Highlights of the Performance at Bukit Timah CC

Performance for Speech and Prizegiving Ceremony 2008

Pictures for performance on 14 Nov 2008 by our four seniors:

Hi peeps,

This year has really been a great year.Thank you to all those who have made this year special.I will miss guitar lessons.='[ Thank you mr wu,mdm oh and mr chua.=] You guys are really great teachers. Will miss everybody in guitar ensemble. =]=] This will most probably be my last post as a new president will soon be elected.='[

Tiffany

No Guitar Ensemble Practice during Holiday.

Dear guitarists,

There will be no Guitar Ensemble practice during the holidays! It's been quite a year with all the performances and the SYF Competition. I am glad we made it through somehow.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the P6 guitarists who are leaving us. They pioneered the Fuchun Guitar Ensemble and to the P6s who stayed and fought the good fight with me, I thank you! Thank you (in no order of preference or merit), Jasmine, Hui Min, Tiffany, Wan Ting, Sze Ping, Mr Hadi, Kai Xin, Jia Jing, Aik Siang.

Please let me know if I missed out any P6 guitarist!!!

Have a great holiday and chill!


Mr Wu

8th Singapore International Guitar Festival

Yo people,

Check it out!

How to Play Taylor Swift's Love Story

Guitar Tutorial Part 1:



Guitar Tutorial Part 2:

Taylor Swift's Love Story

I think the girls will love this song.... And it's a very easy guitar song. Enjoy!

Hi people,
so the exams are over and we don't have to stress over studying already!!at least for awhile until next year.so now the P6s are all going back for guitar lessons.yea!I hope all the P6s enjoy their last 2 weeks in Fuchun,i definitely will.Make the most of it alright.?

Tiffany

Down By the Salley Gardens (Eleven String guitar)

Hi all. The exams are drawing to an end, and we are going to choose our new President for 2009, either by democracy (students) or by by force (the teachers choose). Of course I'll rather have democracy. But if no one wants to step up for election, then we'll have to choose. More info after exams...

Meanwhile enjoy this eleven string guitar performance.

Hey people,
so PSLE is finally over but SA2 is here so study hard and do your best ok?gd luck everyone.

Tiffany

Canon in D (Guitar, Violin, Flute)

I always thought music should be shared amongst more musicians. The more the merrier. Enjoy!

Guitar and Violin piece "Romance de Amor"

Maybe you can try this with your violin friends huh?

How to change classical guitar strings

The glitch :-)

Hi all,

Sorry for the long delay in post. I was away for army reservist for two weeks and been so busy since coming back. Will be getting to posting stuff soon.

As for the tag box, let's just say there was a very unfortunate incident. I'm trying to get it back.

Meanwhile enjoy this World Music Video:

Fuchun Guitar Ensemble President conducts flawless performance

Tiffany leads a mix of veteran and new blood in the National Day Concert performance....




You can't see her sweat, but she did and it was definitely not due to the heat.
Brave girl. Well done!! Takes a lot of courage to do that.

Memories....

Not too sure when we'll ever see the P4,P5 and P6 guitarists perform together like that again...

:-)

Good job guys!

Hey people,
godd job on monday!Great performance!Keep it up.Don't slack =P Hope you all do even better next time. Jia You!!!



Tiffany

Hey guys!This is really cool and awesome.I don't know how he does it.It is like really fast.Hopefully one of us fuchun guitarists can do that one day!that will be really nice.Hope you enjoy the video.




Keep smiling,
Tiffany =]

Falling Slowly - 2007 Academy Award Winning Song

I recently watched this movie called 'Once'. 'Falling Slowly' came from that movie. This song is so beautiful you can just close your eyes and imagine the sun rising across the beach. Have a listen and you'll know why it won the award. Simple and beautiful, as are most things in life.

Jasmine Yee wins first prize in Artopus Competition!!

Dear guitarists,

Our section leader Jasmine Yee of 6E prevailed against students from 15 schools in the North Zone primary schools to win the first prize in the Artopus Competition (VIsual Arts).

