For the benefit of all... Understanding the style of Baroque Music. Need more in-depth understanding after reading this? Look up for me! Meanwhile.. enjoy learning and reading!
Texture
- Basically polyphonic, contrapuntal, or counterpoint
Harmony
- Chords and their inversions were established
- Basic cadence used (Perfect, Plagal, Imperfect, Interrupted)
Melody
- A melody (Theme) usually appears in sequence
- These reappearances could also be modified though the style remains the same
- Melodic lines can be quite chromatic at times
- Ornaments largely used
Tonality
- Diatonic key
Tempo
- Usually stays the same throughout
Dynamic
- Range in dynamic is narrow
- Terrace dynamic
Style
- Formal, imitative
Auf Wiedersehen!
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
IHP Viva
consider it a job well done. today didn't start off very good, raining like crazy. but still manage to get my butt to school. had this crazy idea of putting on a blazer for presentation because of the cold weather. haha.. but didn't. i didn't even manage to put on my tie in time for presentation. dressing quite slack.
anyway, go school early, finalize the slides and stuffs.. slides looks good. decide to send it for printing. it would be a reference for us, and a supplementary notes for the supervisors and 2nd markers.
20 mins before, had suggest this crazy idea of actually showing Phase 1 of this project. Side track a bit, my partner and I are doing the 2nd Phase of this project. So anyway, rationale for this idea, since we want to present this project, might as well show every damn thing rite? haha... went to get the laptop and try to set up the system. the system didn't work. haha... its impromptu la, so everything was rushed during set up. but still i think the idea was put through to the 2nd markers.
Presentation went on really really well. minor hiccups here and there, as usual. but its okay. comments from supervisors were, its a presentation that went beyond their expectations. A bit on the 2nd markers, both of them are Caucasians, one of them from Aussie the other was from States i think or another Aussie. Think its quite unique to have Caucasians 2nd markers. jus love to talk to Caucasians, it gives you a different perspective about things.
A big relieve, very happy and satisfied about the presentation.
Auf Wiedersehen!
anyway, go school early, finalize the slides and stuffs.. slides looks good. decide to send it for printing. it would be a reference for us, and a supplementary notes for the supervisors and 2nd markers.
20 mins before, had suggest this crazy idea of actually showing Phase 1 of this project. Side track a bit, my partner and I are doing the 2nd Phase of this project. So anyway, rationale for this idea, since we want to present this project, might as well show every damn thing rite? haha... went to get the laptop and try to set up the system. the system didn't work. haha... its impromptu la, so everything was rushed during set up. but still i think the idea was put through to the 2nd markers.
Presentation went on really really well. minor hiccups here and there, as usual. but its okay. comments from supervisors were, its a presentation that went beyond their expectations. A bit on the 2nd markers, both of them are Caucasians, one of them from Aussie the other was from States i think or another Aussie. Think its quite unique to have Caucasians 2nd markers. jus love to talk to Caucasians, it gives you a different perspective about things.
A big relieve, very happy and satisfied about the presentation.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Monday, August 22, 2005
my "lovely" family
10 things my family does best:
Preparing for important presentation, trying to recover from a sore throat with a terrible cough so that i can talk and expect me to send cousin for piano lesson at the snap of their fingers? This is damn ridiculous..! Insane..
Auf Wiedersehen!
10. Playing Dumb
09. Disorganized
08. Take things for granted
07. Borrow things and never return
06. No action, Talk only
05. Distort fact
04. Cannot relay message properly
03. Forever assume things
02. Make false accusations
01. Being Idiots!
Preparing for important presentation, trying to recover from a sore throat with a terrible cough so that i can talk and expect me to send cousin for piano lesson at the snap of their fingers? This is damn ridiculous..! Insane..
Auf Wiedersehen!
Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Home Run... (IHP)
last obstacle but a major one to overcome next week. IHP Viva. in the midst of preparing the slides. met up with the supervisors. my idiotic partner didn't turn up despite telling him about it. disappear to work reason being he didn't know what time is the meeting. don't know if he is dumb or acting dumb. it was an oversight not telling him the time, but it was his responsibility to find out the time. i bet he has yet to realise the scale of this whole IHP thinggy. and of course jeopardizing everything in its way. as what the church had preached
Good things happen to Bad People, Bad things happen to Good People
this can't be more true. well... another saying goes
One for all, All for One
my horn section's motto. guess gotta bear all the unwanted shit. Optimistic or pessimistic about things? Shall see how things take its course. too tired to scream and yell at people. don't force me. i will do it if i have to.
