Wheeeeeee...finally!!..My Exam is finally over!!...
Today rite..purposely wake up at 6.30 to warm up myself for the exam..
N noe wat happened yesterday?...we are going for a choir concert at esplanade by Victoria Chorale...started at 7.30pm. Hence, me richard chinsoon n andrew all meet together b4 we go there..when we were taking the MRT tat time..we thought tat we r very early...den we sit down ...chat chat..play play...den reach CITY HALL tat time rite..the time is 7.20 liao!!!...left 10 min to run to esplanade!!..Without tickets..cos we supposed to collect them there..den we run run...run till there 7.29..the bell is ringing..making the final announcement b4 they start the concert...den i call kee siang askw where the ticks..den i go the counter there ask for ticks...but say dun have reserved for us...like tat...we like..sian lor..den at that time rite..only me chinsoon n andrew reached the esplande...den think richard lost his way..haha..haizz...nvm lo...later we meet up den decided to go home..
I duno whether this is arranged by god or wat...cos the next day..which is today..i have my exam!!..early in the morning!!..haha..maybe going late for the concert is a good news to me?..cos i can go home n have more time to practice..haha..Actually i dont wan to this concert ..but teacher say its compulsory...n since it is jus a concert...i jus agreed to go lor...but waste my time go there den go home...zz...
Hmm..tats yesterday..haha..today rite??...woke up so early to practice..to warm up fingers...the time of the exam is 9.56..i practise the thirds all tat..parts of the pieces..den...go to Katong Mall liao..haha..when i reached there rite, i take out n sit outside the studio n play...den suddenly got ppl come out say canot play here..haha..den i go the staircase there play..haha..cock rite...hahaha..but nvm la..the sound is very nice at the staircase there..den i hope i produce the same sound in the examination room..
Then its time to go in!!..i nervous sia..i went in n put my scores on the stand..den the examiner say he wan to look at my score..he give me back the vivaldi piece..den look at the romance n first raphsody pieces..look n look..as if wan to check whether the piece is original copy for photcopied one..haha...den i wait n wait for him to return me b4 i start my 1st peice..den he say...i return u later..haha..den i like...zz...nvm lo..haha...maybe he dint see the scores b4 or not very sure abt the muisic??..haha..
My 1st piece rite..SPRING..the sound at the start quite pleasant...until the 2nd page...i lost my beat..duno y..i missed a minum!!...den is like very confusing n duno wat to do..cos i play faster than the pianist..haha..but i jus dun care...i jus played the other notes..longer cos need to wait for the pianist..haha...I think it is only this part tat will minus my marks!!...
Den i ask for my second n third piece..haha..2nd piece rite..i think i dint start very well..cos the sound not tat nice..n my bow like keep bouncing..even though i play very slowly..the middle part i got some confusing parts..but den other areas quite OK...but ending i like very sian lor...the bow keep bouncing ..or my hand keep shivering..den canot hold the last note long n nice...
3rd piece is the bartock piece..opening i played very well...all chords played out loud..1st page no problem..2nd part rite..the same problem...bow keep bouncing..think i too nervous la...den cannot play the long notes nice..den its seem like im rushing...the 3rd page also no much better...but not so bad...cos i played too fast and missed a chord..haha...but i still continued..
Haizz...overall the pieces rite...i think can pass la..cos i managed to play without stopping..
Following is the scales..he gave me E flat major, F minor melodic, F # minor harmonic..NO 3 octaves one u noE!!..haha..make me pia like siao for the 3 octaves one..esp the D major/minor n C# major/minor...wa...den he go on to appaegio..give me A flat..den dominant 7th B flat..diminished 7th B..chromatic in C#..but i played wrongly..haha...played extra 3 or 4 notes..cos i dint prepare this..as i prepared all the difficult ones..double stops..is E flat sixths , G minor melodic n B flat THIRDS!!..as expeected la..when i heard rite..i quite sian sia..cos i always cant do this well...but bo bian..since he wants..i jus play lor..haha..this time i jus play as normal..but i noe got some notes out one la..but i dint stop...i jus finish it..haha..
Sight reading rite..dint even prepare sia..!..haha..when he give me the score..GOT 5 Flats sia..wa..i lazy to check all the flats la..haha..haha...but i noe got some notes are flats..such as B,E,A...haha...somemore give me 1/2 minute to read...i read until 2nd line he say start liao...zz..nvm lo...i jus play wat i like..haha...follow the score..play not too fast ..but follow rythm..high notes i jus anyhow..haha...cos canot stop..den i play continuously..until final note..it is a PLUCKing one..cos there write 'pizz'...but i still use bow..haha..sian sian..haha..
Aural rite..singing i think i got not much problem.he ask me wan sing bass or treble clef..haha..
when i sing the low notes rite...i forget the last few..so i anyhow sing..n make it sound i very confident..haha..like singing in choir like tat...haha..Cadence part...i think i got it correct..cos i noe it is either perfect or plagal candence..since end with the key chord...but i dint quite catch the last 2nd chord..den i jus say plagal lo..haha...hope its correct...1st 2 chords...i noe the 1st one is Ib..cos its the same as the key chord..and its jus the base note tat is changed. 2nd one i anyhow la..haha...3rd n 4th i jus follow the cadence..haha...Answer the qns part rite...before he play rite...he ask me to think of something to say for the music..wa...i like..duno how to say sia..haha..cos last time practice is not like tat one..haha...when he finished playing rite..i ask him how should i answer?...den he ask me...wat dance is this??...wa...i like shocked lor!!!...i duno any dance sia...i dun care his answer la...den i say abt the dynamics...articulation...got accents..the music very lively..den i also say this music maybe in the Baroque period...den he ask me...u think who compose this music??..wa...i like..how i noe sia..if ask me a composer in that period ..maybe i noe..but this ...wa...i jus say vivaldi lor..haha...but he haven end...he ask again..wat type of dance is this???...wa...i like wan to say i duno one leh..haha...but i jus anyhow lor..say it is a 'GIGUE'..see the word b4..but duno wat it is...haha...
i found tat this room is damm hot lor!!...1st examination room i go that is so hot...even the examiner also canot tahan..got 2 fans blowing him..haha..i also like sweat while playing...haha...
After exam still got time go back sch..but also lazy to go back..haha..den since im in katong..i go eat the famous laksa..haha..hmm..after this still got TESTIMONIAL Match in school...haha...
hmm...this entry so long...i think tats all for this day!!...wait for the results of the match!!..
-to be continued-
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