Focused Listening

Adele  -  Hello

1. What instruments can you hear?
- I can hear piano at the intro and the end, and drums at the chorus

2. How would you describe the singer's voice?
- It is pretty soft and wavy

3. What kind of feel does this song have?
- Depressing, sad

4. Which version did you like best? Why?
- I think the Reggae Version

Hello  - Adele (Reggae Cover)  -  Conkarah and Rosie Delmah

1. What instruments can you hear?

- Piano, drums

2. How would you describe the singers voice?

- It's relaxing and soft

3. What kind of feel does this song have?

- Happy, chill

4. Which versions did you like best? Why?

- I like this version more because they change the song into something happy.

Melbourne Ska Orchestra  -  Get Smart (Official  FULL Version)

1. What instruments can you hear?

- Trumpets, saxophone, drums, electric guitar, trombone, steel drums, little bit of keyboard

2. Which instruments play a solo?

- Trumpets, steel drums,

3. What's the difference between reggae and ska?

-  The difference is that Reggae has a slower tempo than that of Ska unlike Reggae, ska music has horns.

4. How many people are in the group?

- 20 plus

5. Do you like the song? Give a reason.

- Not that much, because I don't like songs that have many instruments in it.

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xi Priest  -  Wild World

Do you like this song?
- Not really because I don't really like old songs
- But I like 'official video' of it.

Keyboard Skills Evaluation and Guitar Skills

Keyboard Skills Evaluation

1) What grade did you get? Were you happy with it?

     - My grade was Merit because I played Shotgun instead of Havana because I've been practising

       Havana before the performance. I'm still happy in Merit because I still passed it.

2) What did you find challenging about Keyboards?

     - I found out that it's hard to play in my left hand because I use to use my right more than my left 

       hand and I also found out that playing some keyboards in one time is hard because my fingers can't

       reach each notes.

3) What part of Keyboard skills could you improve?

     - I think I need to improve concentrating on the keyboard while playing .

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Guitar Skills

1) Find a picture of an acoustic guitar and label it.

2) Where did the guitar start it's life? Which country? Who invented it? What did it look like?

     - The guitar is originated in Spain. Antonio Torres Jurado invented acoustic guitar.

3) Find 5 key musicians that play guitar.

     - John Lennon

     - George Harrison

     - Jimmy Page

     - Jimmy Hendrix

     - Eddie Van Halen
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Guitar Skills Pt. 2

1. There are four sections of the Orchestra, which section does the Guitar belong?
- Strings

2. List other sections of the Orchestra.
- Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion and Strings

3. For each section, list 10 instruments for each section.
 
Woodwinds
-  Saxophone
-  Clarinets
-  Flutes
-  Oboe
-  Bassoons
-  Ocarinas
-  Piccolo
-  Tin Whistles
-  Bansuri
-  Melodicas

Brass
-  Trumpet
-  Trombones
-  Tubas
-  French Horns
-  Didgeridoo
-  Cornet
-  Bugle
-  Flugel Horn
-  Tenor Horn
-  Euphonium

Percussion
-  Xylophone
-  Drum
-  Tambourines
-  Marimba
-  Hang
-  Bongo Drum
-  Finger and Hand Cymbals
-  Tabla
-  Steel Pan
-  Chime

Strings
-  Guitars
-  Violins
-  Cellos
-  Electric Guitar
-  Bass Guitar
-  Mandolin
-  Harps
-  Lute
-  Sitar
-  Oud

4. Find labelled pictures of the following guitar family instruments, Banjo, Bass, 12 String Guitar, Double Bass, Lute. Make note of the differences

Preparing For My Keyboard Assessment

Preparing For My Keyboard Assessment

Questions:

1. Which song did you chose and why.
     - I chose Havana it is because the sound is already familiar to me and the piano has the same chords
       that's why I chose Havana by Camila Cabello.

2. What are you finding challenging?
     - I found out that playing the chords without stopping can mess up in your mind, and sometimes I
       touched the wrong chords.

3. What do you need to work on this week?
     - I have to practice well in my right hand and memorise each chords.

Music Appreciation

For our music, we are about to answer some questions which is been watched to us.

Questions:

1) Name of song and performer:
     -  Name of performance ( Despacito ), name of performer ( Peter Bence ).

     -  Video of the performance. ( Above )

2) Instruments being played:
     -  Looping Pedal, Piano

3) What do you find interesting about the performance?
     -  He can play with all his hands at one time.
     -  He can still smile even tough the piano was hard to play.

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Questions:                                                                                                            6 / 03 / 19

1) Name the performer ( s ) and original composer:
     -  The performers are called ' Walk off the Earth '. The original composer is ' Lorde '.

2) Instruments being played:
     -  Ukulele, Drums, Guitar

3) What is something you find interesting about the performance?
     -  They can still play the instruments properly even though they swap the instruments quickly

Performing Arts - Term 1

Performing Arts Research:

1)  What is Performing Arts?

- Performing arts are a form of art in which artists use their voices, bodies or inanimate objects to convey artistic expresion.



2)  What is a Mime?

- The theatrical technique of suggesting action, character or emotion without, using only gesture, expression and movements.

Music Performance

Today, I performed at my music class, it is not a choice. So there are some following questions that I need to answer for my music performance blog.

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1)  What did you choose to perform and why?

-  I performed All of Me by John Legend because every time that I play piano, I am really relax.

2)  How did you feel about your performance?

-  I feel little bit nervous because I can't really play piano but luckily, I have courage to play All of Me.

3) What would you like to work on in music this year?

-  I would like to play Kiss The Rain or Fur Elise because it is more relaxing than the other song that I tried to piano