Jeeyeoun's+Music+DW

=// M2 //=

__ UNIT ONE __

We listened to the song and we were thinking of a story or a picture about this song. I think in this song, there is a story. The story is children is playing soccer. One guy tackle the other guy and they start to fight. The other children tried to stop the fight. Eventually the fight ends and they continued playing soccer.
 * 20 August 2013 **

We continued what we did on 20 August which is to listen the song and thinking of a story or a picture about this song. We listened 5 songs and I thought of a pictures and story.
 * 21 August 2013 **
 * 1) This song feels like something is very busy. So I think the composer was thinking the busy city.
 * 2) This song feels like cats are happy or little crazy. This song is very funny.
 * 3) I think this song has an story. The story is in a peaceful land, suddenly heavy rain comes and some trees and flowers were pulled. After a while, the heavy rain stopped and become peaceful again.
 * 4) I think the composer was thinking the ghost house or "Alice The Wonderland" when he or she was composing.
 * 5) This song has a lot of tension. So I think the composer was thinking some earthquake or volcanoes.

We also did the same thing we have been doing. I think in this song, the composer was thinking climbing very hard mountain.
 * 22 August 2013 **

Today we showed our silent drama. From last lessons, we started to make silent drama. First, we devided the class in to 3 groups and in my group, there was Ruoming, Jake and MIchael. Second, we listened to the song and made the story. Third, we decided the role and we rehearsed. We used some materials such as scarfs and egg-shaped shaker in our drama to make it more realistic and help to understand the story. Lastly, we performed it to the class. Michael was the business man, Jake was the ghost and the person who was passing the road, Ruoming was a doctor and a lawyer, I was the judge in the cort. While we were making the drama, we collaborated with our members of the group. We collaborated by discussing together. There was a conflict while we make the story because Michael didn't like some part of the story however, we discussed and talked together and we came up with solution. We decided to delete that part and make the another story. Also we thinked together and we came up with the idea that Jake use the white and red scarf to act the blooding ghost and a stick to act like an old man, Michael used green scarf to necktie and egg-shaped shaker and cups to show the breakfast, Ruoming used a grey scarf for handcuffs, I used a hammer and some papers to look like a judge. While we were doing the silent drama, we transfered ideas of music to the drama. We used music to make the drama and our acting is related with the music. So even if we don't talk, the music can show our tension and the mood. Throughout this, I learned that we can communicate not by talking but by music.
 * 28 August 2013 **

This is the photo of rehearsing. In the left, Ruoming is using grey scarf for handcuff and Jake put red and white scarf over his head and be the ghost. I was using a hammer. The idea of Jake being a ghost was from Mr. Tompkins. He suggested us after Jake have car accident, try Jake being a ghost. So we did and it was successful. We added white and red scarf to show a blooding ghost. And we also thought that Michael use a green necktie to show businessman. Ruoming suggested we use egg shaker and cups for breakfast and these things really worked well. It helped to understand about the story more. But there was some suggestions after we performed in the class. Some people says they didn't know Michael was driving. Therefore if we did better acting, we can improve our drama. The silent drama was fun to do.



Today we played xylophones and glockenspiels. We learned bass part, alto and soprano part, soprano solo part and "Popcorn". Remembering the notes was quite difficult however we found the patterns and in 3 minutes that Mr. Tompkins gave us to practice, I practiced and tried to remember. So I remembered bass part, alto and soprano part and "Popcorn" but I didn't remembered the soprano solo part. After we practice, we played altogether. David played soprano solo, Ye Jin played bass xylophone and rest of us including me played the alto and soprano xylophone. I think it sounded quite well but some people couldn't remember the notes so the volume was not loud and some part the rhythm wasn't right. Also when David played, the soprano solo sound wasn't matching well with the song because sometimes the rhythm wasn't right. But I think as we practice we can improve. When we played the "Popcorn", the melody sounded like popcorn because we played the notes very short and we call it staccato. So this song reminds me popcorn. While we do this, we transferred the music to math. Because today we found the patterns and remembered note which is related to math. Today we also collaborated. We cooperated and played the song together. We also shared some ideas of how we can remember. Therefore today we transferred the music to math and we collaborated. Today I enjoyed playing the xylophone because I think playing xylophone is fun.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">4 September 2013 **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">Today we played the "Popcorn". David and I am playing the alto xylophone part. We arranged how we play. First David and Ye Jin play the introduction and I play the melody solo two times. Then everybody except for glockenspiel play and I go back to alto xylophone part. After we all play, me and David play the D and A eight times and Ye Jin play the keyboard for introduction. Then Bradley, Jake and Ji Woo plays glockenspiel. Lastly we all play the spicy rhythm and it ends. However we don't have a coda yet. So in next lesson we have to make a coda. I think how we play is good. But sometimes we get faster and our beats sometimes don't fit. But I think we are getting better as we practice. Our beats are getting fit. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">I collaborated with David and Ji Woo. Yesterday, I had problem with the second ending at the first part. So I played melody and David played the alto xylophone part to practice. Also David played the melody and I played the alto xylophone part to practice. Therefore now I know how to play the second ending at the first part. We shared the ideas about how to play this part or how to connect or how to end. Today in the lesson, I also learned glockenspiel part from Ji Woo. Because we had a time to learn each other's part. She taught her glockenspiel part to me. So now I know how to play however not perfectly. Today I also did "thinking" in the ATL Skills. I thinked about the beat and how to play when I was stuggling with th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">e second ending and when I was learning the glockenspiel's part.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 13px;">12 September 2013 **

