♪ IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ♪ ♪ A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR A NEIGHBOR ♪ ♪ WOULD YOU BE MINE?

♪ ♪ COULD YOU BE MINE?

♪ ♪ IT'S A NEIGHBORLY DAY IN THIS BEAUTY WOOD ♪ ♪ A NEIGHBORLY DAY FOR A BEAUTY ♪ ♪ WOULD YOU BE MINE?

♪ ♪ COULD YOU BE MINE?

♪ ♪ I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE A NEIGHBOR ♪ ♪ JUST LIKE YOU ♪ ♪ I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE ♪ ♪ IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOU ♪ ♪ SO LET'S MAKE THE MOST OF THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY ♪ ♪ SINCE WE'RE TOGETHER, WE MIGHT AS WELL SAY ♪ ♪ WOULD YOU BE MINE?

♪ ♪ COULD YOU BE MINE?

♪ ♪ WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

♪ ♪ WON'T YOU PLEASE ♪ ♪ WON'T YOU PLEASE ♪ ♪ PLEASE WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

♪♪ WELCOME, NEIGHBOR, TO THIS TELEVISION NEIGHBORHOOD.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY.

THESE ARE SOME PICTURES OF SOME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS CALLED BRASS INSTRUMENTS.

THIS FIRST ONE IS CALLED A TUBA.

IT'S A TUBA.

THIS ONE IS A FRENCH HORN.

THIS ONE IS A TRUMPET.

THIS ONE IS A SLIDE TROMBONE.

WE'RE GOING TO VISIT PEOPLE TODAY WHO PLAY EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT HORNS.

THESE PEOPLE REALLY HAVE FUN WITH THEIR MUSIC.

THE HORN THAT SOUNDS THE LOWEST OF ALL OF THESE IS THE TUBA.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS.

♪ BUM BUM BUM ♪♪ CAN YOU MAKE A SOUND LIKE THAT?

I WANT YOU TO MEET SAM PILAFIAN.

HE PLAYS THE TUBA VERY WELL.

I'LL TAKE THIS RECORDER TO HIS PLACE SO I CAN MAKE A TAPE RECORDING OF THE HORNS AND WE CAN HEAR THEM WHENEVER WE WANT.

LET'S MEET A PERSON WHO PLAYS THE TUBA, SAM PILAFIAN.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THIS IS SAM'S APARTMENT HERE.

I HEAR HIM PLAYING.

I'M ANXIOUS FOR YOU TO MEET HIM.

HE'S A FINE PERSON.

HI, SAM.

HI, FRED.

THIS IS MY TELEVISION NEIGHBOR.

COME RIGHT IN.

I WANT MY FRIENDS TO HEAR YOUR TUBA.

THE TUBA'S A GREAT INSTRUMENT.

THIS TUBA WEIGHS MORE THAN 30 POUNDS.

30 POUNDS!

PULL UP A STOOL HERE, AND I'LL PLAY IT FOR YOU.

♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WHAT A LOW NOTE THAT IS!

YOU PLAY MORE THAN... ♪ BUM BUM BUM BUM ♪♪ RIGHT.

YOU CAN PLAY SONGS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BREATHE A LOT.

I'LL PLAY A SONG ON THE TUBA.

IT TAKES A LOT OF AIR.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ DOES PLAYING THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD?

IT'S REALLY RELAXING.

IT'S LIKE PLAYING REAL HARD ON THE PLAYGROUND, AND AFTERWARDS YOU'RE REAL TIRED, BUT IT'S A REALLY NICE KIND OF TIRED.

I WISH I COULD DO THAT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY?

SURE.

SIT IN THIS CHAIR AND HOLD ON TO IT GOOD BECAUSE IT'S HEAVY.

THEN YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE THIS MOUTHPIECE.

EACH PERSON HAS THEIR OWN.

I HAVE A SPARE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU USE THIS.

REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE A BIG BREATH TO BLOW IT.

NOTHING COMES OUT.

THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU BLOW IT, IN ORDER TO GET SOUND, YOU BLOW THROUGH BUZZING LIPS.

PFFFFFF!

PFFFFF!

RIGHT.

TAKE A BIG BREATH AND BUZZ YOUR LIPS.

♪ ♪ THAT MAKES YOUR LIPS TICKLE.

THIS IS SUCH A BIG INSTRUMENT.

A CHILD COULDN'T PLAY THAT.

WHEN YOU'RE A CHILD, YOU PLAY A SMALL TUBA.

[KNOCK ON DOOR] THAT MUST BE DAVE.

WE HAVE A REHEARSAL TODAY.

COME ON IN.

♪ HI, SAM.

HI.

HELLO, FRED.

I'VE BEEN PLAYING THE TUBA.

THIS IS MY TELEVISION NEIGHBOR.

HI.

