Today we had our second rehearsal of All The Things You Are. We also listened to Ms Dixon’s class perform their song, Desafinado.
All The Things You Are is really coming together. We, as a group, have majorly improved. The trumpets are a bit better tuned and are able to play most of the notes. We still have a lot of work to do but once it comes together, it will be great.
In our song, we finalised the structures, and adjusted some solos.
Asher and Marcels solos have now been combined into a question and answer. This works a lot better because their sounds work better separate, instead of mixing their different sounds together (which was how it originally was). David was also here today, so David and I were able to perform a question and answer. Our sounds matched because we are both Bflat instruments, so we both used the same scale. Zennon's solo was also added to our song and it sounds really great because it brings out the guitar, as it is rather hard to hear behind the brass and woodwind. Jacky's ending on the drums has really improved, and Luca's end is really great - he is doing a small solo as Jacky ques a ritardando for the band, and brings the piece to the end.
We also listened to Ms Dixon's class perform Desafinado. I really loved this song, and I thought that the whole group sounded great. I couldn't really hear the piano but Benji was really strong on the guitar because he played the correct chords and stayed in time with the drums. Sam on the drums was amazing. He held a really relaxed feel to the song. His solo was really great because he didn't try and overpower everyone, but kept it simple and clean. Rose sounded great on the solo and Riley was a strong trombone in the background. Justin helped keep the tempo on the vibraphones, and incorporated a range of notes. Overall it was a really strong performance, demonstrating many musical devices.
All The Things You Are is really coming together. We, as a group, have majorly improved. The trumpets are a bit better tuned and are able to play most of the notes. We still have a lot of work to do but once it comes together, it will be great.
In our song, we finalised the structures, and adjusted some solos.
Asher and Marcels solos have now been combined into a question and answer. This works a lot better because their sounds work better separate, instead of mixing their different sounds together (which was how it originally was). David was also here today, so David and I were able to perform a question and answer. Our sounds matched because we are both Bflat instruments, so we both used the same scale. Zennon's solo was also added to our song and it sounds really great because it brings out the guitar, as it is rather hard to hear behind the brass and woodwind. Jacky's ending on the drums has really improved, and Luca's end is really great - he is doing a small solo as Jacky ques a ritardando for the band, and brings the piece to the end.
We also listened to Ms Dixon's class perform Desafinado. I really loved this song, and I thought that the whole group sounded great. I couldn't really hear the piano but Benji was really strong on the guitar because he played the correct chords and stayed in time with the drums. Sam on the drums was amazing. He held a really relaxed feel to the song. His solo was really great because he didn't try and overpower everyone, but kept it simple and clean. Rose sounded great on the solo and Riley was a strong trombone in the background. Justin helped keep the tempo on the vibraphones, and incorporated a range of notes. Overall it was a really strong performance, demonstrating many musical devices.