MUSIC
thx to liyin for helping me rmbr the post the website thingy, if nt i guess it'll take me a hundred years~~~~ to post another entry to this blog. anyway, tmr's exchange!!! everyone pls jiayou! dun be nervous,scared to make mistakes or anything. mus be DARING to play =) provided u all play correct la, even if nt correct alittle bit nvm one. by daring i dun mean blast or anything ar, dun get me wrong. TENACITY AND OWNERSHIP..rmbr? well..express urself tmr~~~(but keep in TEMPO) ha. will jus remind u all somethings since i'm gonna write so long.
leroy anderson - beginning: be sure to change mood fast,articulations mus be correct plus the dynamics. serenata: stretch the first note,warm feeling~~ express urself in the notes and keep in tune! there mus be balance in the melody ar. light swing: keep in tempo,dun blast the high notes off. syncopated clock: swing~~~ and get the articulations right hor,accent mus accent, staccato mus staccato etc. slowly: WARMLY~~~blend together and stretch ur notes,especially the quavers,but keep in tempo nevertheless. blue tango: TANGO~~~mus hav sense of rhythm hor,shld know wad to do ba,if dunno go and try dancing it =) stretch ur notes~~~ lastly..bugler's holiday: with ENERGY!!! but rmbr to keep soft ar,keep in tempo too. especially the 6/8 part,play lightly,dun use too much force or tongue too hard,shld be okay. and dun forget the faster part,mus look at mr lim bfore that. last 3 bars,the articulation. =)
latin celebrations - DETAILS,PRECISION,SENSE OF RHYTHM!!! brazil: is a lively piece, rhythm mus have details. for heaven's sake dun forget wad mr lim gone through wif us today. we sounded much better. besame mucho: before that,light bossa nova,play normal volume,when sax solo den we tone down. but MUS rmbr to have direction,even in the backgrnd or wad. the running notes =.=..its easy,dun kan cheong,count properly can le. the last note nxt bar MUS rmbr to tongue hor. then we the melody le,pls DUN BLAST our heads off,the sound reali like shit if we do that. jus play normal volume,wif expressions and details(precision),the whole section hav the melody =) dun blast high note off too,rmbr the balance. perfidia: legato tonguing~~~ hav direction in ur notes and dun play wrong note!!! mambo jambo: keep in tempo! today's was quite gd,i admit =) but pls rmbr to tongue all those noets,no matter the tempo,mus keep inside it!!! and the part mr lim told us that we slow down the last 2 bars of the melody,mus keep up the livelyness! for the behind part its the same. articulations,and watch mr lim.
red leaves - intonation T.T..dun play high notes too loud and keep within triangle. most imptly,dun express until forget TEMPO..although still mus EXPRESS la =) today's red leaves was also better than the last time we played it. so keep it up,and improve =) 3rds mus play LOUDER..but rmbr phrasing la. 2nds abit louder for some parts oso can. 1st a..HIGH NOTES..control and express our feelings~~~that applies to the 2nds and 3rds as well. today's semiquaver was nice =) finally evenly but too aggresive. mus take note of intonations all the time,triplet beats and all. stretch ur notes~~~keep in tempo. gentle and calm.
i'm finally FINISHED..ha =) tho i hope at least some one reads it =.=..type until i wanna go mad liao. anyway,try ur best and even if today was gd,dun be too COMPLACENT. mus treat every warm up, prac,performance as seriously as possible. bcuz that's the onli way to improve urself. if u think u are happy wif wad u are playing now u wun wan to play ur best. i know there's a problem wif confidence too,but dun worry,everything will be fine =) once u concentrate,focus and nt be distracted by anything,i'm sure you will play well naturally. guess i'll stop here,jus typed a long long essay. =DD
rest well tonite,dun stay up too late so that u hav energy for tmr =) see ya all tmr morning,i swear i wun be late =)
jus rmbred i forget to mention abt etudes competition =.=..well..do ur best lor,show our might! =)
regards,
faith =D