31 July 2009 Friday

Today was the first time we learned about notes in theory session with Mr. Herry. We learned about triads. I have already learned this in the past, but i still listened to the explanation and i paid attention and copied the things on the board to my notebook.

In the instrument class, we played a few songs. I wanted to try the song that andrew played for his audition. So we learned that song and andrew taught me how to play the song. Music class was pretty fun today. For next week i have to practice the guitar and i will do the homework from the theory session. I will do my best.

28 July 2009 Tuesday

This is the third week for music class. Today was the first instrument class session, i was very happy and excited to enter my instrument class. It turns out that there are more than 7 students in my instrument class, i am very excited, the more people, the more exciting. The people in the guitar class are me, andrew budi, bayu, kevin himawan, mark, emir, aryo, and jayne. In the instrument class, we started playing the guitar and Mr. John played songs for us.

In the theory session, we were given lyrics to the song 'Heal the World' by Michael Jackson. We are paying a tribute to the dead king of pop by singing one of his most famous hit singles. Mr. Hery played the piano and we sang the first verse and the chorus.

I think i will improve my guitar skills and also memorize heal the world so that i can be prepared for the next session to come.

24 July 2009 Friday

Today was the audition for the guitar class. I played the song 'Blackbird' by The Beatles. I think i did pretty well considering the fact that we were only given 3 days to prepare. Some other people played interesting songs too such as 'La Grima' and also a pop song.

I think i need to improve on my performing skills, because during the performance, i was quite nervous and it quite lowered my performance. Mr. John picked 7 people in the end, and i was one of them. I am so happy to qualify for guitar class, i think it would be a fun class and i hope i get new challenges.

Next week we are going to start the instrument class and i hope it would be a fun one for all of us.

21 July Tuesday 2009

Today is the first music class after the holiday and since music classes stopped since semester 1 in year 9. I am very happy to be back in the classroom and i am excited to learn music again.

Today we had an introduction to the class since there are new students to the school. Mr

Herry and Mr. John explained to us what are we going to learn this term in music class. After that we picked our instruments to play. There was guitar, strings, piano, and a new addition, woodwinds. People were very excited of the newly added instrument class and i think there are many who wants to try new things, but I chose guitar. It turns out that the guitar class is quite full and an audition is going to be held next week for students who chose guitar as an instrument. I have to prepare one classical piece and Mr. John will pick 7 students to be in the guitar class.

I think today was a good start and i hope next week i can perform well in front of the class. I will prepare and do my best.