Term 2 - Week 3 Practice Video 1

In this video, I practiced playing my composition. I don't think I did very well because my assessment is going to be soon and I can't make mistakes in the assessment, so I have to practice a lot.

Term 2 - Week 2 Practice Video 2

In this video, I attempted to play Bourree by Johann Sebastian Bach with both parts played together because that's what I learned this week. From this video, I definitely need a lot of practice because I need to be more fluent in this, since this is just the first part.

Term 2 - Week 2 Practice Video 1

In this video, I played Bourree by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are two parts, so I played both of them separately. I think I definitely did a better job than my previous video because I did less mistakes in this video. I have decided to play this separately because I think this is an easier way for me to learn how to combine the two parts and play them together.

6 - 8 November 2012

THEORY

For this week, all we did was practice and rehearse for the singing assessment we were going to have. I was sick the entire week: I had a sore throat, I had a runny nose, and I had a really bad cough. It was the worst timing to be sick, so Mr. John let me postpone my assessment to Thursday, 8 November 2012. On Tuesday, 6 November 2012, I had my first rehearsal for the singing assessment. I don't think I did a very good job because I couldn't reach 25% of the notes of my song, "I Can Hear The Bells" from Hairspray, because they key kept getting higher and higher, but that's how the song goes, so I couldn't change that. On Wednesday, 7 November 2012, I didn't do a rehearsal because my throat was very sore and my voice sounded horrible, so I tried to do a vocal rest, which didn't work because I still talked a lot. On Thursday, 8 November 2012, I felt my condition getting better, so I have decided to do the singing assessment today instead of postponing it again to next Tuesday. I think I didn't do very well in this singing assessment because I was scared my voice would break and I couldn't reach the notes, so I panicked and I forgot one or two lines of the song, but other than that, I think I was okay.

INSTRUMENT

In instrument class, we continued to play Bourree by Johann Sebastian Bach, but this time we tried to combine the two players' parts. I thought that was quite hard because the melody is different for both players, so I thought it was difficult to combine the two.

Term 2 - Week 1 Practice Video 2

In this video, I practiced all the ways that Mr. Herry taught us in the ensemble. There are three ways of playing it and I played them all in this video. I didn't think it was that difficult, I thought it was pretty cool and interesting, especially combined with the other musical instruments.

Term 2 - Week 1 Practice Video 1

In this video, I played the first part of 'Bourree' by Johann Sebastian Bach. There are actually two players for this song, but Mr. John combines it when he plays it, so I'm trying to do the same. But in this video, I played the part of two players separately because I didn't know how to combine as I already had a difficult time playing each player's part.

30 - 31 October, 1 November 2012

THEORY

This week is the first week of Term 2. Since Mr. John was absent on Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr. Herry substituted for him. He taught us a new lesson. In our upcoming assessment, there's going to be one where we have to compose a Rondo, also known as the pattern ABACA. It was kind of difficult for me at first because I couldn't come up with any notes that connect, but in the end, I finished everything from A to C. In the real assessment, we have to put it in the Finale software.
Our first assessment of this term is to sing a song from a musical. Mr. Herry said that we could go solo or we could have a partner, but I chose solo. I chose 'I Can Hear The Bells' from Hairspray, sung by the character Tracy Turnblad. I chose that song because I've always loved it and it's not that hard to sing, so I hope I won't have a hard time performing it in front of class.

INSTRUMENT

For the first day of music class in Term 2, we didn't do anything productive. On the second day, we learned how to play a melody/harmony with the whole class, which means all different musical instruments. I thought it was really cool how Mr. Herry could combine all the voices of our instruments and made it sound very interesting. I loved that. On the third day, me and Darren got the sheet of 'Bourree' by Johann Sebastian Bach from Mr. John. It's a really hard song to play, as I only know how to play both parts separately. I think it's really cool how Mr. John was able to play that song with ease.