22/11/10
Today we were supposed to do another rehearsal in front of the whole class again. Luckily due to being in guitar class, I ended up having it delayed to thursday. I ended up practicing it in the guitar room and asking Mr John to make guitar tabs for my composition. That made it realkly easy for me to play the song, and it helps me practice it more.
25/11/10
On the day where I had to perform for the rehearsal, I forgot to bring my tab. So I had to re-translate the notes myself. Luckily, I was able to do it in time for the rehearsal, so I could just play it while reading the notes. It abbed some notes wrongly though, but its ok, as I found some notes accidentally on my own. So In the end, its all good.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Term 2 week 7-9
1/11/10
Today we finally had to write down our composition on the final draft paper. I found it somewhat tiring to completely write down, but also sort of easy. The lyrics were the real hard part, and I had to take a while to make them. In the end they were mostly simple.
4/11/10
Today we just checked the 40 bars finale. So all we did was watch two specific works. We watched mine, which I found sort of embarrassing and Jesslyn's which was really funny. She even mentioned Mr Singh in it, which made it even more funny.
8/11/10
Today we just listened to people's finale. That was really boring (no offense). Some were nice, but I really wanted to go to the instrument class. I didn't have my hard copy and journal, but that's fine I guess. Melvin's was nice, and hopefully he'll be able to play it.
11/11/10
Today Mr Herry had to go to some workshop so we were left with Mr John teaching us. That was an unfamiliar experience, but it was fun. For once we stayed in the main room, and we learned everything in the same room as the other kids. This made the class really fun.
15/11/10
Today we had to practice for our composition. I sucked at mine because I had not practiced yet. So I was like lame in the front for the time being. However, I learned the scales so this could be easier later. (At the time of writing this I still have not learned the song).
Today we finally had to write down our composition on the final draft paper. I found it somewhat tiring to completely write down, but also sort of easy. The lyrics were the real hard part, and I had to take a while to make them. In the end they were mostly simple.
4/11/10
Today we just checked the 40 bars finale. So all we did was watch two specific works. We watched mine, which I found sort of embarrassing and Jesslyn's which was really funny. She even mentioned Mr Singh in it, which made it even more funny.
8/11/10
Today we just listened to people's finale. That was really boring (no offense). Some were nice, but I really wanted to go to the instrument class. I didn't have my hard copy and journal, but that's fine I guess. Melvin's was nice, and hopefully he'll be able to play it.
11/11/10
Today Mr Herry had to go to some workshop so we were left with Mr John teaching us. That was an unfamiliar experience, but it was fun. For once we stayed in the main room, and we learned everything in the same room as the other kids. This made the class really fun.
15/11/10
Today we had to practice for our composition. I sucked at mine because I had not practiced yet. So I was like lame in the front for the time being. However, I learned the scales so this could be easier later. (At the time of writing this I still have not learned the song).
Friday, October 29, 2010
Term 2 week 4-6
14/10/10
Today I did some musical composition because I was absent at the day I was supposed to make it. I guess it was easy to do, and pretty much any notes put together will end up sounding good. Then we learnt the ABACA pattern, which we had to do for homework. That will probably take a while. I guess it was an ok lesson.
18/10/10
Today we had about 40 minutes of Mr Herry checking our HW. This obviously took a lot of time, but I guess that was good as we got to instrument class faster. He then played some of our musical compositions. I dont see why he picked Rama's music though. Even Rama said it was lame.
21/10/10
Today I came late into the class, which sucked a lot frankly. Then we had to hand in our Finale. On the bright side, I did mine. Unfortunately, I only did one line as I didn't know how to set it into four bars per line. Strangely, Mr Herry was fine with that. At least he looked fine.
25/10/10
Today we first checked everyone's Finale files. As it turns out, my Finale was 2011, which made it incompatible with Mr Herry's. Hopefully this doesnt mean I have to redo the thing. We then had to expand our 4 bars into 8 bars. I found that rather easy, but the incompatibility issue was really lame.
