Today marks the day of the END of practical piano lesson..... BUT haiz...... still got to continue with THEORY lessons... cos i haven't completed my grade 8 theory yet......... really really don't feel like continuing but the stupid mother just forced me to finish it......... i got to pay for my own piano lesson fees from now on.... and it's still the same.... so damn ex........ arghhhh....... when will this end......... BUT i'll never ever touch the piano again!! yay!!! happiness..... unless the teacher gives me some extra pieces to play at my own leisure... hahaha maybe i can start playing Jay chou's music from now on... it'll be so much more fun lor....

anyway. my exams was abit chui...... i think i did rather badly for a few piano pieces........ my tempo weren't right, i was rushing, and my fingers were trembling so much i had plenty of missing notes........ but the Viva voce (dialogue with the examiner) was rather ok.... he asked me VERY detailed questions, but luckily, i did my homework...... bloody hell he asked me when did all the composers died, the EXACT date and year.... like wtf?! it's the first time the examiner asks this kinda questions.... they always ask about the form, texture, musical period of the music pieces... but they seldom ask about the birth and death date one leh.... LUCKILY, the student who went before me, was also taking Diploma exam... and she came out complaining to her teacher about the examiner asking about the exact birth and death dates and that she couldn't answer... so i hurriedly memorised them.... hahahaha... LUCKY or not...... i was rather confident of the Viva voce thingy....

but, still, the practical part takes up most of the marks, 70 marks leh.... Viva only 15 marks! i need 75/100 to pass..... arghh.... my sight reading also buang.... my sight reading is SHIT lor.......

"Can you compare and contrast J.S Bach and Scarlatti's style of music?"

i was playing Scarlatti's piece, and i only memorised stuff from Scarlatti.... so my mind went blank for a moment... J.S Bach... racked my brains very hard.... oh, Baroque! same as Scarlatti! BUT trick question! their style totally different! Scarlatti plays more of homophonic texture, where as J.S Bach uses polyphonic textures.......

"Good good"

*Phew* close shave...

"next question, can you tell me about the form of the piece you've just played for Hadyn's first movement?"

cheh, easy, Sonata form... Exposition, development and Recapitulation....

"so what key do you think is this part of the piece is modulated to?"

DIE, don't know how to answer....it's a minor key....... it's colour is darker here.... i dont know exactly what key, but i know it's a minor key....

"good"

shit, why he keep saying good?!

"tell me what era do you think Debussy was from"...

TRICK question.... Debussy was born in the midst of Romantic period, coming 20th century... BUT he was mainly an impressionist, so he wasn't romantic, nor 20th century!... LUCKY i did my homework lor....

"good. so, can you tell me the dates when he was born and when he died?"

SHIT, forgot which year he was born! so i just said when he died.... :1918, march.... march... march 20 something... "yah, good, March 25th to be exact"...

this examiner is SIBEH irritating.