22 / 08 / 2011

Today, Mr. Herry, our music theory teacher didn't come. So, we had our substitute teacher which is Mr. Hary. Then, he taught us about major scales and also about chords. He also asked us to do some things related to our lesson to test our understanding on the lesson today. I had learned about major scales previously, so it was not new to me, and to most of the students. But, it was the first time for me to learn about chords. So, I had to really concentrate on learning about it. However, I think it was not hard to understand the lesson about chords. It was actually a very simple lesson. After that, we moved to our instrument class and started to prepare ourselves for the practicall assessment which will be held next month. In instrument class, I practiced one of the songs from Suzuki book for violin. After this, I will start to do more practices at home and also try to record videos which I haven't done because I didn't know the song which I need to practice before.

17 / 08 / 2011

Today,  I did not have music class because it's independence day holiday. So, I think I am just going to make my classical music report which needs to be done by this week and also try to make my practice videos and upload them on my blog as soon as possible. I will also do more practices at home.

15 / 08 / 2011

Today, I did my group slide presentation about the history of music. I think I did not do it very well because I still read from the presentation (no palm card) and I did not put a lot of information there. But, before that, we saw some of our friends did their individual singing assessment. However, I think I gained my confidence when talking in front of the class compared to last year when I was presenting. After this, I will do further reading and make the report about classical music which I need to submit next week. I will also try to make my practice videos and upload them on my blog.

10 / 08 / 2011

Today, I didn't attend music class because I was sick. But, I asked my friends about what they did in the class. They said that Mr. Herry divided the class into 3 groups, each group consists of about 5 people. Then, my friends also told me about my group and the topic that I need to research on for the group slide presentation. I was told to make presentation about classical music. So, I am going to start researching and making the presentation. After that, I am going to send my presentation to my group leader, Owen by using email.

08 / 08 / 2011

Today we continued our singing assessment which we didn't get to finish last week because we didn't have enough time. But, before it, Mr. Herry first checked our resources and some of my classmates went down to the business centre to buy music books because they hadn't got one. In the assessment, some of us did pretty good today. But, most of us were still nervous and still sang far from the microphone which made the voice not loud enough. I think I did bad in this assessment because I was really shaking in front of my class. I was really nervous and I couldn't sto trembling there. I think I will need to learn to be more confident next time. I just hope that I can pass this assessment with my not satisfying performance. After this, I will try to record some videos of my practices and I will also do research on western music genres which I have to finish by this Wednesday.

03 / 08 / 2011

Today, we had to do our individual singing assessment. We had to sing a western song and it can be any songs, any genres. At first, Mr. Herry gave us the assessment booklet which we had to fill in. We had to write our preparation, how our assessment was, and the improvements which we need to make on the next assessments. Some of my friends were good, and some of them were still nervous. But, I and some of my friends did not do it today because we did not have enough time. So, we'll do it on the next meeting, which is monday.

01 / 08 / 2011

Today, we first reviewed and also learned more about 7th chords. We learned major 7th, minor 7th, mM7, Mm7, and also diminished 7th. We were also given the worksheet that we did last time. After we did that, we needed to submit the minus 1 version of our songs for the assessment. We also needed to tell the genre of the song that we choose. There was one of my friends who did the rehearsal too. I think the lesson today was kind of easy to understand. After this, I will ractice more for my assessment so I can get high scores.