Music Practicals

Matthewthebig

SO how did they go for everyone?

Rockerette

i had mine on monday, went grand really, i was pretty happy

i was proud of myself, i wasnt nervous going in, and my hands werent shaking, and i didnt feck up the bits i was worried about! (i messed up other bits instead :rolleyes: )

the sight reading went bad though.
it was so easy, but i made a balls of it.


(i did 6 piano pieces btw )


anyone else??

Zapp Brannigan

Not everyone has done them yet. My school was yesterday and today. I was the 1st up in my school and I think I did well. The examiner was impressed with my pieces and complimented me on them, cos I wrote or arranged most of them. She was actually really nice, the examiner. She didn't rush me or really enforce the 25 minute time limit.
I also did the sight reading unprepared test on rhythm guitar and I honestly found it unbelievable that they could ask a Leaving Cert student it, it was so easy!
I do the Higher Level and I did the performing elective, by the way.

Rockerette

Slurms wrote:

The examiner was impressed with my pieces and complimented me on them, cos I wrote or arranged most of them.

she complimented all of us on every one of our pieces too, which was cool.

she cut me off of on the one i wrote which annoyed me a bit, cos i was just getting to the good bit!


aah well..

glad it went well.


ours were over by about 12.30, cos theres only 8 of us to do it.

Matthewthebig

i did my 6 bass pieces

went sexily

examiner was lovely

teacher thinks i got about 190-200 or so

\o/

Slurms: i did the rythm guitar sightreading on bass!

now that was a ****ing joke

Rockerette

Matthewthebig wrote:

Slurms: i did the rythm guitar sightreading on bass!

now that was a ****ing joke

that sounds so fun!


what was it exactly?

just play the rythym?
was there any different notes?
or just like.. play an open string??




i ****ed mine up for piano. it wasnt ridiculously easy or anything, but it wasnt that hard.
GAH!
i felt so annoyed with myself.. im usually grand!
i bolloxed up the rhythm and the notes.
DOH!

JackKelly

what pieces did you all play?

Setun

I haven't done mine yet, it's due next week either tues or thurs. There's no music in our school, so we have to go to a nearby school to do it, and their music teacher is sick so I don't know when it is for certain yet. I'm playing sax and flute for it, should be fairly ok.

Zapp Brannigan

Matthewthebig wrote:

i did my 6 bass pieces

went sexily

examiner was lovely

teacher thinks i got about 190-200 or so

\o/

Slurms: i did the rythm guitar sightreading on bass!

now that was a ****ing joke

I'm a bassist but I used my acoustic for the sight reading. I know my chords so it was easy-peasy.

My pieces were: A swing jazz song I wrote
Soul to Squeeze
Stone Cold Bush
An Arrangement of Take 5
Taxman (just had to do a Beatles song!!)
A bass solo I wrote.

Matthewthebig

i did

The Police - Roxanne
The Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love
David Bowie - Sufferegette City
bit of blues i made up as i played
The Who - Heatwave
The Misfits - Return of the Fly

Rockerette

Slurms wrote:

I'm a bassist but I used my acoustic for the sight reading. I know my chords so it was easy-peasy.

My pieces were: A swing jazz song I wrote
Soul to Squeeze
Stone Cold Bush
An Arrangement of Take 5
Taxman (just had to do a Beatles song!!)
A bass solo I wrote.

a chilis fan i see




i did..

-a piece i wrote myself
-Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness by the wonderful Smashing Pumpkins
-The Godfather Theme
-Cantabile (its in the grade 7 bk for the RIAM)
- Vivace (same as ^, only grade 5)
- Mongoose crawl (same as ^.. only grade 6..)

Zapp Brannigan

Rockerette wrote:

a chilis fan i see

Is there a bassist who isn't?

Rockerette

i should hope not..!



soul to squeeze was like, the 2nd bass riff i ever learnt..
after don't forget me

Zapp Brannigan

Rockerette wrote:

i should hope not..!



soul to squeeze was like, the 2nd bass riff i ever learnt..
after don't forget me

The first time I heard it was at Slane but I didn't know what it was. I was so pissed off that they cut it from the DVD :mad: (John broke a string during the Solo)

Rockerette

Slurms wrote:

The first time I heard it was at Slane but I didn't know what it was. I was so pissed off that they cut it from the DVD :mad: (John broke a string during the Solo)

yeah i know! bastards!


i was devaastated..
they cut out John's "I Feel Love" solo aswell didnt they?



aaah Slane... i remember it well :rolleyes:

Zapp Brannigan

Rockerette wrote:

yeah i know! bastards!


i was devaastated..
they cut out John's "I Feel Love" solo aswell didnt they?



aaah Slane... i remember it well :rolleyes:

Indeed they did! Bastards! Yeah great day actually. Was right up the front and saw Flea at the side of the stage during PJ Harvey.

Matthewthebig

Slurms wrote:

Is there a bassist who isn't?

/raises hand

Zapp Brannigan

Matthewthebig wrote:

/raises hand

My friend, if you do not respect Flea then you are one odd monkey.

Matthewthebig

oh he is a kick ass bassist do not get me wrong

but not a fan

Zapp Brannigan

Matthewthebig wrote:

oh he is a kick ass bassist do not get me wrong

but not a fan

That's fair enough man.

exiot

I played 4 pieces on the tin whistle accompanied by my sister on the harp and then 4 on the piano. The examiner was really impressed by my selection of pieces and was talking to my sister about the harp for 10 minutes in the middle of the exam!
Messed up a bit on the sightreading, but grabd...

Rockerette

i knew i shoulda played my feadóg stáin!


what pieces did you play exiot??