Music Reflection #10 (16 February 2011)

Today is the day of our group slides presentation. There are 5 groups and our group is the third to perform. Our group members are Bella, Ghiffy, Jacklin, Jesslyn, and me. I think my group did good on the timing as well as the presenting. I also think Sarah's group is the best because even though their presentation is too long, they came very prepared.

Comments:
Group 1- informations are very detailed but the presentation is too long and a little bit boring
Group 2- interesting slides and information but the presentation is too long
Group 3 (my group)-good because it is short and staright to the point without missing any important informations
Group 4- too plain and not so prepared
Group 5- not so prepared or organized

Music Reflection #9 (15 February 2011)

There is no music class today because today is a holiday (Maulid Nabi Muhammad SAW).

Music Reflection #8 (9 February 2011)

I didn't bring my instrument today because I was sure that there will be no instrument class due to our class' singing assesment. And I was right, we finished our class' singing assesment but not the make up-assesment of Benny and Cindy Febrianne. I only watched my classmates perform today and my favourite is Bella's performance because she sang so beautifully.

Music Reflection #7 (8 February 2011)

Today we wrote our reflection for our individual essay. At first I thought we were supposed to write a reflection that is about 100 words long but it turns out that we only need to write down a few lines of reflection. We were also given the rubrics for our individual essay. Today is also the day of our singing assesment. I will be singing Crazier by Taylor Swift while playing the guitar. Mr. Herry asked in which way we want to do it ; alphabetical from A to Z or from Z to A. There are 26 students in our music class, 13 chose A to Z and the other 13 chose Z to A. I chose to do it alphabetically from Z to A but because of the tie Mr. Herry asked Jesslyn (who chose A to Z) and I to do the rock-paper-scissor and I lost to her which means we are going to do the assesment alphabetically and I'm number 6. We did some warming up for our vocal which was Calista's idea. Mr. Herry allows 4 of us to go out and practice before our turn so Calista, Cindy Febrianne and I practiced in the bathroom. As I was doing the assesment I think I did pretty good however I was out of breath sometimes and my voice shakes because I'm nervous. We are only able to reach until Davin, so the rest of the class will do the assesment tomorrow. I am happy I got a 9/10 for my score.

We don't have any instrument class today because we ran out of time. Because the assesment for the playing of the classical music is coming soon I chose to play Romance d Amour because I am currently learning it in my guitar lesson and I'm not sure to rely on Mr. John because we barely have time to learn a new song.

Music Reflection #6 (2 February 2011)

Today I submitted my individual essay task about the classical and popular music. I was surprised to see that only about 30% of the class finished their essay. The essay is actually due this Friday but for safety I submitted it today. For the rest of the music theory session, I watched my classmates rehearse their song for the singing assesment. Because I've done the practice last week, I don't have to sing in front of my classmates again.

For the instrument class, Mr. John again checked the assignment he gave us on the first day of the instrument class. I think the progress we made is very slow since there has been 5 meetings of instrument class but we haven't done anything really significant. I think one of the factors is because our class has 8 students while we only have a very limited amount of time. I'm thingking of changing my song to Crazier by Taylor Swift because it is easier than The Greatest Love of All.

Music Reflection #5 (1 February 2011)

Today Mr. Herry distributed us some handouts that can help us in the making of our essay. I thought the essay is due on the second week of February because Mr. Herry said so last week but it turns out that it is due tomorrow. And instead of making a 200 word essay, we are expected to make a 500 to 1000 word essay. I panicked and I start being pesimistic. I started the essay before and it is only 200 words but I think I would like to redo it to make it even better. We also had our singing rehearsal today. Because I had my rehearsal last week, I do not have to sing again today or tomorrow. Mr. Herry told us that we will get an additional score if we sing while being accompanied by ourselves playing the instrument. I wanted to change my song to These Days by Chantal Kreviazuk since I can play the song in piano and guitar but I think if I play an instrument while I sing, I will be less focused on my voice so I decided not to change the song. Mr. Herry also asked us to go to http://www.teoria.com/ for our music theory lesson on major and minor chords.

We only had another 20 minutes for the instrument class today. I played the assignment Mr. John gave us with him. He also taught us a new song which is I'm Yours by Jason M'raz. I told him that I have some difficulty in playing chords that has bars so he gave me some instructions to practice it in order to make those chords work.