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Iberian Escapades
Saturday, February 19, 2011


Iberian Escapades


Bar 1-5

First note not clear

My fp gone again :’(


Bar 6-18

Not quite in time

*Melody people, please ask our dear clarinetists! They are the role model now :) because they got special treatment from me :D


Bar 19-26

Trumpet can be clearer! Just play out :D

Where my magic at bar 26?


Bar 27-54

More support from the bass

My crescendo at bar 42 and 54!


Bar 55-68

Still my crescendo at bar 60

Minim peoples, my fortepiano at bar 62-64


Bar 69-111

Bar 71, the harp part, can be more legato, sounded too choppy!

The open fifth from flutes at bar 71-75, take care of intonation!

Bar 76-77, recall how we worked on tt :D

Open fifth from flutes and clar at bar 78-80, same problem again :(

The atmosphere at bar 84 is not there. If you have no idea, go enjoy a sea breeze

Melody at bar 88 to be played separated

You are totally relax now! At bar 92 :)

Eup + Hrns + A.Sax, the semiquavers and minim, more accent! At bar 95

Now! Bar 96, imagine sunset, at the moment, is so wonderful! Is a moment that you wish tt time would stop. But in reality, it cannot happen, and it lasted for a very short while, where we go on to bar 99, where the struggle is.

Eventually, we have to move on, bar 100- 109

Same thing again, the flutes and clar at bar 105-107

Bar 110-111, is where you want to hold on to it. You wish that you had 1 more minute, just 1 more minute, enjoying tt very moment.


Bar 112 –164

Gone… played like what is written, aggressively!

Articulation can be clearer

Quavers at bar 115-116 to be join smoothly and play it shorter

Hrns, Trbs, Eup at bar 116, just do it!

Entry for trp at bar 117 still not steady

Flutes, oboe, clar, sax, you got to play soft… at bar 117, crescendo only at the semiquavers. BIG CRESCENDO!!! Piano to fortissimo =.=

The crotchets at bar 118 and 119, 5th and 6th beat, make it bouncy!

Minim at bar 119, no tua! I hate tua. Tua tua tua tua….

Melody people, please consult the clarinetist :)

Phrasing and direction at bar 130-135, flute + clar + sax.

Quavers at bar 136-137 can be shorter

Fortepiano! At bar 145. Minims people.

Hold the note at bar 146 straight, don’t articulate it too hard, totally different from bar 145

Flute + Clar + Sax, please do practice these 2 bars with the articulation given! I will test 1 by 1 on Tuesday! Muhahahahaha!

Please gliss together! My dear trombone at bar 159-160

Quavers at pick up of bar 162-164 pretty messy



Please do look thru the pointers I give, and do make notes in your score if you need to! And remember our deal :)



Cheers

Li Tian



10:48 PM | back to top



I can imagine the story you all are telling me :) Right now, it just needs to be polish up, and this is where the conductor start to crack their head! That why you see me and Mr Lim’s hair got shorter :X

Is like we have tape, cd, dvd, blu ray. Now we are at cd quality. We just need to put in more imagination and hard work, I believe very soon, we will go to dvd and finally blu ray :) I can hear the hard work you all have put in, and I thank you very much for putting in the hard work. Please do continue to put in the hard work, together with Mr Lim, the tutors, me and the alumnus, just 1 more month.

Don’t always say you all don’t sound good, cause you all are getting better. Do compare the recording recorded today and the last recording during January. I believe we all can hear the improvement. Even thought it might not be there, but I believe, as long we have the goal in our mind, our very own story of memories of friendship, we can do it. Don’t say is impossible, because even impossible is tell you I m possible :)

There are many great things happened during the rehearsal, but definitely, challenge ourselves to strive for better is the way to improve in anything we do. We all always say, practice and you will get better. Yes, practice and you will get better, but to be frank, is the obstacles we faced and challenges we take on that makes us better, is not the practice.

I do hope when we play memories of friendship, it can be like what Satoshi said, “I will be very happy if this work becomes a page in you memory”. So do enjoy music making with Mr Lim, the tutors, me, the alumnus and you with the band.


