16 - 18 October 2012

THEORY

This is the last week of music for Term 1. On Tuesday, students from guitar, piano, and some students from strings class performed in front for the assessment. Mr. John decoded that all students from guitar class should redo the assessment on the next day (Wednesday) because he knew we could do better, so we did the assessment on Wednesday. Also on Tuesday, I played "La Grima", but on Wednesday I have decided to switch to "Sons de Carilhoes" because Mr. John and the majority of the students in music class recommended it.

INSTRUMENT

We didn't do anything since it's the last week.

9 - 11 October 2012

THEORY

For this week all we did in theory class was practice what we're going to play for the assessment and revised on some notations. The revision wasn't that difficult, but I was still unsure of my choice of a Romantic Era song. It was either La Grima or Sons de Carilhoes.

INSTRUMENT

In instrument class all we did was practice on out Romantic Era song. I think I've improved in both songs from a few weeks ago.

Week 6 Practice Video 2

In this video, I practiced Andantino again. I still can't perfect it, but with practice I can do better. I made some mistakes, but I think it was better than before. I think I have to practice more on the parts where I make the same mistake with the previous videos.

Week 6 Practice Video 1

In this video, I practiced the whole song of Romance de Amour. I have made some mistakes, but I think I did quite well, I definitely made less mistakes than I did a week ago, so I'm content about this.

Week 5 Practice Video 2

In this video, I played the second part of Romance de Amour. It was difficult for me because I have never learned it before and I made a lot of mistakes, but I really like this song and I try to practice it every day.

Week 10 Practice Video 1

In the video, I played both parts of Sons de Carilhoes. It is still quite hard for me, even if I practice hard already. I really like this song, and I'm hoping I could play it better at the day of the assessment.

Week 3 Practice Video 1

In this video, I played the two scales that I learned: G major scale and E minor scale. It was not hard for me because I have learned this before.

Week 5 Practice Video 1

I played 'Andatino' in this video. It's a very short song, it just sounds long because of the repetitions. It wasn't that hard. Mr. John gave us a music sheet and a tab to read this and play it on the guitar.

Week 10 Practice Video 2

In this video I played La Grima, also known as Tears. This was my second choice of a Romantic Era song. Even if I played this song longer than I played Sons de Carilhoes, I don't think I'm very good at this. I'm not fluent at all with this song. But it's a really great song.

Week 3 Practice Video 2

In this video I played the first part of Romance de Amour. It was not that hard for me (even if I made quite a few mistakes) because I've learned it before.

Week 2 Practice Video 1

In this video I played the A minor pentatonic scale and I also did some finger exercises that Mr. Yoga taught me. The finger exercise was quite hard because I couldn't concentrate, but the A minor pentatonic scale was not that bad.

Week 9 Practice Video 2

This is me playing the second part of "Sons de Carilhoes". This is harder than the first part of the song because this has much more complications, where I have to move, from example from fret 12 to fret 3 so that's kinda difficult, but with practice, I'll get better.

Week 9 Practice Video 1

This is me playing the first part of "Sons de Carilhoes", also known as "Sounds of Bells" which is usually played in weddings. This was my first choice of a Romantic Era song to perform. I think I did quite well in this practice video because I only had a few mistakes, not a lot and that's a big improvement.

2 - 4 October 2012

THEORY

For this week, we watched the members of the strings instrument class perform their choice of a Romantic Era song. I think all of them did a great job I really like the songs they chose. Mr. John also gave us a worksheet with scales and inversions that we have to fill in. I worked with Eun Joo and Pinka. Before this worksheet, we first learned about ledger lines and what it was. This lesson wasn't that difficult, but when we got our worksheet back, we got some mistakes. We had to use the ledger lines, but we didn't. That's why Mr. John taught us about the ledger line.

INSTRUMENT

In instrument class I practiced the Romantic Era song, "Sons de Carilhoes". I had another choice of song, which was called "La Grima" which means "Tears". So I practiced that too. I'm still not sure which song I should pick yet.

25 - 27 September 2012

THEORY

For this week, we rehearsed and/or practiced our performances of a song from the Romantic Era. Matthew S. played Romance de Amour with a little twist of his own, Darren played Fur Elise, but it wasn't quite finished yet, Matthew W. played a sad song, I think it was called Prelude, on the piano. That song was very depressing to me. Pinka played a happier song on the piano. The members of the strings planned to perform on Thursday, but we learned more about intervals instead of that. The intervals were quite confusing at first, but as I went on, it has gotten easier.

INSTRUMENT

In instrument class we practiced our choices of a Romantic Era song.

18 & 19 September 2012

THEORY

For both days, all we did was review on the quiz. Mr. John called the people who did a particular mistake and he's asked them to correct it on the board. He didn't tell us our score, though. Thursday, 19 September 2012 was a public holiday because it was election for the governor day.

INSTRUMENT

In music instrument class all we did was jam out.