Her winning entry can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.opss.edu.sg/art-ArtOPus.htm

Congratulations Jasmine!!
You've done us all proud!


Mr Wu

Marie Digby's version of Rihanna's Umbrella

I think the girls would really love this one!! It's easy to play too. Hope I'll have the chance to teach you all this one.

Enjoy...

Requesting for email addresses

Dear Fuchun guitarists,

In a bid to email-alert all of you whenever I update the blog (so you do not have check all the time), I would like to request for your email addresses. You can either give me your email address through adding a comment, or if you want to keep it confidential, send me an email identifying yourself to my personal mail at wutzeshen@yahoo.com.

I am also doing this so that I can compile an Fuchun Guitar Club email list, that we may keep in touch with each other even after you all leave Fuchun in the years to come.

Thanks.
Looking forward to a great weekend.

Mr Wu

Aguado's Etude

Hi all,

This is a simple piece for you to practice if you are bored.

It is downloaded with permission from the author's website. You can check out his website http://dirk.meineke.free.fr/classical.html for more free classical guitar pieces.

Enjoy! Hope you find it challenging and fun!

Click link below to download classical guitar score
Download here

President speaking.lol

Hey all,
            Enjoying the holidays?Hope you are.As you all should know the P6 won't be attending guitar lessons anymore :'( . (i am gonna miss guitar lessons)So, I guess we might be having an 'election' or the teachers would have a discussion among themselves,deciding who would be the next president.So P5s, better be at you best.You never know you just might get chosen.Anyways,keep up the good work everyone!Everybody is doing well!jia you..Have Fun


chiao,
         Tiffany

Don't Give Up, You Are Loved

Josh Groban - the man with the pretty face and beautiful voice. He is one of the famous singers of classical pop genre (Genre means musical style). This is one of my favourite song. I almost wept a teardrop when I first heard it. Very inspiring and encouraging. Good to hear if you are down.

Sissel- Probably one of the best voices in the world

Hi peeps,

Sissel(the lady) has a very beautiful voice. The song is Quando Sento che Mi Ami, an Italian pop song. Enjoy!

Misc Shots (Guitarists trying to mimic Violinists)

Photos from our inaugural SYF competition

Clarification for 28 June practice

Dear guitarists who are involved in the school's Fundraising event (which means those who were in the SYF team),

Just a reminder that your practice dates are:

18 June 2008 12.45pm to 4pm
20 June 2008 12.45pm to 4pm
27 June 2008 3pm onwards. *****

For 27 June, it is a school day so rehearsals will start at 3pm. Afternoon students will be excused from lessons from 3pm. I will give you more details on 18 June.

Guitar Training resumes next week

Dear guitarists,

Hope you had loads of fun doing your SA1 papers. Now it's back to serious guitar training. Please be informed that guitar training will resume as usual from 13 May (Tuesday) onwards until the holidays. See ya! ;-)

The Glorious Fuchun Guitar Ensemble!! Go for Gold!!

Photos of our strength!! Keep breathing in that music!!
Here's wishing everyone all the best this coming tuesday!!
Kempetai!! Our hard work will surely pay off!!

Misc Shots at SYF Rehearsal 2008

More photos....

Photos taken at SYF Rehearsal 2008

Hi peeps. Sorry for not posting anything recently. Been quite busy with work. Here are the group photos from SYF Rehearsal. Will be posting more soon. So keep checking...

The Toa Payoh Guitar Orchestra

Hi peeps. Just like to introduce you to the guitar scene in Singapore. If you play classical guitar, you must surely be acquainted with Singapore's oldest Guitar Orchestra, The Toa Payoh Guitar Orchestra. They have been around for about 30 over years.

Check out their website!!
http://www.tpgc.org/

If you want to continually improve your guitar skills, this has got to be the group you must join. They do a lot of public performances every year and they are continually on the lookout for young talents like yourselves. Do consider!!

