This entire video is the essence of “Never have I been so offended by something I 100% agree with”

"Play soft, softer, don’t even bother" *Trumpet players:* "P means POWER"

there’s a guy in our band whose name is dakota. one day the band director said “everyone look at the coda” and we aLL TURNED TO LOOK AT DAKOTA

Lets give a moment of silence to the beginners who thought this would be helpful...

“In case you forget to breathe.” Band director: Ignore the breath mark in this part. Don’t breathe there. Move it forward two measures. Also band director: Why are you all running out of breath in this part all of a sudden?

8 bar rest: You are unimportant 64 bar rest: You are very unimportant 256 bar rest: You are a percussionist

The breath mark isn't reminding you to breathe. It's telling you that you don't get to breathe until then

"dont forget to breathe" me, a violonist with anxiety: ty i forgot for a moment

“you put them together to sound nice” *a u g m e n t e d u n i s o n*

“Counting to five has never been this hard.” Stravinsky: *laughs in 13/8*

“This is only fun when playing the Trombone… This is the only fun thing about playing the Trombone.” As a trombonist I have never been more offended by something so true

When he said “you were never informed of this” for solo I felt that

“And is also the only fun thing about playing trombone.” The truth hurts.

"you can put them together to sound nice" *plays a minor second*

The “by a 12-year old” bit will always forever make me laugh for a week straight every time I think about it And we all know the classic “demisemihemidemisemiquaver” which will never not be hysterical to say aloud and that’s a fact

*shows common time* “This is easy.” *shows cut time* “This is not.” As someone who had to play something in cut time, I agree. THAT WAS VERY HARD.

Everybody gangsta *'till the DEMISEMIHEMIDEMISEMIQUAVER comes in*

"If you're reading this, it's already too late." LMAO

"This reminds you when to breathe . . . in case you forget to breathe." As a vocal performance major w/ anxiety who's sucked at breath control for YEARS, I can't tell you how needed that breathmark is.

the "solo": "you were never informed about this" got me the most

“This video is a joke. Do not watch for genuine help.” *this sign can’t stop me cause I can’t read*

“There are also some obscure clefs that you’ll never be told about.” Me: *Laughs in Viola*

As a person whos been reading sheet music for 8 years, I really needed this.

"Play loud, and then don't." "Play loud, and then... don't." I mean he's not _wrong_

“Counting to 5 has never been more difficult” “You thought it was over”

No one: My sheet music: so we're in 2/4, and now we're in 3/4 for a measure before going back to 2/4, then we go back to 3/4, then we go to 4/4 and it will be like that for a while, and then we go back to 2/4-

“You can put notes together to make them sound nice” *literally the sound of purgatory*

flutes: *waiting for 64 measures of rest* “at least i get paid.” person on triangles: “wait y’all get paid?!”

"You can put them together to sound nice-" *o* *b o*

"You're very unimportant." *cries in snare drum in concert band

My orchestra teacher showed us this and this one kid was like " teach us the demisemihemidemisemi quaver! " the teacher politely declined while the rest of the class was like noooooooo

"Put them together to make them sound nice" *My ears are bleeding*

"This tells you to breathe in case... you forget to breathe." * cries in flute *

6 years ago and I still regularly return to this video. It never gets less funny

I read "This video is not a joke. Watch for genuine help"

"These are the 2 main clefs, the low one and the high one. There are also some more obscure ones you'll never be told about." *sad viola noise*

Every year or so i come back to watch this. And it NEVER stops being funny.

It’s a demisemihemidemisemiquaver, you’ll find that information useful Me, after showing off my “musical knowledge” in class: Yes

1:01 This is just another tip, but if you play a Demisemihemidemisemiquaver, the rule is that if you hear the note when you play it, you’ve played it for too long.

I read the thumbnail is “this video is not a joke. This is a genuine cry for help”

My addition is: *shows fermata symbol* Hold this note until you literally run out of air, and then keep holding it while slowly dying of not having air

"Or a demisemihemidemisemiquaver. You later find that information very useful." one of the best parts

"Counting to five has never been this hard" Ganondorf: *laughs in 23/16, 17/16, and then 23/16 again*

“if you’re reading this it’s already too late” literally can almost hear my chorus teacher yelling at us when we didn’t get suddenly loud at the exact right time

The chord after “to sound nice” kills me every time

i have no idea how to read sheet music (was always an art kid rather than a band or theater kid) and this both makes sense and makes sheet music twice as a confusing as before. great video

Nothing makes you feel like a nerd more than laughing at this

8 With Line: _You’re Unimportant_ 64 With Line: _You’re Very Unimportant_ 4096 With Line: _Don’t Even Bother_

I know the”in case you forget to breathe” thing is meant to be satirical, but as a wind instrument player, I’m honestly constantly forgetting to breathe until I basically can’t make noise anymore

“This tells you when to breath... *I N C A S E Y O U F O R G E T T O B R E A T H*

The *"Demisemihemidemisemiquaver"* ... *Spot on* 👌

“You’re unimportant.” Tuba players: “Well, I’ll play eventually.” “You’re *very* unimportant.” Tuba players: “...”

