2 pieces that I'd wanna play

1. How to Train Your Dragon
www.jwpepper.com/how-to-train-your-dragon/10097981.item#.vqlqbo73-ix
I like it because it is from my favorite movie ever, and the song sounds really good.
It suits our stgerngths and abilities as an ensemble because we like playing songs that we know, and we have the instruments to play it.
It challenges us because it is in 6/8 and we aren't really used to it since we don't really play it.
2. Mulan
www.jwpepper.com/mulan/2401982.item#.vqlryo73-iy
I like it because it is my favorite Disney movie and it has a bunch of songs in it
It suits us because we know Mulan and this song isn't that hard
It challenges us because we have never played it before, and it might be really hard for us to change styles between songs since we can't change styles that easily.

week of 1/22

1/22  1. Identify a part of your music that you can already play accurately and fluidly 2. Identify a part of your music that needs the most work to be played accurately and fluidly. 3. Describe what gains you made in your sectional rehearsal, and what practice techniques you used to achieve that.

1. 
And the Fire Raged: 0-22,46-84
March: Basically everything else except 86-91
Prairie Songs: 139 - end

2.
And the Fire Raged: 22-30, 84-90
March: 86-91, when you finish 1st ending and go back for the 2nd ones
Prairie Songs: 84-100

3. I gained knowledge of everyone's parts in other sections that are similar to mine, and i learned whose parts fall on around the same rhythm as me, and which ones that are also low but don't play the same rhythm as me. We used the playing over and over of small parts that we were having difficulties on strategy to fix problems and mistakes in our pieces.

Post-Concert Reflection

Post-Concert Reflection: To what extent did we achieve a truly artistic performance? Back up your answer with some specific descriptions. How are you personally hoping to improve as a musician in the coming months?

We made a truly artistic performance by playing together and following the director closely. We also followed the music well. We played the songs at the right dynamics and did right note lengths. I am personally hoping to improve as a musician by practicing alot and learning as much as i can about music.

Week of 11/10

Week of 11/10: Define or explain all terms and techniques required in Abracadabra and Horkstow Grange. This includes phrasing markings, articulations, tempos, expressive texts, etc. Explain how you will realize these musical goals in your playing.

Phrasing markings: Slurs/ notes that you play together without break in between

Dynamics: p - piano/soft, mf - mezzo forte/moderately loud, mp - mezzo piano/moderately soft, f - forte/loud, ff - fortissimo/very loud, pp - pianissimo/very soft

Articulations: Staccato - short detached notes, Tenuto - hold the note for the full length of the measure, Accent - bring out the front of the note and slowly let it die off, Marcato - like accents but just the whole thing, breath mark - take a short breath there, triplelets - play 3 notes in the note space that it gives you, crescendo - slowly get louder in the time given, decrescendo - slowly get softer in the time given

Tempos: quarter note = c.138 which is a medium tempo, rit. which is to slowly slow down along with the director, quarter note =c.84 a pretty slow tempo, tempo 1 is to go back to the first tempo, fermata is to hold the note until the director tells you to stop, accel. poco a poco to m.150 to to speed up until measure 150 and hold that tempo, quarter note = c.168 is a pretty fast tempo, slower means to slow down a bit. slowly flowingly means to slur the thing more and make it sound more connected

Time signatures: 4/4 there are 4 notes in the measure and a quarter note gets a beat, 5/4 there are 5 notes in a measure and a quarter note gets a beat, 2/4 there are 2 notes in a measure and a quarter note gets a beat, 3/4 there are 3 notes in a measure and a quarter note gets a beat

To reach these muscial goals while playing, i need to pay attention to the markings and the meanings of them in my music and play them, and i also need to pay attention to the conductor when they change the tempos or the dynamics of the pieces

Week of 10/6

While performing from a different perspective, I basically heard the same things that I always hear since I sit in the middle of the room and everyone with different instruments is basically spread out around me.
I know that I still need to work harder to not squeak on my instrument and work on the dynamics and a few sharps/flats more still.

Week of 9/29

Making a truly artistic musical performance means getting all/most of the music right and playing together in the tones/speed/ect that the music tells you to do. Also, playing with a lot of feeling. We as an ensemble before class need to work on playing together and working the piece as a whole so it sounds good and like a whole. We as individuals need to work on learning the music and perfecting each and every bit of the piece.

Week of 9/22

I am working on improving my playing at rehearsals by paying attention and giving my best effort and asking when I don't understand stuff
At home I work on improving by practicing and going over parts in my music that I can't play very well or still need practice on.