AJC Harmonica Band

[gillianlu]

their standard used to be so high!

[hohohorliques]

I saw this only 1 year later, but that performance was really good!! Well done! I was from the harmonica band too, but the 0506 batch :)

[ishallsucc33d]

I'm proud of Aj Harmoc. I'm AJCian. :)

[DaMastaMynd]

If you look closely, you can see a couple of melodicas (or melodions, or pianicas, or whatever people call them nowadays). In a way, that's kind of cheating.

Except not really XD This is nicely done. Is it just a direct transcription of the strings' parts, or is this a special adaptation just for harmonica orchestra?

"Harmonica orchestra." It's such a weird thing to say, but it's kind of cool, too XD

[seo92]

ahem. í play the pianica... and may i know in what way is that cheating? it's still an instrument that produces great music and enlivens the whole song piece. I think AJ's harmonica band is the best! :)

[DaMastaMynd]

I dunno. I just think when I hear something as esoteric as a "harmonica orchestra," it would make more sense to have only harmonicas. A pianica (as you call it) can produce a similar sound, but to me, it's kind of like using an electronic keyboard to provide strings sounds to supplement a standard string orchestra. Does that make sense?

[seo92]

Actually, a pianica doesn't really produce sounds similar to that of a harmonica. The fact that the instrument is incorporated into our orchestra proves that it, in fact, produces unique sounds that help to complement, rather than supplement the sounds of a harmonica in different songs we play. Besides, what's an orchestra without different instruments?

[seo92]

If you presume that a pianica is so called cheating, then what about the piano? Without instruments such as the piano and the pianica, the harmonica music will sound pretty mundane.

[DaMastaMynd]

1. Pianicas and harmonicas sound very similar because they produce their sounds from the same mechanisms. The only difference is the articulation and the sound chamber, so really, I don't know what you're saying.

2. If you look at a "string orchestra," you'll notice that it only has string instruments. Hence, when I see "harmonica orchestra", I expect...?

3. The piano is also cheating.

4. Calm down. It was a joke. Jeez :P

[DaMastaMynd]

As a matter of fact, I even say "except not really" in my first comment. Perhaps you should try reading them before you start biting my head off.

[seo92]

if you didn't mean it you shouldn't have even said it's cheating in the first place. o_O

anyway, thanks for the compliments in your first comment because my seniors really worked hard for this.

[seo92]

haha since you say pianicas and harmonicas sound very similar, then shouldn't you accept pianicas as part of the orchestra? after all, we play it in a similar way. not like an electric keyboard vs. string instruments. you seem a little bias towards keyboards. :P and actually the piano isn't really cheating. it forms the basis of all the songs we play. pretty cool in fact. :)

[huiminrox]

AJHB, Jiayou for upcoming performance! (; You guys can do it! ;D Last performance already! Do our best, yea? :D