Term 2 Week 1: Oct 29th - Nov 2nd 2012

Topic: Start of the Term with the Introduction of the Rondo Composition

• Theory Class:

1. Oct 30th - It was the first day of Music class after Term 2 started. Since Mr.John was out of country and haven't came back, Mr.Herry substituted our class today. Firstly, he explained us about the assessments and projects we will face during the term, and what kind of different music styles we are going to learn for term 2. He explained us about the Rondo Composition we will be starting to compose in an ABACA format. We have started composing our draft melody by starting with the first 'A' and 'B' part. It didn't took long time for me to compose the first 16 bars of the song, but I wasn't sure if it is a good melody since it was the first time I've ever made the professional composition. Also, Mr.Herry told us that we will be singing any Broadway song in either pair or alone next week. So I paired up with my friend Pinka and researched for the appropriate song we can sing for the assessment.      

2. Oct 31st - Mr.Herry still substituted us in theory class today. At fist we've talked about the history of the Broadway song, and some big examples such as the 'Sound of Music'. Since I was paired up with Pinka, we've discussed about the song we will be singing next week, where in we've decided to sing 'On my Own' from the Broadway titled 'Les Miserables'. We knew this song because it was played in a TV series 'Glee', and we thought the melody is very nice, so we've decided to sing this song. After we've decided our song, we've continued doing our Rondo Composition by completing the 'C' part, where in our draft is finished. 

3. Nov 1st - Mr.John was finally back by today and so we had to explain about what we've done with Mr.Herry past 2 days. We've told him that we're done with our Rondo Composition draft sheet, and that we've chosen the song that we will be singing during the Broadway song assessment next week. There Mr.John told us that we can use the Karaoke version of the song to sing or to play the instruments that we can play for our background melody. Me and PInka have decided to use the Karaoke version, because it is easier for us to concentrate if we use the background song that is already provided for us. 

• Instrument Class:

1. Oct 30th - Since Mr.John was absent, the guitar student didn't have any substitute teacher for their instrument class, so during the instrument class today, Mr.Herry asked Mr.Sadrakh to look after us during the Instrument class inside the Theory classroom. There, Mr.Sadrakh gave us free time to play any instruments so I played piano alone with the song I memorized and learned from my lesson for the whole session.

2. Oct 31st - Today Mr.Herry looked after us during the Instrument Class, where he gathered all of us around and asked us to bring our instruments. After gathering around with our instruments, Mr.Herry taught us about many different ways of making harmonic sounds with different instruments. He first demonstrated us an example by making a simple song and asking the violin students to play first, and the guitar students to follow, and the piano students to go afterward. It was fun of how we made different sounds with only on simple song, and I've realized that I can use that method in my Rondo Composition

3. Nov 1st - Mr.John was back today, so we had our own instrument classes today. However since it was the first time we've ever had our separated instrument class, we didn't play violin at all and just talked about what we've done during the holiday, and the vacations we've had during the one week holiday.