28/10/10
Today we had to put up lyrics alongside our compositions. That was really hard for me because I kept writing inappropriate lyrics. I really don't see what's so bad about writing sucks. However, I had to keep changing it, which was frustrating. I had to brighten up the lyrics, and after what felt like hours I finished the thing.
Today I did some musical composition because I was absent at the day I was supposed to make it. I guess it was easy to do, and pretty much any notes put together will end up sounding good. Then we learnt the ABACA pattern, which we had to do for homework. That will probably take a while. I guess it was an ok lesson.
18/10/10
Today we had about 40 minutes of Mr Herry checking our HW. This obviously took a lot of time, but I guess that was good as we got to instrument class faster. He then played some of our musical compositions. I dont see why he picked Rama's music though. Even Rama said it was lame.
21/10/10
Today I came late into the class, which sucked a lot frankly. Then we had to hand in our Finale. On the bright side, I did mine. Unfortunately, I only did one line as I didn't know how to set it into four bars per line. Strangely, Mr Herry was fine with that. At least he looked fine.
25/10/10
Today we first checked everyone's Finale files. As it turns out, my Finale was 2011, which made it incompatible with Mr Herry's. Hopefully this doesnt mean I have to redo the thing. We then had to expand our 4 bars into 8 bars. I found that rather easy, but the incompatibility issue was really lame.
28/10/10
Today we had to put up lyrics alongside our compositions. That was really hard for me because I kept writing inappropriate lyrics. I really don't see what's so bad about writing sucks. However, I had to keep changing it, which was frustrating. I had to brighten up the lyrics, and after what felt like hours I finished the thing.
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Term 2 week 1-3
20/9/10
Today we didnt really do much of anything. We then watched Derrick performing, he sounds ok. Unfortunately for him, he had an untuned string, which made it sound lame. Then we had to make F major and Bb scales, which sort of wasted our time. We then got back our scores, which I found rather good for me.
23/9/10
Today we had a mock written test for us. We had to write inversions and chords of different notes. I find it easy for all except for the Bb scale, because I got rather confused. I have a bad feeling about the exam though, as its written, which I sort of suck at.
30/9/10
After I skipped monday due to famnily death, I get stuck in thursday with the assessment. I found it a lot easier than I thought. However, I think I missed some minor chords because I got confused by the flat of the 2nd note. Then we saw Mr Herry singing for our singing assessment. Unfortunately he cant reach some notes. Lolz
4/10/10
Today we had our singing assessment. We had to sing the song called "Indonesia Pusaka", which is a traditional Indonesian song. I didnt really like the song, and I felt way more nervous than I did while singing "A Little Too Not Over You". So I think I could sing a lot better if it was some other song.
7/10/10
Today I sang the song "Somewhere Out There" with Rama. It felt awesome with Rama because he's like a really good singer, so I felt way more confident. My voice actually fit with the song and his voice. I really have to work on my confidence though, coz I always feel really nervous while singing.
Today we didnt really do much of anything. We then watched Derrick performing, he sounds ok. Unfortunately for him, he had an untuned string, which made it sound lame. Then we had to make F major and Bb scales, which sort of wasted our time. We then got back our scores, which I found rather good for me.
23/9/10
Today we had a mock written test for us. We had to write inversions and chords of different notes. I find it easy for all except for the Bb scale, because I got rather confused. I have a bad feeling about the exam though, as its written, which I sort of suck at.
30/9/10
After I skipped monday due to famnily death, I get stuck in thursday with the assessment. I found it a lot easier than I thought. However, I think I missed some minor chords because I got confused by the flat of the 2nd note. Then we saw Mr Herry singing for our singing assessment. Unfortunately he cant reach some notes. Lolz
4/10/10
Today we had our singing assessment. We had to sing the song called "Indonesia Pusaka", which is a traditional Indonesian song. I didnt really like the song, and I felt way more nervous than I did while singing "A Little Too Not Over You". So I think I could sing a lot better if it was some other song.
