Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Thursday, 24-5-2012
Monday, 22-5-2012
Monday, 21-5-2012
Tuesday, 15-5-2012
Sunday, 13-5-2012
I still practice for the same thing as yesterday, I am still practicing with the first 24 bars. I really need to memorize the melody part, because that is where the guitar is playing for the composition and piano and cello are just as the rhythm.
Friday, 11-5-2012
Saturday, 12-5-2012
Wednesday, 9-5-2012
Tuesday, 8-5-2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
Monday, 7-5-2012
Tuesday, 1-5-2012
Tuesday, 1-5-2012
Monday, 28-5-2012
Today is the last day for music session, there's no class for Friday because the school give students a study day holiday for the exam. I practice with my teammates as usual and I feel confident for the upcoming exam, I can play the whole composition with no pauses and, in my opinion the song sounds really great. Before the session ends, each group need to perform in front of the class and teacher record our play. There are no instrument class because it was used for the groups to perform their composition. I still need to practice with my teammates during that study day to make it perfect for the exam day.
Friday, 21-5-2012
Today, the class were divided by their groups to practice on their own specified place to practice. My group have the piano room to practice. Mr Herry help me to add melodies in the composition for the guitar part, so then the guitar will not always be the sidekicks for piano and cello. This addition make the composition sounds much more interesting, it gives gloomy mood to the song which is the main theme of the composition. There are no instrument class afterwards because the time was up when me and my teammates are done practicing with the composition.
Monday, 21-5-2012
Today, my group and the other group perform their own composition in front of their class. Even though, my composition was not finished I try my best to show the teacher what I got so far. I still need to practice to collaborate with my teammates, because the tempo will be a crucial thing in a performance, I need to make the tempo identical with my teammates. I forgot some of the notes in my part of the composition and the teacher help me evaluate my performance and play better. There are no instrument class for today, it was spent for the groups to practice their composition.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Friday, 18-5-2012
Today, we need to hand in our final draft for the composition made in finale. My team has submitted the final draft but There may be change occurred during the process later on. Each team was tested to perform in front of the class, and show to the teacher what have we done so far. I need to practice more with my teammates because my team were not really prepared and still need much more practice. There's no instrument class because it was spent for me and my team to continue and practice the composition.
Monday, 14-5-2012
Today, some of the groups in my class have done the draft of the composition. Our draft was checked by the teacher, and we need to play the composition in group to show it to the class. After all the groups are done with their performance, the teacher give each of the group feedback to improve the composition. The teacher said that I need to practice more to make it more fluent and if possible they want me to use amplified guitar to make the guitar sounds better. And then we continue our composition as usual. Today we had no instrument class.
Friday, 11-5-2012
Today, we are divided in groups as usual and our task is to continue the composition. I practice the composition, because I am still not fluent to play the composition. Afterwards, my group continue to make the composition. So far, the composition sounds good with piano, guitar and cello. I am sure that if the group play it fluently it will be a very good composition, but I still need to practice more. The instrument session was spent for us to continue the composition.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Monday, 30-4-2012
Today, some of the groups in my class perform of what they got so far for the composition. I just got the first 8 bars of the composition and I still need to work on it with my teammates. I ask for help from my friend to have some of the chords for the composition, because I am not that kind of expert that could predict the chords so easily, but I did find the chords too for some of the chords. I still need to practice on the composition with my teammates. As usual the instrument class session was used for making the composition.
Friday, 4-5-2012
We are usually divided into our musical group, we are supposed to make the first 16 bars today, but I can't finish the whole 16 bars, because my team have a problem in making the the composition. I need to wait for the piano player to make the composition then I can predict the chords for the song. Me and my team still need to think about the first 16 bars first. Maybe I need to go to my group mate's house to continue the composition. Today, I had no instrument class because the instrument class was spent for the composition.
Friday, 27-4-2012
Today, Mr John is absent and he is replaced by Mr Herry. We are divided into our musical group and start to make the first four bars. My group mates are Verena and Blanka, it's a good thing that I got a pianist and a Cello player, these instruments will make the song sounds good. The chords for the first 4 bars are Am, G, F, and G. I still need to think of the continuation of the song, practice the song with my group.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Monday, 23-4-2012
Today, I have the national exam from 8am to 10 am, so I could't attend music class for today. I need to ask my friends about today's music session and what have I missed while I am absent.
