16 April 2010

Today in music class Mr.Herry gave us 3 videos to watch. Those are 3 popular music videos of different songs by different artists. The first is "When You Say Nothing At All" by Alison Krauss. She sang it with a group and everybody has their parts in performing that music, like guitarist pianist and more, so she's not the only one taking the spotlight. She sang the song in it's original tone and did no improvisation, although it's very good. The second video is "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" by Katharine McPhee where she sings it solo. It was a brilliant solo performance and I feel totally emerged into her music. Her voice is so beautiful and she did some nice improvisations like changing the tone or making her voice pitch higher or holding a note longer, which will only contribute to making the song even more better. The third and last video is a composition by a binus student named Adeline Kodji. She played her own composition in the piano so smooth and beautiful. There's no mistake and her melody is catchy. She manages to use the wide variety of chords effectively so every time we hear it, we feel something new. The melody is great and she did some important improvisations to make the song even more better. In overall, her mastery of piano technique, superb performance, and composition is amazing.

In instrument class I practiced the "Big Triad" again. But because of some business with homework and tests with other subjects I haven't practiced that much at home. I messed up a lot and I will try to improve it. Mr.Herry also taught us about many types of broken chords for the C chord, so next time we play the left hand we can do it better. I will practice it at home so I won't have any finger difficulties any more that I have because I have weak motor skills.