https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96 Process journal for childrn songs by Jun Soo en-us 2017-04-18 07:24:58 UTC 2025-10-04 08:45:29 UTC hello@padlet.com s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/166687514 Today we got into our groups. We were introduced to the needed things for our children songs, and they were the topic, the ideas, the lyrics (at least 2 verses and 1 chorus) . Our topic is "clown fish", and we will be blending educational information into the lyrics. Today, we brainstormed our ideas on the lyrics, and finalized our lyrics by adding rhyme, and catchy lyrics. ]]> 2017-04-18 07:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/166687514 s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/166689998
            Clown Fish

Clown fish, Clown fish
They don't appear (come) in our dish
Clown fish, clown fish
They are sort of fast-ish

They're not the type we like to eat,
 They live in coral reef, that's hard to beat

Clown fish, Clown fish
They don't appear in our dish
Clown fish, clown fish
They are sort of fast-ish

They live under the sea,
They are bright and easy to see,

Clown fish, Clown fish
They don't appear in our dish
Clown fish, clown fish
They are sort of fast-ish

You might know them as Nemo,
Or perhaps Merlin,
But a clown fish's wonder
will leave our head spinning

]]> 2017-04-18 07:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/166689998 s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/172021387 Today, we improved the song by singing more clearly and loudly, and changing the strumming patterns of the guitar. We went around performing and getting feedback from other group members. Some of the feedback that we received were:

Plus:

1. Strumming pattern is clearer

2. Singing matched the music well

4. The lyrics and the melody were catchy


Minus:


3. Need to manage the speed of singing and the guitar


5. Sometimes the music and the singing were separate

Interesting:

.... we thought the general guitar and the singing improved a lot than our performance last class, and before next class we will be working on practicing and making sure that there are no flaws made during the KG performance. ]]> 2017-05-16 07:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/172021387 s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/172022224 Today, Teresa and I made the actions to go along the song itself. Madde wasn't here, so therefore we need to practice one more time before the performance. We also changed  the lyrics, by replacing appear to "come". That made it easier to sing. 

Wow: The change of the lyric improved the song generally, so it is easier to sing and follow along for the younger kids.

Now: We need to master and finalize our actions for the song.]]> 2017-05-16 08:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/172022224 s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/173751100 Today, we practiced the song to master and finalize it. We repeatedly practiced sections which we had flaws. 

Wow: We worked on mistakes we made during the song, and also improved the flow of the song by practicing it repeatedly. 

Now: We need to work on what the audience thinks about our performance, and we will do that by receiving feedback.]]> 2017-05-25 03:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/173751100 s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/174258454 Our group:

Today, our group performed our song the EE students. Our first try of the performance, we got the lyrics confused for verse 1. However, the chorus and the guitar matched really well. The timing of the guitar and the song matched most of the times. The lyrics were catchy, and the dance moves were easy to follow. The song itself were composed well together. The lyrics for verse 2 and 3 were sang clearly. 

Improvements:

If we have a chance to re- do the performance, we would manage our practice time other than just class time, and make sure there are no flaws. This is needed in order to sing verse 1 more clearly, and the guitar and the song would be put together well. Also, the guitar strumming could've been more consistent, as sometimes the timing for the strumming and the song didn't match.


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Yves and Elizabeth

The piano was consistent, and it made the melody very catchy. The lyrics were sang without confusion, and the actions were very easy and fun to watch and follow. The singing and piano were put together well in a good consistent beat. It was a very good performance overall.

It was interesting to

Improvements:

The singing weren't clear at some points, and that needs to be improved. The lyrics are the key points to making a song catchy for little kids, however if mistakes like this happens it may confuse event eh instrument player. There were some points where the volume of the piano were taking over the singing. These are some of the things that should be improved. Some of the sections of the song could've been more sang with energy. This would also be a good solution of the piano covering the singing. ]]> 2017-05-30 07:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/174350424 s00551 https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/174352370 2017-05-30 07:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s00551/d6jhc9429b96/wish/174352370