2010 Summer Giveaway! 夏天特送!

I’m having a Summer Giveaway, and YOU just might be the Winner!

All you need to do is to participate by making a qualifying video response to participate, and you get to win a Serenkoo.com Winner’s totebag, and the Music Score from my video of your choice within the T&Cs. HOOORAYYY!!

Now, make sure you read and understand the following thoroughly.

Q: What exactly does the Winner Get?

The prizes are (1) Serenkoo.com Winner’s Tote Bag and (2) Handwritten score of your favourite Spirit Teahouse music video. The Winner gets BOTH.

(1) Serenkoo.com Winner’s Tote Bag

Serenkoo.com Winner's Tote Bag

Serenkoo.com Winner's Tote Bag

  •  14″ x 14″ x 3″, You can stuff alot into the bag, but it is still sleek enough to just carry 1 or 2  small things.
  • Fits standard and A4 size paper and perhaps files as well, without bending.
  • Folds and rolls up, compact enough to fit in your handbag. Replaces plastic bags when you go shopping!
  • Made from 100% natural 8 oz. cotton canvas – Great for the Environment
  • Machine Washable
  • Exclusive design, different from other regular serenkoo.com totebags. This design has a King/Queen’s Crown in the middle, signifying that you are a serenkoo.com WINNER! You earned it baby.

(2) Handwritten Music Score 

Have you ever wanted the score to one of the songs I play in my music videos? Unfortunately, most songs were played by ear. That meant I arranged the song in my head, and played from my heart. I ain’t got sheets, darling. No score, no, nothing. No point leaving me comments asking me to send you sheets or scores, I don’t have any.

BUT… …

This Summer for the first time, I WILL DEDICATE MY EFFORTS to writing out the numerical score of ONE song you choose from my music videos. *The Crowd Cheers!* This is a score that no one else is able to find from music books!

I will provide a Numerical Score, the common form of music scoring for the Guzheng whereby the numbers 1234567 represents Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti; 1 does not necessarily correspond to C, e.g. 1=D or 1=G are possible. Give me 1 or 2 months time after choosing the winner, as I will have to handwrite the score using pen and paper. I will also include a page specifying what each of the 21 guzheng strings should be tuned to, because I have atypical tunings for alot of my songs. If a bass guitar song is chosen, I will write in staves and tablature.

 Here are the T&Cs for choosing your Free song:

  1. You cannot choose songs from Seren’s Secret music videos. 2010[3] Jay Chou’s Cai Hong, 2010[12] J.S. Bach – Cello Suite No.1 in G Maj (BMV1007) 1st Movement Prelude, and 2010[17] J.S.Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
  2. You cannot choose songs that were not played by ear by me. 2010[6] Cant Help Falling – Elvis Presley – Guitar Solo as it was my ex-classmate that taught me how to play it, and 2010[26] Decode Modified – Paramore for obvious reasons.
  3. For medley videos (where I combined 3 songs into one video), you can only choose one song from the medley of songs. For example, you can choose ‘第几个100天’ out of three songs in 2010[10] A Medley of JJ Lin 林俊杰 Songs, but not all three.
  4. For videos with multiple instruments, you can only request for the score of one instrument, with the exception of 2010[25] Heal the World, where I would provide the score for both guzhengs if this song is chosen.
  5. To obey the above four points, simply choose one from the List below for your score request:

Q: How do I participate?

To submit, you must make a video response of Yourself and Any Musical Instrument to THIS VIDEO HERE:

To qualify, you MUST include the following required sentences in your video, and fill in the (brackets) with your own answers.

Hi Seren, I’m ___(name/ nickname)__ and I want to win the serenkoo.com Winner’s totebag and the score to _____(your song choice from the list)____!

I live in  ___(your current location)___, and I play the ___(your instrument(s))____.

I started learning when ___(talk about your history with the instrument(s))____.

I will now play a little something. (Play your instrument for 10 seconds at least).

