May 24, 2011

Today was the last week I would have my music session. So it means, today was my music assessment which was to play our own compositions. I did well even though I did one mistake. But overall, it was good. After I finished performing, I enjoyed my class mates' performances. They were only piano students and violin students who performed because there was no more time for the rest. Mr Herry distributed a music workbook. I will take shots of my reflections on the blog and paste to the workbook. So tomorrow, I will submit my music workbook, so the reflection for tomorrow will be not available in the workbook. But still I will post it here and on my journal.

My Composition Practice 4 (VIDEO)

My Composition Practice 3 (VIDEO)

My Composition Practice 2 (VIDEO)

My Composition Practice 1 (VIDEO)

You've Got A Friend Singing Practice

Indonesia Pusaka Singing Practice Video

May 18, 2011

Today Mr Herry chose the students who have not performed their compositions. He called me and Cindy Febrianne from piano, and many more from the other instrument classes. And we also had to write comments about the performance too.
Comments:

• PIANO

1. CindyFeb: she needs more practice and be more confident
2. Me: I need more practice especially in part C

• FLUTE

1. Michelle: She needs to work with the breathing
2. Johan: He needs more practice with his composition
3. Gifi: He did better than the others
4. Yuli: She did good with the breathing, but there were some notes that were incorrect
5. Jesslyn: She needs to work with the breathing but she did good as well

• VIOLIN

1. Karina: The song was good but she needs to practice harder
2. Melicia: She needs to read the notes correctly and practice harder
3. Benny: He needs to practice more till he can play the song correctly

• GUITAR

1. Ynigo: He did good but the tempo was kind of messed up
2. Ivan: He needs to practice more, I cannot hear the melody
3. Davin: He needs more practice, on reading especially
4. Daniel: Needs more practice on reading the notes
5. Alden: He needs more practice and be confident

May 11, 2011

Today in theory class, we did not do anything. Mr Herry just asked 2 students from piano which were me and Jacklin. He called Yoshiko from violin class, Tatiana from guitar class, and Jesslyn from flute. And I did not do really well. I will practice more. In practical class, we got a lot of time to practice and I practiced my composition. After that, we rehearsed in front of Mr Herry and he recorded us. I did not do really good but it was better than when I played in theory class last time. At home I will practice till I can do better.

May 10, 2011

Today, we watched the videos of people playing instruments. After that Mr Herry called students from each instrument class to show whether they are ready or not. He called Sarah and Calista from piano class, then he also called Olivia from violin class, but he did not call anyone from guitar and flute class. After that, in practical class, the 4 boys which were Ivan, Johan, Davin, Ynigo sang "You've Got A Friend" by Carole King because they had not done yet. After they sang, I practiced my composition again and I did well in part A and B, but I need to practice more especially in part C

May 4, 2011

Today, Mr Herry checked our resources and then we continued listening the others' composition. We also commented their compositions. After that, in practical class, I practiced my composition. I will practice more so that I will be able to play it better.

Classmates' music compositions (COMMENT)

• Allen: nice but too many melody, score: 8
• Calista: Good composition, score: 8
• CindyFeb: A little bit messy, score: 6
• CindyFel: Very good melody, score: 9
• Daniel: Not really clear, score: 7
• Gifi: Good melody, score: 8
• Ivan: The melody is not creative, score: 7
• Jacklin: It is fun and creative, score: 9
• Jesslyn: Good melody, score: 8
• Karina: Good composition, score: 8
• Mage: Good composition, score: 8
• Melicia: Very nice composition. It's like a soundtrack in a tragic movie, score: 9
• Johan: Good Composition but needs to make it more creative, score: 7
• Michelle: Good Composition, score: 8
• Olivia: The melody was really good, score: 10
• Sarah: Very good melody, score: 8
• Esther: Very good composition, score: 8
• Tatiana: More expanding notes and not good ending, score: 7
• Yoshiko: Need more variation on notes, score: 8
• Yuli: Good Composition, score: 8

May 3, 2011

Today, Mr Herry checked our compositions, who have not sent the soft copy and who have sent. He checked the students one by one and he has received mine. Then we heard our classmates' compositions. But we did not finish it because we needed our time to practice our compositions. In practical class, we practiced our compositions and Mr Herry helped me to make a better composition. At home, I will change some of the notes so that it will be awesome.

April 27, 2011

Today, we wrote our "You've Got A Friend" assessment reflection and then we watched the recordings of the students singing yesterday. After that Mr Herry asked one student from each instrument classes to play their compositions which were: Cindy Fel from guitar class, Mage (Astri) from piano class, Allen from violin class, and Tae Mi Yang (Esther) from flute class. They all seemed like they were ready for the last assessment. I will practice too at home so that I can get ready for the last assessment.

