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.