It’s like closed passages we fill up in school eh? Feel free to say anything additional in your video response. ^_^

Q: How is the winner chosen?

Submissions entered between Now and July 31st 2010 that chooses a song from the List and includes the required sentences in their video response will qualify to win via Lucky Draw.

  •  You can only submit one video response, but you can affect the number of entries that go into the Lucky Draw.
  • If you play your instrument for 10 sec to 1 min 59sec in your video response, you get ONE entry.
  • If you play your instrument for 2 min to 3 min 59sec in your video response, you get TWO entries.
  • If you play your instrument for 4minutes and longer, you get THREE entries into the Lucky Draw. This is the maximum.
  • I will write your name/username and song choice onto a small piece of paper, and fold it small and place it into a glass container. For those with two entries, I will do this twice (therefore you have two paper entries into the glass container); For those with three entries, I will do it trice.
  •  On August 1st 2010, I will shake the container, reach my hand in and pick one entry, and announce the winner!
  • I will contact the winner on August 1st 2010, and all the other participants on August 2nd 2010 via youtube mail with the results, so make sure you log in to find out.
  • If there are no video responses by July 31st 2010, the FIRST qualifying video response I receive from August 1st 2010 onwards will be announced the winner, no Lucky Draw needed.

Q: Will the other Participants get anything?

You will get a copy of the handwritten music score of the song chosen by the winner. So keep your fingers crossed that the winner chose the same song as you! XD LOL

Feel free to ask your other musical friends to participate too, the more people request for the same song as you, the higher the chances of getting the score you want.

Act Now, and Good Luck!

Love, Seren

What Spirit Teahouse has meant to me.

It’s now July, and Spirit Teahouse has a full 6 months of work.

I have been exploring different kinds of music (sometimes oldies, sometimes chinese pop, sometimes english pop, japanese pop etc) and different ways to express (guzheng, bass guitar, keyboards, singing? some acting?), and I am very very fortunate to be able to do this, and take on another “job” besides being a housewife.

For the past months, not only do I learn alot by exploring, reading up and learning from the internet and the nearby library which keeps my brain very active; I find that this gives me a sense of accomplishment aside from housework, which is very healthy. It has been a steep learning curve not only for these things, but I also have personal growth, learning how to manage my time and responsibilities. It pushes me to learn about what is current in the world outside of my sheltered life as a housewife.

And now after a few months, I have a collection of music videos, and this gave me the courage to join a special musicians bible-study group, and I really enjoy learning from them and the friendship we have as Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Before, I had no courage to join these musicians for bible study because I had not put in effort to be active in music myself. The people I know in NY are mostly my husband’s friends. They are not really in to music. But now that I have a “portfolio” of youtube music videos… Not only do I feel confident in joining the musicians group, I also find that I can identify with their thoughts and their journey in life. Therefore now I get to make my own friends, in addition to my husband’s friends. This is where I see true value of doing Spirit Teahouse by Seren Koo.

Here is some updates on Spirit Teahouse as of now 20th June 2010 (this may increase or decrease over time)
- Started since Jan 1st 2010 (6 months)

- Gathered 66 subscribers on Youtube

- Gathered 124 ‘Likes’ on Facebook, 22 of which are my friends

I have some “free” Serenkoo merchandise, which is a cap with words and my website on it, and a canvas tote bag with words and my website on it also. So far it is not for sale, but it can only be requested for.

Serenkoo.com merchandise

I have given away 2 caps, 1 to a friend in Singapore, 1 to a girl in Switzerland who requested for it. And in another bible study group ronald and I go to, I had 2 requests for a bag too. I gave one to a girl, and designed a more masculine one to a guy. The guy insisted that he paid me for the bag even though I meant to give these out for free. Hehehe…If people are carrying a bag or wearing a cap advertising Serenkoo.com for me, how can I make them pay? Here’s a picture of him carrying the Serenkoo bag.

