Hey EVSS CO,

guys, i miss all of you and i was quite upset that i could not make it to see your practices, i am so sorry about that due to my own upcoming SYF and training practices.The last round i saw and heard you guys practice was during the BBQ and the SCH practice, i have heard difference in the song that i use to hear, i have seen a different team spirit in all of you,something i have not seen in sometime.I want you guys to keep up the good work that you have shown me. That day at the SCH , you guys played, i was surprise by the different music quality i heard, yet coach say that not your best. If i have not heard your best and have been surprise by it, then your best must be really speechless. I am waiting to hear that.

ok guys i personally feel there is only one thing lacking and that is your feelings for the song , some of you will ask me:" what feelings can i have for these song?" Let me tell you this, feelings are important to express the true sound in the music you guys are playing, to feel the music you are playing in yourself and to show it out through your fingers and mouths(for those that are blowing). To help you guys feel the music,so i decided to help you guys by giving you guys a background of the songs.

Cicada
Song of cicada is a new song , but this is what i have found out about the insect call cicada,

Male cicadas have loud noisemakers called "timbals" on the sides of the abdominal base. Their "singing" is not the stridulation (where two structures are rubbed against one another) of many other familiar sound-producing insects like crickets: the timbals are regions of the exoskeleton that are modified to form a complex membrane with thin, membranous portions and thickened "ribs". Contracting the internal timbal muscles produces a clicking sound as the timbals buckle inwards. As these muscles relax, the timbals return to their original position producing another click. The interior of the male abdomen is substantially hollow to amplify the resonance of the sound. A cicada rapidly vibrates these membranes, and enlarged chambers derived from the tracheae make its body serve as a resonance chamber, greatly amplifying the sound. They modulate their noise by wiggling their abdomens toward and away from the tree that they are on. Additionally, each species has its own distinctive song.^[1]

Average temperature of the natural habitat for this species is approximately 29°C (84°F). During sound production the temperature of the tymbal muscles were found to be slightly higher.^[5] Cicadas like heat and do their most spirited singing during the hotter hours of a summer day.

Although only males produce the cicadas' distinctive sound, both sexes have tympana, which are membranous structures used to detect sounds and thus the cicadas' equivalent of ears. Males can disable their own tympana while calling.^[6] Adult cicadas have a sideways-ridged plate where the mouth is in normal insects.

Some cicadas produce sounds up to 120 dB (SPL)^[6] "at close range", among the loudest of all insect-produced sounds.^[7] Conversely, some small species have songs so high in pitch that the noise is inaudible to humans^{[citation needed]}. Species have different mating songs to ensure they attract the appropriate mate. It can be difficult to determine which direction(s) cicada song is coming from, because the low pitch carries well and because it may, in fact, be coming from many directions at once, as cicadas in various trees all make noise at once.

In addition to the mating song, many species also have a distinct distress call, usually a somewhat broken and erratic sound emitted when an individual is seized. A number of species also have a courtship song, which is often a quieter call and is produced after a female has been drawn by the calling song.

these animals live in the temperate and tropical climate,therfore imagine a serene forest with the insect there singing it's song,this is what the cicada represents

Cicada songs are regularly used in Japanese anime to indicate that a scene is taking place in the summer.

In the Japanese novel The Tale of Genji, the title character poetically likens one of his many love interests to a cicada for the way she delicately sheds her scarf the way a cicada sheds its shell when molting. They are also a frequent subject of haiku, where, depending on type, they can indicate spring, summer, or fall^[14].

now that you know more, learn to appreciate the music and imagine yourself there, and think how would you play this song to bring th best out of it.

chuang jiang ling

this song actually depicts the the general at the war , preparing for battle, a song of both discipline and war,even though i can't find the original description for the song, but by hearing this song shows the bravness of the warriors in battle,the discipline in marching and the pride they have to defend their country. Like them you guys must be daring , brave, proud of our EVSS CO,so what if we are just some neighbourhood school some where on this island, we can still do our best so feel the song in you and you will naturally play out with emotions.

lastly i wanna tell you guys how proud of you guys i am , that i actually tell my cca mates about how great you guys have improve and how proud i am of you, but what i want to see is the smiles when you guys play tomorrow, dun let others beat you, you never know how good you guys are untill you hear yourselfs,so what if we dun meet expectations, as long as we tried our best you know that nothing can stop you guys.

ALL THE BEST EVSS CO, DO US SENIORS PROUD

oh yeah quotes are taken from wikipedia

the old vice chairman that loves you guys dearly

Rachel lim

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