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Week 10 : March

Reflection Question : How does my understanding of blues after my performance

Reflection :

            Now, I understand about blues more after I do my performance. I know how to play 12 bar blues after I do my performance. But I think I fail in my assessment because I didn’t do it very well.

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Week 9 : March

Reflection Question : How is my understanding now about improvisation                                           especially in blues?

Reflection :

            Now I understand more about blues on the improvisation part. I think 12 bar blues isn’t that easy for me. 12 bar blues is a little bit hard because we have to know the scale to make the right melody. And I always try to understand more about the blues improvisation.

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Week 8 : March

Reflection Question : Explain how the roles of blues in development of early jazz

Reflection :

            Blues in jazz draw from a well spring of similar roots in African American. Blues for me is really fun because it isn’t that hard to play with violin.

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Week 7 : February

Reflection Question : How do I practice my 12 bar blues at home ?

Reflection :

            I haven’t practice my 12 bar blues at home because I have to practice it first with Mr. Sadrakh as my violin teacher. For me practicing 12 bar blues is pretty hard because I should practice my own song, so I have to ask some help to Mr. Sadrakh.

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Week 6 : February

Reflection Question : Challenges working on my 12 bar blues

Reflection :

            There are many challenges that I had when I’m making my 12 bar blues. My finale is already expired so I have to borrow my friend laptop to make the finale. I’m not that good at making a song but I try my best to make a good song in this 12 bar blues.

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Week 5 : February

Reflection Question : How is my understanding of blues and applying 12 bar                                                blues ?

Reflection :

            Now, I understand more about blues and how to applying 12 bar blues. Today I learnt about how to make blues song. I have to make my own 12 bar blues song. At the first time I feel very hard to make it because I don’t really understand about blues song, but after Mr. Herry taught me I become more understand about blues.

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Week 4 : 7-10 February 2012

Reflection Question : How do you understand the learning of jazz through your                                assessment task done until know ?

Reflection :

            Now, I know more about jazz song. I choose “What a Wonderful World” as my song for singing assessment with my partner Michele. And it goes pretty well because I’m not that good in singing. And  now I can feel confident while I singing in front of my friends. And about the essay assessment, it help me more to understand and know more about jazz.

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Week 3 : 30 January- 3 February 2012

Reflection Question : How did I do my first essay and does it affect me in learning                            jazz lesson ?

Reflection :

            I think I didn’t do my first essay really good, because I didn’t have much time to do it and also I make it in a hurry feeling so I cannot make it well.  From the essay I know more about jazz because before I make the essay I read much article about jazz. And I also know more about the history of jazz.