Treasury

For all those who have not pay band fund, please pay it by the next band practice or else!!!!! Wakakakassss...........><( next band practice is 2nd janaury)!!!! For those who went overseas, please pay it by the following thursday which is 10th janaury. Thank you for your cooperation. =D

P.S. There will be a fine of $0.50 for the late payment of each band practice subsequently. [ ESPECIALLY FOR THE TRESURY SECTION] MUAHAHAHAHASSSSS!!!!!

JEM GOH(TREASURER)

UPDATE~

Please be reminded that band resumes on the 3rd of January ! Music room, at 2.30pm! See you all back ^^

Daily Practice Routine for holiday~
( edit : AN ONLINE METRONOME :http://www.metronomeonline.com/)
do practice with it, it also has a tuning A for ww's.
set it @ 60bpm for breathing exercise, long tone, intervals
gradually increase speed for scales and techniques
set tempo for piece u are practice and keep within tempo! ~


1. breathing exercise (to get those lungs ready!)



PART ONE: Opening Up
For 4 counts, inhale smoothly as you gradually raise your arms above your head.

Then, WITHOUT LOCKING THE THROAT (Hold breath as you gradually lower your arms)Note the big, open feeling in your chest. Remember this 'puffed up' chest feeling and mimic it when you play

Exhale evenly for 4 beats. Rest for 4 beats.
Then, inhale for 6 beats as you raise the arms.
Hold Breath for 6 beats as you gently lower the arms, exhale for 6 beats, rest for 6 beats.
Inhale for 8 beats, hold for 8, exhale for 8, rest.

PART TWO: .
For 4 beats, Inhale, and for 4 beats, blow towards an object far away.

IMPORTANT: You must evenly pace your inhale and exhale over the course of 4 beats. Don't be full before 4 beats, nor empty before 4 beats. At the 'top' of the cycle, do NOT stop the air and do NOT lock the throat. Gently let the airflow reverse direction. Air's always moving, in or out. Always. Also, do NOT cram more into your lungs than is comfortable. Do NOT try to get that last 5% to fit. This will be air under great pressure and will come out as such. This doesn't lend itself to making a good, easy, full sound. This is 'over-breathing' and it's what causes many players to suffer in the high range and at louder dynamics. They have the mistaken idea that they need more air PRESSURE up high, so they take HUGE inhales and blow really hard. They don't understand that as far as volume of air is concerned, you need almost NONE up high. You need a small quantity of air flowing very quickly and very freely. They may very well feel like they're blowing as hard as they can, when in actuality almost no air is flowing past the lips. If they'd pull the mouthpiece away, they'd immediately see that this is indeed the case. And when it's time to play loud, they cram air in and wonder why it doesn't flow freely on the exhale.
AIR going IN under pressure will COME OUT under pressure! Conversely, air flowing freely IN will flow freely OUT. Remember that.


By not over-breathing in these exercises, you stand a good chance of correcting this all-too-common problem. Use the natural lung capacity you were blessed with and use it steadily and efficiently. NEVER lock the throat and don't try to cram '20 pounds of stuff into a 4 pound bag'.
Do 4 repetitions of these. Feel the cycle of air as a gentle, natural, relaxing sensation.
Then, do 4 repetitions of a '6-count' . (6 beats in, 6 beats out)
Then, do 4 repetitions of an '8-count' . (8 beats in, 8 beats out)


PART THREE: Put an object in front of you
Inhale evenly 4 beats, feeling the incredible tension on the string. Just perfectly so at the end of 4 beats, you exhale for 2 beats towards that object.

Do 4 repetitions.


PART FOUR:

Inhale for 2 beats and, exhale for 1 beat
REMINDER: you're NOT locking the throat, right? Good.
Do 4 repetitions.


PART FIVE:
Fill up comfortably for 1 beat, then exhale for 1 beat.
4 repetitions.



PART SIX: repeat part 1-5 once.



do you feel the difference? (taken from http://www.trombonelessons.com/breathing.html)



2. Warm up routine

(BRASSES ~ BUZZ MOUTHPIECE CONTINOUSLY FROM A HIGH PITCH TO A LOW PITCH for about 1 minute BEFORE PLAYING)

-intervals ( do 4 counts of DO-TI, DO-LA, DO-SO, DO FA.....then DO-RE,DO-MI DO-FA...)

~do for Bb major scale

- LONG TONE (hold each note for 8-16 counts for Bb major scale , ascending and descending)



* - BRASSES ~ Lip slur



- scale (Bb major, Eb major, F major) 8,4,2,1 2x1/2 counts (legato, staccato, accent)

- techniques (symphonic band technique, I recommend,

4. Do high range and low range.

5. warm down by playing comfortable notes on your instrument. brasses can play low Bb for vibration of lips to warm down.

6 you can start on your pieces!

you can listen to the eighties(full version) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ3ypsEI3gk .

played by nanyang girls high concert band.

please do go listen to it so you can get an idea of how it sounds like from beggining to end ^^.

band fund

this thursday will be our last band prac for the year! you are strongly encouraged to bring home your instruments to practice, so that when you come back next year, ur skills wouldn't be rusty xD.

remember to pay $2 to george or cassandra for band fund !

enjoy your holidays ~

- ~!+STHL+!~