Music reflection 25/04/2011

Since Mr. Sadrakh is absent, Mr. Herry is replacing him as out theory teacher today. We were all aware that there was going to be an essay writing assessment. The assessment was going to be about John Williams, a pianist and composer for movies and tv shows. We were given a handout about his biography and his career in music. After we finished reading the handout, Mr. Herry gave us some practice questions about John Williams. We then exchanged notebooks with one another and read each other's answers. In instrument class, we practiced playing our own melody composition again. I played as bad as the last music class too because I didn't practice. I also forgot to print my finale notation of the song so I only had the draft with me to read.

Music reflection 18/04/2011

In theory class, Mr. Sadrakh checked and collected our finale homework. then, for instrument class we practiced playing our melody. I think I didn't play well because I made a lot of mistakes. I also forgot to print a second copy of the notation of my own song. So, I'll try to print and bring it on the next session we have music.

Music reflection 14/04/2011

(We didn't have classes on this day)

Music reflection - 11/04/2011

Today is the due date of our melody composition homework. I erased the one I had previously made and changed it into a better melody on Sunday night. I'm quite satisfied with my new melody because it sounded good to me. I have put some chords to go with the melody too. Then in instrument class, Mr. Herry told us to put chords to our melody to make it sound more sophisticated. He wrote on the board different combinations of notes and different ways for us to play it.

Music reflection - 07/04/2011

On the 7th of March, Mr. Sadrakh checked our progress on our melody composition. I had done making the A and A' part of the song. All that is left is the B part. Then, the ones that are done with the whole 32 bars of the melody are played by Mr. Sadrakh as an example for everyone.

Music reflection - 04/04/2011

The 4th of April was the first session of music class in term 4. In theory class, the first thing Mr. Sadrakh did was check our music book and whether we have finished making the first two lines of our own melody composition. Then, he lectured us again about the basic pattern of song composition, which is the AABA structure. For our homework, we are supposed to create 32 bars of our own melody. So in one line, there will be 8 bars. The due date is next Monday.

For instrument class, all we did was also get lectured about making the melody. As a class, we created our melody together and had Mr. Herry play it for us. We were just putting in notes for fun but the song actually turned out pretty well.