My brilliant music padlet in gr8 and 7 by Ka Chai Jacky Zhang

scale

29zhangk4 — 2023-08-31 06:10:42 UTC

What instrument will i focus on?

29zhangk4 — 2023-09-14 05:55:26 UTC

What instrument will i focus on?
What was my warmup
Concept(what did i learn)
Video of myself(link to drive)
What song?
How long did I practice for?

HOW TO SET UP VIOLIN

29zhangk4 — 2023-09-14 06:20:43 UTC

Open violin case, Put the shoulder rest on the violin, tune the violin, and lastly get and tighten the bow of the violin, and attach the violin onto your body.

HOW TO WARM UP

29zhangk4 — 2023-09-14 06:29:29 UTC

Play G major scale at the speed of 1/4, 1/8, and then 1/16. Do this for 5 minutes, and play the scales up and down and up and down.

Repetitions.

29zhangk4 — 2023-09-28 06:53:13 UTC

Alan Walker - Faded

Alan Walker - The Spectre

Alan Walker - Alone

Awolnation - Sail

Guitar Practicing

29zhangk4 — 2023-10-27 06:52:09 UTC

Guitar is kinda hard

Questions For Practice

29zhangk4 — 2023-11-10 06:58:41 UTC

What instrument will I focus on?

Piano

What Was My Warmup?

What's my Concept (what to learn?)

When will I practice?

Thursdays and Weekends

What Song?

song called rick roll 💀

What Source?

Garageband.

I will practice by going on the link above

Piano (Sunday)

29zhangk4 — 2023-11-19 12:00:46 UTC

I practiced my song today for about 15 mins. I learned the main melody.

Piano (Wednesday)

29zhangk4 — 2023-11-22 04:34:21 UTC

I practiced at school

Piano (Tuesday)

29zhangk4 — 2023-11-29 13:10:12 UTC

Never Gonna Give You Up w/ Piano

29zhangk4 — 2023-11-30 06:59:39 UTC

Piano Practice (Sunday) Dec 3rd

29zhangk4 — 2023-12-03 05:48:15 UTC

I focused on piano for this practice. my warm up was an old song that I learned a long time ago. I played never gonna give you up like always. I practiced for about 10min because I had to do other things which means I couldn't practice long.

Repetitions

29zhangk4 — 2024-01-15 00:05:27 UTC

Repetitions, Modified Repetitions, Sequences

Piano practice (2024 Tuesday 16th January)

29zhangk4 — 2024-01-16 11:29:17 UTC

I focused on Piano for my practice. My warmup was arpeggios like c major. I practiced a song called Pulse. I learned the first 6 bars of the song, and I repeated it once.

Piano Practice (Wednesday 17th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-01-17 12:07:56 UTC

My warmup: G major 2 hands. I practice the same song as Yesterday. I learned up to 10 bars of the song, though there were some parts I had to repeat.

A minor pentatonic scale Guitar

29zhangk4 — 2024-01-18 06:31:12 UTC

A minor pentatonic scale Piano

29zhangk4 — 2024-01-18 06:31:39 UTC

Reflection for Today 2024/Feb/1st

29zhangk4 — 2024-02-01 06:02:41 UTC

I am doing well with a piano music Car Alarm by Tony Ann, because I was able to master 4 bars of the song in 2 practice sessions. I am struggling with doing guitar's fingering and playing September. The steps I can take to improve my struggles are to follow the sheet music boss's September video tutorial and follow the teacher's instructions so I can catch up and know what to achieve. I also need to start catching up my practice journals, as I skipped a few.

Practice Journal (February 3rd)

29zhangk4 — 2024-02-03 07:21:24 UTC

Today, I practiced for around 20 minutes. I practiced a song called Gigue in F minor by George Frederic Handel, and for warmup I did C major scale.

Practice Journal (February 11th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-02-11 12:09:12 UTC

I practiced for 30 minutes. I practiced the same song as the last practice journal I did. For warmup, I did scales and some pieces I had already mastered before

Practice Journal (February 14th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-02-14 12:26:28 UTC

Today I practiced for 20 minutes. I also practiced the same song (gigue in f minor). For warmup, I did scales and pieces i've learned. I practiced this piece once between the last practice journal and this one. I practiced the first 13 bars, just like last time.

