Tuesday, August 21, 2007.1:16 AM
Random
I've forgotten the above trill fingering for at least 3years man...cos the other puchner I used to play on has the Ab-Bb trill key. My bassoon doesn't have it. :
Finally! Studio classes are going to be held on Monday nights! No more rushing to school on Saturday noons... :)
I gotta stop buying stuff on impulse.
Just awhile at the bazaar and Co-op made me spend over $60...Schaum's German Vocabulary study guide, post-its, instant mashed potatoes, biscuits, Nintendo Monopoly, One-plank Bridge puzzle, mints. The monopoly and puzzle games were ridiculously cheap lor. I need to brush up on my german vocabulary (Schaum's is quite good!). Food to store in my locker when I'm too lazy to leave the Conservatory to buy food. Post-its are for reminding me the To-Do's...no choice since I'm getting senile...
Managed to adjust a pzzzzzzt reed quite successfully today. Perhaps I should make a video of my reed-making/scraping processes so I'll remember what adjustments I did. I'm senile, remember? Who knows I might even be able to sell these reed-making videos in future!
Reeds that have no buzz to it sound too 'slow and stupid' whereas reeds that are too buzzy are immensely difficult to control. Especially one that's stiff also. Can't recall how exactly I made it less buzzy, but the trick to scraping reeds is to be even and careful - too many scrapes or too localised scrapings will only cause the reed to be bumpy, collapse and be unplayable. Having the dial indicator might speed up the process, but it makes me prone to do alot of localised scrapings. Perhaps I shouldn't get it anytime soon.
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