THIS IS DAVE OHANIAN, AND THIS IS HIS FRENCH HORN.

LET ME PLAY A FEW NOTES FOR YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ IT HAS A VERY MELLOW SOUND.

WE SHOULD GO TO REHEARSAL, DAVE.

FIRST WOULD YOU PLAY SOMETHING TOGETHER?

SURE.

THAT SONG I PLAYED ON THE TUBA IS PART OF A PIECE WE ALL DO TOGETHER.

WE COULD PLAY THAT.

THAT'S THE HANDEL PIECE.

LISTEN FOR THE TUBA AND THE FRENCH HORN TOGETHER.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I LOVE THAT.

IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR EACH PART SEPARATELY.

WE'D BETTER GET GOING TO ROLF'S HOUSE.

ROLF AND CHARLIE ARE ALREADY REHEARSING.

LET'S GO.

I CAN HEAR THAT, TOO.

UH!

THIS THING'S HEAVY.

COME ALONG.

SHOULD I PULL THE DOOR?

THAT'S RIGHT.

♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ HI.

WE'RE HERE.

HI.

NICE TO SEE YOU, FRED.

I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW MY TELEVISION NEIGHBOR.

HI.

HI.

WHAT WERE YOU JUST PLAYING?

THAT WAS A FANFARE WRITTEN 400 YEARS AGO.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR IT AGAIN?

PLEASE.

♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ MAKES YOU EXPECT KING FRIDAY AND QUEEN SARA TO WALK IN.

I WAS PLAYING SAM'S TUBA.

THAT SEEMS TO HAVE A GREAT BIG MOUTHPIECE COMPARED TO THE ONE YOU HAVE.

YEAH.

THIS IS A LOT SMALLER.

IT KEEPS YOUR LIPS IN THERE REAL TIGHT AND MAKES THEM VIBRATE FAST SO YOU CAN HIT HIGH NOTES.

MY LIPS WERE TICKLING AND MOVING ALL AROUND.

NOW, YOU PLAY WITH THE OTHER THREE TO FORM THE QUINTET.

DO YOU ALSO PLAY IN ORCHESTRAS?

OH, YEAH.

THIS IS AN ORCHESTRA TRUMPET OR A BAND TRUMPET.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I ALSO PLAY, WITH THE QUINTET, THIS TEENY TRUMPET CALLED THE PICCOLO TRUMPET.

IT'S HALF THE SIZE, AND IT SOUNDS MUCH, MUCH HIGHER.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THAT'S VERY HIGH.

IS THAT THE HIGHEST ONE?

THAT'S THE PICCOLO TRUMPET, THE HIGHEST ONE.

WE'VE BEEN REHEARSING A PIECE BY GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL.

THIS IS A DANCE FROM HIS WATER MUSIC.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

♪♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ DOES THAT SONG MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING?

OH, YES.

WHY IS IT CALLED WATER MUSIC?

300 YEARS AGO, WHEN THIS PIECE WAS WRITTEN, THE KING OF ENGLAND WANTED TO GIVE A MUSICAL PRESENT TO HIS PEOPLE.

THIS PIECE WAS PERFORMED ON A BOAT TRAVELING DOWN THE RIVER SO THAT EVERYONE COULD HEAR IT.

I LIKE THAT IDEA.

♪ ♪♪ ♪ OH, HI, SCOTT.

THIS IS MY TELEVISION NEIGHBOR.

HI THERE.

SCOTT PLAYS THE SLIDE TROMBONE.

WOULD YOU PLAY SOMETHING?

SURE.

♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING THAT?

15 YEARS.

YOU STARTED WHEN YOU WERE IN FOURTH GRADE.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO LEARN AN INSTRUMENT?

MY WHOLE FAMILY PLAYS INSTRUMENTS.

NOW YOU'VE JOINED THE EMPIRE BRASS QUINTET.

COME ON, SCOTT.

LET'S PLAY A TUNE.

THERE'S YOUR OTHER HORN.

THANK YOU.

NOW YOU'LL SEE ALL FIVE OF THE QUINTET PLAY.

BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL!

THANK YOU.

HOW DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU PLAY TOGETHER?

WE LOVE MAKING MUSIC TOGETHER.

EARNING A LIVING BEING A MUSICIAN IS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER 14 YEARS, WE STILL ENJOY REHEARSING, PLAYING CONCERTS, AND PRACTICING TOGETHER.

DOES IT HELP TO BE FRIENDS?

OH, YEAH.

IT SURE DOES.

WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON NOW?

WE'VE BEEN PLAYING A PIECE BY THE ITALIAN COMPOSER TOMASO ALBINONI.

IT'S A FUGUE.

IF YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY, YOU CAN HEAR EACH ENTRANCE-- A TRUMPET, ANOTHER TRUMPET, THEN THE REST OF THE GROUP.

