Video, Nov week 4

This is the video when i tried to memorise the song. I forgot some of the notes in middle so i tried to hear it out and press some other notes. I need to memorise the song more accurately next time. In here i also didnt play the intro and ending well unlike last time, maybe because i was too focused on memorising the song. I will practice my intro more and try to memorise the song more accurately.

In this video i tried to memorise my song again during practice. I did not forget to put my introduction tone and ending. The ending is quite a mess, so i will need to practice it more. During the play, i played it quite nicely but there were some kind of stops because i didnt really had it memorised. I will need to practice more if i want to play the song memorised for tommorow.

Video, Nov week 3

In this video i played my song quite well. I played the introduction and the ending. I also used the pedal as Mr Herry told me to do. However the tempo is still slow and there is still some mitakes. I need to improve more by practicing the song more frequently and i need to try to increase the tempo more.

I played quite well in this video. However my finger sometimes slips and i am out of focus. I increased the tempo just a little bit this time. To be able to play more fluently i need to practice the song everyday and repeat the bar that i usually make mistakes on. I also need to increase the tempo little by little.

Video, Nov week 2

This video is when i am playing my song, it was kind of bad and i forgot to do the tips that Mr Herry gave me regarding my left hand varitation, for it to be nicer. I need to prcactice more and tried to play it more slower for my hand and mind to be able to catch up the melody and the tone also the tempo.

I didn't brought my music score today, so i just practice the broken chords for a while. It was a mess because i forgot all the sharps and flats, i havent practice it for a whie. I practice this to improve my left hand when i am playing my composition, so i would have more variations in the tone. I played it badly, i will need to practice more and insert it to my composition. I would need to make and add videos for this week about me practicing my composition to make up for this video.

Video, Nov- Week 1

This video is when i tried to play my music composition of the 16 bars. I haven't did my final composition for the 32 bars melody yet so i play this composition instead. In this video practice, i played my composition slowly because last time i played it fast but it was a mess. My play in this video is better, because i play it slowly my fingers could remember the steps. However i still make some mistakes, that means i will need to practice my composition more frequently and i will need to add more variations to my left hand, since my left hand broken chords is montone. I will also need to finish my 32 bars and practice it right away.

In this video, i have finish my 32 bars and are playing it. It was quite hard to match the tempo, so i played it slowly. There were mistakes in the nots and tempo, i will need to practice more often and play it slower than in this video. I need to read the nots and focus on the chords, i need to play it more legato and add some more variations to the left hand broken chords. So i will practice my right hand first then my left. After i had master both hands, i will try to play it together, so i could master the song for my practical exam

Music Reflection- November'10

2 November'10, Tuesday
Today Mr Herry checked our music composition of the 32 bars, which is our HW. Fortunately, i finished my HW, i made the minor composition of mine. When he checked my work, it was alright the nots and melody were correct. He also checked the others, so while the teacher was checking i tried out my melody composition by playing it in an organ at class. When i play it the melody were really weird. When i made the melody i didn't try it out, so this was the first time. I were determined to changed it and made a new one based on my 16 bar major composition. So at that time i hurried and made a new composition based on my last major composition. I tried it out again, it turn out better than the last one. So i asked the teacher to check it again, and made some corrections. Today i also add the lyrics to my composition, i did it hurriedly and was planning to change it when i make the finale of my composition as my HW. So, later on i will need to insert my 32 bars composition to the finale and then send it to Mr Herry. I will also need to change the lyrics and practice my composition since today we didn't had any practical class. I will need to try it out on my own and practice it for my practical exam on December.

5 November'10, Friday
Today was a holiday, the teachers are having some kind of event at school. So we didn't had any class at school. With that, i will need to transfer my finale to Mr Herry as a HW and i will need to practice the 32 bars composition for my exam. I will need to master the song and practice it everyday slowly, for Mr Herry to checked my playing on Tuesday next week.

9 Nov'10, Tuesday
Today Mr. Herry checked our finale and the hand-in of our assessment with our parent's signature. Mr Herry also disturbute our book report from last time, that we had made, i got a perfect score and was really proud. When we waited for our friends to submit their finale sheets Mr Herry gave us some tips about "passing note" for our composition. Then he checked our finale one by one. When he took a look at mine, he gave me some tips and changes to edit my composition and lyrics, because the syllable does not really fits the notes. He gave us time to edit it until Friday, so i will need to open and edit my finale later on by adding the copyright, deleting the "score" and edit my lyrics. When played, my composition sounds kind of javanese but it was quite okay, i am quite embarassed when Mr Herry played my composition in front of the class. We do not have anytime for our practical class, so i will need to practice my song at home.