7/10/10
Today I sang the song "Somewhere Out There" with Rama. It felt awesome with Rama because he's like a really good singer, so I felt way more confident. My voice actually fit with the song and his voice. I really have to work on my confidence though, coz I always feel really nervous while singing.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Last week Term 1
6/9/2010
Today we all had our assessments. Of course, I felt nervous, but better than the singing assessment, as I could blame the instrument if the sound was off. Anyway, I guess I did pretty good, I played better than the rehearsal. i played the song more fluently and remembered all the parts. However, there were several mistakes, as I still forgot them sometimes. On the bright side, at least it's the last day of music. I still have to upload 4 more practices, but I was too lazy to :p
Today we all had our assessments. Of course, I felt nervous, but better than the singing assessment, as I could blame the instrument if the sound was off. Anyway, I guess I did pretty good, I played better than the rehearsal. i played the song more fluently and remembered all the parts. However, there were several mistakes, as I still forgot them sometimes. On the bright side, at least it's the last day of music. I still have to upload 4 more practices, but I was too lazy to :p
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Week 7
30/8/10
Today was surprisingly fun (sort of). We only had to learn about chords and such , which meant that the task wasnt too difficult. Of course, some of us forgot a bit about it, so well Mr Herry made some people come up to the front and write the chords. Unfortunately that meant it took time from our instrumental class. This usually happens when someone makes "trouble", which is often, so I'm used to it. Instrument class had us focusing on a classical song. The only thing I had in mind was Canon, so I guess thats what im gonna do during the assessment. However, I need to practice it also.
2/9/10
Today was weird, we had instrument class early on the session. Anyone who's been in our music class would realise how weird that is. Anyway, in the days before, I learnt a new classical song. It was called Romance Del Amor if im not wrong. Coincidentally, Mr John taught the others that same song today. I sort of still wanted to do Canon, and Angga supported me for that, but I didnt really know the notes to it, and I'm pretty sure the version I learnt was from Depapepe. So in the rehearsal, I played the Amor song. I sort of messed up, but I guess I did pretty good, not bad.
Today was surprisingly fun (sort of). We only had to learn about chords and such , which meant that the task wasnt too difficult. Of course, some of us forgot a bit about it, so well Mr Herry made some people come up to the front and write the chords. Unfortunately that meant it took time from our instrumental class. This usually happens when someone makes "trouble", which is often, so I'm used to it. Instrument class had us focusing on a classical song. The only thing I had in mind was Canon, so I guess thats what im gonna do during the assessment. However, I need to practice it also.
2/9/10
Today was weird, we had instrument class early on the session. Anyone who's been in our music class would realise how weird that is. Anyway, in the days before, I learnt a new classical song. It was called Romance Del Amor if im not wrong. Coincidentally, Mr John taught the others that same song today. I sort of still wanted to do Canon, and Angga supported me for that, but I didnt really know the notes to it, and I'm pretty sure the version I learnt was from Depapepe. So in the rehearsal, I played the Amor song. I sort of messed up, but I guess I did pretty good, not bad.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Reflection Week 6
23/8/10
Today we watched as Angga and Rama's group redid their project. On the down side, we wasted time for us to go to instrument class. That was bad, as usual. On the bright side, their performance was actually pretty good. Plus, clicking slides is fun. Rama and Angga's rendition of Two is Better than One is pretty nice. It was a duet, and Angga handled the backing vocals while Rama took lead. As usual, we only had a little time for instrument class. Oh well, im used to it by now.
