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Let's just pretend you don't see the time and other things off in the picture Mrs. Betts

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It was much better than how we originally changed. Philip kept tempo, Gabby got her parts down and Vee and I played more confidently. it has, in my opinion, come along a great deal in comparision to how it originally sounded.

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Wow that was honestly awful.

i missed flats, rushed, played less confidently but at least we pulled through, even though it took dozens of times to act serious enough to record it.

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We did fine. It could have been better but it also could have been much worse. Nerves tripped us up some but overall i felt very good about much of the performance. Our performance started very strong but on my part my hand started to cramp as i felt less and less confident towards the end of it all. Honestly I;d critice segments of all we played and compliment certain parts but in the time alluded to this assignment, I'm happy with our performance. Next time I'll use my time better but overall this project helped me agin with retaining information and being confident in a small group. I'd like to do this assignment again

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Trying to be optimistic as of now. Although it's almost show time and we still can't really play Allegro I feel like this assignment has really helped me with some the problems I've been having. Disregarding Allegero, the rest of our songs have really come along since we've started. I said in my last report that we really would have to buckle down to bounce back and through mostly solo practice, we have. Honestly our main problem through this entire assignment is our ability to play together but Vee has become more confident in his olaying, Gabby has really picked up and made soem of her most detremental parts stand out in the best way, and lastely Philiphas improved the most of all of us. Philip has really made this assignment a breeze with his determination and responsible persona while he takes a great deal of his time to put his all in to his music while also keeping us on track. Although we had a rough start and a few set backs I'm proud of my group and have no doubt we'll do fine.

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Our pieces have gotten better but i have finally come to allegro in C and it's so strange. I'm not sure if we werent playing it right or we may have been going different tempos but the parts don"t add up nicely. 0ne thing i love about being a second violin is the lack of third posistion but seems that has come back to bite me. Something I've noticed and am hoping isn't an issue is my back. On top of hurting it, Philip missing days, and Gabby being sick; we are going to have to buckle down if we want to make up for our lost time

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Eleanor, a song I've played to death in boredom, has never sounded as bad group wise than when us four classmates yesterday, tried relentlessly to record our sight reading video. Not only did it take us nineteen times of trying to be serious for more than a minute but i never realized just how detrimental a conductor can be when four musicians want to play a piece at their own tempo. I'm falling into my usual hole with retaining but I've taken some precautionary measures to ensure i do my best. I've taken the time to write out the measures over and over

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After the amount of cringing i was experiencing after watching these videos we've recorded, i think we could of done better to be honest, better timing and intonation and focus, The first video we had a lot of issues with the piece (Eleanor Rigby) so we had tried to fix that as best we could, Second video is showing that we've have made some progress but still needed a lot of work, that's why i kinda feel like we weren't really prepared.

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On our last performance day, i was a bit stressed and a little shaky because i didn't want a bad grade on my playing, i was more worried about my timing and bowing, i kinda felt that we had an average in our group performance play, was kinda hoping we did better and if we had another project like this; i would definitely choose longer pieces and practice really hard on it, other than that i had a good time playing with my group members, just wished we weren't laughing so much during our practice days, would of made playing a lot easier for us. i just felt that i wasn't fully prepared.

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After a couple days of practicing Black-Smith by string plucking and bowing , I kinda loved this piece the most, was very easy and folksy, very easy to keep in sync with the notes and the bowing, really loved the music piece, only thing that got to me was hand cramps, maybe because i need to practice more often but other than that i had fun with this piece. hopefully my timing was good on all pieces.

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Experiencing a horrid music sheet called Allegro in C Major, I took me almost 2 weeks to get used to the song and the notes, but it was a solid pain in the butt, but it was fun because I got to learn a long song by myself , always feels nice to try new things once in a while. measures 9-39 was a speed challenge but I managed to get a hang of it, I would want to master it but playing it normally in a normal pace ( a little fast) is good enough for me honestly but practicing this song was fun and challenging.

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My goal for this project along with my musical success in general is to develop better self teaching skills. A problem for me going through the fine arts program is my inability to retain what I'm taught; this limitation makes learning rhythms to songs very difficult without my teacher's assistance. The reason I picked this to be my goal, excluding the fact that it's a necessity to my betterment, is that I have this same problem in general in all of my classes. I feel like this success will help with my academic everyday life.