12 Nov'10, Friday
Today in theory class, i edited my lyrics of the final draft by looking at my final finale score at Mr Herry's computer. After that we practice our song composition for a while for rehearsal later. When i played the song there were mistakes and Mr Herry gave me some tips, i will need to improve by practicing a lot more. At the rehearsal, i played my song with a lot of mistakes and was kind of depressed my it. I need to pracitce and add more tone to the composition. I also need to practice/increase my tempo so the hearer would not be bored, because i played the tempo badly and was a mess. Mr Herry also explain to us that we need to put some videos for our reflection blog and comment on people's videos. So i will need to do it on the weekend.

16 Nov'10, Tuesday
Today in the morning Mr Herry gave us the music scores of each members of each instrument group in a booklet. After that he gave us a few minutes to practice our song for rehearsal as our instrument class. Since the piano has performed last week we just watched the people rehearse. In instrument class i was told about the introduction and the ending that i need to add when im going to play the song which is using the 1st and 2nd bar chords from the composition, but playing it 2 octaves ahead. I was also told to update my finale because my left hand is now played differently because of Mr Herry's tips. Next time i need to practice the song using the introduction and the ending, i will also need to edit my final finale composition and send it to Mr Herry so it fit the song that i will play. After that we heared the people rehearse and hearing the people playing their song really well and that theyre song sounds good, i was kind of embarrased because i played my song really so and my tempo was a mess. I will need to increase the tempo of my song and practice a lot more, so that i can play it more fluently without being embarrassed.

19 Nov'10, Friday
Today as usual we were told to rehearse our song in front of the class. And before that were given some time to practice it inside class. The piano group was the first, i played my song quite well but the tempo was still quite mess up sometimes. So i need to improve that by practicing more frequently and by practicing it a little slower first.
We were also told to comment on our friends playing while they rehearse:

Adrian: I think Adrian played really well and the tempo are also well managed. There are just little mistakes, he can improve it by practicing and focusing on those mistakes.
Averylia: Jacintha played great well on her melody. Her song sounded mellow but also entertaining. She can make her playing better by practicing more.
Anissa: Anissa's melody is cheerful and sounded like an etude. She played quite well today but had some mistakes. Practice more to get better!
Mahardika: Imesz played really well on her rehearsal. i like her melody because it reminds me of a nostalgic past. She could improve her tempo when playing it.
Tiffany: Tiffany played her melody really well in the first minutes. She had some stops in the middle but overall it was good. She could improce by practicing more and cover up the stops to make the play more fluent. Her melody sounds really nice and cheers me up.

23 Nov'10, Tuesday
Today we were asked again about our finale work wether we want to change it again or not, because i was wrong in my left hand notes, i said that i would want to change it, the last due date for the work was Thurshday so i need to hand it in on Thurshday by emailing him. After that we were given 15 minutes to practice our song for the second rehearsal. Today i played quite fluent but there is one wrong but not major which is good, i need to practice more to play the song with no mistakes and for it to be more legato, i will also need to memorise the song now.

26 Nov'10, Friday
Today we were told to watch our rehearsal video from last week, it was kind of embarassing to see me playing. We were also told to make some comment on the people playings and melodies on the video. I comment on them one by one and tried to be specific and i think i did quite well in commenting them. I also comment to myself, i think i played rather well and i need to practice more to get the play more fluent, i also need to start trying to memorise the song. After that we were also told to read them out loud, because it was quite hard i read and made it into a summary when i was telling them with the microphone. After the reading the others that havent perform last Tuesday rehearse their song infront of the class while we wrote our reflection on the music development on a piece of paper, then Mr Herry told us that this week is our last week to update and made videos in our blog which was good, and that he would check on our Journals next Tuesday. The people comments on me were that my song was simple and sounded Javanese, that i played good and i could practice more. So i i will practice more and i will try to memorise the song. These are the comments that i made:

Adrian: Adrian played well during his 2nd rehearsal, there are some mistakes but it can be improved by practicing more. His melody sounded really nice and was flowing.

Imez:Imez played really well, i like her song it sounds nice and reminded me of my childhood. She could try using the pedal all of her play, it will sound nicer.

Jacintha: Jacintha played really well and fluent, she could try controlling her tempo more by being more calmer when se is performing. She also could try memorising her song now. Her song sounded mellow but has a happy tone to it.

Reynaldi: Reynaldi played well but there were stops and he could improve it more by more practice. His melody sounded nice.