26/8/10
Today 3 groups redone their presentation to get higher groups. Once again, the amount of people that wanted redos made instrument class limited. I still think that sucks. Anyway, we opened with Linden's presentation, which was good to say the least. They got a perfect score afterwards too. My group was better than before, but because of bad teamwork (Sake), we only got 7. Jordi's group was still a bit of a mess, but on the bright side, they passed this time around. Instrument class, was fun, because we actually learned something. Mr John taught us this classic song (dont know the name). Its sort of easy and sounds good.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Reflection week 5
16/8/10
Today we just discussed about our group project. Despite the fact that I knew we needed to research on our project, I somehow lost track of it in my mind. So Sabrina was the only one who brought an actual piece of paper. Anyway, we then discussed about how the presentation would be. Honestly, I think the preparation time is too short, as it was due on thursday. However, I feel that we will be able to make it well. Instrument class was short as usual but we're sort of use to that by now.
19/8/10
So, today was assessment day (again). So I was generally nervous, coz it was assessment (who isn't?). As I watched the others, I sort of felt better as honestly, most weren't that good. Linden's one was the only decent one in my opinion, and we go equal scores as his team. However, we're gonna redo it on monday to get higher scores. Hopefully Ryan remembers to submit this time.
Today we just discussed about our group project. Despite the fact that I knew we needed to research on our project, I somehow lost track of it in my mind. So Sabrina was the only one who brought an actual piece of paper. Anyway, we then discussed about how the presentation would be. Honestly, I think the preparation time is too short, as it was due on thursday. However, I feel that we will be able to make it well. Instrument class was short as usual but we're sort of use to that by now.
19/8/10
So, today was assessment day (again). So I was generally nervous, coz it was assessment (who isn't?). As I watched the others, I sort of felt better as honestly, most weren't that good. Linden's one was the only decent one in my opinion, and we go equal scores as his team. However, we're gonna redo it on monday to get higher scores. Hopefully Ryan remembers to submit this time.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
9/8/2010
Today I didnt really have anything to do. I was done with my music assessment and the day was just the people who had not performed singing their songs. Most of the songs they sang were rather nice. Even Ryan sounded sort of cool. Other people like Rama, Jessica, Ivi etc were really good at their songs. Jessica went a bit too high though. So there I was sitting on the chair, feeling sort of bored while other people sang songs, and at times repeated them (Heal The World).
12/8/2010
Today was a rather normal day. No assessments, although we made groups for them. First, Mr Herry got angry at the people who havent done their blogs. I have so nothing to worry about for me. Then we had to go to the computer lab to make blogs. Once again I didnt really have to do anything. When we got back, we announced the groups for the project. I like my group, and its not bad. It could end up being fun. Finally, we finished with a confusing finger exercise from Mr John.
Today I didnt really have anything to do. I was done with my music assessment and the day was just the people who had not performed singing their songs. Most of the songs they sang were rather nice. Even Ryan sounded sort of cool. Other people like Rama, Jessica, Ivi etc were really good at their songs. Jessica went a bit too high though. So there I was sitting on the chair, feeling sort of bored while other people sang songs, and at times repeated them (Heal The World).
12/8/2010
Today was a rather normal day. No assessments, although we made groups for them. First, Mr Herry got angry at the people who havent done their blogs. I have so nothing to worry about for me. Then we had to go to the computer lab to make blogs. Once again I didnt really have to do anything. When we got back, we announced the groups for the project. I like my group, and its not bad. It could end up being fun. Finally, we finished with a confusing finger exercise from Mr John.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Reflection week 1-3
19/7/2010
Today was our first day of music. We didnt have music for grade 8, so it felt sort of new and unfamiliar for me at first. So i met the teachers again, like Mr Herry, Mr John, Mr Sadrakh and Mr Hari. After an introduction from Mr Herry, we got to pick our instruments. Everyone was like picking their instruments with enthusiasm (except for the people who were left with instruments they didnt want). We also learnt what we had to do for the next few days and the materials we needed to bring.
22/7/2010
Today we had an audition to get the instrument that we wanted. At first, there were a bunch of people who wanted guitar, about 10 or so. But after seeing so many people that wanted it, some understandably backed down from the challenge. I auditioned sweet child o mine, but I messed up a bit. Rama auditioned you and me, which everyone loved -_-. The reason I picked guitar over violin is sort of personal, but for this year im sticking with guitar.
