The best Blue Devils ballad to date

blue devils may never make another ballad like this. DCI 2022 videos in progress :)
Edit: the measure and the one before the 6/4 in the mellophones are wrong, I should have actually double checked this video instead of the cam I used, that's what I get for rushing this out, my apologies
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THIS VIDEO AS THE ORIGINAL IS HERE: • Blue Devils 2016 | Hor...

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[@athenalol]

god, that chord at 0:46 ALWAYS gets me 2016 was an interesting year for ballads:p

[@voidedspace5510]

It's a generic add2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIKTaqyQaLt8Z7s This is the real banger in the beginning of this tune. 6 part harmony + add9

[@joonyah8904]

That resolution is my favorite in existence I feel

[@athenalol]

@@joonyah8904 personally I feel that the resolution in Crown '17s opener when the mellos go from a concert Eb, to D, C, then back to D :)

[@athenalol]

@@joonyah8904 personally I feel that the resolution in Crown '17s opener when the mellos go from a concert Eb, to D, C, then back to D :)

[@johnjames9859]

Oh my GOODNESS yes - we had this, great gig in the sky, and hallelujah!

[@tcajaxband849]

First day of my band camp!

[@thesadfather1239]

same here!

[@Raymond_Churchill]

Mine is in a week and I'm super excited 😄

[@azxtnt]

Mine is in like 2 or 3 weeks I don’t remember

[@cravest1]

Good luck future DCI members if that's what you plan on doing

[@Raymond_Churchill]

I'm a track runner so I'm used to the conditions but still I need a lot of water. And yeah I plan on doing dci

[@rosoboy]

bro that high G that first trumpet plays gives me goose bumps (sorry if i said the wrong note im a baritone/trombone player and had to look it up)

[@BoardieLive]

yes it's a high g (double g)

[@tyronium2]

i also baritone/trombone (i do play trumpet as a fourth instrument tho)

[@HENRYANESDRUMS777]

This was the first year I ever watched the blue devils and I almost cried watching this for the first time at the rose bowl show, this is definitely a forgotten year

[@ilovehomies]

a soprano sax or screamer trumpet solo would go crazy

[@brendensarinana]

I disagree in this particular ballad , it was so good because of the simplicity

[@echo2121]

soprano sax??

[@Last_Survivor593]

@@echo2121 mhm, it looks similar to a clarinet, it's basically an alto without the curve before the bell

[@echo2121]

@@Last_Survivor593 no i know what a soprano sax is i was just asking why the fuck there'd be a soprano sax solo in drum corps

[@Last_Survivor593]

@@echo2121 oh, my bad. I guess they meant a high school setting? Although that doesn't really make sense either, very very few high schools could play this well

[@specialgamer2789]

2017 ballad was ridiculous

[@keananok]

2022 ballad was ridiculous

[@K3LP.06]

@@keananok MOON RIVER ON TOP

[@mrbigg151]

That color at 10 & 11 hits EVERY time! 🎶💯🔥

[@tapisbadatgames]

wind is a paid actor

[@gentrywalker]

i don't know why 2015 is so slept on for being a gold medal show

[@CJsMusicTrumpet]

this is 2016 though? or maybe im mixing my years up

[@NobleZerman]

@@CJsMusicTrumpet This is 2016

[@nerdyonthegreens]

Decent notation. Careful on your G flats when they should be f#.

[@peterstenberg3812]

As well rhythmically the quater note triplets are dotted 8ths. They are very very similar, but there is a difference. Listen closely.

[@HernandezEncoreDCIMore]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I work a lot so I often don't take my time 💜🙏

[@peterstenberg3812]

@@HernandezEncoreDCIMore Its a lot of notes, great job!

[@aaronj.campbell3876]

@@HernandezEncoreDCIMore I was also curious why it was notated in 6/4 when it sounds (and is conducted) in 4/4?

[@haydenclark4592]

This makes me miss playing trumpet

[@j.d.w3313]

does any one have a tip of tryna learn music faster and finding the rhythm when it comes to tryna learn a snare break or the ballad and all

[@HernandezEncoreDCIMore]

Take it slow. If you want to for sure learn it you can right down the beats below the measure and then count it out loud and clap with it.

[@wsuf7025]

If you can do it slow, you can do it fast

[@DatGuyWithNoName]

Brian Vuong's video of this does it more justice.

[@tacos8910]

btw I think the tuba part is written an octave too high. Actually I think the tuba part is now just missing notes

[@LRF152]

BD usually has a split part for tubas, but I agree, the tuba notation in this score isn’t great. Missing note changes on sustains and octave splits.

[@tacos8910]

@@LRF152 yea very true usually its 8 tubas on parts below the staff and 4 tubas in the staff. BD tubas very rarely play above F3. BD tubas is more for low range, hence the 4 valve contras that broke destroyed my back post season

[@theplayinyellowyt1042]

As a tuba player, it is easy to tell the transcription is missing da bass

[@lcope2004]

Didn't know people did such clickbait on band videos like this

[@sanderschat]

now you know

[@HernandezEncoreDCIMore]

I didn't consider it clickbait, it is one of the best arguably, and to some (like me) THE best. All opinion :)

[@lcope2004]

@@HernandezEncoreDCIMore Ahem, thumbnail *cough cough* I wasn't saying it wasn't really good. I was saying those lines from the thumbnail weren't in the video... sooooooo clickbait :) consider it what you will, but that's like the definition of clickbait. I wasn't arguing about how good it was, because *opinion* isn't clickbait, *showing a thumbnail that's not in the video is.*

[@HernandezEncoreDCIMore]

I chose that picture because the ones from the actual show weren't as visible as needed to be viewed

[@lcope2004]

@@HernandezEncoreDCIMore ... regardless of your intentions, it qualifies as clickbait since it wasn't in the video..

[@jaydayoungansnippets310]

im the 1000th like.. oh the power i have😈

[@fortniter2738]

☠️

[@trieutan5931]

anybody know the source music?

[@averysingletary5437]

you forgot the tuba part

[@HernandezEncoreDCIMore]

The tuba part is there :)

[@athenalol]

it's there, just looks 8va -- to save space I assume -- with some tiny moving parts the transcriber missed :)

[@prim7112]

Not that it’s any competition, but blue devils 1999

[@emmanuelceja4433]

You clearly haven’t heard concierto de Aranjuez 2003

[@goolghost1384]

Click bait