Daniel: I like Daniel's song it sounded cheerful. There were mistakes on his play but he can improve it more with more practice!

Pandu: He played well and quite fluent. The song sounded simple but easy to enjoy and hear. He could practice more and be more composed.

Gregorius: He played his melody really well and the melody was calming. He could try memorising it more now.

Ardhito: Ardhito played his melody well, he could try practicing more. His song was quite slow and simple. He could try being calmer when he played and practice more.

Tiffany: Tiffany played her song well, there were mistakes in the middle that need to be more focusly practiced but overall, it was good. Her melody sounded really cheerful and could cheer me up. Great melody!

Video, 25 Oct- 31 Oct'10

Today i played minor scales which is E minor harmonic and melodic. I also played D minor harmonic and melodic. It was quite alright but i am still confused when i played it because it is different from the major scales that i usually plays. There was quite a lot of wrongs and i am still searching for the flats and sharps about where it is and are repeating the scales which was kind of bad. The fingering was also quite wrong. So i need to practice more to remember these things. The harmonic and melodic also made me more confused. The sound was also different and am kind of weird for me. So i need to be able to practice more to adapt to these minor scales.

In this video, i practice my melody composition. I played the melody quite okay. There was still wrongs and the tempo is kind of a mess in this practice. However, what i played is the old one. I played it quite nice, but the variation of the left hand is not enough i need to add more variation to the left hand and adjust the tempo. For that i need to practice the melody more slowly. I also want to edit the composition and play the 32 bars of melody for my next practice. I also need to play more variation of the left hand so i need to practice more of my left hand chords and then mix it with my right notes melody.

Video, Oct- Week 4

In here i forgot to do the E major broken chords. I havent memorise all the patterns and steps that made me go wrong in the pattern and when playing the broken chord. I should practice it slower and memorise it first. Repeat the pattern again and again. Next time i should practice until G major.

In here i played C-G broken chords. It was kinda good, but theres still mistakes. I need to be able to really memorise tha pattern of the broken chord and all the sharps and flats to be able to play it. I should practice it slower and until B major next time.

Video, Oct- Week 3

This is when i was playing the broken chord from C-E major. I played it quite a mess and slow. It was still kind of a mess and i need to practice it more. Maybe i will play it more slower next time so my hands will be able to control and play the notes correctly. Then i can play it faster after that.



This is my second time practicing the broken chords from C-F major. I increased 1 major scale than my last practice because the goal is from C-B major. It is quite well but i need to practice more because there are still mistakes and my hands are not really used with these types of broken chords. With more practice, my hands will be able to remember the pattern and play it well. I will make it faster next time and increase the major scales.

Video, Oct- Week 2

In this video i am trying to memorise the song and practice it with the lyrics on Youtube.com for my group singing assessment on Friday. Our song is "imagine", and in this video i sang it alone because we got no time to practice it together. In here, I am trying to make some variations for the female lead to the song. The tempo and the pitch was quite okay. However, it end up not really good because i cant seem to make the variation and i need to memorise the song, so that i am able to express the meaning and the feeling of the song through my singing. I will also practice this songwith my group and not just me, to know if it'll sound as one or not.



Here, i tried to play the Major 7 again for my practical class, C-F. It was quite a mess, because i still havent remember all the sharps, places and the fingering correctly. Maybe it was also because this week, we didnt had our practical class, so there is no one to correct me when i am wrong. I will still need to practice it more, because if not it will be always a mess. Next time, i will practice it slowly, so i am able to cope with it and i can memorise it slowly

Video, Oct- Week 1

In this video, i played the Major 7 again because i havent master it yet. In this video i played just from C-F because i havent master these and need to take it slow so that my fingers could memorise the steps. I need to practice more of these because i havent played it fluently and well, there were still wrongs and not my hand is still confused of the sharps, notes and the fingering.

In this video i also played the Major 7 again because last time i haven't played it well. I increased the scales a little, i played from C-G now. However, the playing was still horrible, the fingering, notes were all wrong. I need to practice more and improve my playing. Play it slowly and focuse more when playing these chords.

Video week 1, term 2

This video, is when i am practicing major 7 which is assigned by my music teacher. I played c-f here and there was a lot of mistakes because it was my first. C and F were kind of easy because there is no sharps or flats that i should take note of when playing it, because there was no flat nor sharps when i play it's major 7, that made it easier than E major 7. However, there was still a lot of mistakes and it was horrible, so i need to practice it more.