26/7/2010
Today we got the planning booklet. We got several questions to test us as well, and i failed most of them. I dont really remember the music stuff I learned a few years back, which contributed to that. Plus, I didnt bring complete resources because I didnt know we had to bring them yet. On the bright side, we actually learned a song with Mr John, which was I Will Fly, a song by ten2five. It sounds nice and feels fun to play.
29/7/2010
Today, Mr Herry asked us to tell him which songs we were going to sing for our pop song assessment. Most of us had not picked our songs yet (like me), but a few people did. These people include Linden, Rama, Jessica, Nino and a few others. Some people even performed. I personally think Jessica has a nice voice. But because some people didnt want to sing, we all had to sing heal the world. Some boys had to sing it in front because they werent singing at first. Then we went to instrument class and talked about songs.
2/8/2010
Today was rehearsal day for our pop songs. I had chosen the song "A Little Too Not Over You" last thursday, but wasnt quite ready to show it because I was nervous. Unfortunately and unluckily, I had the first name. It was at moments like this where I find my name annoying. So I sang the song. It wasnt that good in my opinion, because I was really nervous, but everyone thought it was. Then came other people singing and I felt they were all better than me, but I shouldnt feel so down.
5/8/2010
So, today was the real deal. Luckily, we didnt start off right away. Ms Marie (I think thats her name) made us do vocal exercises. Most of us laughed at some parts, but on the bright side it took about 30 minutes of our time. Then it was my turn. I felt a lot more confident than the last time I did it, so it went over much much better, which was good. Then we got until Nino, but we were forced to finish up.
Today was our first day of music. We didnt have music for grade 8, so it felt sort of new and unfamiliar for me at first. So i met the teachers again, like Mr Herry, Mr John, Mr Sadrakh and Mr Hari. After an introduction from Mr Herry, we got to pick our instruments. Everyone was like picking their instruments with enthusiasm (except for the people who were left with instruments they didnt want). We also learnt what we had to do for the next few days and the materials we needed to bring.
22/7/2010
Today we had an audition to get the instrument that we wanted. At first, there were a bunch of people who wanted guitar, about 10 or so. But after seeing so many people that wanted it, some understandably backed down from the challenge. I auditioned sweet child o mine, but I messed up a bit. Rama auditioned you and me, which everyone loved -_-. The reason I picked guitar over violin is sort of personal, but for this year im sticking with guitar.
26/7/2010
Today we got the planning booklet. We got several questions to test us as well, and i failed most of them. I dont really remember the music stuff I learned a few years back, which contributed to that. Plus, I didnt bring complete resources because I didnt know we had to bring them yet. On the bright side, we actually learned a song with Mr John, which was I Will Fly, a song by ten2five. It sounds nice and feels fun to play.
29/7/2010
Today, Mr Herry asked us to tell him which songs we were going to sing for our pop song assessment. Most of us had not picked our songs yet (like me), but a few people did. These people include Linden, Rama, Jessica, Nino and a few others. Some people even performed. I personally think Jessica has a nice voice. But because some people didnt want to sing, we all had to sing heal the world. Some boys had to sing it in front because they werent singing at first. Then we went to instrument class and talked about songs.
2/8/2010
Today was rehearsal day for our pop songs. I had chosen the song "A Little Too Not Over You" last thursday, but wasnt quite ready to show it because I was nervous. Unfortunately and unluckily, I had the first name. It was at moments like this where I find my name annoying. So I sang the song. It wasnt that good in my opinion, because I was really nervous, but everyone thought it was. Then came other people singing and I felt they were all better than me, but I shouldnt feel so down.
5/8/2010
So, today was the real deal. Luckily, we didnt start off right away. Ms Marie (I think thats her name) made us do vocal exercises. Most of us laughed at some parts, but on the bright side it took about 30 minutes of our time. Then it was my turn. I felt a lot more confident than the last time I did it, so it went over much much better, which was good. Then we got until Nino, but we were forced to finish up.
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