Band Reflection

1. Which adjectives did you choose to convey? Do you think you were successful in conveying those adjectives? Why or why not?

I gave it exciting and fun because in the music there are many whole notes it in. I was successful in choosing the adjectives because the songs were pretty exciting and fun.

2. How did your first draft compare to your final recording?  Did you make good improvements?  Were you happy with your final draft?

In my first draft, I didn’t really know what was going on in the music and I didn’t know that there was key signature. In the final draft, my tempo was better, I started to know some of the key signatures and improve a little bit. I wasn’t really happy about my solo because I didn't practice a lot.

3. Which measures or musical elements did you think sounded the best? What sounded so good about them?  Give at least 2 examples.

I think around the last 10 measures I did well because there are not many 8 notes so I can play them easily.

4. Which measures or musical elements sounded weak?  How could you have fixed them?  Give at least 2 examples that you weren’t happy with.

The measure that I wasn’t happy with is the measure with many 8 notes or the triplet because notes are played differently because of the key signature so I didn’t really know most of the position.

5. Which measures were the easiest for you to prepare?  Why did you find them easy?  Give at least 2 examples.

The first 2 measure and the last 10 measure. The first 2 measure were easy because there were not many 8 notes in it and the last 10 measure was easy because there were also a lot of whole notes.

6. Which measures were the most difficult for you to learn?  What made them challenging?  Give at least 2 examples.

If there are no key signature I would of play all the whole songs right, but since I was fooling around and didn’t look carefully I didn’t notice the key signature. So the key signature was the hardest part for me.

7. Which steps in the learning process did you find the most helpful?  Why were these so helpful?

The clap and count are the most helpful for me because It helps me with keeping the tempo together.

8. The next time you rehearse a solo, what would you do differently to prepare?

I would pay more attention, and look if there are any change in the flats or in the key signature

This is the link to my final solo : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_OSbyMKumuUZkhDVXJjeFNodWc/view