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The name is Gary. I'm a person who likes to be who I am. A 16 year old who just graduated from Montfort Secondary School. I'm now in Ngee Ann Poly studying Mass Communication. My interests? Making music, watching dramas, blogging, shopping, and the occasional reading.

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Sunday, May 27, 2007

I went to SSW practice yesterday after around, 2 months? The last time I went there was 2 weeks before SYF. Then we had exams, so couldn't make it. As far as I can recall, I only went there 5-7 times this year, the fault of so many band and school events taking place on Saturdays.
I used the CC's H179, which I didn't quite like. It had slow and noisy keys, and it didn't feel like my own -_-. I practiced the fingering during the long exam break, so it wasn't a problem. The problem was practicing, which I couldn't do due the the absence of my horn. So, I expected a lot of 'scolding' from Mr. Ng. And he did, ranging from tonguing to not using enough air to volume. I'm sure the volume thing wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't the only hornist all the time, haha.

Attendance was bad lah. Two clarinetists (Fikri and Gerald) came down but both didn't have instruments, so they just sat around reading scores. We went through Deux Movements first. I screwed up from the first few seconds, counting the wrong time signature :D. The second movement, Caprice was better.

I nearly died in 3rd Symphony. We started with the fourth movement, Finale. At the start the horn's dynamics is fortissimo. Being the only hornist, it's either I reach that volume but cannot pitch, or pitch properly but cannot reach that volume. Die right? I had to repeat it for around 10 minutes until I finally got it correct.

Aroldo wasn't so bad lah. But instead of an orchestra-style playing, we played it like a wind band piece.

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