HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMANTHA! :)

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY LEI-CHEN AND HILLARY AND CRYSTALBEL! :)

Hello!

Long time no see! Or maybe not oO. Anyway, EYAs are over! So you all have a lot of free time now, right? I thought I'd introduce yall to some stuff that I found pretty useful online :D.

I think I mentioned it to some of you before? The Vic Firth website has a lot of videos/scores that are really quite useful, whether it's learning rudiments or auxilliaries or timpani, yup :D. Should be under the education section :D.

Those that I find particularly useful include:

1. Percussion 101! haha it has links to playing techniques, general characteristics, maintenance, rolls, etcetc for most percussion instruments :D, and videos which explain and demonstrate :D.
2. Rudiments! ALL 40 OF THEM :D. haha and they included recordings for various speeds, which is quite fun :D. The simpler flam, drag and paradiddle rudiments are quite useful for stick control and all. Yeah, essentially you start slow, make sure you get everything right, the sound, wherever your stick is supposed to be, etc, then you speed up.
3. Rhythmic reading? I think this is supposed to teach you how to read rhythms oO. You don't have to start from the start, you can try those at the back :D. Really fun! :D. And they have recordings at different speeds too, so it's quite exciting :D. Especially things like mixed and changing meters? :D

Yeah, so go and have fun la! Just go and explore when you have the time? It's really quite fun :D

Love,

Samantha

EXAMS ARE OVERRR~!

Maybe the blog will be more active now. 2 weeks since the last post ><

Hooray. The day after tomorrow will be the end of band break! And the start of preparation for Arts Fest and Inunion. Inunion! I don't think our batch is well-prepared >< Oh no. Helppp.

Cheers,
Xin Hui :)