yesterday was indoor test :o i was super retarded! and omg, if i get into final listing i'll be so x.x! let's talk about the whole indoor test process. :D
I walked into the room, and said good morning and good afternoon. -.- mr andrew ng, mr desmond ng and terence were inside.
so i seated down, and he asked me to play f# major, f# minor and dflat wholetone. stumbled abit on the major and minor ._. for wholetone, was trying to act pro and recall from memory -.- couldn't even remember how the piano looked like. then got abit ZZZ! and flipped to the wholetones page and played from there. Mr D. Ng looked abit pissed le!
Then moved on to Credentium.
Played bar 2, stumbled [think I missed notes, and didn't play bottom 3 notes]
Played bar 28, ran chromatics and couldn't come down. -.-" hahaha. kept getting stuck at the C, Bflat part. "Don't try too hard! -short laugh- I'll know if its cause of lack of practice or your instrument." - Mr D. Ng So I was o.o and moved on.
Played bar 71 - 80+, can't remember if I played 2 or 3 sets. ._. Lol started abit fast, but thankfully could catch up :D didn't get tongue-tied hahas.
Played bar 237! the zzz part. scary too :x I was so nervous I didn't really read the notes, just saw the first set and thought all 4 were the same. -.- zzz! played wrong, [at least rhythm correct] and Mr. A. Ng helped to correct me :D Wonderfully, they didn't frown or scowl or whatever and just helped me to correct it. He corrected most of the part until Mr. D. Ng was like, "okay I think we should move on". LOL.
Then Overture No. 2! Crappy >< Asked to play the "A" part, the weird rhythm things. I have a feeling I came in late luh! Kept going off. -.-
Then aft that Mr D. Ng started talking to me. About... Ng: You're actually a good musician for one so young! Me: Huh thanks... Ng: How long have you been playing the saxophone? Me: Er... P2. Ng: I've known some people who has been playing since P2 but they're still quite terrible. Me: O.O Ng: Anyway, now the only problem, or THE problem, is your intonation. Me: Uh huh... Ng: I suggest you practise perfecting intonation. You can take a tuner and play every note and do it, until all are in tune. Practise everyday. Me: I heard from my senior that I can also do a tuning chart..? Ng: Yes, that is one way. - craps on... -
I stood up and eh, saw the paper where he was writing the marks. I saw the final score, I think it's 75. ._. LOL. I was OMG and I walked out of the room. xD YAYYYYS. But 3 more indoor tests to go, ]: I must jiayou for intonation. Was forced to bring the saxophone home, will try to work on it if there's a chance. And memorise! :D Memorising isn't really THE problem, being in band for so long works for awhile. ;x
Anyway had full band today... was crap. -.- Mr Ng was COMPLETELY INTERESTING though. One point I almost died trying to suppress ravenous laughter. Hoho.
Was trying to show us the philosophy that "Energy follows thoughts". And he was talking about the CNS [Central Nervous System] and PNS [Peripheral Nervous System]. Didn't get it hahahahas. Anyway he said that the CNS [BRAINNN.] is really, the most important thing. And other stuff I don't know how to explain -.-
But really, It kinda works. And some movie thing, like the music we're playing is the soundtrack for a movie, and we're going to imagine the movie playing in our minds when we play the music. After that, asked the different parts to play separately, and so we know the different parts. We tried playing after all these and the sound was reallyyyyyyy good. ;D
YAY MR NG. HOHO.
Okay now I'm going off. Night xD Band's fun without all the crappy songs. :D
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
{ 5:57 PM on '#92. zzz.' }
zomg i'm so bored. rongying's so unresponsive ]:
yesterday was indoor test :o i was super retarded! and omg, if i get into final listing i'll be so x.x! let's talk about the whole indoor test process. :D
I walked into the room, and said good morning and good afternoon. -.- mr andrew ng, mr desmond ng and terence were inside.
so i seated down, and he asked me to play f# major, f# minor and dflat wholetone. stumbled abit on the major and minor ._. for wholetone, was trying to act pro and recall from memory -.- couldn't even remember how the piano looked like. then got abit ZZZ! and flipped to the wholetones page and played from there. Mr D. Ng looked abit pissed le!
Then moved on to Credentium.
Played bar 2, stumbled [think I missed notes, and didn't play bottom 3 notes]
Played bar 28, ran chromatics and couldn't come down. -.-" hahaha. kept getting stuck at the C, Bflat part. "Don't try too hard! -short laugh- I'll know if its cause of lack of practice or your instrument." - Mr D. Ng So I was o.o and moved on.
Played bar 71 - 80+, can't remember if I played 2 or 3 sets. ._. Lol started abit fast, but thankfully could catch up :D didn't get tongue-tied hahas.
Played bar 237! the zzz part. scary too :x I was so nervous I didn't really read the notes, just saw the first set and thought all 4 were the same. -.- zzz! played wrong, [at least rhythm correct] and Mr. A. Ng helped to correct me :D Wonderfully, they didn't frown or scowl or whatever and just helped me to correct it. He corrected most of the part until Mr. D. Ng was like, "okay I think we should move on". LOL.
Then Overture No. 2! Crappy >< Asked to play the "A" part, the weird rhythm things. I have a feeling I came in late luh! Kept going off. -.-
Then aft that Mr D. Ng started talking to me. About... Ng: You're actually a good musician for one so young! Me: Huh thanks... Ng: How long have you been playing the saxophone? Me: Er... P2. Ng: I've known some people who has been playing since P2 but they're still quite terrible. Me: O.O Ng: Anyway, now the only problem, or THE problem, is your intonation. Me: Uh huh... Ng: I suggest you practise perfecting intonation. You can take a tuner and play every note and do it, until all are in tune. Practise everyday. Me: I heard from my senior that I can also do a tuning chart..? Ng: Yes, that is one way. - craps on... -
I stood up and eh, saw the paper where he was writing the marks. I saw the final score, I think it's 75. ._. LOL. I was OMG and I walked out of the room. xD YAYYYYS. But 3 more indoor tests to go, ]: I must jiayou for intonation. Was forced to bring the saxophone home, will try to work on it if there's a chance. And memorise! :D Memorising isn't really THE problem, being in band for so long works for awhile. ;x
Anyway had full band today... was crap. -.- Mr Ng was COMPLETELY INTERESTING though. One point I almost died trying to suppress ravenous laughter. Hoho.
Was trying to show us the philosophy that "Energy follows thoughts". And he was talking about the CNS [Central Nervous System] and PNS [Peripheral Nervous System]. Didn't get it hahahahas. Anyway he said that the CNS [BRAINNN.] is really, the most important thing. And other stuff I don't know how to explain -.-
But really, It kinda works. And some movie thing, like the music we're playing is the soundtrack for a movie, and we're going to imagine the movie playing in our minds when we play the music. After that, asked the different parts to play separately, and so we know the different parts. We tried playing after all these and the sound was reallyyyyyyy good. ;D
YAY MR NG. HOHO.
Okay now I'm going off. Night xD Band's fun without all the crappy songs. :D
