2012.3.26 - monday

           This is the last music class for the whole term. Last friday was a holiday and we did not have music class. For today, i immediately brought my cello to class so that we could have the final practices for the assessment. I could already play the song well and since I am just the accompaniment, i should just follow the people playing the melody. When they mess up it's also easy for me to adjust to whichever part they are playing since my part is actually easy, but it adds a little something to the sound of the music as a whole. I think today's practice went quite well and we talked about when we will have our assessment, and people will be able to watch it.

2012.3.19 - monday

            The first thing I did today was that I asked Mr Sadrakh to help me put on my spare string on for me. It's not as good as my spirocore string because it was an ordinary string that came with the cello so it's kind of hard. But that will do for now since I'm not using this one for the final performance. I could play both songs well already, but I still have that stand book problem. So today I taped the sheet music together in a row so it will be easier later on. I'm planning to ask for two stands to hold up the sheet music next time. I think my synchronization improved but then, I think I will need to use a microphone to make the sound of my cello heard a bit more even though it's just the accompaniment.

2012.3.16 - friday

            Today when I came in to class I was told to directly bring in my cello so we could start playing immediately. We practiced well and I played but I think i need to practice the tune of my cello because I keep switching between my two cellos and one of them is slightly smaller and I'm more used to that one. However after a while i gotten a bit more used to it. Then, I think I got the minuet down, but i'm having problems with salut d'amour. Not with the playing but it's just that the stand books are too narrow for 6 pages spread at once, so i have to switch it myself for now. My 4th string also broke today during the practice so i was unable to play salut d'amour much since it requires the 4th string a lot. But i could play the minuet cause it didn't need it.

2012.3.12 - monday

            Today we started with the usual attendance checking. Then, we went straight into practicing the songs we got a few meetings earlier. Mr Sadrakh said that he was unable to print or save the file he created for me which was the Minuet for the cello by boccherini or something if i'm not mistaken. So in the end I just asked for the piano part from mr John and played the left hand part. But I made improvisations to it so that it would be more suitable to be played by a cello. It turns out that there's another part for the song however there is no parts for piano or cello yet. There is only a guitar and violin part available for that part so far, which is unfair. Or maybe they'll just have them play in the end as a solo and the rest of us we just accompany the first theme of the song.

2012.3.9 - friday

         I was really sick on monday so I missed school and one session. Today, I came to class almost late because there was this wedding tent extending out until the road in the usual route I took to school. It was especially annoying. It made the whole road very stuck even though I leave the usual time. I almost did not catch a lift because they were already shut down. However I made it just in time. It turns out that they were already learning another song. The teachers did not have a suitable cello part, there were only scores for violin, flute, and piano. So in the end I couldn't join in to play the new song yet and just practiced the old one. Mr Sadrakh was making the cello part for the song using the Finale program so I can play it next time.

2012.3.2 - friday

           Today we all came into class and brought out our instruments to practice the song we gotten last time. It is an Edward Elgar song called Salut D'Amour. The sheet music given to us was a piano score. I had to make my own adjustments to the sheet music myself for me because I need to read using the bass clef. Apparently they did not have one ready for the cello so, with the help of my private tutor I made the adjustments accordingly. It's a fuss to have so many pages though, the flipping is hard. I played quite well today, but I haven't been able to play until the fourth page in coordination yet.