My friend with a serenkoo.com large tote bag

Regarding my fundraising (or birthday gift), my loving parents-in-law have donated US$20 in godaddy giftcards. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF7mlM0GQxg and/or http://serenkoo.com/support if you don’t know what I’m talking about. I am so grateful to them they have been the most supportive and they participate in my journey by watching every video. My level of music is not very good, and my videos are still very DIY, but their love and support has been TOP NOTCH.

That has been the greatest gift of all, discovering who supports me. I can’t be more humbled because I know it is possible to have zero supporters. Thank all of you who have subscribed and commented. I still have another half a year to go before my 2010 Series ends. Wish me luck!

Love, Seren

Hilarious drawing by a child of her mom 孩子画妈妈,很搞笑

My mom-in-law forwarded me this email. 这是我家婆电邮传给我的。
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For homework, a class in NSW were asked to draw their parents at work – this is Jessica’s drawing:

在新南威尔士,老师给孩子们的作业就是画画父母们的职业。这是杰西卡交上的画:

When I grow up I want to be like mummy 我长大后要像妈妈

When I grow up I want to be like mummy 我长大后要像妈妈!

Here’s the letter the teacher received the next day:

第二天,老师收到了一封信:

Dear Mrs. Jackson,

I wish to clarify that I am not now, nor have I ever been, a pole dancer.
I work at Bunnings and I told my daughter how hectic it was last week after the floods hit.
I told her we sold out every single shovel we had and then I found one more in stock and several people were fighting over who would get it.
Her picture doesn’t show me dancing around a pole. It’s supposed to depict me selling the last shovel we had in the store.
From now on I will remember to check her homework before she hands it in.

杰克逊老师,

我想澄清,我现在不是,也从来没当过钢管舞员。
我在Bunnings五金店工作,上个星期洪水灾难时,我告诉了女儿店里的工作非常忙。
我告诉她店里的铲子都卖光后,我刚好找到最后一个铲子,人们看到了都争先恐后抢着要买。
孩子她画的不是在绕着钢管跳舞的妈妈,而是画我在卖最后一个铲子的情形。
从今日开始在交作业以前,我会记得检查孩子的功课的。

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Details of Wang Leehom’s Hua Tian Cuo (my Housewife version)

我有空的时候再加中文翻译。

Artistic interpretation is really a reflection of yourself rather than the artist sometimes.  Most people who watched this felt my video was humourous. I didn’t feel that way when I was watching or editing it. Well, not if you’ve done this (as in housework) hundreds of times.

Hua Tian Cuo by Wang Leehom was about the contrast of two worlds, one attracts him more than the other. If you haven’t watched my video above, it is about about me fitting a wannabe musician and a housewife together. Me trying to record the singing and the flute parts in the morning in between chores, and me trying to play the bass guitar and other instruments in the afternoon, fitting them inbetween chores again. One reality is definately more attractive than another. I think I appear as a happy musician, but who smiles when doing household chores right?

But than again, though there are no smiles or laughter when doing chores, I think there is a beauty to household work. A quiet, persevering and sacrificial kind of beauty. Ok whatever. Back to the point – the contrasting of realities.

Here are some minor contrasts I included into the video. I will provide some written description, but the interpretation of these is up to you.

In the video: dangling of keys

Description: Two sets of keys dangling. Pink one on the left are keys to my home in Sg. The one on the right are keys to my home in NYC. Two different worlds, both are me. The order of percussion is Sg → NYC → Sg.

Pair of chopsticks with symbolic indentations of marital bliss

In the video: Cheap Chopstick vs Expensive T & Co Crystal Vase

Description: The chopstick is part of a pair that has symbolic indentations of a dragon, a pheonix, and chinese words of marital bliss inscribed onto it. The flower vase is an expensive Tiffany and Co gift from my sister-in-law for last year’s christmas.

