Grade 10 Music Reflection week 8

Week 8
28 May and 30 May 2012
How did my Jazz ensemble assessment go?
This week is the last week for music class and the last assessment that we must do is the Jazz ensemble. I really worked hard in this Jazz ensemble because I want to give my best for the last music class. I think I did a very good job in playing the violin and I think I didn't really make mistakes. However, the sound of the piano is very loud so the guitar sound can't really be hears. But overall, all the teachers said that our performance is good and we also get a good score. There's no instrument call on Wednesday as it is used for the assessment. On Monday, we did have the last practice before the assessment. We have some problem cause we haven't made the intro and the improvisation. However, we managed to work together to do that and we finally got it. I am really thankful to Mr.Sadrakh as he helped us a lot.

Grade 10 Video Practice week 7

Week 7


Practice 13

This is my practice with my team members. One of my team members couldn't join the practice with us. I can see that I play kind of late in the beginning and I made some mistakes too. But, overall, I think it's okay. The piano sound is kind of loud, so, in the second practice of this week, the sound of the piano will be lower.














Practice 14

This is my second practice with my team members. I think, I improve in this second practice and I play it beautifully. I also memorize all the notes. I just did one mistakes in playing the f# notes. I'm going to practice more at home so that I can play it beautifully and correctly in the assessment.

Grade 10 Music Reflection week 7

Week 7 
21 May and 23 May 2012
What do I think about my jingle?
We were given the jingle music assessment. In this assessment, we were supposed to create a video and jingle composition with the theme "beautiful Indonesia" in 2 weeks. My partner is Yoshiko and we split up the work as I will do most of the music composition and she will make the video and we finalized the work together. I think my composition is good and nice to hear. The video is also good. The song and the video match to each other. I am really happy and satisfied. Our assessment for the Jazz ensemble is next week, so, Mr.Herry gave us time to rehearse in class this week. I was absent on Monday, and finally, I meet my groups at Wednesday. I am really happy as I can directly play a good performance together with my team members. Our supervisor is Mr.Sadrakh and he gave us a lot of useful advice. I think my group did a good job in this rehearsal.

Grade 10 Music term 4 Video practice week 5 & 6

Week 5


Practice 9

I did the other parts of the autumn leaves song in this practice. At first, I made some mistakes in playing the notes. But, as it is going, it’s getting better. I think, it’s okay for me to practice the whole song in the next video practice.

Practice 10

I think I did some improvements on playing the whole song. But, I made some mistakes at the last part. I think, I just need more practice so that I can play it correctly and beautifully.

Week 6

Practice 11

I was told by one of my friends that I am her team members in the Jazz ensemble and we are going to play a song titled “smile”. I was not able to come on week 6 as I have some problems. However, I manage to practice this song. I think I made a good start as I can already remember the song and I think I play it beautifully even though I still made some mistakes. I’m going to practice more in playing this song.

Practice 12

In this practice, I play my part only, not the whole song. In my group Jazz ensemble, we divide our own part and make some improvisation in playing the song. In this video, I just play the first part of the song.  I think I did well in this practice. I’m going to practice the second part in the next video.

Reflection term 4 week 5 and 6

Week 5

7 May and 9 May 2012

How did my singing assessment go?

On Monday, my class had the group singing assessment on a jazz song titles "Close to You". This song was originally sung by carpenters. Mr.Herry gave us one week to prepare with our group to practice. My teammates are Yoshiko and Derrick. After we were divided into groups, we started to practice and we had so much help from our instrument teacher, Mr.Sadrakh. He helped us to divide our voices and make some harmonization to the song. He also accompanied us by playing the organ. I think my group did a really good job in the assessment. We were all able to sing it well, remember our parts and memorize the song. I think, we could have done it better if we have more practice. This week, we only had one music instrument class because  the class on Monday was used for our group singing assessment. On Wednesday, we start to practice playing the autumn leaves again. I think we did some improvements as we have been practicing this song for quite a long time. We decided to practice together as we wanted to prepare for our Jazz ensemble assessment that is going to come in this near time.


Week 6

14 May and 16 May 2012

How is my progress in the Jazz ensemble?

I was absent this week, so, I haven't practice the Jazz ensemble with my friends. However, one of my friend told me the song that we are going to play which is "smile". If I have time, I am going to record the video practice of this song.