Second note: D

3rd Note: G

4th Note: B

Or at least thats what I think\hope

I am focusing on the violin, and my warm-up was practicing jingle-bells before class. I learnt that there are many ways to read notes and how to play the notes A,D,G,B. This was for preparation to play last Christmas and I practiced for 15 min.

I focused on the violin and played for 40 minuets.

Please ignore the first 10 seconds of the video.

To make it short, I should not have played faster then I was capable of.

Unlike the first written leitmotif, it relies less on descending scales to show the comedy aspect of Scooby doo and more on interrupting\different and strange sounds. It also involves a wider variety of sounds making it more diverse and interesting. But like the first one it has an echoing quality whenever the electric sounds are used.

I started off by creating a very typical spooky vibe by having a low organ continuously play out with a high pitched rhythm and a low melody play the loudest. The melody signifies the monsters approaching as it's not too fast and low giving it a haunting vibe like somethings lurking and waiting. The high pitched rhythm should copy that of a frantic beating heart adding anxiety and tension as it foreshadows there's something to be nervous about. Lastly the one note low organ plays until the moment shaggy sees monsters are behind him creating suprise through the sudden silence.

A common characteristic of Scooby doo is being the comedic character but as he is a dog it's often physical. The physical comedy is always at its peak in chase sequence's which is why the music becomes more light hearted as soon as the chasing begins. It goes from a lower note low to a high one giving off positive feelings. The speed of it makes it less serious as the "something is lurking" sensation goes away. Before when the music was more spooky it had three low notes in a row being interrupted by an eerie single high one and instead of getting any closure by going down a note, it replays the first note and a jarring contrast is made by repeating the sequence. Now however three of the same notes are played in a row making it neutral. It also keeps the frighting vibe (being a call back of the previous notes) but it the context of the scene makes is comedic. The scratchy violin noises sound unpleasant, but it's an over-exaggerated version how sliding across the floor would sound like highlighting the visual comedy of them failing to run away. After that the chase sequence mostly relies on violin recordings to mark when certain actions (Stopping, Entering and exiting tents) occur. Only having violin recordings before hand should help add to the suddenness when the monster turns around and the electric bass\piano\organ sounds are heard.

As a group, I think the piece sounded okay. It wasn't terrible but there were certainly better performances. However the group in general played pretty well together.

Personally I felt like I didn't play that good. For example once I started my part too late or I would get lost with what note to play as I was listening to the others playing. I defiantly could have done better by practicing the part more while listing to the track. My mind was numb the entire time except when I started too late and I thought "I messed up" and I panicked which resulted in me playing the notes wrong which caused me to panic more and I kinda just blanked after that. I was mildly happy however that i never stopped playing in my confusion as that would have looked 100 times worse to the audience.

To practice I will first listen to the song a few times to get familiar with how it sounds. Then I will watch this video on the top just to get an idea of how the song works. Then I will mostly just practice the song using a Musecore Sheet https://musescore.com/guiguilaltiste/dancing-queen-abba

If I received or recorded something with my phone and it is small enough to upload directly, I will directly post a video with the journal entry.

2) A group success is that we all finished on time and payed attention to one another making sure that all instruments were heard.

3) I think we collaborated well as when ever we needed to practice we would arrange time for one another. Something we could improve on is I think one thing we could have improved on is communication with the chords as we only looked at the pianist chords at the very end (2 classes before performance I think) and we needed to change some things which was a bit inconvenient.

4) Next time I think we should not only play chords, we could play some parts of the melody as well to make it more fun to practice and to fully utilize the diverse set of instruments we have.

Occurred to me there is a much better way to play the violin

Oistrakh couldn't hold a candle to my technique.

Look, im not lying.

See it for youreself.

I also think I can use larger bow movements as i only used the tip of the bow making it difficult to create even sound or do retakes.

Another Note: I speed up a bit during the piece leading to the wrong string being played.