Meanwhile, check out this performance by Mr Chua's student, the young boy. He and his father are both members of the Toa Payoh Guitar Orchestra.

Fuchun Guitar Ensemble SYF 2008 Costume

Hi guys. This is the costume for our SYF 2008 competition. Many thanks to our models Lee Min Hui and Lim Kok Tong.

Suggestions for Guitar Ensemble Outing

Hi peeps!! We are planning to have an outing after the SYF, somewhere around June. It can be a music concert, performance or something music-related. I would like to hear from you guys if you know of any concerts or anything you want to do.

Keep the suggestions coming!!!

Results of Poll

Out of 18 votes, 16 students were happy with the guitar practice and their friends in the ensemble. That makes a whopping 88.88% satisfied majority in the Guitar Ensemble.

I believe here are the main reasons for the outstanding result of the poll:

a) Friendliness of seniors (Tiffany, Jasmine, P5,6 etc..)
b) Our humble and teachable juniors
c) Passion and dedication of all guitar members
d) Hard work of Mr Chua Teck Seng (who is in my opinion the most dedicated guitar instructor in Singapore)
e) Our love for the instrument


I just want to say that I am very proud to be part of this work with all of you.
:-)

Cool guitar! Awesome, Out of the World!

Hi guys! Thought you might like to check this out. I was very inspired by this man's guitar playing. I am sure you will be too!!


PS: Your SYF costumes will be ready by the end of this month.

Yakatty Yak....

Just to update all of you. When Hadi, Sze Ping, Yung Zhen and Josephine went for the audition at the Republic Poly, the judges were amazed at their playing. The judges commented that they played very well and they never expected that to come from primary school guitarists. I take that as a compliment and a milestone for us all.

By the way, here's a picture (below) that Jasmine Yee (our section leader) drew. I think it's beautiful so I thought I'll share it with you all... Feel free to drop her comments to encourage her in her artistic talents.

What is your experience in Fuchun Guitar Ensemble so far?

I love it! I have many friends and lots of fun during guitar practice. The friends are great but the guitar practice is boring. The guitar practice is great but i don't like the people there. I hate it! I am forced to join/stay on in the Ensemble.

View Results Free Myspace Poll

Four going for Music Marathon audition on Monday 18 Feb

Mr Hadi, Sze Ping, Yung Zhen and Josephine will be going for the Music Marathon audition at Republic Polytechnic this coming Monday. If successful, they will represent the Fuchun Guitar Ensemble for the performance on 8th March 2008 at Republic Polytechnic. It's a milestone in the club's history cause this is going to be our first public performance!!! Yeaaah!!!!

Wish them well on the dashboard and in person!! They'll need all the love and encouragement!!

You go guys!!! Do us proud!!

Throat Singing, A Mysterious Music Art

Hi Peoples,

I stumbled upon this mysterious and marvellous way of making music. It's called throat singing, a technique which originated from Central Asia (I think). The person is able to make two different sounds at the same time using his throat. Whoaaa...

The first time I came across this was when I was watching this Japanese Swordfighting Fantasy movie called "Dororo". Below is this segment of the movie where the background music is done by throat singers called Huun Huur Tu.



Cool huh? If you think that's cool, check this guys out.




Nobody in my 27 years of life told me anything about throat singing....
The more you learn, the less you realise you know... Amazing....

Our new Fuchun Guitar Ensemble President 2008

Dear members, I would like to take this chance to announce our Our new Fuchun Guitar Ensemble President 2008. After much observation and consideration among Mr Chua, Mdm Jenny Oh and myself, we have selected our Fuchun Guitar Ensemble President. The President will be the right hand man/woman who will assist Mr Chua in the management of the section leaders and the members under them.

And the President is.............................

/drumroll/



Be nice to her ya!! :-)

Recent photos during CCA Fair and Guitar Practice

Our combined Guitar Ensemble.




Rachel, Tiffany and HuiMin performing at the CCA Fair 2008.

