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Contemporary piano 'mini' exam

I'm gonna have my so-called mini piano exam tomorrow @.@ Gautim-ed 'One Note Samba' with tempo=200  Quite an achievement for me since my sense of rhythm is REALLY BADDDDD but the good ole' 'The Girl From Ipanema' improvisation is driving me to the wall... Lecturer just taught me basic improvisation and this week he wants my improvisation in quavers, semiquavers, triplets etc @.@  I somehow can manage to improvise a bit..but can't help to get panicked in the middle... listening to improvisations on Youtube now... Hopefully I can get some ideas from them :)  On a random note,  This reminded me of a random statement Glenn made when I was chatting with the seniors on facebook about 'University Reading and Writing Stuff' Me: Omgosh sorry guys, wrong info Glenn: Haha, Chermaine play too much bossa ady Me: 0.0 How you know ? W.Ming: Not only Glenn hahahaha  Me: My contempt. piano really =.=  Wei Ming: Don't worry. My

The best thing that I've heard today...

I was playing my Mozart Sonata in class today while my lecturer hears it. When I Finished playing, he said this: "Chermaine, you have come a long way since semester 1.. Now you have more musicality and control rather than playing all loud. You actually showed musicality in this fast piece!! If you can play this in jury, the comment will be 'well-prepared'. Though it may not be perfect as every performers will make a mistake somewhere, but this is really good. Good job. Seriously, when I heard this.. I suddenly felt proud of myself and super touched... I can't believe my ears and it is good to see improvement..it's good to hear something that I've been wanting to hear from a professional :') Thank God :) I hope my confidence can be increased Even more :) *pats myself on the back :)