22/8/11

Today, in theory we learnt about major seven chords again. But this time we were told to make the first and  second inversion for it. It was really simple and we spent one session doing that which was easy. We were also told to submit our booklet latest by wednesday as it will be the last day of the term. Next up i am going to continue to practice my guitar for the performance

During instrument class we mainly listened to the different songs that mr John could play. He was really good. He showed us an array of songs that we could choose from but it was all very difficult at least for me. Like before i am just going to practice my guitar to play the Moonlight Sonata

18/8/11

Today we had a couple of the students sing a song again to improve their scores. I completed making the Major 7 chords today. I wrote all the chords in my music notebook and it was rather simple. During instrument class we further played the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song.

What was important today was that we finally decided on our big project. We were to play a song of our choice from the composer of our choice. I am going to make a booklet regarding Beethoven and submit it by wednesday latest, that is one of the projects. The other one is that i should play one of Beethoven's song in guitar. I am going to play Moonlight Sonata on guitar. So i am going to make the booklet and keep on practicing the moonlight sonata. I am going to post some videos regarding my practice.

15/8/11

Today, we learnt theory. We were told on the basics of the scales yet again and were told to do it on the board. It was quite difficult but really simple once you got the hang of it. We were taught major7 chords today and it was quite simple really. Just add the note that is seven notes after the root note. we were given homework regarding the major7 chords. We were also told that we are going to sing the national songs for the independence day.

During instrument class we learnt further about the Pirates of the Caribbean song. It was quite tricky, didn't get the some part but i memorized most of it.

The video is me doing the scales and a bit of the Pirates of the Caribbean theme song.

11/8/11

Today, we did our presentation regarding the musical eras. I think i did pretty well in explaining all the of the characteristics of each eras of the music. My slide was pretty simple but it holds enough information and i managed to cover all of the important aspects of the era. Some of my group mates did not speak properly during the presentation, she was a bit quiet. Nonetheless it was an overall good performance and i am satisfied with it.

During instrument class we learnt the pirates of the Caribbean theme song again. This time we get into the latter parts of the song. It was really tricky and i am going to keep on practicing to make it fluent in the coming session.

8/8/11

Today we were grouped into groups of three each and told to present to the class about the different musical eras and during each era, the composer that we consider to be the best. We discussed our presentation in one corner of the classroom and discussed about who is doing which part of the project. From that discussion, i am going to do the musical eras and present their differences and developments. Whereas Verena and Tathia are going to go deep in explaining the profile of each of the composer. We are told to pick one composer that we consider to be the best of them all. in other words our hero.

Next session we are supposed to present a powerpoint slide regarding the topic. It is suppose to be much more formal and informative compared to the spontaneous presentation that we did this session.

There weren't any instrument sessions due to the fact that two students hadn't done their singing assessment.

4/8/11

Today it was all about singing. I did my song which is 'Better Man' by Robbie Williams. I think i did the song justice. I sang it pretty well and i played the guitar well too. I was very nervous during the performance but i managed to keep on singing and not forgetting the lyrics. All two sessions of music were dedicated to the singing thing and so there are not a lot happening. The others sang well, particularly Blanks, she sounded like Norah Jones, she was amazing.

Next week we were told to research about the musical eras and their composer, i am going to bring my research on monday.

1/8/11

Today, we were thought on the musical theories. It turned out to be pretty easy and simple. The hard part of course is reading it while playing, that will take time. But i understood everything that was thought. I did not write the notes down because if were to write the notes i would not be paying enough attention to the lesson. We were then instructed to go in front of class and introduce ourselves so that we would be comfortable because next session we are having the singing assessment. Next i would continue practicing my singing and playing and think about the theory occasionally.

During instrument class, we learnt pirates of the Caribbean song in which Mr. John thought us. It was really cool. I managed to memorize the first set of pattern and will continue to practice it at home. Right now, i have managed to play the pattern fluently already. it has been a day since yesterday so i had enough time to make my playing fluent. Next im going to wait to be thought the next set of the song and practice hard on it.

I am also thinking about playing the music for Verena's assessment in order to get extra marks. We are rehearsing and fingers crossed, i hope things work out and we could deliver a brilliant performance whilst i get an extra mark.