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Instrument Maintenance Workshop (29 Dec 2025)

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Instrument Maintenance Workshop (29 Dec 2025)

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What are 3 things you learnt today about how to maintain your instrument?

What is one question you have? (If applicable)

Any accessories that the section needs?

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1. Which oils/grease to use in the different parts of my instrument like how to use grease in the tuning slides ,how to polish my instrument using metal polish properly, and how to check if my strings need replacing.

2. How often do you need to polish your instrument?(ANS:every few months/your choice)

3.slide grease.

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I learnt how to properly grease my instruments and know the the amount of lubricant,grease or oil that I use for my instruments. I also learnt what Polish or types of grease and oil to use for my French Horns. We might need some more slide grease.

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1 .

i learnt how to polish the trumpet with the silver polish liquid and cloth

i learnt that you only need 2 drops of oil to properly oil the valves

i learnt about how to clean the inside of the trumpet with tools like a cleaning brush

3 .

cloths (for polishing) and cleaning brush

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3 things that I learnt

1. toning is actually quite easy

2. Cleaning the xylophones is very easy

3. Drum sets are the hardest to tone

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1st Qn

1. Polishing is extremely important

2. Oiling makes keys smoother

3. We need to be more careful when swoping

2nd Qn

How often use silver polish

3rd Qn

Silver polish

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1) i learnt how to use the different types of cleaning materials to clean different parts of the flute

2) i learnt that we had to clean the key pad as well, and put the powder paper

3) i learnt that polishing really makes a big difference to my instrument, as it became way shinier than before

2) nil

3) for now no, but next year when new batch comes, we have one polishing cloth left

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3 things I learned:

1. I learned that the saxophone has 2 different kind of swabs, 1 to clean the neck and the other for the main body of the saxophone.

2. A polishing cloth already has polish in it.

3. After polishing the instrument, it still looks the same.

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3 things I learnt:

-I learnt that there are different sizes of swab for different instruments /different parts of the instrument

-there are different types of lubricant

-polishing the instrument takes a very long time

2.how expensive are the items needed to maintain the instrument

3.s size swab, SAX/monster size swab,powdered paper, cleaning paper, gold polisher

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3 things I learnt

1. Tuning is fun

2. Cleaning the xylophone is pretty annoying

3. The drum set is the most difficult to tune

1 question I have

1. how often to clean the instruments

2. what accessories do my section need

1. Tuner

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1. What does being a BBSS Band Member mean to you?

2. What is 1 goal or action you will commit to in the next band practice?

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SAF BAND ASSEMBLY REFLECTION (4 Feb 2026)  

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SAF BAND ASSEMBLY REFLECTION (4 Feb 2026)  

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What did you notice about how a professional band rehearses eg. conductor/musicians’ behaviour and actions

What is one specific habit or action you would like to try in the next practice?

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1. clean the intrusment after every practice ! be hygienic hehh.

2. take good and careful care of the reed

3. wipe the mouthpiece regularly

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It means that I am apart of this BBSS band family and that we help each other when we need help

I would like to learn more about the sec 1s

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I had fun doing the escape room with the new sec 1s in band.

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1. being a BBSS band member means alot to me. being able to share the advantages and warmth with everyone else is fortunate ( ⭑•̀ᴗ•́ )✧

2. my goal is to know more about the clarinet and being able to help out my juniors in the future (๑^◡^๑)

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I noticed that They were sitting straght and looked very confident

I should be more confident

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1 . it means that you get to have opportunities to perform music and be part of a team/community (the band)

2 . i will try my best to practise reaching higher notes (i can't reach the high a in wistful wind .........) and be kind to this year's sec 1s

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1. They are able to listen to their instrument and if it is in tune or not

2. Putting my clarinet in the correct resting position.

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What I noticed about the professional band is that their very accurate on what they play and I like how the conductor is very good at doing the instructing.

One thing I will try next band practice is play more accurately and more

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the professional band are quite independent and fast while tuning, and are very disciplined when they rehearse

i would like to try and tune fast during practise so that tuning would not take much time and we can take more time to warm up and play songs

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1) their warm ups were not what we usually do, they do fast fingerings and their tuning was really fast and quick, and they practice everyday

2) i would want to try double tonguing and triple tonguing as we learnt from them, and try circular breathing using a cup and straw and water

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1.They were quick,they tuned by themself and professional and they were also self initiative

2.Be quick and listen to the conductor or be self initiative and tuned and get ready ourselves

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1 .The way they controlled their sound going in and out of loud and soft was .They were also moving to the tempo.

2.maybe try to feel the rhythm when playing.

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SAF:

1.I notice that professional bands rehearsal individually trying to understand their own tempo and parts. .

2.The SAF band members all sits up straight, creating a picture of their confidence.For the next practice, I would like to help remind my fellow band members to sit up straight, allowing us as bbss band to look confident!

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Sec 1 orientation :

1. To me, being a bbss band member is about being able to help my peers with things within my reach, as I love helping my peers as I also learn in band that we all have to work together to sound great so we have to help each other to improve and work together to be able to achieve "one band, one sound"

2. 1 goal I hope to achieve next band practice is to be able to help band members to take responds/remarks seriously, so we are able to understand what we can improve on, allowing us to work together as one band