The crystal clear “ding!” sound you hear in the vid is made of one part chopstick of marital bliss, and other part crystal vase that has never held flowers.

Between Videos: Washing Machine Coin Slots vs Opera Percussion

Description: In the interim of the song where the erhu wails a beautiful solo, Wang Leehom’s version is accompanied by traditional chinese percussion. Mine is accompanied by the percussive sounds of slotting coins into the washing machine.

In the video: Right vs Wrong side of the guzheng

 Description: (Top) The right side of the guzheng is the correct and typical area to play music. (Bottom) The wrong side of the guzheng is typically used as a pitch modulator ( it is not usually used for music itself, but occasionally it can be used to ornate neo-classical songs like 《战台风》. ). In my video, I played both the right side and the wrong side (which produces a dull twangy sound) to add a contradictory sound to the music.

I played 223535 (re- re-mi-so-mi-so) on the wrong side, you can hear it more often from 03:15 onwards. The sound clashes with the right side of the guzheng, because the pitch is about a third of a semitone lower.  You don’t have to be an audiophile to be able to tell.

In the video: Poor vs Good eating habits

Description: Above you see me eating lunch (a quick-fix) at the computer table while watching Wang Leehom’s vids. Below you see me scooping nutritious painstakingly prepared food for a family dinner at the dining table.

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People need company no matter what, whether it is the company of family and friends over dinner, or lunching with the company of the internet if you have an lonesome occupation. Not sure if any one can identify with the pictures above, or whether it makes any sense. But then again, it’s art. What you think is more important than what I think.

Love,
Seren

Involving the Sixth Sense technology in a Music Video would be… Awesome.

Wow, if I could weave a story/ music video around characters using the sixth sense technology by Pranav Mistry…that would be so awesome….

In case you don’t know what the Sixth Sense technology is, watch the following videos of Pranav Mistry at TED. You might just be awe-struck too.

 


土豆真有趣 Uploading to tudou is pretty interesting

在土豆网,上传视频真有趣,能得到分数的。真分数叫“豆花”。得到越多的豆花,就能升级。我注册时没管什么豆花不豆花的。可是开始用我刚开的土豆网户口时就感到奇怪……为什么不能改变模版主题,但看到别的土豆用者却能。

There  is a points system in tudou.com, my alternative website to youtube.com for uploading my weekly videos. I didn’t care much about the points because I just wanted to have an account accessible to China for my videos. However I found it strange that after I signed up for an account, I couldn’t find a way to change my channel template. Yet other users could.

上传了几个视频后,升到了2级,土豆就在我个人主页上发言“恭喜!你已经晋升豆花 2 级啦,可以开始使用《模版主题》。”哦!那时候我就高兴了,把主题改好看点的。

After uploading a few videos, I gained enough points and was promoted to “Level 2”. Tudou displayed a message saying “congratulations! You can now personalise your template.” Ah…. that’s good. Now I’m happy.

到了第3级它又说“恭喜!你已经晋升豆花 3 级啦,可以开始使用《视频日历》。”那个我就没管。我要那个干么?可能是我中文不太好,看不懂它的用处,觉得应该是什么没用的东西吧。

At level 3, they told me I could use some kind of Calender. Why in the world would I need that? LOL ok ok, maybe because I can’t understand the chinese characters I am reading, and I think it is some useless item.

可是最近又到了第4级……它就说“恭喜!你已经晋升豆花 4 级啦,将获得一次《晋级大乐透》机会,快来试试手气吧!”我再次又只看懂50%的字,迷迷糊糊的。算了,点击看看吧。

But when I reached level 4, tudou congratulated me again saying I have a chance at something (which I could only read 50% of, and did not know what it meant). Whatever. I’ll just click on it and give it a shot.

看起来像个卡片游戏,原来是个幸运抽奖哦!猜猜看奖品是什么?哈哈对了,又是豆花。

It looked like some card game, and actually it was some kind of lucky draw. Guess what’s the prize? That’s right, more points.