In this video i played from C-E major 7. E major 7 was hard, C and D were kind of hard to, but in here i managed to do C easily and better than last time which was great. However my target is from C-B which is still a long way to go. And i also need to master it, play it fluently, it's gonna be really hard, so i need to practice playing C-B major 7 more and slowly. Not in a hurry so that my hands would remember the steps.

Grade 10/Term 2

21/09/10, Tuesday
Today we discuss about what we will do in term 2 with the booklet that Mr. Heryy gave us in term 1. After that we were asked about the topics and were asked. I was asked a question and fortunately i was listening and so i can answer it correctly. Then he gave us our MDB score and i got perfect which is great, so i wrote it on my journal. We were then divided into groups to sing a western song for assessment. Mr. Herry also prepared us and reviewed us on our theory skill for the written assessment which is major 7, chords, dominant and scales. Then he gave us some HW, we should make C-B dominant 7. I did great but i will need to review it more, so that i could get a better understanding on the topic.
In practical class we just watch Mr. Herry played the piano major 7 from C-B. It was an example for our HW next time. So, next time we need to be able to play it and i will practice it at home, because we didn't got the chance to play it in class because of the time is not enough.

24/09/10, Friday
Today in theory class, we were told to sit in our singing groups and came out with 2 alternatives song to sing for next week's assessment. Our group discusses and agree with "somewhere out there" and you're the music in me". However, we may change the song and discuss how we will sing it too. After that mr. Herry gave us a theory notation quiz. It was easy because it was just kind of like a revision that i had learn last time, and i got perfect which is good. However, i will still need to review on the scales, sharps and the formula to be able to solve dominant 7, etc, so that i will not forget it.
In instrument class, I played C and D major 7. It was supposed to be C-B, but because i can't do it perfectly and still new about it, i could only play that much. So at home i will need to practice it more, so that in the next class i could play C-B major 7 correctly and fluently.

28/09/10, Tuesday
Today we had our notation or theory assessment about scales, dominant 7, and major 7 and were told to write our reflection about it at the back. The assessment or test was quite easy because in the past we had reviewed it every theory class, and did similar exercises like the assessment we did in the past. So i am quite confident about the result, because in the past i got good mark for these things. However, i still need to further my knowledge about music theory because these things are just the basics, i will study more regarding music theory and scales.
In the instrument class, i were reviewed for playing major 7, i played C-G major 7 carefully and focusely. However, there were a lot of mistakes and i did not remember the sharps or the flats that should be played, also its fingering. So i will practice major 7 more, and next time i will play C-B major 7, so i need to practice those too.

1/10/10, Friday
Today in music class we were given some time to practice our song for the assessment. It was hard to combine the sound and to divide our voices to have variations, to organize ourself. Thankfully, Mr. Herry helped us a little with it. After that we did our rehearsal for the performance, it was kind of horrible and are not organized at all, just because of the backgroound song we were able to perform quite nicely, it helped us out a lot. Then we were told to play hom pi pah game, i won first, and our group could choose one supervisor to help us to learn the song, we chose mr Hary. The singing assessment were also changed in date, because most of us arent prepared. We need to choose a good time to practice together, and practice more at home. So that our next performance will be better.
In instrument class, it were changed to practiced our own songs for the singing assessment in our group. There were not enough time, but we managed to sang a little and did some singing warm up. Next time, we need to be more prepared and so we will need to practice more, and divide the voices.

5 Oct'10, Tuesday
Today we were given sometime to practice our assessment song for rehearsal, which is Imagine. With our supervisor, we practice for about 10-16 minutes and we were given some advices from him. After getting the advices we practiced on our own and did the rehearsal. We are group number 3, so we had sometime to watch other's rehearsal and class D,E,F assessment's videos. During the rehearsal our voices can't be heard clearly and it was kind of out of tone, our sound did not connect. We need to practice more together to unite our song. We didn't had sometime for practical class because there was no time.

8 Oct'10, Friday
Today is our class's group singing assessment. We all had been practicing hard and memorised our song. However, mr. Herry teached us how to compose a song first with chords and showed us some examples and also told us to try to make some, because i didnt really know so i just did it randomly and im sure it'll come out quite bad, i am lucky that he didn't choose my composition as an example. We were also reviewed about major and dominant 7 there because the chords need to have these as its basic. After that we did our singing assessment, my group did quite well, however, during the singing, my friend's microphone was not working well that made her sound to be not clear and it is kind of bad. But overall we did well and had some variations, mix and difference to the original song which is good. Still i will practice more about songs, to know the pitch tone and we need to practice harder than this.

