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FINAL Project

For this Final Project, I chose to cover the song "My Girl" by the Temptations. I love the barber-shop quartet feel to this song and...

"Ode to Joy" - Kodaly

This piece felt like it was going to be easier but felt harder. Ode to Joy is a well-known pice and it is seen in a lot of beginner band...

Chord Progressions pt.2

A retry at hearing chords was a great opportunity to practice my hearing of inversions. I only did the first two chord progressions but I...

Chord Progressions 03/22

In this assignment, I was expected to listen to chord progressions that I have not heard before and to hear the chords and sing them back...

Canon Composition Assignment

For this assignment, we were instructed to further the develop our solfege by singing in modes. I chose to do my 16 bar composition in...

Moveable Do Scales

In this assignment we continue the practice of moveable Do and singing in different modes by singing full scales ascending and descending...

Haydn 106 Assignment

Sight-singing "Haydn 106" from Classical Canons in canons! This piece is gorgeous but was tough because of how tight those harmonies are...

Moveable Do Assignment 2

Follow up assignment to the concept of "Moveable Do". I used the pattern "Do Ro Mi Fa Mi Re Do" and then sang them in different modes....

Moveable Do Assignment

This assignment helped train my hearing between whole-tones and semi-tones. The first pitch was always "D" and the "do" kept on changing....

Beatles Cover

For this assignment, I chose "Love Me Do" by the Beatles. Originally, I was trying to do "Blackbird" but it was challenging to depict the...

Sight singing Assignment

For this week's lesson, we were given the opportunity to practice our sight-singing. Believe me, I was scared because I had lots of...

Tuning Fork Assignment

I found this assignment to be challenging because I have bad tendencies to jump too high between half steps and full steps. For example,...

Kodaly - Chord Progressions Canon

For this week's homework, we were given the task of choosing 4 chord progressions and singing it in a 3-part canon along with a bass...

Caldara #33 Canon

Recording myself to do a 3 -part canon alone was quite the challenge. I learned the hard way that tuning can be quite difficult and...

Two-Part Rhythms Part 2

Here is a continuation of my practice with two-part rhythms but now I added singing one of the lines using solfege. In the first part I...

Two-Part Rhythms Part 1

Here you can find me practicing two-part rhythms by trying to keep a steady pulse and playing one rhythm in each hand. It felt difficult...

Scales in Solfege with skips (Part 2)

Furthermore, in these reflections I realize that I am too concerned with keeping up with the tempo that I start to lack musicality with...

Scales in Solfege with skips up and down (Part 1)

In these 2 videos, you will see me singing a C major scale in solfege at quarter notes = 120bpm. This was helpful to practice so that I...

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