Friday, 20-4-2012
Today we had the assessment for singing, my group mattes are Hashfi and Verena. I did the assessment well enough and I don't feel nervous at all. As usual, I need to fill in the reflection booklet after I am done with the singing assessment. The whole class sing "Heal the World" by Michael Jackson afterwards, just for fun, whole of the class enjoy to sing that song. I don't have time for instrument class. I think that I can't attend the next music session because I will have a national exam on Monday.
Monday, 16-4-2012
Today, we had a practice to make our own short composition, and we need to find its chords for the composition, the purpose of this practice is for the next assessment which includes making compositions with chords and counter melody. I learn that the composition added with the chords sounds much more better. Afterwards, the class practice to sing the pop song. The assessment is on next meeting, I feel ready to sing the song because I can do the rap part with the lyric on the screen fluently. But I still need to practice more, remember the lyric is also important in order to have no pauses while singing.
Minuet, 15-3-2012
Friday, 13-4-2012
Today, I learn more about chord progressions and I had a lesson about compositions; I can add or change some of the notes from a composition to make it sounds different, but there are rules to change notes in order to make the song stay on its track. After then, the class practice more for the singing assessment. We need lyrics for the rap, we search a video in youtube that shows the lyric and practice to sing with that video plays on. I just play guitar as usual in the instrument class.
Monday, 9-4-2012
Today is the first day of the 4th term, the teacher told us the first assessment on this term 4. We are going to sing a Western Song in a group. For today, the whole class practice the song titled "The Price Tag" by Jessie J. I have heard this song before and I remember some of the lyric of the song. The rap part is a new stuff for me and it is hard to rap. Because of the singing practice I only had 15 minutes for instrument class. I still need to remember the lyric of the song.
Wednesday, 28-3-2012
Today, is the assessment day, yesterday schedule was cancelled because most of the students are absent. At first, I was a little bit nervous because there some of my friends watching the performance in the music room. As the music plays, I start to play it well afterwards. The assessment goes well and I hope I will get a good score for that, I feel pretty confident with my performance on this assessment and the audience gives a pretty good responses too. I need to update my reflections on my blog, because I have forgotten to write the reflection on some of my music class before.
Monday, 26-3-2012
Today is the last day to practice these two song, the assessment will be tomorrow after school, in the usual music theory classroom. After all, I am ready for the assessment tomorrow after all those practices I have before the assessment. I just need to practice more to be more fluent in playing Salute De Amour and Minuet, otherwise I'll be nervous tomorrow and mistakes are highly possibly happened. I do the same thing for instrument class, practice Minuet and Salute De Amour.
Monday, 19-3-2012
Today, as usual the class practice the two romantic songs for the assessment. I could play the whole song after a lot of practice for them both. Now I am trying to play them fluently, because sometimes there are pauses and I miss some of the notes. I really need to prepare for the assessment. I only had like 10 minutes for instrument class, I just had a little practice for those two songs.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Salute De Amour, 14-03-2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, 16-3-2012
Today I was shocked when the teacher said that the assessment is today, because I am kind of not ready with the song. But then the teacher postpone the assessment to next week, and I am quite relief by the postpone of the postpone of the assessment. It's as usual, the class practice for the two song.
Monday, 12-3-2012
The assessment to play the romantic piece is coming soon, and I haven't even memorize half of the piece. It is some kind of hard to play the romantic sheet, both minuet and salute d'amour. Today, the class practice these two songs as usual. I need to practice more about these two songs because the assessment date is coming.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Friday, 9-3-2012
We practice again today for Minuet and Salute D'Amour. Both of songs is easy to play for guitar but it's hard for me to remember these notes and read notes in the music sheet. I think it's hard for the other to play these two songs, because after I see my friends play the song. Specially; flute and cello, it took long time for them to practice together.
Monday, 5-3-2012
Today, the class practice Salute D'Amour again, and now with flute. It even sounds better with flute. I make and improvement, now I could play some parts of the second page. The teacher gave us a new music sheet, minuet by Boccherini. It's hard to practice both, moreover I never practice Minuet before. But I will practice more in Salute D'Amour.
