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.

Music Reflection #4 (26 January 2011)

Today we had a disscussion on classical music. We were given the homework to read the handout on classical music the previous day and I did read it but i didn't know that we were supposed to do our own research to be more prepared for this disscussion. If I were given a similar task next time, I will do my individual research even if I were already given some notes on the upcoming disscussion so I will have more knowledge on the topic. I learned a lot of new things from this disscussion and I think this disscussion is very usefull in understanding the history of the making of those classical music. Mr. Herry explained more details on the individual essays we are supposed to submit on the second week of February. He said that he's going to give us the guidance questions next week. I think he should have given it earlier so we have more time to prepare our essay. Yesterday, Mr. Herry told us that we will be having our singing rehearsal today. I came prepared with 2 songs. The first song is a chinese song entitled Tong Hua by Guang Liang and the second song is The Greatest Love of All by Whitney Houston. Because Mr. Herry said songs that are not in English aren't allowed, I sang The Greatest Love of All. After the rehearsal, I think I have to do more practice in adjusting the pitch of my voice so I will be able to reach the high notes in the song. I will also start memorizing the lyrics of this song so I won't have to see the lyrics while singing next week.

We only have around 10 minutes for our instrument class. Mr. John tuned our guitar and checked the last week's assignment to those he had not check yet. But the time made it possible for only 1 student to be checked. I didn't do anything during the instrument class. I just played my guitar and relaxed a little bit.