hello(:
remember to write in the notebook.
in case you still dont know what to write,
write in your goals for each month. (it can be to be able to play a high note, a particular scale, a particular warmup, a verse from the song or etc)
i will collect it at the end of every month to check.
there will be chocs given out if you manage to achieve it :D
so be dilligent!
toodles(:

HEYHEY!

Heard that sec1s recently praised by Mr Chua for finally able to hear youall, congrats!
Continue to work hard okay xD

As for main band ppl didnt reli hear anything about youall but work hard nevertheless okay. I heard my two asl working quite hard to improve so jiayoujiayou!(:

most likely going to see see uall on thursday so must go sects okay haha, cos nande i can go visit(:

all the best for ndp fanfare and treeplanting if there is!

dUN siansian, if prac very boring then uall zi high crack some jokes but dun too obvious later kena scolding okay lol.

SEEYOU!

-VANCHIA!

HELLO PEOPLE.

I SHALL HELP TO LIVEN THE BLOG.

I BOUGHT SECTION FOOD.
HAHAH, OKAY ITS QUITE RANDOM TO SAY THIS.

YOU ALL CAN TAKE AND MAKAN OKAY ;D

不曾努力争取最佳成绩，那永远不会是成功。
唯有自己放心思，自己去努力，才会感到光荣，才会有满足感。
这才是真正的成功，而是属于你自己的成功。

:D

QIANLIN :D

hello(:
OBS was fun.
bye(:

hi people! just to tell you guys, youall AREN'T hopelessly lousy! the standard may not be there but at least, by self practicising, youall will be able to improve!

im sorry i didnt spend enough time trying to correct your playing, but honestly what i can teach you guys, it's very very VERY limited.

but anyway, focus on your weak points when you self prac! i hope youall can self prac at least once a week, and maybe during sectionals sl can teach youall the pieces? im just suggesting, so see what you guys think might work for youall lah.

anything, feel free to ask me! i may not be able to go back, but i'll definitely reply to your msgs haha! :)

jiayou!!!


weiting :)

Okay i shall post something.

STUDENT CAMP WAS FUN!

HAHA okay something more relevant, uall ah, pls improve faster okay, june holiday's going to be over and yet i dun see any significant improvement! pls spend more time to self prac kay if not we ah, reli become lousiest section! whatever weiting told uall ytd or mr chua told uall all the time, remember and do it, write down on the score or memorise it. i know there's much holiday homework for you to do and band's occupying alot of time, but pls learn to balance okay, can do it de(: whoever's embrochure is still wrong pls spend time to change, just buzz everyday can alrdy. i've always got a problem: during warmups my embrochure is correct cos warmups are relaxing but when playing songs my embrochure very wrong cos hor no time to think abt whether i using correct embrochure anot haha and it's becos i nvr practise enough to get use to the correct embrochure! so huh if uall dun want to be like mi must reli train hard okay okay! have regular checks on ur embrochure.

I realise that uall dun have confidence, n i had the same problem too, mine is becos hor i always thought that trumpet very loud and AA and i scared that i will play the wrong stuff and attract alot of unwanted attention haha, hope uall noe what i mean, so i always dun dare play liddat, that's why nvr play solo b4 lol. this is very wrong, even if u think u suck at playing u must play loud(when needed) and with confidence so that u can improve okay, so that ppl can point out ur mistakes(:so dun be afraid and just play! count properly and come in on time, dun lag, i told uall b4, follow whoever's conducting, not 1st trumpets. if u follow 1st trumpets u'll lag behind.

hm and for god's sake pls do remember the songs' melodies! ppl who noe music can read scores and just play easily but hor for ppl who cant reli read scores or rhythm sucks the only thing u can do is memorise! that's what i do haha. my sightreading not very good so whenever there's a new piece i'll try to memorise the melody and fingering, then when playing i can just look at the conductor. so hor even if u ask mi what are the notes for a particular part in impressions of japan or overture i can tell u i duno, cos i memorised fingering and tune of the songs! i duno if this is good or bad but this is how i learn a piece of music haha, hope it'll be relevant to non-music ppl(: it's quite a good way of learning i think haha, although ur sightreading MAY not improve xD (mine did btw hehe)

Okay what else... ah n hor i think uall like dun reli like trumpet? cos i dun see the sense of urgency in uall to improve urself. this is very unhealthy and i duno how to solve this but only by being able to play well then will u like the instru. it's very true, u see ah, so many sec1s (not refering to this batch only, previous batches too) dun like band, and most of their reasons is bcos they cant play the instru well. it's damn frustrating when u cant play well, i've gone thru that b4. okay so in order to love ur instru or band, u must be able to play well. u see ah, if u cant play well then everytime u go band u will worry abt alot of things "oh no, later they play el camino real i duno how to play then how, later mr chua scold mi again, later ppl look at mi again, later the conductor ask mi to play alone then how... blah blah blah" so how can u be happy abt going to band? so in order to throw away all ur worries and play happily u must play well, know all the songs by heart okay, so wad must u do again? SELF PRAC!(: be as pro as whoever u think is pro, aim to be like him or her. must set a goal for urself okay. last time when i was sec1 i look at the sec4 seniors playing so relaxingly n i thought to myself "wah omg they so good i dun think i can ever be like them" and u noe what's my definition of good that time, being able to play tuning note! but look at mi now, although still not up to their standard but still not bad right hehe. so so so anything is possible(:

Okay so ppl build up ur confidence and get to work okay, i look forward to see a brand new super duper pro trumpet section!

-vanchia!

HI ALL!

okay seems like youall are going to play sesame street or sth (since the prev person posted so many videos relating to it) and i seriously hope youall don't find it hard.

if it's the version i remember, then.. IT'S NOT HARD AT ALL. as in, seriously! i've sightread this VERSION before, and it's not hard. in fact it's quite soft LOL haha.

just to remind those who ever read this blog, how good a trumpeter you become depends on yourself, not your sl/seniors/alumni. not that we trying to push the blame away but it's true! we can teach youall EVERYTHING in the world (if that's even possible), but if youall dont want to be the best section, there's no way WE can make you to be the best.

so jiayou! make good use of the holidays to brush up on your playing :D

i'll try to go back and see you guys!

weiting :)