Friday, 2-3-2012
Today, the whole class practice to play Salute D'Amour as a group, it becomes sort of an orchestra with guitar, piano, violin, cello and flute. I could only perform the first page of the music sheet. The flute haven't practice the song yet, so she doesn't take part during the orchestra. I think the song sounds better when it is played by the whole class with different instruments. I need to practice more on this song because I only remember the first page of the song.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Friday, 24-2-2012
Today I need to submit the booklet about the romantic songs and modern 20th century music. I am pretty confidence about my booklet, the booklet conclude; history, changes, impact on society, style, etc. I need to fill in a piece of sheet for reflection after I'm done with the booklet. We start to practice the romantic song with the whole class, and it sounds nice when it played by different instruments. I need to practice more about this song, because I haven't really memorize the notes.
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Monday, 20-2-2012
I was absent on Friday, because I need to make a new passport. Today, Me and my group are ready to present the presentation about Classical era and Romantic era. My group mates are Ronaldo, Hashfi, and Verena. Each of us have turns to speak, we also have some audio sample to make the audiences understand more. Because I was absent last week, I need to ask for the copies of the romantic song I missed last week. And i need to practice that song at home.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Monday, 13-2-2012
Today I had the assessment about the minor scale. The test mostly about making minor scale of several scales and in the last part I need to write the meaning about the terminology words used in romantic music such as; staccato, da capo, allegro, etc. I am pretty confidence that I will pass the test and maybe got more than 6. I must finalized the slide presentation because I will present it next week.
Friday, 10-2-2012
Today I study more and just know about melodic and harmonic scale. It is very unfamiliar for me, because it is the first time I've heard this kind of word in minor scale. But today, I know that or harmonic I just need to rise the 7th note with half interval and for the melodic I just need to rise the 6th and 7th note half intervals each. I think I am ready for the assessment about the theories of minor scales that will be on the following weeks. I just need to learn more about the vocabulary in the sheet that distributed in last meeting.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Monday, 6-2-2012
For the first session we talk and discuss about a trip to go somewhere to have a . The art, music and drama department is about to make a trip. I hope it's not an overseas trip, because it could cost much for overseas trip. After that discussions each student are distributed a sheet of vocabulary words that are commonly used in romantic music. I will continue on my slide presentation about the romantic music.
Friday, 3-2-2012
Today we discuss more about the theories of minor scales because last semester I learnt more on Major scales, and for me minor scale is kind of unfamiliar. There are differences in the intervals between each note in the scale. I learn more about sharp and flat signs used in minor scales. There was not much time left for the instrument class, so I just have fun about practicing new songs. I think I will prepare about my slide presentation in the following day.
Monday, 30-1-2012
Today we were discussing about the upcoming assessment which is to make a groups slide presentation. The class were divided into groups of fours and threes, the slide presentation will be about what are the changes when classical music era finished and replaced by romantic music era. We need to include detail information such as; composers, style, instrument,etc. I don't think that this assessment will be hard for me because I have made a booklet about the music eras such as classical and romantic.
Friday, 27-1-2012
I had a holiday in 23rd of January, it is the Chinese New Year. Today is the assessment day, I am pretty nervous while the other sing and finish earlier than me. But I am pretty well prepared though for the assessment. I feel free after the assessment is done. After I'm done with the reflection sheet, there were no session left for instrument class.But I'm happy because I feel okay for the singing assessment.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Friday, 20-1-2012
Today I keep on practice to sing Indonesia Pusaka because I will do the assessment in the following week. The class checked individually, to find our vocal range, because each person have different vocal range. There's no much time left for instrument class, so I just practice a song with Mr John.
Monday, 16-1-2012
Today, the teacher tell me that I will have a first assessment, I need to sing a patriotic song called "Indonesia Pusaka". This song is very familiar for me because in my previous school we sang this song every week. I hope it will be a piece of cake for me because I have literally remember the whole lyrics. For the first practice I sing in trios in front of the class and the rehearsal goes well, I hope I could sing better when the assessment day comes. I need to sing alone for the assessment, this trio singing is just for practice.
Friday, 13-1-2012
Today is the first day for music in this new semester, the schedule has changed, now I have music every Monday and Friday. Before, I had music every Monday and Thursday. Because it is the first day after the semester break, the class talks about their holiday during the semester break and I recall some of the theory that I've learnt before.
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