Term 3 Music Reflection

January 12, 2009
We did not really study today since 9A and 9B were combined in the music class. We are suppose to make a final decision wether we are joining either music or drama class. A lot people picked drama since they say that drama is a lot more interesting, but i picked music since I am no good in drama. After we were divided into drama and music, we have to pick the instrument class we are joining in Music. There are 4 options, which are guitar, piano, vocal and violin. First, all of us had to repeat by singing the rhythm that was played in the piano by the teacher. The result will determine which class we best belong to. I joined piano since i had most skill in playing piano compared to other instrument. There are some conflicts for those who picked guitar since there are too many people. So it was decided by the music department that the less talented ones will be forced to join violin. Some of my classmates were disappointed by that decision but i was satisfied enough since i got into the instrument class i want most.

January 13, 2009
Today, we reviewed which instruments we wanted and will join. After some discussion between the teachers of the music department, they students that were forced to join Violin can changed to guitar. We did not learn much today in music class. We learnt some musical theories but not much. I feel that today is pretty much fine.

January 19, 2009
Today, Mr. Herry was not there to teach us in the practical class since he had a meeting to be attended. Ms. Melvina substituted him since we have to be supervised. She asked us what we had learnt but we had learnt nothing since it was the first day of practical class. She decided that we should play the major scaled. I feel pretty excited today for trying to remember the major scales since i had forgotten some of them.

January 20, 2009
Goal: To be a better listener
Reflection: Today in music pratical class, we learnt about scales. Specifically, the major scales. I played G, D, E, F, and A scales. My task for next class, is to learn B scale at home and to revise the scales i played in class today. I feel pretty bored since i had learnt it since i was a child but i realize it will be helpful to make me remember of my past lessons that i had not reviewed for years.


February 09, 2009
Today, i played G, D, E, and F scales. I did not make any progress in scales today since i made some careless mistakes. We also have to pick one classical song to be played during the assessment. I picked Fur Elise as the song that i will play during the assessment.

February 10, 2009
Today, we're reviewing on what we had learnt during music classes. We were suppose to say our personal review. I did not got a chance to say in out loud in front of my classmates since there's no enough time.

February 16, 2009
Today, we presented our group project in which we have to make a powerpoint presentation about classical and popular song. It was never easy to equally collaborate in presenting the presentation but we were able to manage to collaborate equally. I feel satisfied about this since i believe that i had performed my best.

February 17, 2009

Today, we were writing 5 questions because it is compulsory. The questions that we have to write have to be about classical and popular music. We were suppose to write the answer of the questions. I found it pretty easy since i've learnt about classical music and popular music from our last presentations.

February 23, 2009
Today, we are all suppose to play our selection song for our exam. As i had said before, i picked fur elise. I played the first part of the song pretty well. Next week, i am suppose to play the rest of the song which means i have to make more progress.

February 24, 2009
Today, I played a classical song Arabesque. I changed my song selection from Fur Elise to Arabesque since i think that Fur Elise is too long. The first time i try to play Arabesque, it was pretty hard since there's stacato all along the song and i have to play it pretty fast but as i practiced again and again, i began to play the song better that the first time i did try.


Whole term 3 reflection- March 30, 2009

Term 3 in grade 9 is the beginning of music class. During this term, our topic is about popular and classical music. I have to admit that there are a lot of different things that i found interesting about the topic. In order to know our knowledge and understanding about our topic of the semester, there are several tasks and test assigned by our teachers for us to do. The tasks such as oral presentation which was a group work, individual report and also a written test that we did during the term. Since i always listened to my teacher in class, i did not faced any difficulties to do all the tasks assigned. In this term, we also to prepare a classical song which we had to play according to our musical instruments and 2 songs which consist of Indonesia Pusaka and You've got a friend to be performed in front of the class. So far, we had not performed but i think that we had prepared enough. I practiced the classical song in Piano with my Piano teacher, Mr. Herry. I picked Arabesque as the classical song that i will perform later on during the performance. At first, it was hard to play the song fluently but as my teacher guide me through and as i practiced routinely, i began to play the song better and better each day. I also learnt some scales and chords which i also practiced in piano during my free time. At the beginning of the term, i forget scaled in Piano since i had not been playing piano for years but as i practice piano frequently, i began to remember my past lessons. This term is satisfying for me.


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