May 2012

Week 4
Subject/Topic: Notation Review
Reflection Question: How does business and industry affect music-makers and users?


                    People buy cd albums from the shop that sold it, not from the manufacturer. so, actually the manufacturer is doing business with the shop that sold the cs. the business will affect music makers by giving the benefits from both manufacturer andshop. Moreover, music is also being used in either tv or radio advertisement, called jingle.This brings advantages to the music makers since they got paid for creating this music for a particular product. 
                     For instrument class, we are divided according to our group. We started to practice singing for our group assessment next week, which is singing 'Close to You' in a group. We prepared by asking some guides from our vocal teacher, Mr.Hary. He actually accompanied us and sing with us together. Then, he taught us how to do 2nd voice, et. The time ended so fast so we had to keep on practicing by ourself.


Week 5
Subject/Topic: Group Singing Assessment
Reflection Question: How did your singing assessment go?


                       We have finally done with our singing assessment. I think we did not do it pretty well. Our group members come from different classes and one of our friends was absent twice so we faced this obstacle to practice together. We were not prepared well so we could not actually figure out the different voices. but I think we were confident enough and we tried our best. My part was to sing the original one with Shafiera. We did our part pretty well. but the second, third and forth voice was not pretty good because we lack of practice. We were tried our best though to get a good result.


Week 6
Subject/Topic: Jazz Ensemble
Reflection Question: How is my progress in the jazz ensemble?
                       
                          For music lesson this week, we are divided into 4 groups to form a group of jazz ensemble. My group consists of 6 person, 2 students who play piano and flute and each player for the instrument violin and guitar. We got to decided what song that we want to perform for the assessment later. We have reached and agreed a decision to play a song called 'Don't Know Why' because according to my group mates, the melody of the song is nice and it is easy to play while actually I have never heard of the song. Since there are 2 piano players, we divided the job and I need to play the chords only while my partner play the melody of the song. I listened to the song and I actually improved on the second day.
                             In theory class, we completely wasted the time to practice with our jazz ensemble group. We decided to choose our teacher to guide us and we chose Mr.Hery. So at first, we were told which part to play and practice it one by one. Then, after a while, we tried to play it together. On the first day, I could not play it fluently but on the second day, I have improved because I have been practicing at home. We are also told about the assessment about jingle music, which is due next week. So, I better finish it fast. 

Week 7
Subject/Topic: Jingle Music Submission

Reflection Question: What do you think of your jingle music?

                       

                          I think my jingle music that I made with my partner is really interesting. This was the first time we have ever made a jingle and it was different since we had to use 3 instruments for minimum, which makes it more challanging. It actually sounds nice and interesting because it sounds like a traditional music which gives extra credit for us. We used theory session to practice with our jazz ensemble. Today, we have done the whole song but we still could not play it with he same rhythm. So, we have to practice more to play our song as a group.