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Sunday, January 3, 2010, 12:01 AM
Gentle reminder.
Yo babes, just to remind youBand comp is just 4 months away. Please practise frequently at home.
Basic things to practise at home
[Everything to be practise at minimum of 120bpm]
-Semi Quavers.
-Rolls
-High level of strokes.
-Upstrokes. [which means that your sticks would go back up after you play instead of making sure that it stays down there.]
-Accents.
-Dynamics :must be able to control your volume.[eg: playing pp with high strokes]
Songs
-Memorise all your scores for your current assigned instruments.
-By the next practise you should be able to play without looking at your scores[otherwise told not to].
-Not forgetting all your music expressions[dynamics, strokes, articulation]. (remember we are'nt from a percussion group. We're from a band. Playing Good music is the key.)
Marching
-While practising[those stated above], mark-time as you play. In this way when we put music and formations together, everything will be much easier for you.
-Basic rules of marching: Rolling steps! Chins up, shoulders back, legs V-shape, Clench you fist[otherwise told not to][these are the basics, we're sick of saying them too] even when we're marching from a place to another or with instruments, they ought the be there still!!
-Dun forget all our formations after this long holiday[how many steps to take, where to turn]
-Please shout your timing. This is very important. You guys might think that your marching is already fantastic and theres no need to shout your timing, but please dun be complacent, the main objective of shouting your timing is so that everyone will march together and be uniform.[especially parts of formations where the band is widely spread across the field, you would'nt want the band other side of the field to be lagging]
Attitude
-Best behaviour and attitude expected for every practise
-Always remember what you've been taught and not forget them immediately during the next practise.[especially what Mr Sim taught us]
-Like what Cindy had told us, we can't afford to WASTE any more time. Make full use of the time we had in band to brush up on everything that you are weak in.
-Be alert and listen to instructions attentively.[Please do not ask us to repeat instructions to you again]
-Move FAST.
-Take initiatives
-So not ask silly questions
Sidenote: To those members who are more soft-spoken, being quiet is not a priviledge for you not to shout your timings or not respond accordingly. What we want to see is at least a minimum of efforts that you are trying to open your mouth and not just expecting us to give you priviledge just because you're soft-spoken. This will be very unfair to the other members. So please at least take some effort to talk to us with a volume that we can hear. We do not want to go near anyone of you close to your mouth just to listen to what you say or lip-read what you said. Please change for the better. :)
On the other note, please note that whatever instruments that you are currently playing are not confirm. We will switch instruments or reduce the number of percussionist on the field if needed. If there is any changes necessary, please try to accept it with a open mind and heart. Remember what Mr Daniel said before, it does'nt means that you're bad just because you're in auxilary. We are no longer the band that put members just for the sake of making sure that the number is right but instead, we would want to display the best players amongest.
Alright thats all i wanna say for band stuffs.
Please FINISH all your homeworks and dun give any of your teachers any problem! Ms Aza said that if theres complains about any one of us not doing well in our studies, she will not hesitate to take us out of band comp.
And remember, being in band is a priviledge! But not an excuse for you not doing your homework!
Over here i would like to wish everyone of you a happy back-to-school day! Remember to take good care of yourself too by drinking loads of water, eat less heaty food and not falling ill! 8D
Love,
Jess
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 3:37 PM
HELLO
Hi it's me againWhen's the perc outing?
Mmm steamboat. Mmm.
And KTV too.
Friday, November 27, 2009, 4:40 PM
HELLO!
Hi! I just changed the blogskin... Hope you all like it :)Jiayou for the band prac tmr :)
PS: I want section teeeeeeeeeees
-Joey
Saturday, November 14, 2009, 9:45 PM
I'll be kind.
And update this blog!Hellooooo fellow percs, how are all of you?
Finished the End Of Years and now yall are enjoying the holidays right??
Don't forget it's BAND COMP next year...don't slack off too much! Band pracs are gonna be fun! 8D
Annnyway, Sec1 next year you all are seniors already...you all will have your own juniors and all...mmmmm makes me feel old. Sigh...
So. I'm just blogging to tell you all that we lovely seniors are gonna pass you all some of our notes.
So be prepared to bring home lots of stuff that we don't need and are kind enough to pass them on to you. :D
Soon soon!
In the meantime, enjoy band!!
-UR DEARESTTTTTTT SENIOR HUIYI!!!!!!!
Monday, July 6, 2009, 6:52 PM
Here's a few versions of alla turca.For fun!
Remember to practice please.
I like this!
Can you make out your own parts? (:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 9:37 PM
decided to change blogskin cos the old one was sort of, working weird. ok
Saturday, June 6, 2009, 6:39 PM
Hello, there's a promotion test during June holidays, which decides your ranking.Basically you have have to go through scores and stuff, practice warmups and songs.
Yeah, and marching too.