***UPDATES***
Presentation slides have been re-done and looking good. totally change the format of topics. will update more on this post.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Good things happen to Bad People, Bad things happen to Good People
this can't be more true. well... another saying goes
One for all, All for One
my horn section's motto. guess gotta bear all the unwanted shit. Optimistic or pessimistic about things? Shall see how things take its course. too tired to scream and yell at people. don't force me. i will do it if i have to.
***UPDATES***
Presentation slides have been re-done and looking good. totally change the format of topics. will update more on this post.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Monday, August 08, 2005
IHP Experience (Week 18)
BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!!BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!! BORING!!!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
IHP Experience (Week 17)
i am on the verge of killing someone! argh! can't one idiot remember a very simple instruction that was given out on Week 15 which is just 2 weeks ago that the report is a combine report. and 2 weeks ago you gave that now considered as crappy big talk about having a discussion of what to put in for the report. Jolly well disappear for the past 2 weeks and now tell me that you have submitted your report when its suppose to combine with mine? hello to this idiot.. in the first place did you realise that this is a combine project? argh! Thanks for your idiotic actions okay.. it really "help" alot i mean REALLY "HELP" alot... f*** it alright.. go ahead and enjoy your chalet! bloody fool! only applies to this idiot, i withdraw my statement about attitude problem and declare that you have a serious ATTITUDE PROBLEM! for others, my statement applies k...!
seriously, i better think twice, thrice, million, billion, zillion times about working on this project further to prepare it for competition next year..!
yes... report submission deadline this friday 12 noon. so far so good. need to work on the diagrams and print and can submit liao... can consider on holiday from next week onwards!
Auf Wiedersehen!
seriously, i better think twice, thrice, million, billion, zillion times about working on this project further to prepare it for competition next year..!
yes... report submission deadline this friday 12 noon. so far so good. need to work on the diagrams and print and can submit liao... can consider on holiday from next week onwards!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Saturday, July 30, 2005
attitude problem
do you have an attitude problem? what really cause attitude problem? do you like to be accuse of having attitude problem? do you accuse people of having attitude problem?
Let's see... defination of attitude.
According to dictionary.com - Attitude is define as A state of mind or a feeling
n 1: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" [syn: mental attitude]
My theory is attitude problem is just a difference of attitude between two subject. Lets say.... Person A has a different attitude towards for example a project over Person B then Person A will accuse Person B having attitude problem just because he/she does not have the same working attitude.
But let say Person C is able to compromise with Person B, will Person C ever accuse Person B of having attitude problem?
In my opinion, everybody takes a different attitude towards something, attitude problem arise only when two attitude does not agree. So actually, I can say that attitude problem is not a problem at all. Any second opinion? This two words actually carry NO i mean N.O meaning at all...
So i hope all living human beings living on this polluted earth stop accusing people attitude problem and learn to compromise with each other. ATTITUDE PROBLEM is just part of the foul language family where when people run out of words to scold, they just pick up words from here and hopefully carry on with scolding!
Imagine a Husband takes a different attitude from his Wife when doing say household chores, the husband will accuse the wife "YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM ISSIT?" and the wife will also go "YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM ISSIT?" Wow... then i think i shall study to be a lawyer, all couples in the world will start divorcing each other. earning big bucks man.... You see, you don't see this in marriage often, why? because they learn to compromise each other.
So after all this rubbish, let me summarise.. Attitude problem is purely a difference of attitude between two individual!
Anyway, people, you can challenge my theory... jus tag your comments. or you want can call me or email me. I am all ears to it.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Let's see... defination of attitude.
According to dictionary.com - Attitude is define as A state of mind or a feeling
n 1: a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways; "he had the attitude that work was fun" [syn: mental attitude]
My theory is attitude problem is just a difference of attitude between two subject. Lets say.... Person A has a different attitude towards for example a project over Person B then Person A will accuse Person B having attitude problem just because he/she does not have the same working attitude.
But let say Person C is able to compromise with Person B, will Person C ever accuse Person B of having attitude problem?
In my opinion, everybody takes a different attitude towards something, attitude problem arise only when two attitude does not agree. So actually, I can say that attitude problem is not a problem at all. Any second opinion? This two words actually carry NO i mean N.O meaning at all...
So i hope all living human beings living on this polluted earth stop accusing people attitude problem and learn to compromise with each other. ATTITUDE PROBLEM is just part of the foul language family where when people run out of words to scold, they just pick up words from here and hopefully carry on with scolding!
