November Reflections

1st Nov 2011
Today, I made the final song 8 bar composition. I copied it from my book so that it will become the final draft for my composition. I also have to start about the lyrics for the song, because I need to add to it soon. The song is called the Violin Melody because that's where I play it.


2 Nov 2011
Today was the singing Indonesian Patriotic Song assessment. I sang Indonesia Pusaka with my partner Dio. I think I sang the first low pitches good because I can reach the notes however when it reaches the high parts, I still needed to practice on the singing. Overall, I think I could use more practice but I did well.


8 Nov 2011
Today, we made the reflection for Indonesia Pusaka song. It included what we thought we did great, what needs to be improve and what I liked about the performance. I also tried to give a shot at the lyrics and make the first few bars, adding them with simple lyrics that I think will match with the song.


9 Nov 2011
Today we learn about Major and minor scales. It was confusing at first but after Mr Herry teach us again, I finally understood. There is also relative minor and circle of five, which determines the pattern of the minor. We also learn about positiongning of sharps and flats on the scales.


15 Nov 2011
I made the chord song using the keys C, G, Am and F. We also saw a youtube video of a band called Axis of Awesome who covers pop hits using only the four chords. It made me realize that making music wasn't as hard as I thought and I can probably improve my own composition using these 4 scales.


16 Nov 2011
Today we did another revision of the chord progression. We were taught again about the chord song and made final edits to it. In addition to that, I saw some of my friends do their rehearsal performance from each instrument class in the front.


22 Nov 2011
We moved to the instrument faster because we still need to perfect our composition and the assessments are getting close. We still saw around 2 people perform for their own composition in front of the class. At instrument class, I practiced my composition to make sure it is perfect.


23 Nov 2011
Today, it was my turn to do the performance of my composition in front of the whole class. According to me, I still need a lot of improving because my composition sounded very bad to the class. I was also nervous, which made me even more confused about performing in front of people. I have to practice performing to people if I want a good grade.


29 Nov 2011
Today I saw the woodwind class perform their composition. We were also given the MDW booklet and we have to submit it by tommorow. Mr Herry also taught us what the next topic is, which is how music affects our lives. I will need to practice my composition tommorow so I can do good during the exam week.