12 Oct'10, Tuesday
Today Michelle was the one to check our attendance. The last group haven't perform and haven't prepared too. So, Jacintha a classmate of mine performed her song piece to get her ready for the Binus Piano Competition on Saturday. It was soothing. After she finishes, the last group presented their piece "We are the champion" for their singing assessment. Mr. Herry then told each of the group representatice to wrote their HW about the song composition in front, and i was one of them. He played each of our composition, I choose R and B with a funky tune to it, it was kind of good. He explains us to write the notes for the chord as our next HW. So i will upgrade my song composition for Friday.
In the instrument classm we were told about broken chords left hand to prepare us to play our composition. We were told to practice and try it infront, but first we need to write it down in our music book. I didnt had the chance to practice it in the instrument class due to the time, so i will practice it at home.

15 Oct'10, Friday
Today Mr. Herry told us about how to compose a song with chords, and the pattern to compose a good song which A, A', B, A'. After that I compose a song with only chords again with the pattern, then the teacher checked our song and he told me it was kind of too simple. So i will need to re-do and add something else to the song at home. I will improve my composition.
In the instrument class, we were told to play the broken chords he told us about. Since the time is not enough i were only able to play until D major. So for the rest, i will need to practice it at home so that i will be able to play it next time.

19 Oct'10, Tuesday
Today Mr Herrt teaches us about minor scales. He compares minor and major scales and then test us on our hearing skills in guessing which one is minor and which one is major scale. Some of us the scales questions infront for the answer, i was not one of them so i just watch it carefully, and i understood it. He also gave us some HWs to do which is the composition for our assessment and to buy the finale CD. I need to buy the CD and do the scales HW.
During the instrument class, i practiced the broken chords from C-B major. I did it quite good buy i havent memorise the chords pattern and because of that i need to practice it more slowly to be able to play it faster and more accurate

22 Oct'10 Friday
In theory class we didnt do much. We were reviewed about what we learned in Tuesday and were asked about it in class. I could answer it gbut it took quite long. After that Mr Herry checked out HWs about the melody and scales. When he already check all of our HW which i did quite well. He then told us about our Finale HW and project, He showed us how to create the composition using Finale software. Also, he gave us HW to compose the minor one. We didnt have any instrument class because there is not enough time so we need to practice our instruments at home

26 Oct'10, Tuesday
Today we were given our test scores from the theory assessment. I was really happy because i got a perfect score in that test. We were given back and were told for our parents to sign it and give it back later as a HW. After that Mr Herry told us and explaing about some problems that we usually encounter when making the finale, because most of us didn't finish and submit our finale today. I didn't and i was planning to make it tommorow during snack and after school, to do the finale. Mr Herry also reviewed us about minor scales for Friday, he also checked our HW and play each of our composition in front. I was quite happy with my work but i want to improve it because at that time i didn't really focus on the chords and was just pick up some chords. I could do the minor scales revision because i had learn it before.
In the instrument class i played E minor harmonic and melodic. It was quite hard and at that time i was flu so i just play one scale. I need to practice more and try to memorise where's the sharp or flats so that i could able to play it smoothly and i need to rest more.

29 Oct'10, Friday
In this Friday, we were given 10 minutes to review our past lessons on minor scales to do some quiz on it. We also handed in our past major scales quiz that we brought home for our parents signature. After we did the quiz, i think i did quite well because i had reviewed it and had learn it in the past. Mr Herry also helped us by doing the major scales on the test. I was really happy when Mr Herry said i had no mistakes, because in the past i usually had some kind of silly mistakes, but at that time i recheck again and again so that i could get 100. Then we were told about our HW for the finale, we were told to make a 32 bars of composition from the 16 bars. The pattern is a a' b a' like last time. So i need to update my composition and renew it. Lastly, we listen to Anthony's group late assessment.
During practical class I played my melody composition of 16 bars. I did it quite well. However i need to add more notes and variation for the 32 bars on Tuesday. I also want to renew and edit my composition by listening to my piano play of the melody.

Piano practice, week 4

This is when i am playing the scales from C-B major, before playing my Sonate. There is some stops and wrongs during playing it. I also played the contrary for 1 octave. It was quite good and i remembered all the sharps and flats unlike usual. However, i can be better and i will practice more so that there will be no stops during the playing.

This is when i played my Sonate in G major. I played this everyday for my assessment this Friday. It was quite okay, but the tempo and the notes are kind of sloppy, there were wrong notes and the tempo was not stable, there were no real dinamic/tune. That is why i need to practice this more and i will practice it everyday, so that in Friday i can reach a good mark.

video practice week 3

In this video, i played the scales from c-b, but not in contrary form because i wanted to improve my reading and practice my hands with the sharps and flats in each scales. I did it quite well but to improve more i need to practice it everyday.