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Well my first week practicing Eleanor Rigby was a doozy, and somewhat aggravating but at the end the group was having some fun with the music sheet, Was playing violin 2 on the sheet and it was really chill and very straight forward, certain parts of it I was having trouble on with the counting but I ended up practicing and practicing on my counting and I got the hang of it, measures 15-23 was the only measures i was having trouble on, had a couple help with that measure and I felt that I could do it and I did , other than that I loved this piece, I think I played it during my 8th grade year

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While participating in the chamber Orchestra project , I'm trying to find my true potential in music and accuracy in fingering on strings and speed of my sight reading skills, learning how to play new and advanced music without any trouble at all, also focusing on playing in sync with the group beautifully and not very shabby. this project will give me a good experience with a small group of people with challenging new music and more team work.

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Phillip Practicing Eleanor Rigby at Home

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Phillip Practicing Eleanor Rigby at Home

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I feel like we improved as a group and as individual performers. From the beginning of the project we struggled with the pieces but we pushed through the entire time. Overall I was not a big fan of this process because we did not always have the entire group together. Yes other groups had people missing but when one person was out, that would leave us with only three instruments instead of four. I feel that if the groups all had at least one cello or bass and two firsts, seconds, and violas the groups would worry less about people missing. This would also allow there to be a more balanced sound due to the fact cellos and basses can over power the other instruments. The performance did not go as well I would hope but if we had more time to practice we could have been more prepared.

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Overall we have improved from where we started. I can play the first four measures better than I used to. They may not be perfect but you can see the difference. As a group we did not all end at the same time but we held it out for the same length. We still need to work on counting but we still have time to work on this piece.

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While listening to the video I realized how much I needed to work on measures 1-4 and 23-33 in Eleanor Rigby. We need to work on our intonation as well as keeping count because we would get off slightly. We need to work on a counting for the Fermat at the end so we can  finish at the same time. In measures 15-22 and 33-38 we were at our best in the piece. We still need to work here but I am confident we will make these two areas sound the best. As a group we need to work on the first four measures so we can start the song off strong.

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We will be wearing white and black suits and dresses for our attire. we picked this because well we're Orchestra and this is just we were meant to wear.

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At this point we are pretty prepared. We have made progress from where we started. For me I improved my ability to hear the other parts and to count properly to stay in the write measure. I was able to get measures 1-4 and 23-33 in Eleanor Rigby down. My intonation and counting were off so practicing these parts definitely paid off. I improved a lot in Allegro in C Major. I was able to improve the melody in this piece which helped me play more confidently. All of the time I spent at home practicing allowed me to improve. I am as ready as I will be and can't wait to preform.

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In the last few weeks I have worked on all of the pieces and the major areas I decided that will need the most attention. They do not sound the best but sound a lot better than when we first got the pieces. Our group has put in work everyday looking at certain areas we struggle with, play them separately, then get back together and play as a group. This style of practice has helped us on certain parts because it allows me to focus on what I need to work on. I have spent several hours a week at home practicing and being able to understand my part has allowed me to be a better cellist.

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The four pieces we are playing are Adagio and Allegro, Allegro in C major, The Blacksmith, and Eleanor Rigby. The hardest piece is Allegro in C Major and since I am playing this piece in both my Chamber and Philharmonic Orchestra so I can get extra practice on the melodies that I play. I am going to work on measures 1-4 and 23-33 in Eleanor Rigby. These are the hardest parts intonation wise and getting them down will be very beneficial to the piece. In Adagio and Allegro I need to work on my dynamics. The notes are not hard but this piece is a challenge with making it sound beautiful. The Blacksmith's hardest part will be the melodies which will require a lot of practice to make it sound right. As of right now I am enjoying the group and looking forward to working

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While participating in the Chamber Ensemble project I am trying to fix my ability to play with others. As a cellist I can be heard more than another people so fixing on my ability to play dynamically will affect how I sound. Being in a smaller group allows people to hear whether or not your intonation is correct so one little slip up can ruin the entire piece. This project will push me to fix the two areas I struggle most with as a musician and allows me to have fun playing music I like. The project also motivates me to practice more at home.