Imagine a Husband takes a different attitude from his Wife when doing say household chores, the husband will accuse the wife "YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM ISSIT?" and the wife will also go "YOU HAVE AN ATTITUDE PROBLEM ISSIT?" Wow... then i think i shall study to be a lawyer, all couples in the world will start divorcing each other. earning big bucks man.... You see, you don't see this in marriage often, why? because they learn to compromise each other.
So after all this rubbish, let me summarise.. Attitude problem is purely a difference of attitude between two individual!
Anyway, people, you can challenge my theory... jus tag your comments. or you want can call me or email me. I am all ears to it.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Thursday, July 28, 2005
IHP Experience (Week 16)
Hmm... report writing this week. getting off to a terrible start. haha! don't where to start, what to write. so far only 1/10 of the report is written. still gotta prepare for Viva! anyone got FYP report sample? hahaha... wish me luck!
Weeks left = 4 Weeks!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Weeks left = 4 Weeks!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Monday, July 25, 2005
Making of a Band
Got this from somewhere, to a certain Extend, its pretty true about what goes into a making of a band. =)
"If instrument doesn't exist,a band won't be formed. But, a band with onli woodwinds, onli a melody is formed. But, it is different, when only a band, is formed with onli brass instrument. A harmony, A melody, will be formed. But when a band is formed with every instrument a perfect band with a perfect music will exist. And that shows us, the harmony of music, the harmony of nature. But, when there is an instrument, without a player, music will be formed by nature.
The music that is formed by nature, is a music that is natural. But,when a music that is formed by a heart of a human. A perfect song will be formed, that will touches the nature's heart. And, with that way, a perfect song, a perfect melody, and a perfect nature will be formed. A band's harmony can be formed, when all hearts are connected, that will touches human's heart. But, without practices, a melody and harmony won't be formed. So, practice always. Practice makes perfect. "
Auf Wiedersehen!
"If instrument doesn't exist,a band won't be formed. But, a band with onli woodwinds, onli a melody is formed. But, it is different, when only a band, is formed with onli brass instrument. A harmony, A melody, will be formed. But when a band is formed with every instrument a perfect band with a perfect music will exist. And that shows us, the harmony of music, the harmony of nature. But, when there is an instrument, without a player, music will be formed by nature.
The music that is formed by nature, is a music that is natural. But,when a music that is formed by a heart of a human. A perfect song will be formed, that will touches the nature's heart. And, with that way, a perfect song, a perfect melody, and a perfect nature will be formed. A band's harmony can be formed, when all hearts are connected, that will touches human's heart. But, without practices, a melody and harmony won't be formed. So, practice always. Practice makes perfect. "
Auf Wiedersehen!
Friday, July 22, 2005
Snapshots again
Planning to do my Cityscapes series....
Taken on 16/7 after Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra Concert Wednesday, July 20, 2005
IHP Experience (Week 15)
LATEST!!! Project submitted!
feels good to copy and paste the files onto the server. it means submission of product. but still thinking should i improve on certain features, i mean making it more robust as it should be. seriously, lazy to touch on it.. haha..
looking at the guidelines for report writing, i am totally lost. expecting us to write 10,000 words?! geez.. i could barely write 10 words for a start.. okay. meeting my supervisor tml, once a green light is lit, programming is over.
Weeks left = 5 Weeks
Auf Wiedersehen!
feels good to copy and paste the files onto the server. it means submission of product. but still thinking should i improve on certain features, i mean making it more robust as it should be. seriously, lazy to touch on it.. haha..
looking at the guidelines for report writing, i am totally lost. expecting us to write 10,000 words?! geez.. i could barely write 10 words for a start.. okay. meeting my supervisor tml, once a green light is lit, programming is over.
Weeks left = 5 Weeks
Auf Wiedersehen!
Thursday, July 14, 2005
Snapshots on dSLR
Sin City
Reflections Two favourite shots taken today. Playing with SLRs.... Free to comment.
Auf Wiedersehen!
IHP Experience (Week 14)
Goodie good... all features completed! time to do some testing to make sure that features are working properly. hopefully there will be no major problems otherwise gotta seriously crack my brain to solve it which i don't want it to happen. Will be going on to next phase of project which is report writing!
Weeks left = 6 Weeks
Auf Wiedersehen!
