rhapsody 2!
nyaa~ can't find heartsdales!!! the ajco and band concert not bad la. hahaz, i didn't know that wang sheng was also the conductor for ajco. the 2 pieces that ajco and band played together were quite interesting.oh ya, now i'm trying to sell tix for the ajco concert nex sat. do tell me if u r interested. dizi section r0x0rs! there's just some kind of wierd bond amongst us. hahaz.
wah...a bit sad leh...the seniors are going to leave us soon and like the 4-5 of us will have to xiang yi wei ming...it's like we barely had any time with the seniors...
ooh...i bought ah jiao yesterday and tried to replace the di mo. i'll bring it tomorrow to show them and get them to see wether i've done it right.
omg...no time to study for maths...how? how? how? hmm...
dunno y like nothing much to say today. in that case....let's have a....
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SUNDAY DISCUSSION:
things i've learnt about chinese orchestra so far!
the instruments:
qui da (wind and percussion)--->
dizi(chinese flute) - my instrument! it's crafted from bamboo, usually segments that are binded together although it is possible to find some that are crafted from a single long piece of bamboo. one side will be plugged so the air will only come out from the other end. key holes are made in the bamboo. there's a hole that has to be covered by a piece of membrane,di mo(flute membrane), which is called the mo kong(membrane hole). the di mo gives the dizi it's bright sound with its vibrations. the di mo is stuck onto the di kong using ah jiao, a type of chinese medicine. each dizi can play around 3 octaves. they are basically categorized into 3 sub groups, bang di, qu di and xin di. bang di are the small ones and usually have more melody than the rest but generally the dizis play the melody together la. qu di are the bigger ones. xin di are just dizi that don't use membranes but just cover the holes with tape or something, then they will sound like the western flute.
suona: it's a double reed intrument which i find to be quite similar to a clarinet or an oboe. well, there's the gao yin suo (high-range) and zhong yin suo(middle-range). we dun have a di yin suo(low-range) in tjco but i think should have right(wait or izzit got di yin but dun haf zhong yin...hmm...)...traditionally the gao yin suo is used for weddings while the others usually for funerals. good players can make the suona sound like a saxophone la. it's quite loud.
sheng: it's actually quite similar to that keyboard instrument that u have to blow into a mouthpiece that leads to a tube. ok la, instead of plastic, the sheng is the wood and metal version but it looks more like an organ. it's also bigger la. there are several types of sheng and other than the di yin sheng, u have to blow into a metal mouth piece and press round keys on the keyboard. for the di yin sheng, u have to carry the whole intrument so it's kinda more like some brass instrument la since it's all metal. it's like the tenor wind instrument la.
percussion: kinda similar to the percussion in band except they have some special drums like the pai gu and also the thingy with lots of metal plates. co percussion doesn't include a drum set although we have the cymbals.
xuan yue (bowed instruments)--->
erhu/zhong hu/gao hu: yupz yupz, i didn't know there was a difference either. non-co players usually just categorize all into erhu but actually there are diffrent ones with different keys. they all have the same basic structure of a body that is made of wood, 2 strings, the sound box that's covered with some kind of skin and a bow that is made of wood and horse hair. i think it's kinda similar to the violin or cello. also gets the melody at times.
cello: uhh...u know la...i also dunno y it's in co
double bass: same...but i think it's because there are no chinese intruments that can give the bass effect that's why we need the double bass
tan bo yue (plucking instruments)--->
gu zheng: well, i've seen this in zhonghua. it's the big wooden thing that has got loads of strings across it. fake nails are usually worn while playing.
yang qin: a bit similar to guzheng but it's not as broad. sticks are used to hit the strings instead of plucking them.
pipa: looks a bit like a guitar but it's more curvy. usually played with a tab.
liu qin: looks like a smaller version of the pipa to me. hahaz.
zhong ruan/da ruan/ xiao ruan: resembles a banjo in appearance. yupz they come in different sizes and pitch too.
there are other less commonly played intruments such as the xiao (chinese vertical flute), the wind instrument that is made of clay and has many holes and the other one made from a hulu (some wierd shaped fruit).
the scores:
well the scores are usually in numbers like 1= doh, 2 = re ,etc. the notes are easier to read than the normal score that we use for band. but it's hard to get the rhythm just by looking at the score because there are no quavers or crotchets. intead, we have to get the rhythm just from a line or a dot after the note.
the music:
quite different from band music la. dunno how to explain also.
the people (tjco):
yea, they r nice lah but inter-section bonding still needs some work. i mean we get along ok la but not really close. intra-section bonding rocks! i love my section! dizi rocks! years ones! ichun! yan siang! cray! year twos! luuan chin! xu guang! yuan xu! felicia!
hahaz, i don't wanna get into details yet la. i'll leave that to after the camp.
the pro-ness:
we have all kinds of pros lah. our year 2 concert master is the national champion erhu player. vera from erhu is in dunno wad PAYCO. then cray is in omniarts. semi-pro organisations leh...can make money...dunno still got who lah but confirm still got a lot of other wo hu chang long (crouching tiger hidden dragon) that i don't know about yet lor.
the stress (on me):
haha. everyone so li hai lor...i feel so n00b and useless. even ichun is better than me lor. she has got flute background and some natural talent. then still got studies and sc. dunno wether i should rejoin taekwondo...i want but i'm afraid i won't have the time or can't manage...but i'll do my best in whatever i do lah. well, at least i have friends in tj now. :)
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well, that's all for this week. until next time, cya~ oyasumi~
posted by pOlar_bEar @ 5:23 PM
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