Don’t just play notes, play beyond the notes :) If we to play notes, I think my music composing software can do a better job, haha!

Li Tian


PS: Sorry for the bad English, because is never good before :)



9:35 PM | back to top



Memories of Friendship


Bar 1 – 8

First note too short

Can be more together + more clarity in every note

Wrong Balance. It should be like that time how Mr Lim worked it out.

8 bars pharsing (4+4)

Snare drum can be slightly louder and clearer

The upbeat at bar 8 can be much clearer

Trombone articulation can cleaner, less harsh

The passing of melody can be smoother at bar 8


Figure A + B

Melody too stagnant

Accompaniment too choppy

My dynamic contrasts are gone :( Remember my ray of light? :)

Phrasing!

Fanfare articulation can clearer
Dotted crotchet at bar 25-28 should hit and back off

The anacrusis of Figure C is too loud!


Figure C + D

Melody, my phrasing :(

Flutes articulation can be clearer at bar 31-32

Bar 48 semiquavers can be neater

Balance for lower winds + brasses melody can be better

The phrasing of the lower winds + brasses melody are missing

I ‘miss’ my 3rd trombone :)

Bar 52 semiquavers can be neater

Melody at bar 53 can be clearer in terms of articulation and the balance

Clar 2+3 and Sax 1+2, remember what I told you those 4 bars (53-56) :)

Running notes at 59, where my crescendo? :)

Pick up at Bar 60 can be better

Pick up to E, Flutes + Oboe + Clar 1, you got to play out :)


Figure E + F + G

Usual problems for Sax + Horn + Trombone from bar 62 – 65 Wrong balance too!

Trombone at bar 66 – 97 too choppy! Wrong balance too!

Balance of the melody should be Eup – Tenor sax – Bassoon

Melody can be more legato, articulation too hard

Lower winds + Tuba, 4 quavers at 81, do a crescendo

Bar 90 – 91, Bsn + T.sax + Hrns + Eup, detach every note

Anacrusis of G, still so happy… Sad… :’(

Bar 101-102, where my hope? Give me some hope :)

Bar 104 Lower winds + brasses, detach the 4 quavers

Bar 104 – 105, Picc + Flutes + Oboe + Clar 1+2 + A.Sax 1+2 + Hrns, more legato for the 6 quavers

Balance + Harmony at Bar 106-109 is wrong. My fault, I haven’t fix it :P

My fortepiano at Bar 108 gone :(

Delay the crescendo at 108-109


Figure H

Fanfare!!!

My layers of dynamic contrasts from bar 110- 121

Bar 118- 121, the accents can be more

Rit at 120-121 can be smoother and my crescendo are gone :(


Figure G

First note, too short…

Figure I + J

Refer to the notes infront :) I lazy type :P

Figure K

Fanfare again! Haha.

When doing allargando at 145-146, add a crescendo! More expressive!


Figure L

Look at what’s written! Grandioso a tempo :)

Trumpet at bar 149 + 153 + 169 can be clearer; the crochet at 150 + 154 + 170 can be slightly longer.

Lower winds + tuba, my crescendo :(


Figure M

I love French Horn, where are you? Bar 165-170

My drop in dynamic level at bar 177! GONE!!! NOOOOOOO!


Figure N

Bar 183, I miss my ffp crescendo!


Cheers Li Tian



9:33 PM | back to top

Friday, December 24, 2010


Its Christmas soon..

Here wishing EVG winds members a Merry Christmas ! ^^

Don't forget to practice. audition's coming ~!


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Thursday, July 22, 2010


Hey Band (: It's been sometime since NBC and now we already got something new to prepare for! The National Day parade is in 14days only...

I hope that you all will make the effort and take the initiative to get your section for sectionals...especially the SLs. You all may think that practicing at home or just practicing during band practice is enough, but it's not! During sectionals you have all the time you need to work out all the things you have problem with. During band, we should not be working on things like notes and rhythm...time is precious, don't waste the teacher's and the seniors' time. Get serious. Parade is not a time to fool around and play wrong stuff.