Welcome P3 Guitar Ensemble Members!!

Hi all. A big welcome to our P3 Guitar Ensemble members who had their first guitar lesson today. Welcome to our big and growing family! We hope you will enjoy your years with us as we grow and learn together. I would like to take this time also to introduce them to our section leaders. Here they are.....


Tiffany is dependable and capable. The backbone of our ensemble. Very committed to the Ensemble's cause.


Huimin is the strong and silent type. She is also our pride and glory, the first amongst us to represent the Guitar Ensemble in taking part in the N7 Cluster Instrumental Competition 2007.


Our cheerful Jasmine. Always enthusiatic and bubbly during Guitar Practice. Also a very dedicated student of the guitar.


The intelligent Wan Ting is an excellent guitarist. She is also responsible and dedicated team member. A definite role model.


Sze Ping is a pioneer member of the Guitar Ensemble from its early 2006 days. Her patience in training the juniors and her committment to the Ensemble has been most admirable.

8th March 2008 performance at Republic Polytechnic

Dear guitarists,

We are going to have our first public performance at Republic Polytechnic on 8th March 2008. Yeaaaa!!! Aren't you all excited!!! Finally a chance to show off your skills to the rest of the island. Will keep you posted soon on the details.

Keep checking the blog!!

Well done for CCA Fair Recruitment!!

We managed to recruit 12 new P3 members into the guitar ensemble today at the CCA Fair. Many thanks to Rachel, Hui Min, Tiffany and Jasmine for performing to the pupils. They took time off their studies to help out at the booth. (I hope I did not miss anyone out, let me know if I did.)

If you know any P3 student who does not have a CCA, encourage them to join us!!

Kempetai!!!!

Free guitar sheet music for you to print and play!!

Yo peoples,

This two links have many classical guitar pieces which you can print out and try. Usually a piece of classical guitar music will cost you anywhere from five to fifty dollars. The authors have given permission to print and use the music so don't worry.

First link
http://www.eythorsson.com/en/Solo.aspx

Second link
http://dirk.meineke.free.fr/classical.html

Want to learn this beautiful song??

An all time classical guitar favourite.
The first video is with singing, the second video is the instrumental version.





Aubrey (Lyrics)

And Aubrey was her name,
A not so very ordinary girl or name.
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune.
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing,
Take away the words that rhyme it doesn't mean a thing.
And Aubrey was her name.
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening to fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,
But God I miss the girl,
And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me.
And Aubrey was her name,
I never knew her, but I loved her just the same,
I loved her name.
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay.
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest.
If I can't have the one I want, Ill do without the best.
But how I miss the girl
And I'd go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day.

Intro to Blues Guitar

Yo people,

Check this video out. It introduces you to playing simple blues guitar. This guy is good and he makes it very easy for you to learn it. He will also teach you to bend and hammer techniques on the guitar.

Optical Illusion Quiz

Let's see how good your eyes are.....

Guitar Training Schedule for 2008

Dear Fuchun Guitarists,

This is the latest training schedule for the year 2008.

Every Tuesdays - 8am to 10am (P4 Group 1)
10am to 12noon (P4 Group 2)

Every Wednesdays - 10am to 11am (P3 Group 1)
11am to 12noon (P3 Group 2)
12 noon to 2pm (P4, P5, P6 Combined)
2pm to 3.30pm (P5, P6 Combined)

The venue for Tuesday is at Band Room and the venue for Wednesday is at Remedial Room 7. Section Leaders, please take note and inform your members. Thank you.

Our Brave Section Leader Tan Huimin

In case some of you were unaware, our brave section leader Tan Huimin of 6E represented the Guitar Ensemble by taking part in the N7 Instrumental Competition that was held on 23 November 2007. She went up the stage, held her nerves as 200 pairs of eyes looked at her and gave a wonderful performance to her audience. Look at the photos and see how calm and composed she was. Thanks Huimin!! You have prepared the path for many others to follow. Well done!!