Blues Lyrics

29zhangk4 — 2024-02-22 07:00:58 UTC

Baconator Sea Pony dash

Baconator Sea Happy Dash

Ohio Bacon, happy dash

Blues Chords 29th of Feb

29zhangk4 — 2024-03-01 06:40:21 UTC

I played the shuffle blues chord on the piano:

A A A A
D D A A
E D A E

Practice Journal (March 6th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-03-06 12:36:15 UTC

My warmup was just scales like the C major one. Today I practice the same song, Gigue in F minor. I practiced the first 13 bars of the song, and next time I am going to practice another 13 bars. The resources I used were my piano books and printed sheet musics. I practice for 30 minutes.

Practice Journal (March 12th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-03-12 08:55:22 UTC

My warmup was also some arpeggios. I practiced the same song as last time, and my goal is to finish the song by the start of April. I extended the place where I started last time, and practiced till 24 bars into the song (halfway). My next goal is to fluently play the first 24 bars, and start playing until bar number 33. As always I used my sheet music to practice this and I practiced 30 minutes.

Practice Journal (March 26th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-03-26 05:47:59 UTC

My warmup was scales and I finished the song Gigue In F minor. My next goal is to keep practicing until I make no mistakes and I'm gonna set a goal on some other songs.

Criteria D: Evaluating Myself as an Artist

29zhangk4 — 2024-04-04 06:28:32 UTC

Collaborating and taking risks is hardest because being off-sync is very hard to stop, and I have stage fright slightly especially when I'm playing piano.

Everything else is easy lol. I want to focus on playing piano because now is not a good time to give up. I chose this because I like piano.

Double Harmonic Scale notes and formula (26th of Apr)

29zhangk4 — 2024-04-26 07:00:11 UTC

The formula for the scale is: 1 3 1 2 1 3 1

For instance, if I were to make a scale starting on the note E flat, it would go like this:

E flat, F flat, G, A flat, B flat, C flat, D, E flat.

Practice Journal (May 4th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-04 13:11:46 UTC

I PRACTICED WOW FOR 40 MIN TODAY AND SO I LEARNED+ SOMETHING. I DECIDED TO LEARN ABOUT 20 BARS INTO THE SONG CALLED SONATA IN G K283.

ALSO MY WARMUP WAS SCALES AS WELL AS THE BOOK HANON

Practice Journal (May 7th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-08 00:12:33 UTC

Today I practiced the same song as last time, except I extended by 8 to 12 bars. I practiced for about 20 minutes. The warmup was scales and interstellar main theme.

Practice Journal (May 9th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-09 12:29:18 UTC

Today I practiced the same song, sonata in G k283. I practiced for 30 bars. It took about like 15 minutes of practice time. For warmup I did scales, mostly C major. Also for those who wanna know more about why I chose such a random song to play was because of my 8th grade piano test, where you have to play 3 different songs and 10 different scales and arpeggios. So far, this song is torture due to its length, and to put it to comparison I've only practiced for about 1 quarter of that song, and it is already 30 bars. However, I do not want to play the final song, Blues. It just looks so messy and it looks very very hard.

Practice Journal (May 10th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-10 06:46:40 UTC

I practiced Car Alarm by Tony Ann. I practiced 16 bars

Practice journal (May 17th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-17 11:31:56 UTC

I practiced the Sonata in G k283 for 50 bars. I practiced for 15 minutes today. For my warmup, I practiced some scales. I was sick for 3 days so that is why I didn't do a lot of practice journals.

Practice Journal (May 24th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-24 06:50:04 UTC

I practiced like 8 bars of interstellar cornfield chase for like 20 min

Practice Journal (May 27th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-28 02:00:32 UTC

I practiced the arpeggio section of the song Interstellar Cornfield Chase. My warmup was just the arpeggio section

Practice Journal (May 20th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-05-28 02:11:23 UTC

I practiced Sonata in G k283 by Mozart and I practiced an extra 16 bars. My warmup was arpeggios and I practiced for 20 minutes. Next time I might do something else

Practice Journal (June 5th)

29zhangk4 — 2024-06-05 01:39:55 UTC

Everything I did last time I did here. Same thing

G7 September Class Performance, June 6, 2024

29zhangk4 — 2024-06-07 06:35:43 UTC

What are some specific personal successes from this performance?

Some personal success was that I improved my volume and added more cool beats and tempo to create more interesting chords and melodies.

What is something you would have done differently or better?

I would learn more interesting melodies for the chorus part because I was playing the same thing the whole song.

Emotionally, how did you feel before, during, and after the performance?

I felt excited because I practiced well and I think the song was fun and cool.

Practice Journal Showcase

29zhangk4 — 2024-06-07 06:36:05 UTC

G melodic minor

29zhangk4 — 2024-09-11 02:17:17 UTC