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    just curious

    Well to say it rather concisely, Messiaen has cowbells (and bells) play the 'Introit to Easter' in the 4th mov. of "Et expecto". He's got three cowbell players (an instance of numeric symbolism in itself) who play three different sets of tuned cowbells so he doesn't really have 'consistant'...
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    Hsc Performance Coming Up

    phew....well I handed in my extension music essay and my music 2 compo today. I got my performance tomorrow...hmmm, I don't think I'm as stressed about it as I should be. Maybe that'll change by 8:30 tomorrow morning
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    HSC Performance

    um, tomorrow.......8:30am
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    Hsc Performance Coming Up

    ha, I've learn't my peices....mine are on Tuesday so I'd better have learnt my peices by now!! I haven't had much of a chance to go over them in the last week though....damn the logistics of percussion.............
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    Sleeping Patterns

    my sleep pattern has been completely fucked up over the last week. I have my 3unit music essay and 2unit compisition due into the board on Monday and my band just had our first pub gig on last night (firday night). Hence we've been practicing band everyday after school which meant I couldn't...
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    case study confusion

    can't you only use one case study in the exam?? I though I was gunna have to find case studies that relate to at least two topic areas...
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    Rate Yourself...

    Well right now I'm lookin at a 50/50 ....oh crap this isn't mine! ha, honestly I have no idea what I'm gunna get...I made a radio drama so your guess would be as good as mine.
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    i hate that oreo ad.

    damn, I'd better try one of those oero's for myself - see what everyone's talkin about!
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    who is absolutely sick of english?

    yeah, you could survive in a world without knowing HSC english. But this is the HIGHER school certificate. You're already extending your knowledge by applying it to those texts (no matter how simple they are). It is much english as you really need to know and this is why you have the option...
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    i hate that oreo ad.

    well, to equal this out its not like your gunna advertise a biscuit by saying "its alright. Get one, but don't go out of your way". You gotta sensationalize to at least some extent - by the way I haven't seen the oreo ad in question. But you could say that the ad, however much you hate...
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    Trial Marks?

    I didn't do the catholic paper... I got 70% ehh, I should have done a little better but they marked everyone really hard. Well almost everyone, the top mark was 94 but no one else was even close to that...
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    just curious

    Really? We had Paul Stanhope come into our school about three times to help us with our compositions. He's a nice guy, and helped us a lot with compo...he actually got interested in what everyone was doing, saying which parts he really liked and suggesting what could be added...sounds simple...
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    possible?

    If you do well in those subjects you will get in the 90s. It doesn't really matter what subjects you choose, it matters how well you do in them.
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    Rock Music!

    Big Bands - Benny Goodman's Sing Sing Sing....it's a classic but hey :D
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    favourite song at the moment.

    Skandi, Yeah, sadly Augie March have a repuation for not being a good live band. Their singer is always getting bitchy at the sound people or his band...oh, I saw em' at Hombake too man!! I remember he said that they're playing new stuff cause they don't want to bore themselves with songs that...
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    CCSA Trial Exams: Ur dreaded marks!!!!! :(

    havent got paper 2 back yet.... AOS I got: 1. 13/15 2. 11/15 3. 12/15 So, exactly 80% I think. I shoulda done a bit better, at least 4 marks went missing from pure stupidity...:rolleyes: ---edit oh, I've got paper 2 back now...its a pretty mixed bag I'd say...works out to...
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    favourite song at the moment.

    my fav song....probably "No Such Thing" by John Mayer Other people have mentioned cool stuff as well... John Butler Trio Reel Big Fish Something for Kate Augie March (check out the brand new website) ----certain shade of green acoustic is great, what do they call it "the lounge...
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    catholic trials results

    urgh...I didn't do the Catholic trial so I guess my marks to really compare - I ended up with 74/100 but you can see where I lost all of my marks: multiple choice: 17/20 short answer: 33/40 (haven't seen it yet so I can't argue my case anywhere) Section 3 - 18/20 Section 4 - 6/20 - 6 OUT...
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    guys in drama???

    I dropped drama a few weeks into 1st term but all the guys at my school just did their external performances today....so everyone is happy now!
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    guys in drama???

    well, i go to an all boys school and we have 13 people that take drama...
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