赢得了1000豆花!

赢得了1000豆花!

心灵茶馆赢得了1000豆花,没上传视频就能立刻跳到第5级了。哈哈哈哈,真是让我大笑起来。有趣,有趣。

Spirit Teahouse on tudou.com won 1000 points! This big jump in points meant that I didn’t have to upload anything to immediately ascend to level 5!!! Hahahaha I laughed out loud. I have now received another plethora of functions I don’t really understand. Interesting.

DIVE!! 跳水男孩 (the Movie)

Wow, I’m raring to go get into fighting fit shape when I watch these boys. The entire movie from beginning to end is all about them exercising! LOL Ok ok… it is about determination, and perserverance. And trying your best not to neglect relationships. Btw this show has got nothing to do with waterboys. You can read about DIVE!! here. 我又再看日片了!这部戏从头到尾都能看到这些好身材的年轻男子们做运动。运动运动运动,运动来,运动去, 运动到忘了培养感情……呵呵。

Director:Naoto Kumazawa
Writers:Masashi Todayama (screenplay) & Tamio Hayashi (screenplay)
Release Date:16 June 2008 (Japan)
Genre:Drama
Cast:
Kento Hayashi … Tomoki Sakai
Sosuke Ikematsu … Yoichi Fujitani
Junpei Mizobata … Shibuki Okitsu
Asaka Seto … Kayoko Asaki
Misako Renbutsu … Kyoko Nishikawa
Ken Mitsuishi … Keisuke Fujitani
Toru Emori … Ichiro Maehara

导演: 熊泽尚人
演员: 林遣都
池松壮亮
沟端淳平
濑户朝香

片长:115分钟(min)
拍摄年份: 2008
类型: 剧情 青春
国家/地区: 日本
跳水男孩剧情简介 全部显示
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补充内容
坂井知季(林遣都 饰)是一个平凡的中学生,某天,他看到富士谷要一(池松壮亮 饰)从十米跳台跳入水中的优美姿态,被跳水运动那一瞬间的魅力深深吸引,知季毫不犹豫地加入了跳水俱乐部(MDC)。要一的父母都是曾经参加过奥林匹克运动会的优秀选手,在MDC中要一算得上是精英份子。
  而此时的俱乐部,正陷入财政危机之中,即将被解散……美女教练麻木夏阳子(濑户朝香 饰)刚从美国回来,她被告之想要保存MDC的话,就必须训练出能参加奥林匹克运动会的选手……

Ichi, la femme samouraï 盲劍-市 (the movie)

Oh No, I am watching movies on tudou again! This 2 hour film is pretty slow, quite bloody, lots of meaningless deaths, but I love the sword play. ^_^ 今天我又在土豆网上看日片了!今天这部戏的股市发展得很慢,喷了很多血,很多没意义的死亡。可是我喜欢他们的剑法,很好看,有不一样的味道。

Director:Fumihiko Sori
Writer:Kan Shimosawa (story)
Release Date:25 October 2008 (Japan)
Genre:Action
Plot:Ichi is a blind woman who roams about town with her shamisen (a three-stringed Japanese guitar), but she has exceptional sword skills with which she fights off yakuza and other villains.
Note: This movie is in Japanese and the subtitles are in Chinese. Don’t watch if you don’t know either language.

