Here, I have written a logbook that shows what we have done so far in class! Please have a look and search for some interesting parts --> all of them are interesting ;) !!
Monday, 31 August, 2009
Today in the first hour, Mr. Weisser, our teacher, introduced himself to us. He first handed out a year-planner with everything we will be going to and what we will learn. After that we started with some beginning exercises: singing. We used the song 'Baby Just Cares For Me'. We learned to sing polyphonic, which is singing with more voices together. Everybody got his or her own line that he or she had to sing in the way it was written on the sheet. In total we got about four variations in structure. This was really fun to hear: everyone singing together. It was like a rock 'n roll type of church' mass!
The second hour we discussed the year planner. This included the goals of the year, demonstration of the books and dvd-rom. We also started discussing of the music that took place in the Middle Ages.
I think this was a really nice first day to start with our music lessons! As homework he gave us some exercises in the books and on the dvd-rom and he asked us to start up a blog (this is mine!)
Monday, 7 September, 2009
Today we started the lesson with some music history: Music of the Middle Ages. This included types like Gregorian chant and the early polyphony. It gave us a really basic description of how early music was like. In the beginning I thought it was a bit scary to me, these thoughts of those persons. Seeing monks hitting themselves with a stick.
In the second hour we continued on singing 'Baby Just Cares for Me' but also with the jazz song 'It Don't Mean a Thing'. This is a more complicated song, since we really started to play some instruments today. I have tried to do some percussion along with the song! I really enjoyed it, since making music is the best thing you can do!
For homework we got some assignments for our blog and we had some exercises within the books.
Monday, 14 September, 2009
Today, we started the lesson with another favorite part of music for me: theory. Mr. Weisser first discussed some basic theory knowledge that we might have forgotten. This was because in our first year of the MYP we had some music lessons too. But I have forgotten all of this information from those lessons, so it is time to build this up again! We discussed parts like the range, scales etc.
In the second hour we continued on playing 'It Don't Mean a Thing'. As an assignment for today, I personally, had to practice the bass lines of this song. This is what I have studied, so I was well prepared for today! We didn't really pay attention on this though, but it was useful since we had to play several instruments in variation in a group.
For homework we got some assignments that for working on exercises in the books!
Monday, 28 September, 2009
Today, we started the lesson with some history again. We continued on learning about the music in the Middle Ages. Today we started on learning about things like the mass in churches and troubadours. This was really interesting and I learned a lot from it.
In the second hour we started on playing a new song 'Funky Town'. This is a really cool disco song from the eighties/nineties. We were put in groups and played the song with a lot of different instruments.
As homework we, again, got some exercises we had to to in the books and some blog assignments!
Monday, 5 October, 2009
Today, in the first hour, we started with some solfege exercises. This is that you had to put the fragments that were played in the direct order. This is very good for training your theory skills. I think this is also the hardest part of music, when your knowledge is still very low. Since we have not put many attention to this, this might be very difficult for some people. I could figure it out though, since I already practiced this during my music lessons outside class!
In the second hour we started on learning about the Renaissance and its vocal music. Here is where musicians like minstrels and troubadours occurred. This was very interesting!
For homework we again got some exercises in the book!
Monday, 12 October, 2009
Today, we began the lesson with playing 'Funky Town'. We again could practice on working on using the instruments in our groups. We had the basic theme in our mind, so we decided to swap some times. I had played the piano, the percussion and the bass guitar once and it sounded, as far as I know, well!
In the second hour we continued on the last bits of music history. This part we continued on the Renaissance and their instrumental music. Now we had an overview of what music in the Middle Ages was like and how it was different from each other sometimes.
As homework we got another few exercises we could prepare in the books and we had to do some blog assignments that mr. Weisser would send us in the middle of the autumn break next week!
Monday, 26 October, 2009
Today, was the last lesson before the test-week where the test for music would take place. We had both hours the time to study and ask questions. That is why I used these hours very well to do so! I think I am very well prepared for the test that is taking place next week!
I hope I will do well on that test!
Thanks for reading!
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