Friday, September 3, 2010
|7:05 AM|
Long time no post here already. From the previous post till now, all my other posts are put
here.
Back to business.
This post is about the annual band test, compulsory for all band-its. It was my turn today. I knew that God was with me right from the time I learnt the instrument, and so He was today.
I sat down in the test room, and I was supposed to be nervous, but I wasn't.
Earlier today, the thought of 'birthday' kept on ringing through my mind. I couldn't make out what that was for.
Just before my seniors told me to start, I had a feeling that Concert Bb was going to be tested, and it was - for interval studies, quavers in staccato, 2 octaves (so many conditions). And immediately after that, I was running through the scale of Concert B, where every note is sharpened (and thus the playing is more difficult to perfect). Just as I finished running through the scale, my seniors told me:
"Play erm..Concert B, minims 1 octave."
And so I did. With a few mistakes though.
The set piece was also saw guidance from the Lord.
I practised one part of the piece very thoroughly, because I knew I had to practise that part, and it got tested. And after that little segment was tested, my eyes chanced upon part 'J' of the piece. And a few seconds later, that got tested as well.
The sight reading piece was given to me 5 minutes before entering the test venue.
Remember that I just said, during the course of the day, the word 'birthday' kept on popping up in my mind? My birthday's on the 7th of July. I was born in the night (20:47).
The sight reading piece was entitled 'The Seventh Night of July'.
The power of God, isn't it just so amazing.