This video of me is when i am playing and practicing my sonata for the assessment. It was quite okay but the tempo and the trinidad is not really good so i need to practice it some more to be more fluent.

Video- week 2/Grade 10

Week 2

In this video i played A major scale because the teacher told me that i need to practice it more, because i played that scale badly at the lesson and it is not fluent. So i practiced it with the contrary. I also played my song for my next assessment, sonate in G by Haydn. However, my play for that song is not really fluent too and there's also mistakes. So i need to practice it more

In this video below, i also played my A major scale and my song for the assessment in September. I played the A major scale quite well but not for the song. Mr Herry told me that i need to play it more smoothly and richer like in churches. Because this song is dedicated for God. Maybe u will listened to songs in youtube of chuuches and try to listened to Sonate in G by Haydn if there is any, to improve my dinamic. I also need to practice it more for further fluency.

Piano practice '10

1st Week Videos

This is my first piano video that i recorded. In this video i played the major scales from C-B. I was having some troubles with it and some of the scales were repeated and there were some stops because i am not really fluent in playing it and i need some more practice on the scales. Sometimes i also forgot what notes that is sharped and is flated, so i need my book and then read it for a while that made the stops in between. So i will need some more practice on my scales, especially the contrary

Below, is my second video when i was trying to play my piece for my next assessment which is playing the piano in front of the class. I was playing Sonate in G Hoboken XVI:GI by Haydn, that i was told to bring. There was quite a lot of mistakes when playing it so i will need to practice more on it. However, i need the approval from my teacher before really playing this piece for my assessment.

Grade 10

JULY'10

Tuesday, 20/July/2010

This Tuesday Mr.Herry introduced to me and the others especially the new students to the rules and regulations that is to be expected in this semester from the teacher. In the two session what we did is actually just an introduction to the music class for the new students and to review our previous teachings from grade 9. Today we haven't have any instrument class because we haven't choose what we will want to play/our instrument. However, we were given a piece of paper to choose our instrument to learn, and of course i choose piano. When it is written on the board the people that chooses piano and guitar is too much, so we were told to do an audition, to eliminate and move some of the students to other instruments. I feel uncomfortable and was nervous about it because at that time i didn't know what to play if i was asked. Fortunately, Mr. Herry just asked us some question , i can do it and were quite confident and then we went on to the hearing test and i am bad at it. Even though i've practiced do re mi fa sol la si do at home, and it was really a part for me to master since in my music school i was test on it too, but i just cant seem to do it right. Maybe it was because i didn't practice the piano everyday or enough. So i was really nervous about it, but i can do it a little somehow. However, we were told to prepare a song for next session to perform for the last test of the audition. I was not really nervous about it. But, i will practice my piano skills and the song that i have decided to play, also to practice my hearing skill more.

Friday, 23 July'10

Today we were given our learning plan and booklet for this semester. We discuss the booklet throughly and were asked the criterias one by one, i can do it because i've tried to memories it before it was my turn so it was okay. It was announced that two of our friends moved to art class, and one of them chooses piano for their instrument. Therefore, the piano instrument class was reduced and it was perfect, no overload again, so we the piano class are excused from the audition. It was really lucky of us since we don't need to be so nervous anymore about the elimination. Before the audition starts Mr. Herry decided that he was going to make a promotion for the violins and woodwind class. And so, Mr. Sadrakh and Mr. Harry performed they're instruments, it was brilliant and really promoting but i want to focus on my piano since i was already having a hard time to practice it so im not going to move, i think the others thought so too, so none of them move either. With that, the audition begins and i listened to them one by one, each of them performed they're best and it was good. However the elimination have to go, i was kind of sorry for the one that should move but i think they also felt that they wanted to try other types of instruments, so it was okay. It was also announced that in Friday next week, we were going to have to choose a western song and perform it. After listening to the audition though, i realized that i need to practice more, and i will. We, the piano class were given a homework to practice c-b scales for the next lesson, so i will practice that.

Tuesday, 27 July'10

Today we hear the song of 'Always on My Mind' by Michael Buble and 'Heal the World' by Michael Jackson. It was then announced that we can choose those two songs too and it was recommended. I wanted to try something else though since there are a lot more beautiful songs and i've sang 'Heal the World' last year in a duet. After that we heard Mr. Herry sang 'Always on My Mind' to show us how to sing it since its new. But i am not interested in singing a slow song so if im going to choose between the two i will choose 'Heal the World'. We were then given some scale exercises for some minutes and it was really easy since i have learned it before. Then we sang 'Always on My Mind' per-group instruments and it was okay. However, i will practice and hear the song more to memorize it and get a good mark on my assessment if later on i want to sing it.