類  型:歷史/傳記、動作、愛情
片  長:2時00分
導  演:《乒乓》曾利文彥
演  員:《我的機器人女友》綾瀨遙、《穿越時空 地下鐵) 大澤隆夫、《來自硫磺島的信》中村獅童、《松鼠自殺事件》 窪塚洋介

劇情簡介:
一個獨自旅行的盲人女子名叫阿市《綾瀨遙飾),她是位彈著三味線的走唱瞽女。

阿市不願與任何人有瓜葛,即使發現和自己一樣的盲女遭到一群男人的欺負時,她依然冷漠;一場意外讓她和一位拔不出刀的武士藤平十馬《大澤隆夫飾)相遇,正當危急時刻來臨,阿市居然以迅雷不及掩耳的速度斬殺了這些惡漢,原來她是一位擁有已經失傳劍技的劍術高手。

被阿市殺死的那群惡漢是占山為王-萬鬼《中村獅童)的手下,萬鬼本來有機會成為幕府的高官,但由於在火災中傷了臉而失去機會,從此淪落為草寇,他仔細觀察死去手下的傷口,發現這竟然是出自某個昔日對手的絕門劍技…

鎮上的白河組二代頭目虎次《窪塚洋介飾)接手後,發現不能再讓外館對村民為所欲為,於是決定起兵反抗…

鎮上一片山雨欲來風滿樓的氣氛。十馬和阿市雖然衝突不斷卻又相互吸引,十馬沉醉於阿市悲涼的歌聲,阿市也為十馬手心的溫暖而漸漸融化了封閉的心…就在這個時候,萬鬼率眾擄走了盲女阿市,為了救回被萬鬼帶走的阿市,十馬重振旗鼓,決心拔劍拼死一戰……

Music Questions about Amazing Grace My Chains are Gone

A valued guest from Spirit Teahouse contacted me over Facebook as she needed some urgent assistance. Here’s the song she would like to play

Susan figured out the melody on her own (which is the RIGHT thing to do! It’s very satisfying when you get it!). She just needed more clues on the left hand parts. If you are in the same position as Susan, I hope the following conversation will help you. All the best wishes from Susan and I. ^_^