One more thing, next time after practice, please move faster, keep faster, pack faster, speed up your actions! You guys like to take your own sweet time to do things...why? You take a longer time you end up going home later and everybody is not happy. So please have a sense of urgency before, during and after band practice, it will make things alot more efficient.

Yeo Yin (:


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Friday, June 18, 2010


Hey guys! This is the end of the week long intensive practice and I am sure everyone knows that we have improved(: I thank everyone everyone for putting in so much effort to wake up every morning to go for band and come back super tired for 1 whole week and still have manage to stay happy. I hope that after the games we played at the start of the practices for the whole week you guys are more comfortable with each other and start mixing around. We cannot play as a band if we are not comfortable with each other. It would be like a group of strangers trying to do something as 1. So I want all of you to put in effort to get to know the other band members more, talking to each other when you all have the time, especially with the Sec 1s joining us.

One more thing, I hope that you guys would be able to discipline yourselves without everybody getting angry all the time. You guys cooperate, everyone is happy. Move fast, have a sense of urgency. If not, nothing will get done. Why would you all want to waste time coming to school just to do nothing and accomplish nothing??? Think about it eh?

Look at the countdown. So little time to NBC. Don't think that July 10 is a long time away, cause it's not, just 2 weeks after school reopens. So please start getting serious if you haven't already done so.

I hope to see YOU ALL next Tuesday for band prac and if you cannot come, make sure you have an MC.

Thanks, Yeo Yin



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Wednesday, June 02, 2010


Band members, if you do not turn up for band practice, make sure that you have an MC. Letters will not be accepted.


7:14 PM | back to top

Saturday, May 29, 2010


Hi Band! Theodora here(:

The holidays are here! so does our band practices for our holiday starts! If anyone of you lose the schedule for the June holiday practices, the whole schedule has been posted under the section "band practices" on the blog. Please refer to it.
I hope all of you have at least took a few minutes to think about your attitude towards band. The band has to improved on many things. If i were to name it all, you people will be very shocked. But still, i'll name a few and see for yourself.

Things to be improved on:

1. YOUR ATTITUDE.- everything starts from your attitude.

2. FOOT DRILLS- the drills are in the band's programme for a purpose! it's to make sure that you all can stay alert and to train your alertness. we are kind enough to let you have drills under the shade without the sun. If the next time i see anyone, just one of you slacking during fall in, i'll make sure i bring all of you down to the parade square to do Drills.

3. RESPECT- Respect is one of our school values right? Ask your self this, have you been respecting the leaders and especially Mr Lim?

4. ATTENDANCE- As all of you know, whether you are taking part in the NBC or not, all depends on your performance! your performance as in your attendance and whether you pass the audition by Mr Lim.

See this list? there are more things that you guys need to improve on. But first, this are the most basic things that you guys need to work on. I hope that during this holiday, i can see improvement on your attitude and your attendance. Just two things i'm sure this can be done. I believe in you guys ok. Let's work together to work towards our goal!

Take Care(:
Theodora(:


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010


Hey band members. Please read this and keep it in mind. NBC is on the 10th of July 2010. We don't have a lot of time left. If you come for band practice with a lousy attitude all the time without wanting to even learn anything then what's the point? You all come with this kind of mentality that you all won't be able to learn and improve then we are all just planning to fail! We fail, we loose face. We disappoint teachers. Spend so much time during practice just to loose face later then might as well save the time right? Mr Lim come all the way here just to get angry is it? He's not paid to come here to scold us and we are not there to get scolded. So please change your attitudes can?

Things that need improving:
1. Drills- Don't make yourselves look so sloppy lah
2. Respect should be shown towards anyone who is speaking in-front. At least show some recognition that someone is speaking and don't just day dream!
3. Attitude during Sectionals have to be corrected- got time to practice before practice why waste it? You spend the whole of sectionals talking and slacking then later cannot play then get scolded. WORK COMES BEFORE PLAY!!!


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