We have our instrument class today, and each of played the scales from c-b major. I didn't play really fluently and did some mistakes while playing it. So, i need to practice harder and add on the contra for my scales to practice and move on to the next level. On Friday later we are going to have our rehearsal for our songs, so i will practice on it too.

Friday, 30 July'10

Today we were asked about the blog that we should make and discuss on it. We were told to send our blog URL to Mr. Herry, and i haven't done that yet so i need to send it later on the weekend, but i have told Mr. Herry before that i am going to use my old blog from grade 9. After that he discuss about the blog and its reflection that we should make also our practicing video, twice a week to be putted on the blog. Then we discuss and review the criteria we were told before and were asked one by one again, i was not asked though. Mr. Herry also asked us about what we were going to sing for the singing assessment and put it on a list in Microsoft Word. At that time i decided that i was going to sing 'Heal the World', since it is quite easy and i am already familiar with it. After being asked we did the singing rehearsal, i heard everyone sang quite well for the first time and they were nervous. When it was my turn i was also really nervous and i was shivering a lot so my voice quiver and shivers but my friend told me it was good, but later on i will need to be more confident and take a deep breath before singing. I sang it by looking in the lyrics so i will have to memorize the lyrics to get extra mark. And today because the time was not enough we didn't have the instrument class but i still need to practice on the scales at home and update my blog.

AUGUST'10

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Today is our first singing assessment. Mr. Herry asked us the songs we was going to sing again and i said i am going to sing "Heal the World" for my choice. I sang the song today, it was really tense. I was very nervous when singing it in front of my friends, singing in front of my friends and at school seems to be more tensed than singing in front of strangers. When i was singing it i shivered and my voice shivered to and vibrated, my friend told me it was cool though, but because of that i got my point reduce. However, I got the pitch and the harmony correctly and i was able to memorize the lyrics, so i got 8 out of 10. It is quite satisfying, but i wanted to get 10 or 9 at that time and later on. For that, in my next singing assessment i will try to be more confident by practicing the song more and listening to the music. Also memorizing the song permanently so i would be confident not to forget the lyrics unlike this time i'm afraid to forget it. Today we also didn't get our chance to have our instrument class because of the time so i will practice the scales at home.

Friday, 6 August 2010

Today the singing assessment continued but before that we were divided into 5 groups. There are 3 groups that will have only 3 members and 2 groups with 4 members. My group has only 3 members, but it is okay. Which are Daniel and Ardhito. After that we need to choose our music genre to be investigated and presented in power point. I became the first one to choose because i won the 'Hom Pi Pah" first. We choose Popular music genre as our topic this term. For this assessment we were given 2 weeks to make the powerpoint presentation, but before that we need to research and make a draft to show it to Mr. Herry. After that the singing assessments continued. With that in mind, for the next music class i will need to prepare a draft for my group powerpoint slide presentation.
In the instrument class, we only had 6 more minutes left because of the assessments going on. So we don't have much time and i dont get the chance to practice. Only some of friend who got the chance to play the scales and so i listened to them, because of that next time i will need to practice the scales on my self.

Tuesday, 10 Aug'10

This Tuesday, before going in to the class, we were checked by the class and vice class captain about our uniforms. And then we sat with our investigation or powerpoint slide presentation group, which is Ardhito and Daniel. Mr. Herry gave us a white poster paper. As a group we were told to list down our outline for the presentation. When doing that, we discuss what we discuss what we were going to do and the table of content in the powerpoint. After that we list it down in the poster paper. When we finished with the poster, the groups were told to do little presentation about it then we did the presentation and questioned our classmates about our presentation inside the class to make sure they understood what we were presentating. The other groups also did the same thing, and thankfully i am not asked by my friends. Before we did the presentation Mr. Herry also did some review on the criteria's, and i can answer it correctly. Next time, i will need to discuss the divison of work with my group.

Today, i didn't have the time to go to my instrument class because i need to go to a GPA recognition day ceremony's rehearsal because i have to attend that ceremony. So, i will need to ask my friends what they did today in the instrument class and practice it at home.