—– Our chat on Wed, 4/28/10 1:17 PM —–
 
Susan (12:33 PM):  amazing grace
Seren (12:33 PM):  ok. for the first lyrics: amazing grace how sweet the sound
Seren (12:34 PM):  what are the numbers you play?
Seren (12:34 PM):  is it 51 313 21 65?
Susan (12:34 PM):  yes!
Susan (12:34 PM):  =)
Seren (12:36 PM):  A(ma)zing grace
Seren (12:37 PM):  (left hand) 15123
Seren (12:37 PM):  How (sweet)161 the (sound)151
Seren (12:38 PM):  ok for this two sentences…
Seren (12:38 PM):  at the part where I place (bracket) is where your left hand comes in. the numbers are the notes you play.
Seren (12:38 PM):  try this two sentences first. does it make sense?
Susan (12:38 PM):  ooo, ok2, I got it
Susan (12:39 PM):  =)
Seren (12:40 PM):  That (saved)63613 a wretch like (me)5125^
Susan (12:40 PM):  =)
Seren (12:41 PM):  I (once)15123 was lost, but (now)161 I’m (found)151
Seren (12:41 PM):  Was (blind)636, but (now)525 I (see)15123
Seren (12:42 PM):  ok the part where I put ^ is 上滑音。Do you know what is that?
Susan (12:43 PM):  shang…yi??
Seren (12:43 PM):  shang hua ying
Seren (12:43 PM):  means that you use your second finger and pull upwards accross the strings?
Susan (12:45 PM):  does it mean play the string from downward(string #1) to upward(string #21)?
Seren (12:46 PM):  ya i guess that would be it!
Susan (12:46 PM):  ok
Seren (12:47 PM):  actually the most upward string (the highest string) is string #1, and the lowest is string #21 XD
Seren (12:47 PM):  hehehehehe
Susan (12:47 PM):  hahaha
Susan (12:47 PM):  upsss
Seren (12:47 PM):  ok, now we know, where i say 21to1 means glide up
Seren (12:48 PM):  when i say 1to21 it means glide down. =)
Susan (12:48 PM):  ok
Susan (12:48 PM):  copy that
Seren (12:49 PM):  ok now that i’ve given you the basic melody (because the stanzas repeat themselves), do you also want the bridge (my chains are gone that part?)
Susan (12:49 PM):  yeeeeeesssss
Seren (12:50 PM):  do you know how to play the melody (right hand)?
Susan (12:52 PM):  yes
Seren (12:52 PM):  ok, so you dont need right hand, you just need left hand?
Susan (12:52 PM):  yes
Susan (12:52 PM):  =)
Susan (12:53 PM):  because I think it will too troublesome for you if I ask for both hands, so I practise the right hand first yesterday.
Seren (1:01 PM):  My chains are (gone)63613
I’ve been set (free)15135
My God, my (Savior)6361 has ransomed (me)5252[21to1]
And like a flood *[1to21]2 His mercy (reigns)31356
Unending love *55, Amazing (grace)15123,15123
Seren (1:02 PM):  ok, you look at the above, you understand when I say [21to1] rightt?
Susan (1:02 PM):  yes.
Seren (1:02 PM):  ok look at “And like a flood”
Susan (1:02 PM):  from lowest to highest
Susan (1:02 PM):  right?
Seren (1:03 PM):  yah lowest to highest, but doesn’t mean you have to play everything, you can shorten it.
Susan (1:03 PM):  ooo, ok
Seren (1:03 PM):  ok anyway, i typed [1to21]2, do you know what that means?
Susan (1:04 PM):  1 to 21 = highest to lowest?
Seren (1:04 PM):  It means that you glide all the way down and pluck a 2 at the end of it. can?
Susan (1:04 PM):  oooo
Susan (1:04 PM):  2=re?
Seren (1:04 PM):  ya
Susan (1:04 PM):  ooo
Susan (1:04 PM):  ok2
Seren (1:04 PM):  so you understand [1to21]2 now?
Susan (1:05 PM):  from highest to lowest, then pluck on re
Seren (1:06 PM):  ok, last but not least, I want you to see that at “Like a flood” and “Unending Love” I put a *?
Susan (1:06 PM):  yes?
Seren (1:07 PM):  It is because instead of playing the left hand on a (bracketed word), you are playing after the word instead. On the blank when no words are sung.
Seren (1:07 PM):  can?
Susan (1:08 PM):  so, play them after the melody?
Seren (1:09 PM):  ya, because there’s no word, I put a *. That’s where your left hand comes in. Ok?
Susan (1:09 PM):  ooo, ok2
Seren (1:09 PM):  Susan I got a favor to ask
Susan (1:09 PM):  yes?
Seren (1:10 PM):  A thought just went through my mind… is it ok that I publish our convo on my blog, so that Other people can learn and also ask questions about the song?
Seren (1:10 PM):  We can help other people.
Susan (1:11 PM):  hahha
Susan (1:11 PM):  ok2
Susan (1:11 PM):  that’s fine with me
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To Be Continued.

Watch K-On! Entire Season 1

This is the entire Season 1 of K-On!, a Japanese Animation about the “Light Music Club” in Sakura High. Ritsu, Mio, Tsumugi, Yui and later Asuza, make up the club. This anime may not have exciting storylines, but it definately has plenty of charm. The original soundtracks of this anime have VERY popular sales in Japan. So much so that after Season 1 has ended, the production company produced more original music (not featured in the anime), one CD for each character from K-On!.

The vids are in HD, feel free to watch in full screen.

As far as music goes, I recommend K-On! Songs to play as a band, because the professionals who composed K-On! Music make sure that every instrument has well written parts. Let me explain. There are many good songs out there that may have challenging guitar parts (or any other instrument) while the rest of the instruments have it easy for the entire song. K-on!’s songs are written by experts that make sure that every instrument can shine somewhat.

Well at least that’s my opinion. ;-) In this vid, some musicians got together to play K-on’s ending song, and they shine even more because they added solos.

I suspect every musician in the video is male. Can an all female band do this? I know I’d want to.

Love, Seren