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!