2011.10.27 - thursday

today we reviewed minor scales. We were told that we would be having a little quiz about chords but only orally. So before that we reviewed together as a class and talked about what we have learned so far. We were questioned about major 7 chords. Then today we were told that we need to take screen grabs of pictures from our blogs to print, cut out, then paste on our MDW. Then later on the class was told we would have a singing assessment again next week but this time we need to sing an indonesian song. Today  we also showed the results of our compositions finished as a draft only though. We're going to sing indonesia pusaka.

2011.10.24 - monday

Today we continued on each of our own compositions. I made my ABACA already but only the main themes and i haven't made the variation of it and such. I need to extend it so i did it today. Then each of us who are done with all the eight bars for the first line, which is A, were told to write it on the board and then play it as a sample. We heard each others' compositions but only roughly. Mr John is absent today. Mr Herry told us about John Cake, a composer who made a song with all rests in the song which sounds like kind of a joke but in fact it's a reality and it's seriously a song.

2011.10.17 - monday

Mr John was absent today so mr herry and mr harry pitched in to help substitute. We were told to continue our rondo compositions. We were given a short explanation about the composition style so we understood better. I used the piano to help me since it's easier for me to understand it using the piano, and i can see it clearer. It was also my first instrument so i used it instead of the cello. I found activities like these quite fun because we get to use our creativity skills and that's what we did for the whole two sessions.

2011.10.13 - thrusday

We didn't have class on monday this week. Today, we were told that the students participating in the binus music fiesta events and competitions should practice. Since everyone was practicing in the theory classroom i asked permission to be excused to go to the string room because it was easier to concentrate there. I chose to play bouree 1 from the third cello suite, composed by Bach. No offense, but i have to say it really isn't one of my favorite songs, in fact I don't really like it. With the competition coming up I practiced more than usual and mr sadrakh gave inputs and comments and such.

2011.10.6 - thursday

Today we looked back again into finding sister scales and such. It gotten more difficult today because we included sharps and flats. We were tested one by one and asked. I wrote most of the relative scales on my notebook and rules so that i would not forget. Then we went to instrument class and i had to talk about the competition of the music fiesta. I got it but only roughly so I did some research myself at home later on and luckily i understood better at least, more than i did during class.

2011.10.3 - monday

Today we started learning a new topic. We looked into minor scales and were taught and revising things about them. The intervals for a minor scale is 1-1/2-1-1-1/2-1-1. We were given a brief explanation about the minor scales then we discussed about the sister scales but not that in depth. I wrote down a few major and minor relative scales. That i knew. We were told the trick about finding the sister scales. It was to count 3 notes down or 3 notes up. So far I understood the lesson.

2011.9.29 - thursday

Today we discussed the things that we've done so far as a star up of the class but only just a little bit. Then after that we were told about the things that we could be doing in the next term. We were given a little briefing about "rondo compositions". We told to do some researching as a homework as well. During class i learned that there was a pattern to the composition. I recall it being A-B-A1-C-A1. That's what we were told, and then the teachers say that we will be making one for a summative task for the next term.