A Peep into an Acappella Piece Practise

Praktis niyo muna parts niyo, tapos ako naman.

Flat ka.

Hindi siya. Ako poh yun, Dad.

Try ulet.

May off-key ah, sige sops at alto muna.

(Kanta)

Okay naman…edi si Jathnielle pala yung sintunado.

Hahaha…sabi ko poh sayo Dad ee!

One, two, three, four…

Stop, stop!

Oh akala ko na praktis mo na yung part mo?!

Ah, hanggang dito lang muna poh kasi di ko ma-gets kanina nung wala akong kasama.

Ah, ok. Sige one, two, three, four…

Oh, di ka kumakanta?

Ahm, nawala ako. Ano ulet starting note ko?

Try natin all through, walang stopping ha.

Dad, hindi poh yan crotchets…quaver value lang poh.

I-hold mo yung nota nang two beats, kasi maiiwan si Dad at ako naka-hang.

Mom, just watch Dad to keep in time.

Nakatingin nga lang ako sa kanya.

Gano’n…pero di pa rin nama-maintain yung speed eh. Hehehe.

One, two, three, four…

Daddy, quavers lang poh yan! At dapat mag-slow down tayo rito. I’ll write it on the top of your page… “SLOW DOWN!!”

And I’ll add my version sa page mo, Daddy…Ayan, I highlighted it na poh. Hahaha.

Praktis natin mula bar 40. Nawawala ako sa bass.

Can we slow down a bit more here? We need enough time to catch our breaths.

Ah, okay, sige.

Wui, mezzo piano lang dapat!

One, two, three, four…

Hahaha! Anu ba yan….

Emphasize niyo yung word sa first beat ng bar!

May mali…kantahin mo nga yung part mo rito…

Yun nga poh kinakanta ko!

Hindi…ito ginagawa mo oh.

Basta, try natin ulet. One, two, three, four…

Ritardando! Ritardando!

Ayan!! That’s so much better. From the beginning naman.

Mmmm… (getting our notes).

One, two, three, four…

A couple bars in and then…

Wah…I forgot it.

Hahaha…ulet, ulet!

We’ll run through bar 35 and onwards a couple times, to get it right. Think of the words.

Sige, from the beginning ulet.

One, two, three, four…

Reflections

Hmmm...this'll be quite interesting.

I've never really done much blogging, let alone have an account specifically for it. Kinda felt as if I would be publicizing too much about myself… Never saw much appeal to that.

But I'm beginning to realize that blogging can also be a means of healthy expression. Where the tongue fails, the pen gently draws out the throbbing thought. This is my case, for I have a very difficult time relaying my thoughts very well when face to face. I know what I want to bring across, but verbal expression always seems to go to the wind with me! So it’s to the “pen” for me.

Blogs entries can be sweet, pathetic, funny, or plain serious. This atmosphere is created by the writer. Under his fingers, he can make a prosaic happening alive with romance, or a grand occasion sound like a boring time schedule. This is in the power of the writer—he will either captivate a reader, or make him yawn. That is style.

And what’s as important, if not more so, is the content of the blog. Hmmm…let me rephrase that. Maybe not so much the topic, but more the strain. Am I ever beginning to realize that entries show how the author's mind runs…yikes! I can write about a budding romance, a hilarious happening, a disappointment, and even a little confusion or frustration…but let the gentle strain ever be, “Lord, how good and merciful you are!”

One thing that I’d really like to work towards in this blog is to avoid writing in an "encrypted" sort of way, that when asked about, I’m not willing to elaborate on. (At least to a certain degree.) My blog is public, and so I must be ready for any “cross fire.” Hehehe. If I’m not ready for it, it’d be best not to post it so publicly at all. To post it while not willing for any interrogation is to lose a friend’s trust. And I’d like to think of blogging as a way for friends and family to be blessed by God’s working in my life, rather than a way for them to find reason to be repelled by any thoughtlessness on my part.

I’m no skilled writer, nor very organized or well-developed in thought. (I’m working towards that though. Hahaha.) But my prayer is that, whatever attempt I make at posting, others may be led to glorify God. With that said, Hello to the World of Blogging!