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• Friday, March 23, 2007 •

hello....
everyone feel tired??after this super long day we hav today..
woa..really very long orh...morning normal classes from 7.30am to 12pm..
then sec 4 n 5s chinese hav chinese test(every friday)til around 1.30pm+..then speech day rehearsal..
prize winners needa report at 2.15pm..then it only start at 3.35pm..til one round n end about 4 something before the performance starts..before that when we r waiting for prize giving rehearsal still need to prepare everyone in de bandroom and stuff in the hall..
when performance really starts,we played through jubilant once without conductor n scores again..mdm aini was sitting at the middle column n started to walk towards us where ms zai sat n discussed alittle of us..she looked quite happy then...at least,we played through smoothly n packed up n moved bac to the bandroom.. qian ying our BM then called everyone to go for sectionals and only percussionists are allow to b in the bandroom practising while ms loh is at the other side teaching our sec 1 playing 'hey jude'..they sound so nice n cute..haha..yeah sec 1s jia you!!u all r doin well!!!..however before we can start any sectionals,we were called bac to the hall for the finale..doing 3 to 4 rounds..then we helped mr effendy for the chairs in the hall and moved down for dinner provided by the skool~!!!thank u mr kamil and ms zaihana~!!!!!thx u veri much..!! we enjoyed our dinner!!!..so we started our dinner at 5.50pm n ended 6.20pm...had some area cleaning n went up for self pract..thus i went to find the teachers to pass them their dinner..however i cant find mr kamil..haizz...then fiona n i went bac to de bandroom n she told mi some history of our oboe..wao..they are so good!!as when i was is in my sec1,we went for SYF..but by then she was already playing the oboe..however the truth is fiona n cheryl learn oboe for only 3 months before entering syf..wao~!!!!impressed!!!!they pick up veri fast~!!!then shortly around 6.40pm mr lim came...n i fergt to do tuning...really sorry guys...becuz of my mistake...lead to today's terrible intonation...sorry sorry...

by the way...i hav taken down some points n observation of today's pract..:
sunrise
starting 1. 1st note,euphonium n tuba must be very in tune
2.trombone n bass clarinet dont come in with a harsh sound or hard tongue
3. come in together n with same articulation
4.horn n trombone,bass clar hav the same dynamic of piano..thus muz match...
now horn n trombone louder than bass clar..not match..
5.horn n trombone muz play together in beautiful phrase
6.trumpet the note D not in tune
no.5-6 7.tenor hav a melody which has a too short note in it
no.16 8.trumpet F natural

jubilant
1.trumpets-6 bars before 127 muz susain the last note..is 2 n half count!!not 2..

tuning:10mins (listening exercise)
at least a forte(true tone of instrument)
442- high or low pitch
play and adjust all times

bass clar
-hui sian
-christine
baritone sax
-farhanah
tuba
-syakilla
-christina
euphonium
-stephanie
-sherman
-christabel
trombone
-mickey
-zul
-zoe
-natthaporn
tenor sax
-thai jin
alto sax
-fatin
-serene
horn
clarinet
flute
trumpets


interval of fifth:5th note always play a little sharper!!

thats for today bah..
know everyone are tired..so rest well bah!!!
cya tmr~!!!although today's pract not veri well done but we will still strive tmr!!!!!
RMB..if u talk like a gangster,u will play like a gangster..
good night to all...sleep tight..n take very good care of ur health..
trums..bring along ur sweater next pract...

aH tInG AKa TrUms LAo Da
.not in my usual standard too.
....jia you tmr lo...we can de....

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