Selasa, 27 Maret 2012

Week 10 : 26 March 2012 & 27 March 2012

How did my understanding of blues change after my first performance?
My understanding in blues changes, because blues musician have to play their instrument right or else the song will be a mess. the music can be fast and also slow, that's hard to do it. and yet they can do it. everyone in the class can play their 12 bar blues very good, last week (19 & 20 march) but I didn't because I was so slow at the song, and the tempo is going too fast for me. Today me and my group were going to play the assesmnet again. but because there were only 4 of us in the music room (Sarah, Anti, Ihsan, and me) the assesment was cancelled. and so did other subjects in school

Week 9 : 12-16 march 2012

How is my understanding now about improvisation especially in blues?

My understanding about the improvisation in blues is more better. Now I understand more about it and also I can play the 12 bars blues myself well. but since my song got converted to an A-chord I have to get used to it soon or else I can't do my assesment very well.
In instrument class, I improved my skills on playing my 12 bars blues, because thre are some chords that are a bit not easy for me to play. but I keep on practicing on that part with my ensemble friends.

Week 8 : 5-9 march 2012

Explain how the roles of blues in development early jazz?

The roles of blues in development in jazz is that the blues invented the medium swing for sad songs. then Jazz makes a song using the mdium swing too. creating a sad feeling for the jazz songs all over the world. but in such a way there weren't any differences when hearing them. it's identical yet diffferent.
Today also my friends rehearsed about the 12 bar blues ensemble. which means the students played their composition together (in a pattern).
In instrument class, we practiced our 12 bar blues and we also checked our 12 bar blues song again to see what's wrong with it to Mr. Hari. and my song got changed from the original C-chord , to a higher A-chord in order to match my friends baby saxophone

Week 7 : 28-29 february 2012

How do I practice and apply my 12 bar blues at home?

I practice my 12 bars blues at home using the beat in my mind. I do this to to get the song right. I tapped my feet for the rythm to match the actual tempo of the song. the 12 bars blues song is hard to play it on real instrument, but I'm doing it anyway to improve my skills

Week 6 : 21st february 2012

My challenges working on my 12 bar blues finale task

It was easy and hard to make a song out of only a few chords. it's easy because you know what chord you have to write, but it's hard because the chords aren't really combined together perfectly. I can make a song out of it, a good song actually. but it's hard to make that song and played it on my saxophone.

Week 5 : 13 & 14th february 2012

How is my understanding in bkues and applying 12 bars blues?

I understand the 12 bar blues and also, I can apply it easily because I already know how to make a 12 bar song last term. But the song that I make does't seem to be good. So I kept on erasing my song and write down what the chords suppose to be.
In instrument class Mr. Hari checked on our 12 bar blues composition and add/correct the mistakes on the 12 bar song. some of my chords were not that good. besides checking on our 12 bar blues, we also did some major scales exercise and blues chord.

Week 4 : 6-10 February

How do you understand the learning of jazz through your assesment tasks done till' now?

I understand very well the history of jazz because I was working on 2 essay the makes me browse through the internet searching for the information. I heard every types of jazz styles, to answer the second essay. There are lots of different musicians that played these styles, including the weird ones. in the jazz singing assesment I did well on that assignment, but my singing partner Ihsan kept changing the tones of his voice, so the song was a bit mess.
In the instrument class yesterday (7th feb 2012), we all prepared for the singing assesment on the 8th of february tommorow. we also however have to memorize the song lyrics as well

Week 3 : January 30th - 3rd February

How did I do my essay and how did it affect me when learning and applying jazz?

I did my essay well because it is so easy to research and because of that, I also learn the beginning of jazz very well. The jazz was different than other because you have to play it with  a soul. In instrument class, we all played the major scales for our warm up. we each tested with the major sclaes.

Week 2 : 23-27 January 2012

How is my progress in learning the roots of jazz?

My progress of learning the roots of jazz is very well, because I learned them through the handouts that were given by Mr. Heri in theory class. through that handout I can learn how the Jazz music really started out in America. It was started by a Black slave.

Week 1 :16-20 January 2012

How did you find the topic of jazz, and how did the teacher do it?

The topic of jazz is very interesting and also, it is very smooth and relaxing. It has a lot of different varietes, depending on the musician. But it is hard to play the style, because playing jazz music has to  be very creative and spontaneous. The teachers did very well explaining to us students, because they demonstrates us how jazz sounds like, and suppose to sound