2012.1.16 - monday

I thought we were going to have our assessment today so i was quite nervous, but then they decided that the assessment is going to be this friday instead. This class we talked about chords and learned one new type. Mr John explained it with a guitar so I couldn't understand it since I don't play a guitar. So me and a couple of other students asked for an example to be played in the piano instead since I could understand the piano and plus the notes are shown clearly. In the end we had vocal exercises to help us sing on friday. We also performed in pairs today as a rehearsal. I got the song memorized pretty well but I get mixed up with the first and last stanza of the song. I'm quite worried about the last note too because it's really high.

2011.1.13 - friday

      Since it's a new semester, the schedules have changed. We have music first thing in the morning on mondays and fridays. Today was the first session of music and the second day of school. Today we discussed about what we're going to do. We practiced singing warm ups and we learned a new song called INDONESIA. It has a slight jazz feel to it. Then, we performed in groups. Next week on monday there's going to be a performance two by two and that time we have to memorize the song.

2011.11.24 - thursday

  Today we were given the results of the quiz we did earlier this week on monday. We checked each other's results instead of just getting the score. 1e checked by getting the answer keys. We also got a chance to disscuss the results and talk about why it's that way or why it's wrong and right. I think got a pretty good score for a person who was quite confused. My score was 35 out of 40 which means it is a 7 out of 8. Then told some people about this pattern I noticed regarding the sharps and flats. it was the f c g d a e b, and mirrored into b e a d g c f.

Videos

[rondo composition practice]

In the link below, is a video of me practicing my rondo composition. My hand slipped in some parts so that caused some stuttering. I know the notes well and the counting is a bit off so I'm practicing that

http://youtu.be/FSAwO2Ou-1U

[scales and warm ups]

clearly as said on the title.

http://youtu.be/8QXTarrwo1g

[song]

This is a video of me practicing a song. The title is: シェークスピアの忘れ物～エピローグ～ (shakespeare no wasuremono ~epilogue~) performed by wakeshima kanon. The title means shakespeare's forgotten item. I am getting better by practicing

http://youtu.be/MkdOqFFe1Ug

2011.11.21 - monday

  Today we had a surprise quiz. Yes, indeed it was surprising because I completely didn't know about it. Anyway, at least we reviewed a bit before about the topics that we will need to know. Luckily i remembered the rules that apply but I'm a bit confused at some parts. At least I tried to do it, it's not like it was effortless even if i were to get a bad score, at least I tried. It was quite confusing for some of the parts with the base note that has flats and sharps but i understood after a while.... it think. Then, after that if we finished we can go to instrument class.

2011.11.17 - thursday

  Today we entered class and talked about the booklets that were supposed to be given today.
We talked a bit about our booklets and such. Then, some students did not submit their booklets probably because they forgot about it or procrastinated or just got confused about the due dates or something. Then, we reviewed some major minor chords. Then, we also learned about two new types of them called augmented and diminished chords. I understood this lesson, then we went to instrument class.

2011.11.14 - monday

            Today we did a lot but at the same time we did not do a lot. So it's like, each of us practices our music compositions one by one going to the front but everyone else also was practicing. Then, we were given feedback on our performances. Well for me i got the notes right but then i wasn't really paying attention to the counting so I guess that was my big flaw. After that we went to our respective instrument classes and during instrument class i tried out my rondo composition again.