26 / 10 / 2011

Today, we first learned about scales. We were told that western music uses the diatonic scales, which are the major and minor scales. We also learned about the types of music, such as rondo, sonata, and also concerto. After that, we got homework. Our homework is to make the 16 bars composition of pop song with the pattern AA'BA'. We were also given our scores of the practical assessment. I was told that I got 9 out of 10. I am satisfied with my score, but I will have to learn to play harder songs because I am in grade 10. I think, the lesson today was not very hard, it's kind of simple and easy to understand.

Practice 7

This is my last practice before my term 1 practical assessment. Therefore, I did my practice alone without my friend. I think, my preparation so far is already good, I just need to do regular practices before my assessment so that I can do my best on the assessment and I will be able to get high score for my assessment later on. If I take a look at the previous practices, I think this one is already improved and it's quite good already.

Practice 6

This is my second video practicing alone without my friend. I think, I have improved a bit compared to the last practice. I didn't do any major mistakes this time, which will affect my score on my real practical assessment later on. I just need to practice again to make it more fluent and I will also have to practice with faster tempo because I will have to play faster on the assessment later on.

Practice 5

In this video, I tried to practice my assessment song again. But, this time I did it alone without my friend, and I asked my friend's feedback after I recorded this video as the input for me. I think it's quite good, but I still made mistakes. So, I will need to practice more.

Practice 4

In this video, my friend and I tried to play the song "Perpetual Motion" in faster tempo to practice our hands (bowing). However, I dont think we can play in this tempo in the mean time. We still need to practice a lot more so when we play with faster tempo, the notes will still be clear and sound good, unlike this time.

Practice 3

In this video, my friend and I were doing our third practice before our assessment as our preparations for it. I think, both of us have improved compared to before. But, there were still some off pitch sounds which were made by both of us. Therefore, we still need a lot more practices and we have to learn to play the song on pitch to avoid bad sounds.

Practice 2

This is my second practice with my friend as the preparation for our upcoming practical assessment. Compared to the last practices, I think this one is a bit better than the previous one. However, this is not good enough for our assessment. So, I will do more practices to prepare myself for the assessment later on.