I watch this video probably a couple times a year because it never stops being funny and now I just used it to help me organize a speech on the same topic ❤️⭐️

Ok I've come back to this video SO MANY TIMES over the past 5 years or so and it's hilarious every time 😂😂😂 It's honestly my all time favorite video on KZfaq

“You can put them together to sound nice.” Middle school band: what’s that

“This is easy, and this is not” FACTS.

I'm trying to learn sheet music, and this was honestly the most helpful thing I've found all day

Super helpful! I learned everything i needed to know by watching this video!!!! I now make music for disney movies and this is the only lesson i ever took on reading sheet music. Thank you:)

1:56 "Someone's playing the wrong note." THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF PLAYING IN A GROUP.

Ah yes. I recall my failure to breathe while playing the piano

Before I was a musician I got none of the jokes now I absolutely love this video

This was so helpful! Everyone really liked my orchestra concert where everyone went Lululu mid song. This is in fact, one of my favorite videos on the internet

0:43 "you can put them together to sound nice" *the literal sound of death*

The band: *finishes* Me: *lowers instrument* The band: *takes the repeat* Me: *intense sweating*

Can’t believe this only came out 4 years ago, feels like so much longer than that. I go to a conservatory for music and kinda wanna make sure everyone knows about this video.

I just love these types of videos. I want to see them everyday 😭

Ah yes I often forget to breathe when playing the drums I’ll just pass out randomly lol

I died at the coda explanation "So wait you go back? then...no, wait"

"this is only fun while playing trombone" string instruments too cuz u can slide ur finger

I like how I’m watching this video four years after it was posted, while I should be at band practice, where I’ve been playing the clarinet for five years, but I’m sick so I’m watching this even though I learned all of this five years ago

"You can out them together to sound nice." *plays the literal most absurd second interval to ever exist*

Another detail: Whenever their is a breath mark after a fermata, it’s literally Jesus coming down to save you from suffocating.

**Laughs hysterically** *tRumPeT pLaYeRs dOn't wORry aBoUt BaSs cLeF*

I only realized on my second watch that the "note above A" for band tuning was written as A sharp, not Bb which is how it would actually be written in a band exercise XD

At this point I think the demisemihemidemisemiquaver is an inside joke between 20% of musicians

"If you put them together, they sound nice." **death**

This has been posted on our band google classroom MULTIPLE times and I NEVER get sick of it

i had this saved in my watch later for a month bc i wanted to learn when i had the time. i clicked it today and got this. im not disappointed

"Play loud, play louder, don't even bother" Me, a trumpet player: *Are you challenging me?*

"these's remind you to breath, in case you forgot to breath" Me : " *never found that thing on my paper* "

The more years I play an instrument the more accurate this feels

I am so glad that my band teacher played this for our class- now I am determined to show it to everyone I know and see if they have band humor

“You’re *very* unimportant. “ The person on crash cymbals: “At least I’m getting paid”

*Storytime listen up* So my school requires a written test for band (which is dumb). As a loophole my band director usually says "Write your name on the top of the paper. Now turn it in". And as long as you wrote your name on the top of the paper, you passed the written test (We still did play tests and stuff if wasn't to pass the class). But this year, he decided to do something different. He passed out a small piece of paper to everyone in the class and said to wrote any question about music you can think of. He would compile all of them into a written test for us to take. But there was a twist- if we wrote a question that no one in the room knew the answer to, we wouldn't have to take the test, and we'd get a 100. My question was "What is the name of the 256th note". Needless to say no one knew the answer. Not even the band director. So I guess this video was genuinely helpful lol

still one of the greatest videos on youtube, never fails to make me laugh

I understood almost none of this but it was probably more helpful than any other guide I could watch.

let's be real here he's not wrong on the majority of this.

“You put them together to sound nice” *Sacrilegious noise*

As the lead weight at my last choir practice, I hope this will help me. And I'm already feeling confident!

thank you so much for all of the closed captions in different languages!!

"play loud and then don't" "play loud and then....... don't" "If you're reading this it's already too late" "So you go back and.. wait-" "- lulululululu" I was on the floor holy shit xD

the funny part is this is actually extremely accurate

1:10 TO ALL MUSICIANS OUT THERE Me: Does anyone wonder why there's a fermata over a rest?

I already knew how to read music, but I was interested how someone would explain it in a couple minutes. Was not disappointed.

As a musician, I can 100% confirm all of this

“you’re very unimportant” *basses have left the chat*

This is the best how to video I’ve ever seen

0:33 The utter fuckery of one person in your trombone section getting (ostensibly) a trombone part that's actually transposed to Bb but still written in bass clef. It took us forever to figure out what on god's earth was going on with our sound.

My choir teacher showed THE ADVANCED CHOIR this.

“Hey, what instrument do you play?” “Weird flute”