.

[@ericmgarrison]

He deserved some applause at the end of that amazing set!

[@Lucas-xu8nc]

James Morrison is a literal gem to the jazz and brass world

[@davidchidester5463]

When the trombone soloist throws up right before the performance.

[@JYT256]

0:25 find someone who looks at you the way the guy on the right looks at him

[@tonybmusic1166]

I remember learning about the Baroque era clarion and how the players would perform the Bach concerti without valves. Someone discovered a tiny hole in an antique instrument that the players used to create the articulation of those Bach lines.

[@thechosenone897]

Again, the other people in the background are hilarious 😄

[@Lucas.Blevins]

Wow, this is just amazing! And on his favorite blues song too 😂😂

[@jeffwade1107]

I absolutely love your channel. I've discovered so much great music through your channel. 😁

[@sarahspeedrun6419]

This is the 4th video I’ve seen of this guy playing this exact song and every time he’s doing something completely different. What

[@notonlyhuman6073]

The skill here is actually insane! Love this guy!

[@AirplaneSlave]

I’ve been watching your videos for an hour and this is the first one where I genuinely said “HOW IN THE FK does he play trombone like that” 🤯

[@blogsfred3187]

James morrison used to live in the the house next door. A couple of years ago,we were at the beach in a cafe at sunset, and he rocked up with his band, driving his vintage rolls. Played free just for fun for an hour… very memorable…

[@Smronger]

"The person playing the trombone is sick" Him: I'll just do it myself

[@michaelevans1738]

The slide on a trombone has just been for looks all along 🤔

[@Kazinga123]

You can only play like this if you go super high and are super skilled, so… kind of

[@attackhelicopter3971]

As a band kid you’ve no idea how funny I find this

[@BiddleBox]

The things you can do with the upper harmonics, an f attachment, and the chops to do whatever you want with them

[@xMattbot]

Man was dual wielding instruments and still had hands to signal the conductor there were 4 bars left

[@itsjoe3109]

everyone behind him looks absolutely livid

[@tigeechan2040]

One thought going through the collective mind, “I need to practise more…” 😢

[@SaccoBelmonte]

Incredible skills, especially on the Trombone.

[@merkoholic]

Guy was rocking akimbo horns. New meta in Modern Warfare right there

[@arggyshandify8069]

THE FACT THAT HES NOT EVEN MOVING THE TROMBONE'S SLIDE BEDAZZLES ME

[@zanesmith666]

still crazy to think I got the chance to play with this guy in highschool, and his brother too. Cool guys

[@wraith2939]

Dude said « nah I can’t be as good as myself »

[@TheMinecraftACMan]

If you were only listening, you could be forgiven for thinking that this was, in fact, two people.

[@Trumpetmultitracks]

i love how the trombone is playing only partials 10x harder than the trumpet

[@l3gacysp1rit67]

”So did i get that right, how many instruments you play?“ ”All.“

[@yuvalne]

this is even wilder when you realise he goes back and forth between transposing and not

[@marcusstoica]

"switching to your sidearm is faster than reloading"

[@ninefingerjack]

Did homeboy just do the classical version of dueling banjos by himself? Much respect.

[@simeon2851]

This guy will fly a plane with one wing missing.

[@flynneaston6264]

Bruh that is eye watering how high that is I think on a good day I can be maybe 4 notes away for that

[@nomnomfoodthief]

James is AMAZING

[@yaldrammuqadis]

If it wasn't for that trigger, he wouldn't be able to paly that with one hand

[@gonikassif8527]

I knew from the title alone that this was a James Morrison video

[@ajfreshkid]

Trills with just your articulation seems in SANE to me

[@williamgregory1848]

When you’ve already mastered your main instrument so you decide to master other instruments out of sheer boredom.

[@iseriver3982]

Love a good bit of comedy in my music acts. It's like the anti Bill Bailey, a comic who puts music in his acts.

[@luf4rall]

Just too skillful

[@GiddyGoons]

Truly skilled

[@ghostofqueenelizabethii]

Man has got some awesome lip slurs on trombone bro

[@fanthonyfictions]

You can see the murderous intent behind him.

[@jyacthepianoman]

cant wait for when he plays them at the same time

[@s01itarygaming]

The mouth piece size of a trombone makes that somewhat difficult, but not impossible (and different shapes could make it easier as well). Two trumpets is certainly viable!

[@boriss.861]

James Morrison You Star!!!

[@Marcha-]

Legend.

[@scottmclagan4276]

Wow... super good control of open notes on the trombone.

[@jooei2810]

That’s impressive, now play them at the same time.

[@trevorjensen2706]

The Australian legend returns!

[@lottienonchalant8135]

Dude is playing the trombone like it's a bugal

[@keithshockley3443]

I knew this was James’s Morrison gracing us with dat two horn technique. lol

[@billpalmer4152]

Incredible!!!

[@KasranFox]

we found him. the trombone champ

[@joefoster4635]

bruh he isnt even moving the slide

[@Mafi4532]

Alright, now weed a trumpet player and a trombone player I’ll do both

[@georgecromar4094]

Great stuff 👏

[@Jakzx1k]

we have this one kid in concert that plays bass clarinet and bassoon and since we sit right beside each other he just switches from bassoon to bass clarinet on some pieces (Im still first chair thankfully)

[@davidhall8874]

I bet he can slide uphill!

[@dbloese]

James Morrison you are one man band!

[@risinglabyrinth5977]

When 0:56 came I thought George was gonna do another one “nope” like in “big man plays tiny trambone” 😂

[@saled8224]

Bro playing Octaves higher than my highest note and making it look like he’s playing a simple F

[@johnforster5312]

You definitely should check out when James Morrison (the guy in this video) played a Mozart piece for flugelhorn on his "frugal horn" which was literally a mouthpiece, a plastic funnel and a length of garden hose. The guy's a freak!

[@seed2338]

My guy was dual wielding

[@DampRaccoon]

Perfect demonstration of why the trumpet is superior

[@bearsgaming6364]

Trumpet Master Race

[@hotspicy2050]

so that’s what the trigger lookin thing is for

[@fish7796]

When you do the group project yourself:

[@Luttibelle]

NICE!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@cravest1]

Trumpet players drooling over the high notes😂

[@JariSatta]

You should see him charming snakes

[@mrbigg151]

My goodness! 🎵🎶🔥

[@CeVillain]

Awesome

[@vintersphrost]

Trombone Champ without Mouse 🖱

[@CorwinNewall]

I feel for those trombone ledger lines, a tenor clef needs to put them out of their misery

[@McPatMan124]

Ah yes, the trombone bugle. a classic, of course.

[@Freemelon07]

He looks like a mafia boss

[@flykintoun]

James Morrison proving that the slide on a trombone is purely to give the players something to do with their hands and is otherwise completely superfluous

[@notonlyhuman6073]

@@mattgiantmusic Woosh

[@amj.composer]

@@mattgiantmusic You're either a non-native English speaker or you're just really new to the internet

[@notonlyhuman6073]

@@amj.composer 😂😂😂

[@princepsangelusmors]

@@mattgiantmusic His comment was a joke and "woosh" is something you say when someone, in this case you, completely misses it.

[@princepsangelusmors]

@@mattgiantmusic Guess the Dutch have as little humor as the German. Yikes.