Music Reflection #19 (5 April 2011)

Today Mr. Herry told us to look at the assesment plan booklet he gave us last term and we go through the assesments in term 4. Term 4 is much more busier than term 3 because in term 3, we only have 1 singing assesment while in this term we're going to have 2 of them. In term 3, our practical assesment was playing a classical song while in this term, we are going to compose our own song and play it. We also did some clapping practice. Then, we are given the draft paper for our composition. I will start writing my composition tonight.

My Practice #4

This is me practicing the 2 octaves C, D, and E major scales. I think I improved because now I can do it faster and more fluently, however I made a mistake when playing the E major scale.

Music Reflection #18 (16 March 2011)

Today Mr Herry collected the copy of the daily reflections in our journal. We also checked our friend's music notation quiz that we took last week. I am happy I got 30/30 because I wasn't expecting it since I'm not so good in music theory. I think it is a good review for us because no matter how many times we've learnt it before, we often tend to forgot these things. We then watch some of our friends do their make up test. I will upload my last video practice later at home.

My Practice #3

This is my practice on Tuesday, 15th of March 2011. I don't think I did that well since it is my first practice but I will keep practicing until I master these 2 octaves scales.

Music Reflection #17 (15 March 2011)

Today we only review the tonic triads and its inversions. We also watched some piano students practice their chord plays. I will practice the different major and minor chords and its conversions at home on my guitar so I will have more knowledge on this topic.
During instrument class, Mr John teaches us about the C major scale, D major scale, and E major scale. We have to do the 2 octaves scale. I learned the scales before but I didn't know how to make it 2 octaves. I will practice it at home so I can play it fluently soon.

Music Reflection #16 (9 March 2011)

Today we were announced the score of our singing assesment. I am happy I got 9 over 10. I am surprised though that some students whose voice is much better than mine got a lower mark. We were also given a quiz that tests our knowledge about classical music, popular music, scales, and the tonic triad. I think I did quite good on the quiz. I will learn more about the tonic triad at home because it is very essential in the making of pop music. I think it will be useful for next term since we will be making our own music composition.
We didn't do anything during instrument class today because we are done with our assesment. So we just relax and play whatever we want to play on the guitar.

Music Reflection #15 (8 March 2011)

Today is the day of our music practical assesment. The piano group went first, then the violin group go next, then guitar, then the flute. Actually, the guitar group is supposed to play before the violin group, however, after the last student of the piano group finish their assesment, we couldn't find Mr. John so the violin group goes first. The assesment is done alphabetically from Z to A because on the last assement which is the singing of a pop song assesment, it is done alphabetically from A to Z. I was the second last from the guitar group. As I was waiting for my turn, I am still unsure whether to play the first and second part of the song or just the first part of the song twice. I wanted to play the second part of the song as well because no one from the guitar group plays the second part of this song, however, the last time I practice the second part of the song, it didn't went so well. So I decided to play the first part of the song twice. But when I did the assesment and I just finish playing the first part of the song once, I was urged by myself to play the second part of the song. So I just go with my guts and even though I wasn't able to play the song perfectly, I think I did a good job. We have no instrument class today because the time wasn't enough.