YOU'LL HEAR EACH VOICE SINGING THE SAME SONG.

MAY I RECORD IT?

SURE.

THIS IS A PICCOLO TRUMPET.

HERE WE GO.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PIECES.

IT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT 300 YEARS AGO.

WE'D LIKE TO PLAY FOR YOU NOW A PIECE THAT WAS WRITTEN RECENTLY FOR THE EMPIRE BRASS BY A FRIEND OF OURS, DAVID CHESKY.

IT'S CALLED CENTRAL PARK MORNING FROM HIS MANHATTAN SUITE.

I'M GOING TO USE A NEW INSTRUMENT CALLED THE FLUGELHORN.

IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN THE REGULAR TRUMPET.

SEE HOW BIG THE BELL IS?

YES.

IT'S GOT A VERY DARK SOUND.

WE'LL PLAY DAVID CHESKY'S CENTRAL PARK MORNING.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ LISTENING TO THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO BE PART OF THE MORNING.

THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I WISH I COULD LISTEN TO YOU PLAY ALL DAY.

I'VE GOT TO LEAVE, THOUGH.

WE HAVE MUSIC FOR YOU TO MARCH HOME WITH.

I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

[PLAYING THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER] I JUST COULDN'T LEAVE.

IF YOU PLAY IT ONCE MORE, I WILL GO, THOUGH.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TODAY.

NICE TO SEE YOU, FRED.

UH, UH.

WAIT A MINUTE.

WHY DO YOU GO "UH, UH"?

WE'VE GOT TO START TOGETHER.

WE NEED A CUE.

WATCH WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T.

[EACH PLAYS AT A DIFFERENT TIME] NOW WATCH WHEN I GRUNT.

UH, UH.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ I REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

DID YOU?

LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE TAPE.

[THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER PLAYING] [TURNS TAPE RECORDER OFF] IT'S FUN TO LISTEN SO CAREFULLY THAT YOU CAN HEAR EACH INSTRUMENT PLAYING.

THEY'RE ALL PLAYING TOGETHER SO THAT IT MAKES ONE SONG.

DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S LEARNING TO PLAY A HORN?

MAYBE THEY'RE TRYING TO BE PART OF A BAND OR AN ORCHESTRA.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE EXPENSIVE.

LET'S HAVE SOME MAKE-BELIEVE.

I BETTER FEED THE FISH FIRST.

HERE YOU ARE, FISH.

THERE.

I THINK MAYBE I'LL JUST USE THE MODEL OF THE CASTLE AND THE TROLLEY.

HERE'S A BALLOON RIGHT ON THE CASTLE.

MAYBE WE'LL USE A BALLOON, TOO.

LET'S PRETEND THAT THE PEOPLE IN MAKE-BELIEVE ARE DECORATING THE CASTLE FOR THE UPCOMING FESTIVAL.

KING FRIDAY SAID THEY CAN DO ANYTHING WITH BASS VIOLINS THAT THEY WANT SO LONG AS THEY DON'T HURT ANYTHING OR ANYBODY.

IT WOULD BE FUN TO MEET THE KING'S TRUMPETERS.

THEY PLAY HIS FANFARE EVERY TIME HE ARRIVES.

[DING!

DING!]

[TOOT!

TOOT!]

[DING!

DING!]

[DING!

DING!]

TROLLEY, COULD YOU STOP A MINUTE?

IT WILL SOON BE TIME FOR THE FESTIVAL.

DO YOU PLAY A BASS VIOLIN?

[TOOT!

TOOT!]

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

WHAT COULD YOU DO FOR THE BASS VIOLIN FESTIVAL?

[DING!

DING!]

CARRY ONE ON YOUR ROOF!

GREAT IDEA, TROLLEY.

[DING!

DING!]

YOU'LL BRING YOUR OWN.

THAT'S ALMOST EVERYONE TAKEN CARE OF.

I'M GLAD YOU TALKED TO KING FRIDAY AND HE SAID WE COULD DO WHAT WE WANTED WITH BASS VIOLINS.

[TRUMPET FANFARE] NIECE ABERLIN AND HANDYMAN NEGRI, I PRESUME?

CORRECT AS USUAL.

WHERE ARE MY FANFARE PLAYERS?

WHERE THEY USUALLY ARE, I GUESS.

KINDLY ASK THEM TO COME HERE.

YES, SIRE.

SO MANY THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

YOUR FANFARE PEOPLE?

YES.

I JUST REMEMBERED THAT THEY PLAY HORNS.

YES, AND THEY PLAY THEM VERY WELL.

BUT HORNS ARE NOT BASS VIOLINS.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THAT FOR THE BASS VIOLIN FESTIVAL?

WE SHALL ASK THEM FIRST.

YOU'RE SO DIPLOMATIC.

I LEARNED THAT IN THE KINGLY SCHOOL.

