Singing + 7th Chord Practice

Here I am practicing the 7th chords that were taught in the first few lessons of Music Class this term. For the practice, I used the song I Will Fly by Ten2Five because it contains many 7th chords, including CM7, Em7, Dm7 and GM7 (I think)

Here I practiced the song I used for my singing assessment, which was Good Life by OneRepublic. This version was shortened to only include the first verse and the chorus. I think I did ok, although I did lose breath a couple of times.

This is the improved version of Start. I played better on this version then the previous one, especially the part before the refrain. I still have to remember the song more and improve my fingering skills in the long run.

Other Practices

Here I am attempting to play the intro of the Tenacious D song called "The Metal". Its a challenging song to play and I can't really get all the notes right in one go. However, it is a good song for practicing hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Here I am practicing the Depapepe song called Start. Its usually played with two guitars, but I just played it with on

Here is a really simple intro of the song called Saltwater Room. At this point I have no idea waht else I can practice as instrument class is usually about the classical songs. As I already played all the classical songs I can play, I am just playing pop songs now.

e. Here was me when I still couldnt really play the song that well, so a lot of parts sound off or wrong.

Classical Practice

This video shows me practicing the andantino classical song. Its a very simple song so I was able to play it with only little difficulties. I think that I might be able to play it more fluently if I practice though.

This was my practice of the first part of Romance dell Amor. I think I improved a lot since gradde 9, and I can play most parts rather quickly now. I still have some problems when I am nervous, such as for the latter parts though.

Now this is the second part of Romance Dell Amor. Unlike the 1st part, I can barely play this portion, and I really have to practice more. I stopped a lot in playing this, at it took a while for me to remember the placing of the fingers.

Here I am practicing a part of the song Canon. I am only playing the melody here without the bass line, as I don't really know it. Here I play with all 4 fingers, and I am playing rather fluently.

Week 11

11/10/11
Today I didn't do much as I only got my composition checked by Sir Herry, and judging by his singing it was a pretty good melody. He proposed some minor adjustments to make the song sound better. We also looked at several people's blogs. Most were more complete than mine, and included videos whereas mine did not. This means that I have to start uploading videos.

12/10/11
Today we watched people rehearse their compositions. Before that, we watched a really cool improvisation song by Adam Reikhan and Dhanes. Most of the compositions were good, and Jesslyn's one felt like a real song. I have to start practicing my composition and finalizing it.

Week 9-10

27/9/11
Today everyone had to rehearse. When I rehearsed, I sort of sucked as usual. I really have to improve before tomorrow, as it will be very difficult other wise. Watching everyone's rehearsal was interesting though, as I got to see everyone's progress and their weak points as well.

28/9/11
Today I finally did my classical assessment. Luckily I was able to remember all the parts of my song, including the 2nd part which I have just learned this morning from Ditho. Despite this, I played rather slowly, and it was very choppy. I have to improve my picking for further performances. However, I am honestly rather satisfied with my admittedly lackluster performance.

4/10/11
Today we did not do much except for make a song melody. It was sort of familiar as I had to do it in previous grades, namely grade 7 and grade 9. We also watched the saxophone players play their songs, and their songs were nice. Most of the songs played was Amazing Grace though. It was also really cool to see Callista, Michelle, Ivi and Nico's compositions come together.

5/10/11
Today I only wrote my 16-bar music composition. Honestly I finished my work yesterday so I didn't need to do much today. I only had to change the last bar to make it sound on a better note (literally). We also had some entertainment (not in the wrong way) in the form of Jesslyn and Cindy getting called to the front and singing Happy Birthday. I'll refine my compostition with the AA'BA' format later.