First Week of May

3 May 2011

First of all, Mr. Herry check once again who have submit the hard copy for the jingle that we have been printed using the finale. Then Mr. Herry check the soft copy and re-check it again who do we haven’t write the feedback for their creation of the jingle. And then there’s only one student that we haven’t give the feedback that is Marcus. I think Marcus jingle creation is suppose to be about candy as his theme but then the song is sad so it will be better if he can change it and make it more like a happy song. After that, Mr. Herry give us tips on how to make a good jingle and that is by using the AA’BA’ pattern and then add it with the chords. It is fine to make a simple one rather than a complicated song but then the result is not good. Overall, Mr. Herry give us the feedback that better we start to do it with the simple one for example the introduction song of I’m Yours – Jason Mraz. And Mr. Herry said that Yovita’s jingle is one of the good jingles. Then Mr. Herry check do we bring our assessment schedule and he also continue to check with our resources that we should bring to the class. After that, Mr. Herry tell us that for the second time singing assessment, we should do more practice to make it better. In the next week Tuesday, we have to submit the final finale jingle and do the rehearsal of the jazz group performance and then on the next Thursday, for the one who want to re-do the singing assessment that’s the time. However, there’s one duet partner who haven’t do the first singing assessment that is Dwi and Wahyu. They sing Heal The World – Michael Jackson. At first, we can’t hear their voice and then Mr. Herry ask them to re-sing it again and this time is better. They sing loud enough and they are more confident to sing. And at last, we can practice for the jazz group performance. At this time, my group practice to play Fly Me To The Moon song. After practicing for around three times, then it’s time for us to have our recess time.

5 May 2011

First of all, Mr. Herry ask Jeffrey Koby to check our uniform and he ask for the result of it but then Mr. Herry ask us to stand up again to re-check our uniform and make sure that our shirt are tuck in. And then, Mr. Herry remind us that we shouldn’t be lazy to upload the video on blog because actually we can do it, the only thing that we need is patience while uploading the video. After that, Mr. Herry show us videos from the youtube for examples of the different kind of music group performance/orchestra. The first video that Mr. Herry show to us is Final Countdown with the extreme expression of the music player, the second video is Guiliani Concerto 1, classical song where the one of the player is 13 years old boy. The third video is Carmen Fantasy for flute and orchestra where one of the players is 7 years old girl. And then the fourth video is Everything – Michael Buble, from this video we can learn that we need to make the performance interesting for people to look at it. Another video from Michael Buble that is Haven’t Met You Yet and from this video, we learn that it will be better if it have an attractive intro of the song. And then, we listen to our friends jingle creation that hasn’t been played in the class. The first is Brian’s jingle, but then it’s not the file for jingle so we cancel it. Move on to Emily’s jingle where the theme of the song is about pre-school. It’s a good jingle although she has a lot of notes but then it sounds good, however it will be better if it can be more like a happy song. Mr. Herry said that after lunch, we would have the rehearsal for the jazz group performance but before the rehearsal, we can have a practice for about 10 minutes. However, we practice for 20 minutes. The first group is Ann, Indi, Brian, Dwi, Saskia, Tiara play I Got Rhythm song with the supervisor of Mr. Sadrakh. Overall the feedback for this group is they didn’t start at the same time, too slow for the tempo, they discuss the starting on the stage and they still need a lot of practice together. Moving on to the second group that is Koby, Raymond, Harsya, Ais, Juan, Yovita, Emily play Summertime with the supervisor of Mr. John. The overall feedback for this group is they have a good arrangement, balances of the intro-song-improvisation-closing, need more microphones for the piano, guitar should be careful with the tempo and Mr. Herry said that Koby is a good team player. They can improve their performance by being more relaxed to make it enjoyable and they have a better performance comparing to the other days before. The last is my group. The feedback for my group is we still need more practice together, piano still need to make a variation to make it not boring, the violin need to be more tune. However the guitar have a good solo performance and it have the accompaniment using another guitar. And at last, we can go home.

This is the ninth video that I have recorded while I’m playing the piano in term 4. In this video, I’m practicing to play the chords of Fly Me To The Moon. I played from the intro part then continue with the rest of the song. This time I’ve tried to remember the song and I think I still make mistakes. Stuck a little bit in the middle because I forgot what is the next chord. However, I should do better in the next video.

This is the tenth video that I have recorded while I’m playing the piano in term 4. In this video, I’m practicing to play the chords of Fly Me To The Moon again. At first, I’m sure that I remember the chords but then when I record this video, I think I forgot one of the next chords after the other. So in this video, I make mistakes again. But I think this video is better because in the end of the song I didn’t make mistake. And my group still needs to practice together for this performance of Fly Me To The Moon song.