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Monday, July 23, 2007.11:13 PM

Rehearsal...

For a long time, the rehearsals I've attended have been quite inefficient...resulting in them being less-than-enjoyable, often making me feel I'd make good my 3 hours elsewhere. Things were being repeated over and over again plus conductor sometimes making rehearsals worse by being ignorant of their compromised rehearsal methods/conducting, which were perhaps due to an unprepared ensemble...?

Whatever it is, I don't think I've ever felt this good about a rehearsal with the band since WMC 05. L. knows what he's doing. Given good planning, time management and a good sense of what makes the ensemble tick, I'm sure the process leading up to the concert will be an enjoyable one. And a great concert with B.B., let's hope! Salvation is here! Yay!!!

Argh...but I gotta do so much about my section. She really needs alot of help since she's stopped bassooning for quite a long time. Oh well, I do need to practice too! Toccata and Fugue can compare to my etudes liao...or even surpass them. *Sob & Faint*


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I need to make better reeds...mine are currently too 'student-ish'...
Gotta make the soloistic and flexible (but more difficult to control) reed that laoshi churns out.
Where is the dial indicator when I need it? Mm...that won't solve all my problems though, cos the quality of the cane, hardness, flexibility of the reed counts alot too...and it's quite impossible without those measuring tools (that cost a bomb).
More practice...more practice...more practice...
Let's see how my current batch of blanks turn out! (soaking in water for the 3rd day...soak for 3 more weeks?)

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.:. 2C o m m e n t s.:.