Boléro Problems

Yea it's cool I can just wait 10 minutes for me to completely bomb one of the most exposed solos in the orchestral trombone repertoire...

[@ilikericeithink935]

the slide lock really hit a bit too close to home

[@mccabecompositions]

The amount of times I’ve done that in marching band

[@maliceandtaxes4822]

So true. I keep forgetting

[@dustin8ort903]

I did that in practice once and hit the back a guys head

[@fujin27]

Agreed

[@ibeaman]

I was literally about to comment that lol

[@ninjagame64]

That peak at high C got very personal 😭

[@Lifewitcamm_.]

Fr

[@araxshiriau9275]

I peak just before high Bb

[@tilghmanlwillis1561]

Same 😢

[@DeadCow04]

Which c does he mean by high

[@xowazzy6360]

@@DeadCow04 c5 on the piano

[@edwardjones1045]

The look at the mouthpiece after you mess up is too accurate 😭

[@lakidarsknil]

its always the instruments fault 😅

[@morgangrosdidier1654]

Same vibes as reed instrument players adjusting the reed after any and all mistakes

[@firebanner6424]

@@morgangrosdidier1654 ok but usually it is the reed

[@benjaminrobinson7203]

Like “what did you do to make me mess up this time?”

[@jnmarshmello2728]

Slide lock gets even the best of us 🤣

[@annonymous6827]

😔

[@emmamcallister1743]

Unless your trombone doesn't have one 😔

[@jnmarshmello2728]

@@emmamcallister1743 if your slide is bad enough you might be able to live without one😅

[@thedeadchannel1920]

@@emmamcallister1743 mine is broken

[@thedeadchannel1920]

@@jnmarshmello2728 I do

[@lukechapple6623]

We live for sacrilegious interpretations

[@ashtonwingate1470]

😈

[@ripleylockerbie9830]

INtrensting

[@donsmith9952]

Heard Joe Alessi crack the opening high B flat one concert, happens to everyone

[@tromboneman4517]

How DARE you insult the trombone governor! You heretic!!!

[@ButterflyEffectTrio]

Ahh yes, the trombonist life, happy to be a part 😀

[@markgilbertjr413]

The sheer panic when you Peak at high C. You go through the 5 stages of grief in 1 second

[@sirraccs9584]

The slide lock got me way too many times, I literally felt that tug with all my spirit

[@tomasrodriguez6961]

Yesterday i've the worst audition in my whole life. This comforts me a little bit

[@Undomaranel]

We've all been there fam. Just a speed bump in the grand scheme of things, though it's clear life's shocks are going to need replacing soon. Best wishes!

[@hannaha4631]

...so that's why that trombonist was sobbing gently into his hands when the spring concert music selection was revealed to the band and orchestra...

[@lvtuba]

Alessi studio resources will massively help with all of that.

[@ashtonwingate1470]

That seemed to be all the master students in my studio used to talk about. Joe did this and Joe did that.

[@joliBlox]

I know he watch two set IMMEDIATELY when i see the word sacrilegious

[@justchillin2959]

frrr

[@luisfer2908]

“Forgets unlock” hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

[@bradleytdw2927]

Bro my friend Connor was the soloist for this song last semester! I remember him doing at least half of these lol Edit: Spelling

[@danielkelley6711]

he's a disgrace to our kind

[@jeremy8473]

Why would you ever play this song?? it's the same 30 second melody for 15 minutes...

[@bradleytdw2927]

@@jeremy8473 firstly I made this comment 7 months ago lol, also I didn't choose it my band director did so its not my fault?

[@jeremy8473]

@@bradleytdw2927 I know, just a strange piece to play for a concert....

[@bradleytdw2927]

@@jeremy8473 Well we also didn't play the original piece, we played a shorter maybe 3 minute long version of it

[@poyo7912]

I never laughed so hard at a KZbin shorts lmao, these are way to relateable. I can not imagine having your slide be locked in a audition lmao. My private teacher told me a story of his detachable euphonium bell coming off and hitting the floor in an audition. I wish none of my enemies to go through that lmfao.

