Hayley @ Greymouth High School

Last week my goals were to  play slower and play in the right time. I think I didn't achieve my goals so this week I am going to try harder and focus on what  I am playing a bit more.

Today in music the techniques I am working on is practising my transitions between chords and trying to find the right chords on the piano. .  I practised both techniques. To try and get my transitions right between changing chords I slowed down so I could find the right chords. The piece of music I was trying to practice was just starting to come together.

Today we learnt some chords. A chord is 2 or more notes played together (normally three). We practised the chords on a piano and played them to a partner, who had to guess what chords we were playing.  We learnt some of these chords: C,F,G Am, F, G G, C, D Em, C, D I also learnt that the MINORS sound more dull and the MAJORS  sound more high pitched.

Today in class we had to make a google slide and include periods of music. We had to find a piece of music from that era and listen to it. We were also learning how to draw a structural chart for music. We did the structural chart so we could learn how to produce / compose music. 

The harpsichord sounds different than the piano because the strings are plucked. And in the piano the strings are struck. The harpsichord and the piano may look the same but they sound quite different. 

Link to website:  Identify the instrument sound

What I learnt... Baroque music is a type of Western European art music that was used from about 1600 - 1750. Classical music is a type of European music that was mainly used during 1750 - 1850. Classical music is more modern than Baroque and Baroque is more an older type of music. Baroque is more of a happy sound while classical music is more sad and depressing. In Baraquoe music some of the instruments used are Lute Cello Violen Flute Bass