April 26, 2011

Today was the singing assessment and I did well with my partner, Mage (Astri). I was the third and we sang the song well. After that, I just enjoyed the others singing and writing comments about them. And we did not have our instrument class. Next time, I will sing nicer!
Comments:

• Ynigo & Joshua: they need to be more confident and memorize the lyrics as well, score: 6
• Tatiana, Calista, & CindyFeb: they did good but cindy seemed she was a little bit nervous, score: 8
• Jacklin & Sarah: They did good also. They both were confident, score: 8
• Bella & Melicia: They did pretty good. But they were a little bit lost, score: 8
• Ivan & Johan: Did good but lack confidence, score: 7
• Giffi & Daniel: Confident, good pitch, score: 8
• Cindy & Allen:  They both were so cooperative and confident, score: 9
• Benny & Alden: Funny, but also good, score: 8
• Jesslyn, Yuli, & Michelle: They did good and they all were confident, score: 9
• Yoshiko, Olivia, & Esther: They three did very good, score: 9
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April 20, 2011

Today, we had our music test about what we have learned in this term. There were minor scales, major scales, and tonic triads. Then I gave my usb to Mr Herry to download finale so I can start copying my composition in there. I promised that I will send my composition (soft copy) next week and also the hard copy. After that, we went to our practical class, and we practiced our compositions

"Indonesia Pusaka" (COMMENTS)

• Alden: He was not confident enough and he needs to sing louder and clearer, score: 7
• Allen: He was confident enough and good pitch, score: 9
• Beny: He needs to sing louder, be more confident, bad pitch, score: 6
• Calista: She was confident and nice pitch, score: 9
• Cindy Febrianne: She was not confident, shy, and needs to sing louder, score: 7
• Cindy Felicia: She was confident and good pitch, score: 8
• Daniel: He was so relaxed and confident. good pitch also, score: 9
• Davin: He was confident and nice pitch, score: 9
• Gifi: confident, good pitch, score: 9
• Ivan: not really good, bad pitch, score: 7
• Jacklin: good pitch but need to sing louder, score: 8
• Jesslyn: confident and good pitch, score: 8
• Johan: needs to be more confident, not really good pitch, score:7
• Joshua: good pitch, score: 8
• Karina: good pitch, confident, but needs to sing louder, score: 7
• Mage: confident, good pitch, loud voice, score: 9
• Melicia: confident, good pitch, loud voice, but a little bit lost, score: 8
• Michelle: confident, good pitch, loud voice, score: 8
• Olivia: she needs to sing more clearly but she had a good pitch and confident, score: 9
• Sarah: confident and good pitch, score: 8
• Esther: confident, good pitch, loud voice, score: 8
• Tatiana: confident but not really good at breathing, score: 7
• Ynigo: Fail pitch, but good voice and confident, score:6
• Yoshiko: Confident, good pitch and nice voice, score: 9
• Yuli: Confident, good pitchm and nice voice, score: 9

April 19, 2011

Today was Indonesia Pusaka singing assessment and I laughed when I was singing. I felt horrible when I was laughing. After I laughed, I directly continued singing so that I would not fail. It was an embarrassing moment for me and it reduces points. I regretted because I did not sing it seriously. Some of the students also wrote in their comments that I should sing more serious. Next time, I will be more serious especially when I am doing with my assessments. In practical lesson, because the time was almost finished, we did not do anything.

April 13, 2011

Today, we practiced singing Indonesia Pusaka for our singing assessment next week. So, Mr Herry gave us a video of Indonesia Pusaka song and also asked us to write the lyric of the version 1. Then Mr Herry showed us the video of "You've Got A Friend" song by Carole King. He also distributed the lyrics of that song. Then, Mr Hary taught us to sing Indonesia Pusaka. I will practiced those 2 songs and I will memorize it.

April 12, 2011

Today, Mr Herry checked our resources. I brought all of my resources, so I did not get any breaches. And then, we were asked to copy our own compositions to our notebooks because Mr Herry would take the papers of our own compositions. Then some students did the rhythmic patterns from notation. I will have a quiz next week about tonic triad and inversion. And we will have a singing assessment also on next Wednesday. I will study and memorize the song. In practical class, we played our composition and I did it badly. I will practice more so that I can play well.

April 6, 2011

Today, we submitted our homework and I did it incompletely. And then Mr Herry showed us some examples of composition that were made by the last semester's students. And then we learned how to use finale (software) and how to download it. Then we performed the rhythmic patterns from notation. In instrument class, we continued making our compositions but the part B must be finished. I finished it and at home, I will make the part C of my composition.

April 5, 2011

Today was the first music class of term 4 and we played a game. How to play the game was just to memorize, sing, and clap. And then, we practiced to compose a composition because this term assessment is going to be composing a composition. So, starting now, we have to practice and at home, I will practice composing a composition. In instrument class, we made a composition and I think the composition I have made was good enough but I still need to improve some of it.