Week 1: January 16th 2012 to January 20th 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: January 18th 2012
Topic: The Roots and Birth of Jazz
Reflection Question: How did I find the topic of Jazz and how did the teachers do it?
Reflection:
I found the Jazz quite difficult as the lesson started with a Jazz history, but I will keep my best on trying to understand it. The teachers also had performed for me and my classmates an example of improvisation on a Jazz song titled “When the Saints Go Marchin’ in”. I hope that the performance will help me on learning the next lessons. I will also keep in mind that everything I learn in music always has histories behind it.
B. Music
Date: January 17th 2012
Topic: When the Saints Go Marchin’ in
Reflection:
I learnt and played “When the Saints Go Marchin’ in” song by my music instrument.
Week 2: January 23rd 2012 to January 27th 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: January 25th 2012
Topic: Big Band Era Onwards
Reflection Question: How is my progress in learning the roots of Jazz?
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My progress in learning the roots of Jazz is going to develop well as I have started to understand better. I will keep this good understanding on learning Jazz.
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Week 3: January 30th 2012 to February 3rd 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: February 1st 2012
Topic: Singing Jazz songs and Essay (part 2) submission
Reflection Question: How did I do my essay and how does it affect me when learning and applying Jazz?
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I did my essay well as I concerned that doing this task would not only increase my knowledge about Jazz, but also trained my English writing skill. This essay becomes strong in my mind and I always answer every Jazz question from my essay.
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Week 4: February 6th 2012 to February 10th 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: January 18th 2012
Topic: Singing a Jazz song assessment
Reflection Question: How do you understand the learning of Jazz through your assessment tasks done so far?
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I can understand more about Jazz as I have done assessments so far. Those assessments are very helpful for me to know more about Jazz.
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Week 5: February 13th 2012 to February 17th 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: January 15th 2012
Topic: Blues
Reflection Question: How is my understanding of Blues and applying 12 bars blues?
Reflection:
12 bars Blues has basis chords that the lyrics can be played at any style and any creative variation songs. Here, I understand better as I learnt how to make 12 bars Blues song through chords.
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Week 6: February 20th 2012 to February 24th 2012
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Reflection Question: Did you face any challenges working on your 12 bars Blues?
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When I composed my 12 bars Blues, I was confuse about how to put the notes correctly.
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Week 7: February 27th 2012 to March 2nd 2012
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Reflection Question: How do I practice and apply my 12 bars Blues at home?
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After I created my 12 bars blues, I listened to it by using Finale software. Then
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Week 8: March 5th 2012 to March 9th 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: March 7th 2012
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Reflection Question: Explain how the roles of Blues in development of early Jazz!
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Blues is the most played Jazz genre since the early development of early Jazz. From this genre, many other Jazz genre born with a basis from the Blues.
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Week 9: March 12th 2012 to March 16th 2012
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Reflection Question: How is my understanding about improvisation now especially in Blues?
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Improvisation is one way to play a free style-music, or can be used to ‘hide’ pieces of song that I forget. As I learned chords and played chorded Blues, I can learn and understand better about how to improvise.
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Week 10: March 19th 2012 to March 22nd 2012
A. Music Theory
Date: March 21st 2012
Topic: 12 Bars Blues performance
Reflection Question: How did my understanding of Blues change after my Blues performance?
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Performing my own 12 bars Blues was my final assessment for this term. This might be a big reason for me that changed my understanding about Blues as I played my own creation 12 bars Blues.
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