Weeks left = 6 Weeks
Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, July 10, 2005
Die SWO und SSW koncert
Just reached home. Overall, i think the concert was okay la. won't comment much on SSW because didn't really hear them, but they sounded quite okay from backstage. slacking there for the first half of the concert and crapping with my sectionmates.
Reached the concert hall over an hour late and still do nothing there, picked up my horn and went warming up with another section mate. then there is this german tourist that come talking to us, introducing himself from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in germany. both of us got a shock. kena sabo, i was introduce to him and told that i could speak german. geez..! i lost touch with that languge that i refuse to say a single word, not even a Guten Tag! haha.. really must recall all those stuffs. Got his namecard, ppl interested in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra we can call this guy! haha.. anyway, can tell his really in culture and media, was shaking heads and giggle went SSW was doing their really horrible tuning! talking about Sprintime celebration mentioning he like the color of the songs blah blah blah.
Kk... enough of him. During concert, opening part was kinda joke to everyone where everything just screw up. too last minute liao. representing joel to collect award, initially they placed us along the edge of the stage, i joked with the SSW players, NICHOLAS for SALE! haiz.. displaying models ah? kk.. crapping. anyway, collect award from Dr Tony Tan.
MR JOEL GOH! PLEASE COME AND COLLECT YOUR LONG SERVICE AWARD!!!
Mmm... Festive Overture, i play until breathless.. seriously if u intend to breath don't bother playing it, coz every breath equals to missing a few bars. opening fanfare sounds good, very grand. other than that, the usual glitches and stuff la, bluffable la...
Euphonium rhapsody n Carnival of Venice - nothing to say la. was euphonium's show.
Star Wars Saga - To the horns was Shit Wars Saga, a massacre for all horn players. hahah... half dead when the song ended, who won? i think its the Dark Side. hahaha... Again another bluffable piece, the band literally skipped a bar in the middle of the song, haha.. hopefully to the audience was not obvious. hahah!!
Combine Songs - Bist Du Mei Meir(something like that) erm... okay la.. Phantom of the Opera, its a horrible arrangement. another bluffable piece.
overall... bluffable!
Ich moechte gern schlafen.
Auf Wiedersehen! Guten Nacht!
Reached the concert hall over an hour late and still do nothing there, picked up my horn and went warming up with another section mate. then there is this german tourist that come talking to us, introducing himself from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media in germany. both of us got a shock. kena sabo, i was introduce to him and told that i could speak german. geez..! i lost touch with that languge that i refuse to say a single word, not even a Guten Tag! haha.. really must recall all those stuffs. Got his namecard, ppl interested in Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra we can call this guy! haha.. anyway, can tell his really in culture and media, was shaking heads and giggle went SSW was doing their really horrible tuning! talking about Sprintime celebration mentioning he like the color of the songs blah blah blah.
Kk... enough of him. During concert, opening part was kinda joke to everyone where everything just screw up. too last minute liao. representing joel to collect award, initially they placed us along the edge of the stage, i joked with the SSW players, NICHOLAS for SALE! haiz.. displaying models ah? kk.. crapping. anyway, collect award from Dr Tony Tan.
MR JOEL GOH! PLEASE COME AND COLLECT YOUR LONG SERVICE AWARD!!!
Mmm... Festive Overture, i play until breathless.. seriously if u intend to breath don't bother playing it, coz every breath equals to missing a few bars. opening fanfare sounds good, very grand. other than that, the usual glitches and stuff la, bluffable la...
Euphonium rhapsody n Carnival of Venice - nothing to say la. was euphonium's show.
Star Wars Saga - To the horns was Shit Wars Saga, a massacre for all horn players. hahah... half dead when the song ended, who won? i think its the Dark Side. hahaha... Again another bluffable piece, the band literally skipped a bar in the middle of the song, haha.. hopefully to the audience was not obvious. hahah!!
Combine Songs - Bist Du Mei Meir(something like that) erm... okay la.. Phantom of the Opera, its a horrible arrangement. another bluffable piece.
overall... bluffable!
Ich moechte gern schlafen.
Auf Wiedersehen! Guten Nacht!
Saturday, July 09, 2005
dollar for thoughts
think i have diverted too much of my attention onto unnecessary stuffs recently. feel so lost, forgetful, retarded n senile. Lolz.. but thankfully there is this cute creation of god whom just pop out of no where and bring me smiles. thank you god and this cute creation. shall drop some issues, really.. not worth my attention.
somethings are better left un-said, somethings are better left un-done.
few notes - WASBE 2005, wish NP band all the best on their performance! too bad gotta bail out due to conflicting schedules. SWO concert this sunday, hopefully can put up a decent concert. my hopes are not high.
