Hi band.
The bandroom will be opened from 2-4 tomorrow.
Everyone is to come and borrow their instruments home.
Meanwhile, you can use the 2 hours wisely to clear your doubts with your seniors, especially the Sec 1's. If you can't attend the short two hour sectionals, at least come and borrow your instruments home, including the Sec 1's. Sec 1's, please treat your instrument with great care!
For the brasses, do not drop your mouth piece/knock your instrument against something. Same goes for the woodwinds.
These are the things that you guys will need to work on, firstly, for the Juniors.
1)Long Tones - Low Concet Bb and F note.
2)Memorize fingerings for concert Bb major scales and chromatic scales starting from your Low Concert Bb.
3)Improve on your note reading skills. Please refer to this theory website:
http://teoria.com/index.html
i) Click on tutorial and read through Reading music
ii)Click on exercises and try out "clef reading". Select treble and bass clef under given options.
4) Pieces:
Graduation Suite
General Salute
A song for you
Thunderer
National Anthem.
Seniors, I need you guys to get this items ready for your juniors:
1)Fingering Chart
2)Scores on Graduation Suite,A song for you, general salute, thunderer and National Anthem
3) Method Books:
-JBC
-TIPPS
-Total Training
-3D
-Total Training Individual technique book
-Nemu
For Seniors, there is a new piece that MrWong wants us to start learning.
"Perseus" by Satoshi Yagisawa.
Please get the score ready and start learning this piece, the score should be already in the library,
Please go and listen to it. Woodwinds, please do not freak out when you see the beginning as the tempo it really really slow.
Also, do not neglect your Jericho and March Blue Sky. They are equally important as well.
For the Junior members of tubas and Euphonium, you guys gotta work hard, as you will need to learn March Blue Sky, Jericho and "Perseus" as well.
The Seniors should already have the To-Do list for individual practice. For those who don't have it, or threw it away, here are the things that you should follow to ensure a beneficial practice.
Basic Technique Routine:
Very important as an instrumentalist.
Please follow instructions closely.
Practice at least 30mins a day to ensure you get maximum benefit from your individual practices.
Do it with a metronome (http://www.metronomeonline.com/) <<<>
To the percussionist:
Practice hard on your strokes regime to gain even better independence of left & right hand and wrist work.
If you have vic firth’s snare drum method book 1 & 2, practice it everyday. I’d given it to you guys long time ago, remember?
Different and variations of accented attacks are very important!
Percussionist must also work with various tempo and dynamics. Not all music are slow or loud. For goodness sake, please use a metronome! There’s no compromise in this issue.
Cover all written exercises (like those snare drum parts) in your band method books (3D, TIPPS, Total Training, JBC). You will notice there are progressive materials written in total training, for example.
Try to lay your hands on a keyboard to figure out mallet parts. I’m sure there are people in the band who own pianos or electronic keyboards.
Section leaders can organize sectionals at houses/void decks/at parks.
You can also organize small outings like lunch/dinner/movie/homework sessions!
Try to meet up once a week for catching up!
Our band CAN achieve great things! Jiayou jiayou jiayou!!!
I'll try to get teacher's in-charge to get everyone a copy of the to-do list. Try to follow okay, Remember, MrWong just asks for 15-30 mins everyday, it won't kill. I'm sure you can afford the amount of time. :)
All the best for your exams! :) You guys can do it! JiaYou!
Lois.
