Yo people..
1 week to concent and 15h of practice before concert is goin to start!
people buck up more!
yuo sure don wan to waste yr effort rite?
so work hard for the concert
the teachers are workin veri hard for the japan trip we oso do our part but playin well our own part!
JiaYou!
7days to concert
15h of practice!

Rachel :D

Okay , to add on what rachel post .
I find research on ' how to play the flute '
this may be the basic , but perhaps you dont know .
and i find this really interesting . Read on !

Assemble the flute. Insert the open end of the head joint into the wider end of the body (usually closest to the printed brand name of the instrument). Align the embouchure hole with the first key on the body. Take the foot joint from the case and connect it to the other end of the body. Align the main rod of the foot joint with the last key of the body. Adjust the alignment if needed.

Practice on a bottle to learn how to blow into a flute. Glass or plastic works equally well. Blow across the opening to produce a sound. You should also be blowing slightly downward. The less liquid in the bottle the lower the pitch and the more liquid the higher the pitch. This blowing technique is the proper way to ease notes from a flute.


Try to produce a sound from your flute. Try with the head joint only, at first. Place the lip plate just below your lower lip, purse your lips, take a deep breath, and blow as if you were saying "tooo". It will not happen straight away so be patient. Try moving your embouchure hole around. Practice in front of a mirror and look at the shape of your lips. Your embouchure should be about the size of a drinking straw and shaped like a circle or teardrop.Here's a neat way to work on producing sound:
Press your lips together. Roll the lips inward, so that there is no pink showing.
Kiss your flute--place the embouchure hole completely against your pressed lips, so that you can feel the full circle around your mouth.
Roll the flute away from your lips approximately 90 degrees, so that the embouchure hole is now level with the ceiling.
Pretend to spit out a watermelon seed! This may assist you in finding a good embouchure shape. If you achieve a sound using this method, try adding a stream of air after your initial "spit".

Learn how to hold the flute. Hold the flute with the your mouth on the lip plate and the remainder of the instrument pointing to the right. Your left hand should be nearest the mouthpiece and should be facing towards you from the other side of the flute. Your left thumb should rest on a key. Your right hand should be further down on the flute to the right and should be facing away from you. There is no key for your right thumb. Balance your flute with your thumbs.

Have proper posture while playing. Sit or stand up straight and hold the flute a little below parallel. Your arms should feel relaxed, but they may ache after extended playing. Crossing your legs will often affect your tone if you allow you posture to collapse as well. Instead bend a little in the knees to not overstretch them. Keep your head up to allow the air passing through the air channel.

Warm up before playing. Octave slurs (slurring from the octave below to the octave above and vice versa) are good for flutes. Play a chromatic scale to make sure your flute is functioning properly.

Tune before you play, but after you warm up. Tune to a concert A.[1] If the tuner says you are sharp (moves to the right), pull out the head joint. If you are flat (tuner will move to the left), push in the head joint. Try tuning to the low and high A. Take into account that cold temperatures will cause an instrument to go flat, and warm temperatures will cause it to be sharp. This is especially important if you are playing in an ensemble.


Clean your flute thoroughly after playing. Use a swab or a cloth strung through your tuning rod to remove spit from the inside of your flute. Occasionally polish it with a cloth.

PICCOLO

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Everything Black in Colour

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Everything White + Black = White balck Piccolo.

Normal Flute

okay , finally prac is cumin to and end!
NOO!
you tink they will let us off?
Nooo..
haha.
for the section tee we will wait for egan to cum back!
and and alot of instrument is spoil!!
plz plz reali take good care of yr instrument.
and now you short of 1 flute so reali take care!

Rachel.

Hii!! :]
woo! long day.
today is the first day that seniors join us back!
feel so excitedd!!
don't noe why?
haha.
try out the SET PIECES!
i don reali like it!
sound so wired!
haha.
and bad new is...
Jasmine lost the design means we have to re-design it!
and she is not cumin tml
and fri we are not goin to find the supplier already!
and i called egan and he sae he don noe why is the man naked holdin a flute and oboe design!
egan sae he will re draw it!
so... want to wait for egan til 23 nov?
tml then sae!!! :]

niteX.
Seriosly i'm tryin veri hard yet no one noe and ppl start blaming me!

HAPPY BIRTHAY VANESSA AUNTIE!

there is a sectional tml..
from 10 to 2pm
you can cum down..
cos they will be giving out the next yr syf sad pieces (if i'm not wrong)
we can try out the pices,
i reali hope that everyone cancome down..
reali try to cum down.
if reali cannot is okay.. :]

Rachel :D

i here to keep the blog alive.
haha.
there is sectional today,
i guess on one went..
haha.
tml there is oso sectional.
from 9 to 12
i tink?
if you are free
go down and have sectional there...
tml i will be goin down,
feel free to join me too.
haha...
stephanie is cumin too! :]
do cum down!
seriously is gooood for your health if you come down!
wahahaha.