<span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Today we finished arranging the form of "popcorn". First I play the D and A 8 times for introduction with Michael. Then Ruoming and Amber play the part one but not the second ending. After everyone play their part. Then David, YeJin and Michael plays. Our trio plays for resting the ears. Next, I play the D and A 8 times again for introduction and everybody play the syncopated rhythm. Then I play the D and A again for introduction and the glockenspiel solo. Michael and YeJin keeps playing. After everybody play the syncopated rhythm again but don't play the part two. Then Michael play slower rhythm and glockenspiel stop playing and I play the D and A 8 times again for introduction for our coda. After Jae Hee and Ellen play the lower D and F for 8 beats and Ruoming and Amber joins in playing A and F. Five of us play together for 8 beats and Jae Hee and Ellen stop playing and I join Ruoming and Amber's part. We play it for 8 beats but getting slower and softer. At the last, everybody play the high D and lower D which refers to the last popcorn that pop. <span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">We collaborate together. We tried to keep the beats together. So shared some ideas about how we play. We also thinked. I thinked about how should I do to make the song better and I noticed that if I listen and look how others play, I can keep the same beat as them. And it does work. So today our ATL skills were collaboration and thinking.
 * <span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">18 September 2013 **

<span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Yesterday, we make the drama again with new team. My team was Ellen, Ji Woo and Jae Hee. The story was a famous writer(Jeeyeoun) was writing a song and she has a dog(Ellen). While they went out for lunch, a thief(Jae Hee) asked to a person who was just walking around(Ji Woo) and find out where the song sheet is. Then, the thief stole it however he accidentally drop a sock. After the writer and the dog came back and realize the song sheet has gone. They found the sock that didn't looked like theirs and they think it was from the thief. The dog smell it and they went out to find the song sheet. They asked to person who was just walking around(Ji Woo) however she wasn't the thief. The dog keeps smelling and found the thief. Therefore the writer got back the song sheet and the thief ran away. I think what we did was okay. We didn't have much time to practice the performance because we wrote the story late. We collaborated while we do this drama. We first gathered some ideas about the story and we connected those ideas to make the story. We also did thinking in ATL skills. We thinked about what should we do to make our performance better. Therefore we used a scarf to show the dog collar, a cap for the thief, keyboard for writer, and an instrument for the dog food. We transferred the music to drama. <span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Today we played the "popcorn" and recorded it. However today YeJin didn't come so we recorded without the keyboard. I think as we practice, how we play the song is getting better. We wasn't quite together at the coda but we are getting better. Also today while we watch the video we took from last time, we noticed that I was doing a good skill while I play the xylophone. The skill is I move wrist while I play the xylophone instead of moving the arms. This helps to play the note faster and accurately. I actually didn't know I was doing it but I noticed when I watch the video. I think taking video is good because I can reflect. I can see what did I did good or bad and how I can improve. Today we collaborated together and we did thinking in ATL skill. We talked together and thought about should I play here or should I do introduction or ideas about what we did good and what did bad and how can we improve.
 * <span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">26 September 2013 **

//**<span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">My Chosen Pictures for the my song **// <span style="color: #3e382a; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">

