Of Chinese Orchestra and Speedtest

(3/26/2008 09:59:00 PM)

Hey guys!

This is my very first post on our class blog. Haha. Amidst the recent craze of embedding Youtube videos on the class blog, I thought it'd be good to introduce you guys to some nice songs (ok, you guys should have guessed, by now, that it's going to be CO songs...).

It's a liuqin 柳琴 concerto titled 《雨后庭院》. Listen out for the melancholic 慢板 and the lively 快板, not forgetting (of course!) the soloist's godlike techniques. BLAST your speakers because this video is extremely soft.



After a sonic experience from heaven, let's visit HELL. Remember to tune down the volume of your speakers lest you get the shock of your life.



Played by HCCO plucked-string section.

And here's a second recording in relative tranquility. Please comment! Because we're having a concert in June.



By the way, if you're bored and have nothing to do, partake in something meaningful - hone your typing skills!

Here's my result for you to benchmark against:

"469 points, so you achieved position 4223 of 1351652 on the ranking list
You type 600 characters per minute
You have 114 correct words and
you have 0 wrong words"

114 words