Rachel :D

Okay , today's RPWS concert .
Vanessa will be performing .
for those who will be going to support her , good !
for those who didnt , i think she wont blame you all .
but just wish her Goodluck for her concert , yeah !
and it's FREE SITTING !

Vanessa , jiayou !

withlovee ,
HUIYU :D

Helloo :)
i'm here to tok about 4 things!
'O' is cumin to the end.
i tink next week is the last paper.

1st thing-we need to take a section photo for two main reasons
first reason, we don't have a section photo
second reason, henery need our secion photo don't do wat?

2nd thing-about the section tee.
we need to get our section tee before japan trip!
thing need to be done faster!
for the section tee, stop askin us when will it be done or etc.
the design is cumin out!
only left the colour.
the colour will go to the majority!
IF you are the onli person who disagree we will still go on!
makin a section tee sure got ppl wont either like the colour or design
but we will go majority!

3d thing-BBQ or CHALET
since the senior think that BBQ is better then we will take BBQ then.
the BBQ will be either 15 or 16 nov.
stop askin us izzit BBQ or CHALET.

4th-Section outing ( Vanessa, Yan Ming, Mei Zhen is welcome to join us! Plz give us a tag if you want to join us msg us oso can. Just inforn us will do =D)
section outing we fromm june sae until oso haven done yet.
it will be on either 9 or 10 nov.
we will tell you more durin band hours :)

Everything will keep you update sooon!
either on blog for the senior to be more updated(haha, they are too old need to be more undated)
or we will inform you in 6 and 7 Nov. for more detail. :)
haha

Rachel =D

Once again , i'm back to blog some stuff !

We've bought the section some stationeries
Stationeries that we think the section needs it .
Pencils , erasers , pencil leads for mechanical pencils , foolscaps . etc
we've also named the stationeries by writing the word Flute on it
so that , people from other section wont mistaken that the stationeries are theirs .
and also , please keep the stationeries , especially pencils in usuable condition !

And yes , we are going to have a 10 days break real soon .
During this break , you can do whatever you like
BUT , you must still keep the good work up . your playing !
like what MR.F said , we've tremendous improvement
but , we have to maintain the good work
and achieve a higher goal .

Please tag this blog to keep it alive !

withlovee ,
HUIYU :D

i'm here to keep the blog alive!
is goin to die sooooooooooooooooon! :)
haha.
today we did pretty welll.
give yourself ONE CLAP!
clap your hand now if you tink we did well!
i can c de hor!
if you nv clap your hand i will noe! =D
okay.
Shenadoah- not that bad at lease we noe how to cum in at bar 52!
A Dance Of Yao- G; at lease we can play. slap your own face if you tink we cannot play this bar.
haha, i noe i beenin lame!
but is okay!
Ocean- at lease we ppl now can run, runnin notes. not that bad uhs?
cool rite?
haha.
but still need more practice to make it sound nice.
play full values and wat the inter smth one lah.
i forget at mr fiazial sae jus now!
haha.
GREAT JOB; WORK HARDER TO ACHIEVE BETTER RESULTS

Rachel =D

hey dears,

dont be demoralised after what happened (be it running notes, solos, etc.) on friday night.
the more you all should take things positive! it shows that you guys really need to take sectionals and band practice seriously. it also shows that you all need more practice.

i noticed that actually some of you can play, but lack of confidence. confidence is that thing you need to succeed in not only the music environment, but everywhere! i understand how you all feel when you have solos or even hell load of running notes. be brave and face all of them! practice slowly. sure from impossible to possible. you need to believe in yourself.

and also remember to always watch the conductor. you will never know when he wants to slow down or increase speed. if possible, memorise ALL your scores (i think you all have to do so anyway) so you all can look at the conductor at all times. you all have pencils on every stand too. make full use of it. take note of those parts you need to work on and even those small little things that the conductor said. the pencil is there for you to take down notes so that you will remember.

work hard yah? i believe you guys can do it! i did see some improvements that day when i when back to school. but dont be complacent, you should work even harder. put in effort! we, the alumni, are always here supporting you all! we believe in you all! if there's anything, feel free to just contact us!

LOVES!
Vanessa

okay.
i noe that ytd nitght practice was a bad one.
we heard how we play
i believe that sec1 is the 1st time saw him to change the face 1st time.
even me myself oso veri scared of him.
when come is time to play in front of him.
non of us can play well.
and start forgeting all the note.
everyone sure play before wrong note
so we all must learnt from our mistake and practice.
even pracice don make prefect but try our best.
i believe net practice will be better. =D
don be too sad over a small matter.
try to take it positive.
me myself oso.
ytd i almost cry,
i for get what to play.
and my playin reali sux lah.
but i will still do the part that i cant play.
3 nov i tink there is sectional.
i tink start at 2 ba.
so can come one come to practice.
practice make prefect
even nth is prefect.
haha
cheer up!
be happy.
we still have long way to go!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR PHUA

Rachel =D

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