Minggu, 28 November 2010

This is me practicing my song composition. This will be my last video practice before my practical assessment. At this point in time, I try to memorize my song already to prepare for my assessment. I still put the script, though just in case I forgot. However, i still make some mistakes because i was trying to memorize the song. So, i really need to practice harder in memorizing and playing it well before my exam so that I could get a better score.

This is my practice video. I was practicing my song composition. i think at this time I play it quite well already.i am also calm and the tempo is well. All i need to do is to practice it without the script and memorize it for next time.

Reflection No.35

Friday 26 November 2010

-Today we observed our friends playing from the video that Mr Herry have recorded from last session. I think Adrian could improve by practicing more for the beginning part and I like his song. I think Imez did a very good job and I really love her song. Jennie has a simple song and it is also good and she also play good as well. Tiffany has a very good song however she maybe needs more practice. Reynaldi played violing and I think he need more prcatice however his song is good. Daniel played saxophone and his song was actually good but he maybe need more practice. Pandu played guitar and he played it really well and the song was really good. Gregorius played his song really good and the song was simple and good as well. Ardhito played guitar as well. His song was simple and he played it good as well without no mistakes. As for me, I think I was nervous that is why i played it very fast. I should be more calm for next time.

Reflection No.34

Tuesday 23 November 2010

-Today for the first fifteen minutes we were told to practice again for our song in our respectives instrument class. Then we gathered again to have a rehearsal again but this time Mr Herry recorded us into videos while we were playing. I think at this time I was playing qutie well however I think the tempo is quite too fast this is maybe caused by my nervousness. So, i really should work on that part for the next practice. I should be more calm.

Minggu, 21 November 2010

This is my practice video of me. I think by this time I was already quite fluent in playing my own song composition. I just made a slightly few mistakes on the left hand. I think what i need to do for the next video practice is to try to memorize my song because I think it will be better if i am able to memorize my song.

This is the video of me practicing. I was practicing the song which include the intro. However, i think at this time I was not fluent yet. I really think that i definitely will need more practice on this song because I dont want to be bad at my practical assessment and i only have 1 week left. So, for next time I really need harder practice on this.

Reflection No.33

Friday 19 November 2010

-Today we got the time to practice first for a while and then we listened again to our friends rehearsing. I think Adrian's song is really good and I also like the song and the way he play it is also already good but he can improve a little more. While annissa's song is very playful however i think she needs more practice. Jennie's song is also good and she play it very fluently. Imez's song is very good as well. Her song is like remembering good old times memories and she play it good as well. Tiffany's song is also good as well. It is very well-composed. As for me, I don't really like my song. I think it is way to simple compared to other friends. However, i feel that i play it quite fluent already. I think what I need to do for next meeting is try to memorize the song.

Reflection No.32

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

-Today for the first session Mr Herry allow us to use this time to practice on our own song in our respective instrument class. Mr Herry also gave us all the hardcopy booklet containing our instrument classmates' composition. During this time, Mr Herry help us and teach us about how to play our intro of our song then we just need to practice all again and I think I am already quite fluent and I am very happy. After that we all gathered again to hear and just listen to our friends playing their song with their instrument because the piano students have already played our song last meeting. So, for next meeting I just need to practice my song again and be more fluent from playing all from the intro until the end of the song.

Sabtu, 13 November 2010

This is the video of me practicing at home. I think this time I am quite better after the first practice. I think I have less problem on the left hand by this time. However, for me i think it is still not that fluent yet so I better need to try harder on my next practice.

This is the video of me practicing my song for the first time at home. I think I am not fluent yet with my own song. I made mistakes especially on the left hand. I should practice more on the left hand next time. However, for the right hand melody I think it is already fine by now.

Reflection No.31

Friday 12 November 2010

-Today in our theory class we edit again our finale just in case we want to make some changes because Mr Herry said the finale and the final draft on paper should be the same so I need to make changes. I think I am finally satisfied with my final one after this changes. Then we were also told to rehearse one by one our song to prepare better for our exam. I think since i never try it before on piano, I am not very fluent yet which means I need more practice if I want to get a good mark on my exam. So for next time I will be practicing my song at home.

Reflection No.30

Tuesday 9 November 2010

-Today in our theory class, we learned and get some "tips" on how to create a better song next time from Mr Herry. I think this is very helpful for me. We were also given our score on the book report from last term and I got full mark. I was very happy but I think I could do better on the way i present it next time. Mr Herry also showed us and checked as well on our finale. He said that I just need to improve on the lyrics so it would sound better for my final one. So for next session I am going to improve my song lyircs so i can get a better mark.

Minggu, 07 November 2010

This is me practicing the piano again. I was practicing on the 32 bars that I have developed. I think this time I am more fluent and make less mistake I only have the trouble with the part on the dm7 chords. I have always made my mistakes there. Other than that, I think I am quite fluent already but I still need to be better for my exam. So, I will be practicing this again for next time. Maybe for next time I will try to change the left hand variation.

Sabtu, 06 November 2010

This is the practice video of me at home. At that time, i was practicing the 32 bars composition that I have developed from the 16 bars composition. However, I changed the 16 bars composition so I also changed the 32 bars that I was playing at this time. I was happy with my song but when I played it at the piano, I don't think is quite fluent yet so, I really think that for next time, I need to practice more especially on the left hand parts.

Reflection No.29

Friday, 5 November 2010

-Today is holiday so we don't have any classes including music class because the teachers have workshop. So, the finale homework will be submitted via email.

Reflection No.28

Tuesday 2 November 2010

-Today we put our final song composition consisting of 32 bars into the final copy that will be submitted to Mr Herry. We also started to put the lyrics of the song. It was actually quite hard for me to put the lyrics because you need to find the perfect word that will fit in with your melody. However, I was able to come up with the lyrics and my song will be about me dear mother. Then, Mr Herry also show us our previous 16 bar composition. However, I changed my entire melody so for next time I need to submit the new 16 bars melody including the 32 bars composition.