Thursday, May 31, 2012

28-31 may

day 1: today in music class, i watched my friends re-do their assessments. some of them had to re-do because they didn't get a good score the first time they played their instrument. then mr john talked about the reflection on the blog and how we have to update it every week because it affects our score.
         instrument: -no instrument-

day 2: today is the last day of music class, and we had a lot of assessments to do. for the whole 2 sessions we had to complete this reflection booklet that was based on the past assessments we did like the 32 bar melody song, the indonesian and western singing, the baroque booklet and other assessments. it took us time to complete the booklet and all of us didn't finish it because we had to print screenshots of our blog.
       instrument: - no instrument-

Saturday, May 26, 2012

21-26 may 2012

day 1: today in music class, mr john checked our journals and our blog. i have to update my blog weekly in order to get a good score.
       instrument: today i practiced alone on the piano before i played it with my teacher. i have to really practice since i made lots of mistakes.

day 2: today's the assessment day. i was really nervous and i made a couple of mistakes during my performance. i wish i played better and i wish i concentrated even more.
       instrument: -no instrument class-

14-19 May

day 1: today mr John taught us about the scale again. Then our friends practiced their baroque song in front of our classmates.
       instrument: - no instrument class-

day 2: -no school-

7-12 May 2012

day 1: today in theory class, we learnt about the scales. we reviewed most of them, then we watched some of our classmates perform their western song.
      instrument: today in instrument class we practiced our songs alone, i think i did better than last time because i practiced.

day 2: today in theory class we learnt about the scales. we reviewed both the "f" and "g" scales. we only learnt the basics.
       instrument: today in instrument class, o practiced my song alone on the piano. i have gone better.

30 april- 5 may

day 1: today we just reviewed the assessment, and then we reviewed about baroque music. after that we practiced/prepared for our instrument assessment.
       instrument: today i practiced our instrument assessment in theory class, in instrument, i listened to my friends play their song.

day 2: today we did a test based on Johann sebastian Bach, i found the test quite east since it was an open book test.
      instrument: today in instrument class we practiced our song alone on the piano before the teacher checks us. i practiced quite well before the teacher checked my playing, so it as easier for me to play my song.

23-27 april 2012

day 1: today in music class we just had a discussion about life, and we also talked about our baroque assessment this thursday. i need to study for the assessment in order to get a good score.
      instrument: today in instrument class, i practiced my assessment song, one on one with the teacher. my chosen song is minuet in G. i still have a lot to practice.

day 2: today we did our assessment. we had time to prepare for one whole session, while the other 40 minutes we did the test. the test was quite hard especially the last few questions, but hopefully i'm able to get a good score.
     instrument: - none-

16-20 april 2012

day 1: On tuesday, i learnt about our singing assessment, the teachers gave us some tips on how to get a full mark. then me ad amyra sang together infront of the class.
     instrument: in interment class, we practiced our assessment song. My song is minuet in G. i have to practice much more to get a good score.

day 2: today i did my singing assessment with amyra. i felt like i did a good job because we both sang clearly with confidence.
       instrument: today in instrument class i didn't play any song, all we did was discuss or chosen song.

9-13 april 2012

day 1: today we were given our assessment sheets. then i talked in front about the baroque booklet.

      instrument:

day 2:

Monday, March 5, 2012

march 1st 2012

 Today in music class, i completed the assessment reflection booklet. i did 2 booklets, one for the baroque composers, and the other one for the finale program. i had to write about what i did, and what i can do to improve. In instrument class, the teacher taught us how to do and use the finale program, he made an example using the projector.

february 28th 2012

 Today in music class, mr john took a picture of me and amyra for the singing assessment. he took a picture of us because amyra was my partner in singing the hari merdeka song. then i had to be  my group and we had to choose the best 32 melody bar out of all of us. i also submitted my finale paper.
in instrument class, i started my left hand with the chords.

february 23rd 2012

ABSENT.

february 21st 2012

Today, the teachers explained to us about the 32 melody bar. he explained to us on how to do it, and all the chords we use. in instrument class, i tried and played my melody on the piano.

february 16th 2012

 Today, mr John checked our daily music reflections, we had to make it all complete, then he had to sign it. in instrument class, we're trying our 32 bar composition on the piano.

february 14th 2012

 Today, mr john gave us a paper (an assessment paper) then mr john taught us about the 32 bar composition. then in music instrument class, we finished our 32 bar song. i finished all of them in time, so is the rest of my piano classmates.

february 9th 2012

Today we learnt about creating a melody based on the chords and then mr harry taught us about the finale program. then we discussed about the melody making

february 7th 2012

 This week, in theory class, we talked about chords and triads. mr john tested us, and asked us to say them out loud. in instrument class, we also learnt about the chords and triads. we created an 8 bar song, and we have to continue and do 8 more at home.

February 2nd 2012

Today, mr john told u about or assessments, her gave us a paper, that has all the assessments. then, in instrument class, i did the scales : C, D, A AND E, on the piano. after that we learnt the flat scales and wrote them down.

january 31 2012

january 26th 2012

January 24th 2012

Today, I learnt about the C major scale. we reviewed everything and then the teacher tests us to see if we remember or not. luckily i did. its quite east but i need ore practice. In instrument class, the teacher wrote down the scales on the board and we had to copy it down and finish it. its quite easy, but a bit hard to remember.

January 19th, 2012

 On the 19th, we learnt about major scales and chords. We wrote them down in our music book. we had no instrument class today, because it was taken by the theory class.

January 17th 2012

 This week, we revised the things we talked about last week. we checked whether we had our resources or not. Then, Mr. John gave us the 'hari merdeka" paper. it had the lyrics to the song. we had to sing it 3 by 3! i didn't sing that loud, to be honest. I was quite shy at first but then hopefully i'll get used to it.