Friday, 13 August'10

In theory class, we reviewed what about major scales, that we had learnt last year in grade 9. I did it well because i still remember it and i have my theory lesson from my music school that i attend to. We were told to do C, G, D, A, E major scales and then we discuss it together in class and it was checked. I got perfect from it so i was happy. We were also asked again about our progress for the investigation of pop music, but my group did not gather and didn't had any progress, so for next time i need to discuss more with my groups and do the power point presentation together. Not only we did the major scales but also the chords for C, G, D, A, E major. However, we did not finish it on time so it became my HW. So i will do my chords at home and review it.

While in the instrument class, we all played the C-B major scales with the contrary. It was kind of hard, but i managed it somehow and played quite well. However, i need to improve my A major scales and its contrary. So next time i can play it nicely, i will practice it at home. I was also told to bring a sonatine/sonatina that i want to choose for my next class, so i will bring it for my next class for agreement.

Tuesday, 17 Aug'10

Today is a holiday, our independence day. So, we didn't have any lessons today. And i need to practice my songs at home.

Friday, 20 Aug'10

Today we did our assessment presentation about our genre's researches, which is Pop Music. We were the second group to perform our presentation and did well in tit. We got 7 out of 8. With that mark, we got a plus point because we made our palm cards and one day before our presentation, i asked Daniel, one of my group members to try the slides song in the music classroom. Our content are quite complete, there's the opinions, impact, bibliography, etc. However, we should have putted some more interesting background for our slides and not mixed the sample song while explaining the presentation.

In the instrument class we didn't get much time to practice, so Imez and Anissa did not get their turn to play. We played our song to prepare for the next assessment. I played Haydn, Sonate in G. I was told to play it more smoothly and rich like in the church's to grab the feeling of the song, because i played it too roughly. I need and will practice at home to improve my notes and my tone.

24/08/10, Tuesday

Today in music theory class, we were asked about the progress on our reflection and blog also about the group presentation. Mr. Herry then told us to make and individual report based on out music slide presentation. After that Mr. Herry gave us examples of people music videos and we watched it, and also a worksheet on scales, i can do it but i need to review more because sometimes i forgot the rules. However, i did it quite well.

In practical class, i played Haydn in G, sonata. It was quite okay with the notes. However i need to make it faster and smooth also make sure that i played it in legato, so i am going to practice some more.

27/08/10, Friday

Today Mr. Sadrakh was the one to check our attendance. After that there was a rehearsal going on for our assessment piece. The piano group all played their song but not the other instrument groups, they were representative by one of the classmate in the group. I didn't play it in a good tempo, and the notes are not really legato, I also didn't play the whole piece. I need to practice the song more and count the tempo.

In the instrument class today. I played the c-b scales with the contrary. I played it quite badly because i didn't really remember the sharps and the flats. I also played the song not so fluently with some mistakes. I need to practice it more and make the trinidad longer, practice the piece and the scales some more.

31/08/10, Tuesday

Today we were reviewed about the scales, major seven and dominant seven in theory class. We were given the formula to make major seven and dominant seven, so it is easier to understand. It is also to prepare us for our assessment, we made C-B major scales. It was quite easy for me since i've already learned it before. However i will review some more so i will not forget it. There were also rehearsals for the other instrument groups that haven't performed yet, so i listened to them for them to be prepared for Friday, where we will have our assessment.

In the instrument class I played m Sonate in G by Haydn. The tempo was alright but the notes are sloppy and were quite bad. I need to relax more and smoothern my playing for it to be better. So will practice some more for it to be better.

3/09/10, Friday

Today i did the assessment and it was horrible. I made a lot of mistakes that i shouldn't had. My fingers felt really stiff ad cold, i am not really nervous but for some reason when i did the trill not all the notes were entered and played. I practiced everyday at home and it was alright yesterday, so i was really disappointed in my self. I will try to practice piano more, everyday for one hour, so that my hands would not be stiff like today.

We didn't had our instrument class, due to the assessment. So i will need to practice at home.

7/09/10, Tuesday

Today is our last meeting this term. Today, we reflect our self and gave out comments for our music development workbook and for the teacher to improve more. Mr.Herry also showed us our music assessment last time, and i saw how horrible i played, to remind us and to help us fill in the music development workbook of our reflection. We reflect on what we did in this term, the tasks given, HW, reflections, assessment, our weaknesses and strenghts and what to improve next and the benefits that we got. I did it neatly, fully and with a good understanding. Overall, i think i did my tasks in term 1 quite good, and that i also did the music development workbook neatly. However, i still need to improve myself on my attentiveness in class, my performance to be better and practice the piano everyday, so in my next practical piano assessment i can do better. I got 8.2 which i am already gratefull of having it.