Monday, 3-10-2011

Today, we learn about the minor scales. Minor scales are unfamiliar for me, because i have just learn major scales and seldom to heard about minor scales. The natural scale of major is C but for minor, the natural scale is A minor scale. And i found the easy formula for minor scale to, like I did for the major scale. For the major scale, the fifth note will make the new scale and the fourth note will be sharped for the next scale. It's different from the minor scale, the fifth note will start the new scale and the sixth note will be sharped for the next scale.

Thursday, 29-09-2011

We have done with the assessments. Today, we are discussing about next term, we are going to make our own composition. We have a homework to research about Rondo, how are we going to make the composition like. I have learn how to make our own composition before, in 7th grade. But before, we don't use rondo. But I know that there will be a pattern of the song like A B A' C A or any pattern like that. Maybe I should learn more about his thing called rondo, because I'm gonna use it for the next term assessment.

Monday, 26-09-2011

Today, one of the student do the assessment about playing a classical song because she haven't done the assessment. We have reviews about the major scales and other theory about music. Our blog have checked by the teachers and I am wrong at giving the blog address, so I must check my blog and give my real blog address. I need to make the posts in my blog, because I miss some of the meeting's reflection. Maybe I need to ask my friend about what are we doing in the music class for last week.

Thursday, 22-09-2011

Today, the teacher shows us the score for all the assessments that we've done. The singing of the pop song, group slide presentation and the performance to play the classical music with our instruments. I haven't got the score for the booklet about my chosen composer, because the teacher haven't check it. Some of the students with good scores in singing and playing classical song will do it again and get recorded. It will be exhibited for the school exhibition. Because I and my friend are not chosen to do this, we go to the instrument class and practice by ourselves.

Monday, 19-09-2011

Today, we were told for the result for our theory quiz and I got bad score for this, at least I pass. I got around 18 and I think that's not very good, I need to improve in this theoretical music stuffs. And I got 7 for the performance of Symphony no. 30. I really not satisfied with that score and i decided to redo. I play Romance De Amor for the redo , I feel optimist about this because I play the whole song fluently without mistakes, and for sure this one I play the full song. The teacher immediately told us the score for the redo, I got 8.5 for the redo. I'm satisfied with this, because 8.5 is enough for me.

Thursday, 15-09-2011

We had a quiz about the music theory, all theory that we have learnt until. I think it's not too hard we just need to make the major scales, triads, major seventh chord , first inversion and second inversion. But I have difficulty for the last two major scale. We don't have these two major scales, f and b flat scale. I write everything I know for the test. I hope I can get good score, maybe I should learn about these major scales.

Monday, 12-09-2011

The time has come, we need to perform the song we've prepared. I feel a bit nervous when I was playing guitar in front of the other students, but I think my performance was okay, but the song is too short that's why I feel a bit nervous. I fear that I will get a bad score for this. If needed I'm ready for a re-do, because myself not really satisfied about my own performance. The teacher also said that I am wrong in one part of the song, I can't reach the fret of the guitar perfectly and make the song ruined.

Thursday, 08-09-2011

Today, we're supposed to perform the classical music we have prepared and chosen from the composer that we made for the booklet. I choose the symphony no. 30 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I have learn this song before so I can play it fluently but it's not complete and I think it's too short. Most of the students aren't prepared for the assessment so then, the assessment was canceled. I feel relieve too because myself was not ready that time.

Monday, 22-08-2011

Today we have a review about major scales and some major seventh chord. These are new things for music for me i haven't learnt major seventh chord and how to make the first and second inversion of a triad. I think inversion is not too hard I just need to get the lowest note of a triad and move it to the upper part of the triad for the first inversion. For the second inversion i need to put he second lowest note from the triad and put it on the upper part of the first inversion. I already learnt about major chord but I just learn major seventh chord, it's not too hard, because I already know how to make chord and a triad for the major seventh chord, the only thing that's different is only to put the seventh note a major scale to the triad or chord.