New blogskin

Hello! If you guys havent realized, we have a new blogskin! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Yay! Finally,changed for the sake of tanbo blog and tanbo section Hip hip x 3... HOORAY!

The new blogskin symbolizes hope and a bright future for tanbo section - let us walk together in confidence towards our common goal - and what we can acheive will not be little. One man alone cannot fight the future. We are a team.

Hello, this is an entry in response to Eugene's post on looking at practice in a very basic perspective. (Im so sorry Eugene, I always feel an obligation to respond or say something else when theres a post here - my point is, Im sorry that your post doesn't usually last long on number one spot). Ok, I've had some personal experience, I think very importantly when we practice we need to do so in a smart manner, not blindly, because the latter would only lead to a waste of time, and if you blindly practice you need to spend more time getting back on track. Yea, so as I was saying, for tan tiao etc, sometimes when we feel frustrated that we're not improving though we mug our instrument for damn long, we need to step back, take a deep breath, inspect our surroundings, mayb e have a cup of coffee or do some push-ups, look at the big picture before picking up the instrument again. Sometimes if we practice the wrong way, we'll seem to never get it right. Eg. Tan tiao, sounds complicated, with positioning of wrist hand leg etc, but most importantly tan tiao has to be natural and relaxed. Should'n feel like too stressed out, arm too aching or something, because if that happens you're probably learning the wrong way. Yeap, so if I didn't make sense, erm, doesn't matter. But I hope this helps =).

Chun Yin

quOtE

Hi, to keep the blog alive and to be random im sharing a quote : “终身役役而不见其成功，(nie)然疲役而不知其所归，可不哀耶！” let me briefly explain before explaining the relation, 一生努力无成，一世疲劳而无归宿，多悲哀！ looks strange, but the actual ideology behind this is to look at different perspectives and youll see the light, seriously. Ok, this may sound lame but this is equally important when practicing instrument, im serious. Its like when you practice, dont think like this is dam hard, im gonna fail, dam hard dam hard. Rather, you should look at a different perspective, i dont know about other sections but for tanbo instrument its a very basic perspective, isnt it just tan n tiao? I dont know if you can fully get what im saying but think about it, theres meaning to it :) (before i forget bibliography to zhuangzi)
yippee tanbo blog survives on!!!!!!!!!!

Importance of tan tiao

:) if you wan to be 无人 please also cover up people's names, you get what i mean. :) Anyway heres the new camp packlist for tanbo:

-Wallet (must have 50 dollars at least inside so each can steal around 30-40 dollars leaving 10 dollars for emergency)

-Handphone (bring the best one you have, we will appreciate your effort)

-Ball (this one you dunno why rite......so can bo-ing *especially for tanbo ppl*)

-Any expensive jewellry (if possible)

-If your instrument is expensive please do bring :)

All gainings will go to the tanbo fund :)

Optional items to bring:
-Yourself (strictly optional, just bring valuables)
-your brain (basically valuables are more important)
-change of clothes (unless its branded)
-water bottle (unless branded)

弹挑的重要性

对于一名初学中阮，柳琴的演奏者来说，我们应从最基础的学期，即：弹挑。这是练习中阮柳琴的基础，以后无论演奏什么样的乐曲，对右手而言，绝大多数技巧也是由弹挑组成。弹挑的方法是否正确决定着一名演奏家以后能够演奏何种程度的独奏曲。在乐曲中的长轮，短轮，快速十六分音符都是由一弹一挑组成的，因此初学者一定要在弹和挑这一基本技巧上扎扎实实地练习，为以后演奏打下良好的基础。

弹：右臂，肘要自然放松，力点要在拨片上，使臂力，手腕的力量都传送到拨片上。拨片于琴弦保持平衡，微微压弦。用弦要短，速度要快，同时用力要一次性，弹过后手就放松了。

以上的我是从一本书拿的，听XX说，在中国，他们很重视“打好基础”，仅仅弹挑就需要一年的时间来练好，第二年才开始第一级，我很肯定他们这样做不是因为学得慢，而是因为没有一个稳定的基础，很难在音乐上达到高的水准。

所以，正确的弹挑方法很重要。

无人

Tanbo!