[@aviatorsound914]

Playing too low and too high has always been a problem for all trombonist. No joke. I dreaded all the time while my trombone that “DAM, not again with me playing too low and too high and that dreaded double buzzing”. Like don’t worry I’m still practicing but practice makes perfect especially when you hang a competition in March “Dam that competition ;(“.

[@ilikedinosaurs392]

how did the competition go?

[@sdproductions7236]

I felt this soo damn hard lol

[@chronos9895]

Not the slide lock 😭 i felt that

[@jackwatkins9024]

Love the way you did the proper stare at the instrument as I if it’s, the trombones fault that you missed your entrance

[@Joe_R_Biden]

Every tromboner ever

[@crankyreed]

The snare drummer: "If we have to try this again one more time I'm gonna ---"

[@samuelthomas1391]

I played this in my 10th grade field show… never again

[@FluffyBunniesAreCute]

I forget to unlock my slide so often. And I find it’s always when the teacher is looking directly at me.

[@owsl2468]

Bruh looking at the mouthpiece after every mistake is the most accurate thing

[@offniya.7575]

literally the slide lock always gets me 💀 It's like a fidget for me to open and close it while I wait to come in

[@Boredomunlocked]

That darn slide lock has gotten me in trouble at so many concerts

[@merk6260]

this is incredibly accurate

[@averagemexicanboy8200]

The slide lock fail was super relatable 😭

[@therealitsglitchtrap]

the sacrilegious interpretations are why I started trombone

[@boykin740]

That slide lock is a menace I'm telling you

[@abbysalts1207]

You got me with the slide locked🤣😭😅

[@Kaiisalittleconfused]

The missing the slide one is very relatable And the forgetting to unlock the slide 🤣🤣🤣

[@thebrasswarrior5473]

Then when there’s a banger and we on rest, we do a little shuffle

[@Blazewoods]

Played the double bass for this song in grade 9. With 3 other basses. We were absolutely thrilled when we saw our part 😐

[@Kovahusky1013]

This hits in places only I thought I had

[@ihaka3925]

That *realises they peak at C* was tough. Took me 12 years to unlock that Db

[@Lifewitcamm_.]

Really? I just practiced long tones everyday for like a year and was able to do it with little difficulty.

[@ihaka3925]

@@Lifewitcamm_. no it was a joke

[@samelzy9415]

So true, I forget how many times I have forgotten to unlock my slide

[@shob4431]

The slide lock gets me every time

[@dannycunil5989]

The slide lock is something that only we feel

[@BenNixon32]

I haven’t played in years, but this one still hit close to home. Haha.

[@lunari64_]

The slide lock fail is always extra goofy in marching bc you're so afraid to lose your slide that you simultaneously compliment yourself for not losing your slide and slap yourself for very noticeably missing your note

[@Islendingar]

You should try being the poor Eb clarinetist !(normally me) !!! That piece of music sends me to the pub and therapy every time I have to play it !! I do love it but it’s a nightmare to play !!

[@mr.smiles7896]

The lock and too low were just nostalgic

[@thegoodgeneral]

I’m a big fan of Ravel, and also Boléro. I think every iteration of both themes should play to the strengths of the instruments being played while also being played cleanly and rather straightforwardly-except the trombone. That should be played fucking raunchy and dirty as fuck.

[@toothless5448]

My lips just decide not to maintain the same buzz when doing any high notes

[@ajbfwb]

In decades of trombone playing, I don't think I ever almost ripped the horn off my face from forgetting to unlock the slide. Just lucky I guess...

[@GameQuiver]

I’m glad that my trombone is old, it’s previous owner must’ve broke the slide lock.

[@xDuWuTang]

I haven’t been in a band setting in almost a decade and a half, and I felt all of this. Even as a sax player.

[@izuku-midorya]

This is literally me when I’m playing the trombone 😂

[@KyleRaftery]

I don't like that I'm in this video so many times. Except for the slide lock, that's a brand new horror to add to the nerves.

