25 November 2010

Today we watched the guitar and the saxophone students to play. They were absolutely great although they were still struggling to play their songs nicely, but I know they have worked hard for it. Especially the saxophone students, they were very good! To play saxophone is hard and for beginners they're really wonderful. We also wrote our reflection on a booklet about our compositions of what problems we went through while creating our songs and submitted it to our music teacher, Mr. Herry. 

22 November 2010

Today I watched my music classmates play their instruments but I also practiced my song composition in music class this day. I also watched my friends in the class practice their compositions, and Mr. Herry told us to upload 4 videos this term which I have done on time. He also recorded some of my friends who play their instruments beautifully. :)

My Song Composition 2nd Practice ( not modified)

This is a video of me practicing my song composition (not yet modified) and I'd played it greater than I did on my song composition (not yet modified) video first practice. I did make a few mistakes when I played but not very much. Nonetheless, I will do my best not to make even a single mistake so that I will get a stupendous and GRATIFYING mark! 

My Song Composition 1st Practice (not modified)

This is my first practice video of my song composition (not yet modified) and I think I didn't play it well. I stopped at some parts and I was still a bit confused while playing the song. I will practice to play my composition two times a day so that I will improve my skills on playing this song.

My Song Composition 2nd Practice (modified)

This is the second video of me practicing my song composition. I played it better than I did in my first practice video but I need to improve and make it sound better. I think the tempo is a little bit too slow, I'm going to try to make the tempo go faster so that it won't sound so monotonous and sleepy. 

18 November 2010

Today I watched my friends play their compositions again like I did on 15th November, the class didn't go on really differently from the previous class. They still seemed to be struggling while playing their songs. There were Sabrina, Melvin, Stefan, Diandre and Kevin. I, too, played my composition, I need to practice more to make the song sounds better and better.

15 November 2010

Today I watched my friends from violin and guitar classes rehearse. They were excellent but I was a little bored because there was no background music since they didn't play the chords. Anyway still, they were good and I could really see they practiced real hard. Today we had no instrument class so I wrote my reflection in theory class.

My Song Composition 1st Practice (modified)

I think I played it well but I need to practice more to make it nicer, also so that I won't be stopping while playing the song. I think the song sounds pretty nice too! I hope you people like it! 

11 November 2010

Today Mr. Herry could not teach us because he had a workshop to attend, however Mr. John substituted Mr. Herry. Today's music class was enjoyable, Mr. John told us to play our compositions and also let us know about our mistakes that we should change when we play our compositions. After that, I watched some of my classmates play their compositions and I think they were all great. I should practice my composition more in order to play it more beautifully and fluently.

8 November 2010

Today I listened to my friends' compositions and they're all good and hilarious! Especially Ryan's which was about Justin Bieber Asia, LOL. Mr. Herry also told us about our mistakes and told us to correct it. 

2 November 2010

Today I wrote my final draft of my own composition and also the lyrics. I played in front of sir Herry and he told me about some of my mistakes which I should not repeat and erase in my composition. Along with that, I also practiced my song and changed some notes to make it nicer to listen. Then I wrote my reflection.

28 October 2010

Mr. Herry checked my composition which I have made last week, I was told to put the lyrics to our previous compositions. I wrote a song about teachers because I was confused about what kind of lyrics I should put to my composition. Mr. Herry also told us to play out second composition but we had so little time, so some people didn't have the chance to present it to Mr. Herry. However, Mr. Herry corrected some of my mistakes in my composition. 

 

25 October 2010

Today we were taught how to modify bars and notes because we're supposed to modify our song compositions. At first it's a little bit difficult to modify bars but when I finally got to understand more about it, it's not so hard after all. I will do it tonight so on Thursday I will be prepared to play and practice playing it in the class.

21 October 2010

Today in music class, I listened to Mr. Herry as he talked and taught us briefly about how to use Finale. I was supposed to submit my composition today but it was my fault that I forgot to do it, so I am going to submit it tonight by email. I also listened to Melvin's song composition and well... It was okay, pretty good! I played my own composition and let Mr. Herry listen to it and he also corrected some of my mistakes. Thanks, Mr. Herry!

18 October 2010

I have completed and presented my song composition to Mr. Herry and he played it in front of the class. I don't think it's really good though, I'm planning to re-do it again on Finale to make it so much better. I was in a hurry when I made the song, because I think I was thinking a little bit too slow and time was running out (as always). Well I hope I'm going to make a brilliant song!!

14 October 2010

In music class today, I submitted my music workbook and listened carefully to Mr. Herry teaching us how to compose an ABACA structured song. I think it's not so hard to make an ABACA structured song, we just need to get a little creative to make an excellent composition.We also learnt about chords (C major, C minor, etc) and I should play those chords in order to memorize it. 

11 October 2010

This day I created my own simple song using the A, A', B, A' formula taught by my piano and music teacher, Mr. Herry. He's checked my composition, I hope he likes it because I really want to get a good score. Later I will practice so that I will be prepared if I was asked to play my song. I also watched Aldo and Sabrina sing, they were good although Aldo struggled at first! :D 

7 October 2010

In music theory class today, I did my third singing assessment and Mr. Herry gave me an 8.5 mark for it. I think it's a nice score but I still need to improve more and not be very nervous. I should set my standards higher so that I can work harder to achieve a better and better score. I also watched my classmates sing, I think they were awesome!

4 October 2010

Today I did my second singing assessment and I got 7.5 for my assessment. It's pretty good but I must have tried harder not to laugh when singing in front of people. We also practiced singing You've Got A Friend by Carole King for our third singing assessment on Thursday. I should get more practice to get a very good score.

30 September 2010

Today we had a test about chords and inversions for about 40 minutes. I could do the test even though I thought about the answer in a quiet long time. I hope I will get a good score!! In the instrument class, I showed my skills to Mr. Herry of playing the chords and notations. He also taught me about how to play more nicely.