31 May 2012

Today i practiced the chords again but with a bit of variation today. The second line of the composition excluding the intro was where the change was made. It made the song more colorful so to say but it was still dirty and could have been a lot neater. I probably should cut my nails as it might be affecting the sound. As for the breakdown I'm going to stick to the way i strum in the previous videos. Im going to keep on practicing the chords and strum it the way i want it to sound during the performance on June 8th.

28 May 2012

Today we practiced our composition again as usual. I did some variations of the chords today, trying something new in order to make the song more dynamic. I tried playing the C chord in the 8th fret as compared to the classic one with open strings. It gave a different sound and it is good but i will most likely use the original one although i'd give that a go a few more times.

We did not have any instrument class today for the same reasons.

25 May 2012

This is me practicing the chords to the composition again. I am getting better at this and getting even more fluent in playing it. I would say it is almost second nature for me to play but i would practice more anyway. I would work on the strumming even more.

25 May 2012

Today we were told that we are going to be given MDW booklets on Monday. We were told that we could submit it anytime with 8th of June being the latest. We were then separated into our groups and went to separate rooms like the guitar and the violin room. There we could practice better because there is not much distraction. We did not really have any instrument class for the same reasons again.

23 May 2012

In this video i am practicing the chords of my group's composition again. Today i made a lot of improvement as the strumming is much more clean and I also memorized the counts very well. Although it is decent already i am still going to keep on practicing to perfect it.

21 May 2012

Today we continued practicing our composition. My group performed once in front of the class and so did the others. After that i practiced strumming on my own. There's not much happening today as practicing is all we did. I am going to keep on practicing my strumming until i get so bored its natural. This is so i won't make a mistake when performing.

20 May 2012

In this video i am still practicing the same thing again, the chord strumming. I would want to make the strumming second nature so that i would be able to perform the song easily without mistake during the exams. the strumming sounded crisp and good. the only thing i have to improve is the pattern, it was a bit different than what i plan so i will work on that.

18 May 2012

Today we gave our final draft of the composition that we made as a group. We also played our song one by one and got feedback from the teachers on how the composition could be further improved. We did assessment on the composition writing the background of the song and how we prepared it.

We did not have any instrument class again because we were all performing our compositions.

14 May 2012

This is a video of me practicing the same composition chords again. I am maintaining my skills by keep on playing the same tune over and over again until I'm 100% fluent at it. I might forget how many sets i should play sometimes and that is the part where i need to improve. Knowing in which bar i am already at.

14 May 2012

Today we gave our drafts to be checked. Our group's draft was good the only thing needed alteration was from the intensity logo to the ritardando. This is because in the composition the notes aren't suppose to be played less loud but slower. We also performed our composition in order to get feedback. The feedback was that Hashfi had to use an amplifier when performing so his guitar could be heard properly.

We did not have any instrument class today because of the usual program. Collaborating in the music room to make our composition.

By next week i will be done with the final draft of the composition.

11 May 2012

In this video i am practicing the chords of the composition again. I am starting to get the hang of the chords and the strumming well. I strummed smoothly and fluently and I am very happy with it. I will keep on practicing it in order to maintain it.

11 May 2012

Today we did not do much other than improve our composition. But my group just rehearsed the song because we are down with our piece. However there are some articulations to added still. I did the draft and by next session i should be able to give the final draft of the composition in finale already. Today our group performed our composition, it went rather well.

We did not have any instrument class again as we all practiced our song together.

9 May 2012

During this video, I practiced the chords in my composition again. This time I thought I played really well and everything was how I wanted it to be. The strumming was precise and smooth. There are also no buzzing sound. I am going to keep on practicing to maintain my playing skill.

7 May 2012

During this video i used a new pick. It affects my strumming significantly as now it sounds way better than the previous videos. I strummed a bit too fast and the pattern was not perfect in this video but other than that it went really well. I am going to keep on perfecting my strumming for Friday's session.

7 May 2012

During this video i am practicing the chords again only this time i did a different variation. I tried to get the whole six strings to ring whereas last time out i only let four rung. I was trying to make the sound to be fuller in a way. I am going to use some of the techniques here such as the G chord probably because it sounds cleaner but the rest i am pretty much going to keep it the same.

6 May 2012

This video shows me practicing the chords from the same composition but in a different style. I used barre chords this time. I will not use this way of playing because my hands get tired easily. It is pretty tough playing it for a long time although it does have a great sound.

6 May 2012

In this video i am practicing the chords of the whole composition. I played the intro and the outro. It was not that well but it was decent. I will continue practicing to make my strumming as smooth and as fluent as possible.

30 Apr 2012

Today me, Hashfi and Steven played our composition of the teachers to see. It went good and i thought the composition although simple was good. But it was not perfect, we still needed to play our parts better and fluently. We will work on that soon. The rest of the session was spent composing further parts of the composition.

We did not have any instrument class today as we all came together to compose with our group mates.

5 May 2012

This is me and Hashfi practicing our composition. The sound is not good and our play was not good enough. We will try and improve it in the future making it cleaner and neater to hear.

4 May 2012

Today we continued working on our composition. Me and partner finished half of the composition today with all the chords, melodies and counter melodies right. We also made the melodies for the second part of our composition which was much more complicated and the first few lines.

We did not have any instrument class again today so we could practice our composition.