I'm happy I'm back in Band. And what's more, I'm in the instrument I want to play most, Percussion.

Yesterday didn't post, my fault. Went for Band, did drills, came home at 8. Ate dinner, and slept at 9.

Its the start of the school holidays. Wishing everybody a HAPPY SCHOOL HOLIDAYS!

Learned a few terms in Band yesterday. (During theory class)

And here they are.

Articulations

Staccato
Separated
Common Mistake : Short

Accent
Impact
Common Mistake : Loud

Tenuto
Sustained & Connected
Common Mistake : Hold to long

Marccato
Impactful & Separated
Common Mistake : Loud & Short

Tempo

Allegro
Quick & Lively

Andante
At a leisurely pace

Adagio
Slow

Louding

LOUDEST

ff ~ Fortissino
f - Forte
mf - Meezo Forte
mp - Meezo Piano
p - Piano
pp - Pianissino

SOFTEST

Other Terms

fz
Forzando
Strong Loudness

sfz
Subito Forzando
Suddenly Strong Loudness

fp
Forte Piano
Loud, then suddenly soft

- - -

Cantabile
In a singing style
- Expressive
- Elegant
- Graceful

Dolce
Sweetly

Solo
One Person

Soli
One Section

Mistakes

RUSHING

• Rapid Notes
  
• Repeated Notes
  
• Staccato
  

And that's about all what we learnt in the Theory lesson. Then, we played soccer. =) Band senior said, "You should be happy that you are in Band, its the only CCA that lets you enjoy your last day of school of term 1!"

Hah!

After 1 and half hours of soccer, did drills for 1 hour.

We learned quite a lot of drills.

I dunno how to spell them in Malay, so, in translation, they are...

• Fall In
  
• Attention
  
• Spread Out Command
  
• Turn (Head) Command
  
• Turn Right
  
• Turn Left
  
• Turn 45 degrees Left
  
• Turn 45 degrees Right
  
• Knock It Down
  
• Recover
  
• Fall Out (Temporary)
  
• Fall Out (Permanently)
  

You might be wondering why our Band had to do all these drills, well, cauz' out Band originated from a Military Band.

That's all, I'm going out with parents to eat breakfast, bye!