[@drewtsg839]

Not me accidentally growling when trying to play super high notes

[@layla9435]

Literally me whenever I have to play in front of the class:

[@SPKYRVN]

The slide lock is my demon under my bed though. 💀

[@noahproulx2050]

Bolero was my first clarinet solo so it holds a special place in my heart

[@somberfella6631]

very relatable especially as a beginning band kid

[@senic6605]

As a trombonist myself, these are so relatable.

[@Crepetomaniac]

As a trombonist I can confirm this

[@londons_vlogs]

man that slide lock be coming for me😭

[@thedeadchannel1920]

The slide lock part Me: well I can't do that with a broken slide lock

[@rileymercera6081]

We had a trumpet do the bolero solo for my school, but a trombone do a solo in Malaguena, backwards but it worked well

[@theundercook_spaghetti3198]

Dude when you miss that entrance I just don’t know what to do with the air and I feel like I smell it through my mouth and I just end up coughing

[@alloftheabove5448]

Man I know how that feels I play the trombone and man do I have these problems

[@alleny2971]

You got some funky slide grips bro

[@olliedog9641]

Why is this so relatable (the slide lock one was wayyyy to scary. Us trombonists have a stalker)

[@cheese7671]

The side lock is probably the most annoying experience for a trombone player to go through

[@markuswil-fart1901]

That peaking at high C really hitting personal 😂🤣 ~Markus~

[@irish_potato]

this is me every week at band practice

[@allee6684]

I love my trombone 🫰🏻🫶🏻

[@mr_rock4353]

Damn the slide lock got me

[@nate_harding]

That slide lock got personal

[@MURICA_SEINCE_1776]

It was like a measure before the trombone solo came in at my first concert and last second I realized the slide was locked

[@AL-wc8oy]

Forgetting to unlock the slide is so relatable😆😆😆😆

[@jasondiaz7225]

The teacher gets mad at for not unlocking the damn slide 😂

[@aidenthompson9917]

I’m a French horn but when I was just starting I decided to try and play flight of the bumblebee on it. I then realized you need a slide

[@allie14__]

HELP THE SLIDE LOCK YES

[@helenathegreat3070]

I just began playing trombone a few months ago for school, I constantly forget to unlock the slide lock and it is the most annoying thing ever

[@desrgamersqumpai7764]

It’s the Cell to singularity Mesozoic valley theme!!!

[@The_Roman_Empire]

And then we have to go back like 20 measures

[@KARTERRRR]

the slide lock is so relatable 🤣🤣

[@kurushimi9976]

Bro after my jazz classes I cant even hold a high c

[@Novacreeper231]

that high C peak is so real XD

[@zro3820]

This is so relatable

[@mindaer5167]

Sometimes when I get mad I just slur everything 😭

[@trombonimacaroni]

Bro I do that too! I had a solo one time and had practiced it before and it was perfect up until the day it needed to be, and I was so frustrated that I didn't bother tonguing anything. Director was not happy 😅

[@aidannelson35]

I love that this isn’t just me

[@em2333]

Shhhhh I didn’t want to feel attacked by that slide lock 😂

[@jericholocke8050]

One of my favorite stories was when we were coming in for Sleigh ride, like the absolute beginning of the song. (Original one by Leroy Anderson) I lift up my trombone, and the spit valve catches on my dress! I missed my entrance trying not to flash everybody 💀💀💀

[@MuffinTunes]

Such truth to this. So much truth 🤣🎵

[@LtMoony]

This hit hard

[@starboi7719]

This is why I play the euphonium

[@ligh-t5z]

The c and slide lock are so true

[@tooaesthetic193]

THIS IS ✨M E ✨

[@cosmokinesis1772]

Bro was playing the Zappa version at the end 😂

[@ottovonbismuth]

I am having flash backs to marching band lol

[@averymason9927]

The classic *forgets to unlock slide*

[@rapinncapin123]

Great tone

[@davidhodgin8900]

How do you even get that high

[@trombonetimo]

Practice

[@ilalouise.lilyriver]

the "wrong solo" sounded like perfidia

[@solemitten5469]

You hurt my feelings and my trombone's

[@laylajunebug4516]

With my trombone I just got it in the lock slide like scared me because I thought my trombone was broke in the first day I got it but then I’m like oh I just have to slide it and then I can play it