Boing Boing! lemme spam alittle................i boing i boing i boing.........*bobobo,bobobo,tanbo-o-o-ing* (sing to tune of jingle bells)
In case this post gets cancels cos its deem as spam, lemme ask a question :) If lsh was a tiger, why would she be happy if lhl was hurt? Ok this is only a random question, its not real.isit?i dont think so. Anwayway the reason for what i have said above is as follows: 龙疼虎悦, hope you get it :) lhl is cool :) wadeva.........i need to continue spamming.
Tanbo boing TAnbo BOing Boing all the way

Tanbo Tan, Tanbo Tan,
Taning all the way,
Oh what fun it is to Tan
On a Tanbo holiday! :)
*instead of the "hay!" juz pick up an instrument and "tan" *

Random fact of the week: Pack list for the June Camp

Packing list

1 Sleeping bag
2 sets of T-shirts and shorts
1 pack of necessary toiletries
1 pair of slippers
Personal medication if any
Your Instrument (if it is at home - this is for Dazu and an activity)

Optionals

- Some stationary and rough paper
- Water (a bottle of water is enough, you can refill at the water coolers, unless you want to spend money buying drinks)
- Light snacks (optional - you won't be given time to eat this most of the time anyway, so its optional, unless you're feeling hungry in the middle of the night)
- Handphone (This is truly optional too, members have lost phones in past years' camps, so try not to bring if possible)
- Money (Optionalll... Same reason as handphone...)

P.S Bring chains and locks to tie your sleeping bag to the floor, you may never know whats going to happen when you're sleeping at night =)

lame?

..........chun yin, please tell me the last part wasnt lame.... Anyway

these few pics are from the words 琵，中阮，柳. bibliography from kwang yi n junyu lol they show me during practice. The liu i tried one, i tot of chunyin liuqin stand OO. Hope this adds to the lameness here :)

A picture speaks a thousand words, lemme count till now i have said 1061 words. Eh come tanbo jokes, Where is jy's liuqin? it liu zou (溜走) le. Actually theres another answer, guess? It pao diao (跑调) le. I give one IQ question, Guess why do tanbo string not make sounds during practice? BEcause.........琴闲（弦）. I shall walk faster so i dont get lame, bb :)

Random fact of the week

RICO is a 102 men strong (and growing) vibrant orchestra!

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Omg that rocks

Monday's practice was rather fruitful I guess? Perhaps we should set aside about 20 minutes of each practice just to listen to songs. 20 minutes of each dazu or sectionals, just to listen to the songs that we're supposed to learn and play. If the teacher has arrived by then, then he/she could listen together with us =). After all, playing a new song is just like wandering in the darkness... unknown of what lies ahead. Some time would be needed to make out what the song is actually about, before we can actually play it confidently... just like 莱佛士，for the part where the different sections are supposed to come in one after another, its a bit difficult because we are unsure of the exact time to come in... so if we listened to the song beforehand... while referring to the scores, we would have a better idea of the song and naturally... we would have a clearer idea of rhythm, notes, tempo, etc. All these is... provided we have the MP3. But this shouldn't be too difficult, most of the songs that we're playing have actual recordings.

Attendance wasn't too bad... just that people like Jiayu, Yi nan, Cheng Xiang were absent for some reason... (I'm not saying they ponned... but I believe that they had a good reason for being absent)... Wherever you are, if you're listening, just remember that Tanbo misses you!

Mr Ling HL looked quite happy =). We should try to keep him this way =). Really. Teachers have a tough time trying to make sure that they do their job well... and the least we can do is to practice practice practice so as not to disappoint them! Yeap.

驼铃响叮当 rocks! It would be great if tanbo could play it well... next concert! Or at random events like CIP at Old Folk's Home or whatever! Im really really not trying to sound sarcastic but we can do it! Who wants to practice + mug + random hang around on Friday? =)

Oh yea. About the yellow squishy ball... Im really sorry I brought it and distracted Tanbo for a while... We really shouldn't be playing "hit the target" during sectionals... and furthermore it was in a classroom... Against the school rules... I'll... bring a bigger ball next time! No just kidding...

Oh. And I just received a sms from Mr Qian Dong Heng...

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(use mirror to read)
(pls dun erase! Its really interesting!)

Haha.

Er... sorry about the random thoughts in this post... Thats all from me in a courageous attempt to revive the blog! =)

Chun Yin

A good piece: Plink, Plank, Plunk

Hi everyone,

I found quite an inspirational, lighthearted tanbo piece you might be interested in listening to, or playing / performing it: link

May sound somewhat juvenile though.

Jun Sean

Look what I found :D

http://61.156.28.2/2550/music/download/hezou/驼铃响叮当.rm

and here is the .mp3 version on yousendit for 7 days
http://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJqZm1ZYXlsUjgwTVE9PQ