Tuesday, May 18, 2010

5/5
Today we were given a hand out about Asian music, the Asian countries that were chosen were Japan, Korea, China and India. After we got that hand out we were given a schedule of when our next assessments are, next week we will have a written test about Asian music, chords, intervals and transposition.

10/5
Today we started the class with a pre-test, we did the pre-test for about ten minutes, after that we did the actual test, the didn't do the Asian music section because the questions were unrelated with the hand out that we received.

12/5
Today we did the Asian music section of the written test that was on Monday, after we were given a hand out with information about Chinese music and its instruments we read it for about ten minutes then did the questions which were only five questions.
28/4
Today in class, we started by doing the daily homework check, I got a nine on my homework, after the daily homework check we had a short quiz, I got 5/11 as my result, that is definitely not my best, which mean I need to study more and next time I will get a higher score.

3/5
Today we had the group composition. The order was numerical which means it started with group 1 to 5. Our group was the last group so we had some time to practice as a group but that wasn't enough time. Mr. Sadrakh let us redo the group composition later on.
21/4
Today in class, we learned more about major and minor, in general. We also learned more about the chords and the intervals. Soon after that we learned the the chords of the G major scale, after we learned it we practiced a bit on it.

26/4
In theory class, we started the lesson off by checking and reviewing the homework, soon we went on to do the chords and then after I was tested to find the 3rd chord in the 3rd sharp scale also known as the A major scale.
14/4
Today we learned about the chords. I think I have the hang of chords after the explanation, I have a grasp on the topic at least. After the first few minutes of learning the basics of chords we learned about putting the sharp and flat symbols on the chord making it a major or minor chord.

19/4
Today we started the class with questions of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sharp scales also known as G major scale, D major scale, A major scale and E major scale. Then we discussed the Natural scale and its components as well as intervals. Then we checked the homework given from last time and then did a review of chords.
5/4
Today is the first day of Music after a 2 week-long holiday. We started the class with Mr. Sadrakh greeting us for our last term as Grade 7, he then explained about our assessment an organized the group supervisors. The supervisor for our group was Mr. Sadrakh, after the first session we went with our supervisor and started to learn the song that Inca made.

7/4
Today we reviewed Transposition. Transposition is when you change one scale to another, like when we change C major scale into a G major scale. After that revision we got into our groups and went with our supervisor to practice the song
15/3
Today we did our assessment. When it was my turn I played the 32 bars composition. The order of the assessment was piano-guitar-violin and finally woodwind. When I played I was quite confident, I think I did well on my assessment.

17/3
Today we were put into our groups for the next assessment in term 4. I was grouped with Inca, Dita, and Kohei, we were told what we were going to do for term 4. We were going to play the composition that Inca made.