Note Bene for Musicians

p - piano (soft) - the neighbours have complained
f - forte (loud) - the neighbours are out
Crescendo - getting louder - testing the neighbours' tolerance level
ff - fortissimo (VERY loud) - to hell with the neighbours
pp - pianissimo (VERY soft) - the neighbours are at the door
Dim. - thick
Obbligato - being forced to practice
Rit. and/or Rall. - coming up to a bit you haven't practiced
Con moto - I have a car
Allegro - A little motor car
Maestro - A bigger motor car
Metronome - Person small enough to fit comfortably into a Mini
Lento - the days leading up to Easto(with eggo and choco and things)
Largo - brewed in Germany (Hence "Handel's Largo" reaches parts other beers cannot reach!)
Piu Animato - if you don't clean that rabbit cage out, it will have to go
Interval - time to meet the players in the bar
Perfect interval - when drinks are on the house
Cantabile - singing (that is, viz. drunk)
Con spirito - drunk again
Cantata - a fizzy drink
Tutti - ice cream
Coda - a fish-a served with chipsa
Codetta - childs portion
Chords - things that organists play with one finger
Dischords - things that organists play with two fingers
Suspended chord - for lynching the soloist
Rubato - ointment for the musician's back
Subdominant - "I can't play until I've asked the wife"
Tonic - a pick-me-up
Syncopation - bowel condition brought on by an overdose of Jazz
Crotchet - knitting
Quaver - the feeling before a lesson when you haven't practised
Key signature - silly things put there to frighten you (ignore them, they will go away, and so will your audience)
Time signatures - things for drummers to ignore
Colla voce - this shirt is so tight I can't talk
Professional - anyone who can't hold down a steady job
Flats - English apartments
A tempo - (just) in time
A tempo de cafe - Ah, coffee time!
Improvisation - what you do when the music falls down
Fugue - clever stuff
Prelude - warm-up session before the clever stuff
Acciaccattura/appoggiatura - insects
Opus - exclamation made when Moggy has done a "whoopsie" on the carpet
Scales - fishy things
Trills - bird food
Virtuoso - someone who can work wonders with easy-play music
Antiphonal - crossed lines
Melody - an ancient and now extinct art in songwriting
Music - Happiness!

Josef Myslivecek - Octet in Bb Major

a piece I performed together with the high winds ensemble together last evening.

my 1st performance with High Winds ensemble

For the first time, I guest perform with a wind ensemble inside this Dewan Filharmonik Petronas located at KLCC .. its a new experience for me, as well as for my career and field of studies..

I wished I could involve in more rehearsals and performances together with them, was able to learn many things from Mr. Joost Flach..

At the long run, if I'm going to run 100km, I might comment myself I've started the run and moved forward 5mm closer towards the goal.. some would say 3mm, a long way to go... hmm

Go Go Go !!

google.com pacman

click the screen to enlarge it..


insert coins


play..

game over..

deng.. really can play wan..

Cat & Car

this was the dunno how many-th times cats sticking to my car..

this one is not afraid of humans, it just stayed there and let me snap photo right in front of it..

but most terrible of all, was the previous one,

on my car.. (wasn't able to capture an evidence of it..)

Donnie Yen plays Fantasie Impromptu

did he apply and practice weng chun with his finger on the piano ?

then I'm going for kungfu fighting.. yatatatataaaaa !!!

Paul Dateh - Top 40 Mashup