Due for NS medical, what the fish!!!
Auf Wiedersehen!
somethings are better left un-said, somethings are better left un-done.
few notes - WASBE 2005, wish NP band all the best on their performance! too bad gotta bail out due to conflicting schedules. SWO concert this sunday, hopefully can put up a decent concert. my hopes are not high.
Due for NS medical, what the fish!!!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
IHP Experience (Week 13)
very happy with the progress of the project. finishing line is within sight and a few tweaking for some codes to get the feature working as promised to. nothing much to say but just great joys on how's things going.
Weeks left (Programming) = 2 Weeks
Weeks left (IHP) = 7 Weeks
Auf Wiedersehen!
Weeks left (Programming) = 2 Weeks
Weeks left (IHP) = 7 Weeks
Auf Wiedersehen!
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
cents for thoughts
i don't want to jump into conclusion, i don't want to speculate. learnt a harsh lesson before and don't want history to repeat itself. quite irritated with some people's action, reaction recently. guys please do reflect on your actions as you may jus have misinterpreted the situations otherwise if you strongly believe is my mistake, i am contactable 24/7 to trash things out.
Auf Wiedersehen!
Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, July 03, 2005
penny for thoughts
if durian is your favourite fruit because of its fragrance then comes one day it pricks you hard that you bleed, will you still want to eat it? if orange is your favorite fruit because you like the sweetness it brings then comes one day you ate a sour orange, will you still want to eat it?
Somethings are better left un-said. period.
Auf Wiendersehen!
Somethings are better left un-said. period.
Auf Wiendersehen!
Thursday, June 30, 2005
IHP Experience (Week 12)
Monday - manage to get a sample of web service code from my classmate who was hiding somewhere in the library. i walked round n round n round with the terrible pain from my thigh muscles. yesh! the codes came in really handy, basically solve all problems related to coding. Met up with my supervisor, showed him what was done so far. Loaned PDA from him for the rest of the project weeks.
Wednesday - Research on RFID, coming out with a report or some sorts. intending to put it with my project report. nothing much. went home during the afternoon and fell asleep the moment i hit the bed. haha.. guess i am too tired.
Weeks left(IHP) = 8 Weeks
Weeks left (Programming) = 3 Weeks
Auf Wiendersehen!
Wednesday - Research on RFID, coming out with a report or some sorts. intending to put it with my project report. nothing much. went home during the afternoon and fell asleep the moment i hit the bed. haha.. guess i am too tired.
Weeks left(IHP) = 8 Weeks
Weeks left (Programming) = 3 Weeks
Auf Wiendersehen!
Monday, June 27, 2005
super duper tired n sleepy
Guten Morgan! Just an update..
Friday - Morning went down to RS teach sec 1s horn, trombone n tuba. free flow of puking and vomitting blood. have not been teaching for a long long long time. heard the main band, doesn't sounds as good as what pat told me. he too agree. guess its the result of a long break. Afternoon hang around town, collected tickets. then zoom of for joel bbq. stayed overnight.
Saturday - woke up super duper late, bbq the whole day again. completed BMT (a.k.a Basic Mahjong Training). i still don't understand how is it played. haiz.. got home quite late.
Sunday - Bowling tournament for Sembawang GRO, got trash like nobody business. ended up throwing balls only, didn't have enough practice for the game. My thigh muscle is still in pain as of now.. can't stand up and sit down properly. Good thing i treated my fingers with ice pack during the game otherwise i can't type or play piano.
Auf Wiendersehen!
Friday - Morning went down to RS teach sec 1s horn, trombone n tuba. free flow of puking and vomitting blood. have not been teaching for a long long long time. heard the main band, doesn't sounds as good as what pat told me. he too agree. guess its the result of a long break. Afternoon hang around town, collected tickets. then zoom of for joel bbq. stayed overnight.
Saturday - woke up super duper late, bbq the whole day again. completed BMT (a.k.a Basic Mahjong Training). i still don't understand how is it played. haiz.. got home quite late.
Sunday - Bowling tournament for Sembawang GRO, got trash like nobody business. ended up throwing balls only, didn't have enough practice for the game. My thigh muscle is still in pain as of now.. can't stand up and sit down properly. Good thing i treated my fingers with ice pack during the game otherwise i can't type or play piano.
Auf Wiendersehen!
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