__ UNIT TWO __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have started new unit. The new unit is about "themes and variation". It is like changing the song's tempo, melody, dynamics, tonality and rhythm. For an example of "themes and variation", we listened to Happy Birthday songs in different versions such as waltz, tango, etc. Each song has totally different mood. When we first listened to the different versions without knowing it is Happy Birthday, we couldn't figure out which song it is. After knowing which song it is, I could hear the melody from each songs. It was so amazing how those moods can change from just one song. One song was quite depressing and one song was hopeful and happy. In this week, what we had to do was changing the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to different versions like the Happy Birthday song. First we practiced the melody and accompaniment on the xylophone. Melody was easy to play but the accompaniment was quite challenging. I really enjoyed playing them. It was fun. However, when we play all the parts at the same time, we weren't quite together. Some got fast and some got slow. I think we have to practice more to solve this problem. For the Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Ruoming and David came up with the idea of changing it to dup-step and rock. In this week we tried a bit of rock style. David brought his electric guitar and we played together. It wasn't good yet. I think it would be cool if we had drums.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 1 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We played the drums together. We made the drums tighter and arranged them by the pitch. Lowest pitch will be at the left and the pitch will go higher as we go right side. So a person with lowest pitch of drum sat at the left and the person with highest pitch of drum sat at the right. Doing this was very interesting and fun because while we arrange the drums, we couldn't talk. David and Bradley lead us. So we played one y one and compared each one's pitch. Then we arranged them. We noticed that tighter the drum is, it has higher pitch. There is some scientific reason for it but unfortunately I don't know. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this week, we also played with Ryan for the first time for rock version. I think it was very cool. Drum is very important for rock. So before I heard only the guitar, I wasn't so sure if the rock version would work. But after I heard Ryan playing the drum with guitar, the rock version sounded very cool. For the dup-step, we are still working on it and the home work is to find the dup-step beat.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 2 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this week, I only had Tuesday and Wednesday to practice playing because David, Ruoming, Ye Jin and I had to go SSIS for the cultural convention workshop. In this week we organized all the steps and we practiced by just walking through every step.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 4 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The step is: First, Jake comes in wearing the darth Vadar mask with the Star Wars theme song. And Jake plays twinkle twinkle little star terribly. Then David comes over and see how Jake plays. However he couldn’t bear keep listening to how Jake plays so he kills Jake. And he plays the jazz version of twinkle twinkle little star. Next, Ye Jin comes in leading the army of Stom Troopers. Ye Jin tells David to go to the glockenspiel and everybody plays only the accompaniment parts. Then Jake plays the melody again but Ye Jin kills him. Next, Ye Jin played the break chords very fast and the all the people bow down to her like she’s god. Ye Jin tell us to stand up and we play very fast melody while she plays the break chords. Then i go to the bass xylophone. Everyone play the longer melody and I play longer bass part. Ye Jin plays some special melody with us. After that, David and Ryan play the rock version. When they play, we all have to go around the xylophones in circle and do some dance. This is all the steps and in this week, we walked through every steps to practice.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However I think we weren’t quite together since this is our first time to walk through the whole step. I think we have to practice more. During practicing it, Ryan came to our class and played with us for the rock version. The rock version of twinkle twinkle little star is very cool. I really like the sound of drum in this version. It makes song exciting and have energy. It is very surprising to see the twinkle twinkle little star in rock version because I never imagined the children song like twinkle twinkle little star can turn to rock version. This is really interesting. For the dub-step version, we tried to play the melody with the dub-step beat. But it didn’t sound very good. So I think we will not going to do the dup-step version. Therefore we will have the twinkle twinkle little star to be jazz version, only playing accompaniment version, and rock version.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In this week, we finally decided all the characters. Jake is Darth Vadar, Ye Jin is Yoda, David is just David who wears a cape and the rest of the class is Stom Trooper. Also we got a sword for David and Ye Jin from Ms. Annie but it doesn't fit with the Star Wars. It even made some strange sound. We wanted to have the sword that looks like a real lightsaber. But then Ruoming said her brother has two lightsaber so she can ask him to just borrow for our performance. And next day, she brought the lightsaber. One was red and one was green. So David can have red and Ye Jin can have green since she is Yoda. I think the lightsaber really looks cool and fits with Star Wars. Also we got Jake's Darth Vadar mask from last week so with the mask and the lightsaber, our performance looked better and very interesting. We walked through all steps again this week and I think we improved compared to last week.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 5 **

Need Stom Trooper mask Showed it to M4-5 Showed it to P5 advices:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Week 6 **
 * bigger action
 * the speed (not too fast and not too slow)
 * need to decide what to do during Ryan and David plays the rock version
 * they liked when Jake (Darth Vadar) died (especially P5 students laughed... M4-5 laughed at first time but they didn’t at second and third time)
 * decided to have a certain note for Ye Jin to tell us to stand up
 * stand up quickly like Bradley and Jake did when Ye Jin plays the certain note after bowing down to her.

=<span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">// M3 // =

__ UNIT ONE __