OH, HERE THEY COME NOW.

VERY GOOD.

FANFARE ARTISTS, I PRESUME?

CORRECT AS USUAL.

YOU MAY PLAY ONE FANFARE FOR THE ASSEMBLED PARTY.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ VERY GOOD.

ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THE BASS VIOLIN FESTIVAL?

WE ARE PREPARED.

VERY GOOD.

YOU MAY SHOW US.

OH!

OH!

WONDERFUL!

YOU HAVE PLEASED YOUR KING.

WE ARE GLAD.

YOU HAVE FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN OUR FESTIVAL.

THANK YOU, SIRE.

YOU MAY LEAVE.

BEFORE YOU GO, PERHAPS LADY ABERLIN OR HANDYMAN NEGRI HAS SOMETHING TO ADD.

I REALLY LIKE YOUR HATS AND FANFARES.

THANK YOU, LADY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

I DO, TOO.

THANK YOU, HANDYMAN.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ONE THING.

WHAT IS THAT?

DO YOU SAY ANYTHING TOGETHER?

WE PLAY TOGETHER.

WE SPEAK SEPARATELY.

I SEE.

YOU SEE WELL.

FANFARE THEE WELL.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ WOULDN'T IT BE FUNNY IF EVERYONE SPOKE AT THE SAME TIME... AND SAID DIFFERENT WORDS?

LET'S TRY IT FOR FUN.

I THINK... THOSE FANFARE HATS...

I WONDER IF...

SIMPLE CREATION... BASS VIOLINS...

CERTAINLY... WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT.

I GUESS THE NEXT TIME WE'LL BE TOGETHER WILL BE FOR THE BASS VIOLIN FESTIVAL.

I MUST GO PRACTICE MY OVERTURE.

WE HAVE TO FINISH DECORATING.

HAPPINESS TO YOU.

THANK YOU, UNCLE FRIDAY.

[DING!]

[TOOT!

TOOT!]

[DING!

DING!]

THAT WAS FUN.

I'LL PUT THE MODEL AWAY AND DO SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES.

I'LL GET SOME PAPER, CELLOPHANE TAPE, AND A TUBE.

WITH THIS PAPER I'D LIKE TO TRY TO MAKE A KIND OF A HAT.

I THINK IF WE JUST GO LIKE THIS... AND PUT SOME CELLOPHANE TAPE ON HERE... WE CAN HAVE A KIND OF A... A HAT LIKE THOSE TRUMPETERS WERE WEARING.

AND WITH THIS TUBE, WE COULD JUST... ♪ SING INTO IT LIKE THIS ♪ ♪ DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO DOO ♪♪ YOU COULD EVEN HAVE A PARADE.

WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I LOVED TO HAVE PARADES IN THE HOUSE.

I'D TRY TO GET EVERYBODY TO MARCH WITH ME.

IF NO ONE WAS THERE, I PRETENDED PEOPLE WERE THERE.

♪ BRRUH PUH DA DA DA ♪♪ YOU COULD MAKE YOUR OWN FESTIVAL, YOUR OWN GOOD-TIME FESTIVAL.

WE'LL PRETEND ABOUT THAT FESTIVAL THE NEXT TIME THAT WE'RE TOGETHER HERE.

I'LL PUT MY THINGS AWAY.

SEE YOU NEXT TIME, FISH.

IT GIVES ME A GOOD FEELING TO KNOW THAT YOU AND I CAN VISIT THROUGH TELEVISION AND HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME.

♪ IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ TO KNOW YOU'RE ALIVE ♪ ♪ IT'S SUCH A HAPPY FEELING ♪ ♪ YOU'RE GROWING INSIDE ♪ ♪ AND WHEN YOU WAKE UP READY TO SAY ♪ ♪ I THINK I'LL MAKE A SNAPPY NEW DAY ♪ [SNAP SNAP] ♪ IT'S SUCH A GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ A VERY GOOD FEELING ♪ ♪ A FEELING YOU KNOW THAT I'LL BE BACK ♪ ♪ WHEN THE DAY IS NEW ♪ ♪ AND I'LL HAVE MORE ♪ ♪ IDEAS FOR YOU ♪ ♪ AND YOU'LL HAVE THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO TALK ABOUT ♪ ♪ I WILL, TOO ♪♪ MAYBE YOU'LL TELL THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE ABOUT THE TUBA.

REMEMBER THE FRENCH HORN...

THE TRUMPET... AND THE SLIDE TROMBONE?

THE PEOPLE WHO PLAYED THEM HAD SUCH A GOOD TIME PLAYING THEM.

YOU MAKE IT A SPECIAL DAY BY JUST BEING YOU.

ONLY ONE PERSON LIKE YOU, AND PEOPLE CAN LIKE YOU EXACTLY AS YOU ARE.

BYE.

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