Feb 24th

Yesterday I went over a bunch of A.P. terms. I went over Largo(very slow), lento(slow), vivace(lively) and presto(very quick). Then I copied down the spectrum of time marks from Largo to moderate and on. I looked those terms up in Chapter 4 and wrote them down. I wrote down what the tempo markings meI ant in my voice lesson music. Then I went over some harmonic minor scales in my head. Then I went over some of the ways to remember intervals that I learned. I spent about an hour and a half doing this stuff. I think that I got it all in my head.

Feb 23rd

On Thurday I got on Auralia for 45 minutes. I was going over the exercises that help you distinguish between scales, nat., harm., and melodic. Harmonic is really easy to tell, but the melodic and natural are hard to distinguish between. Then I tried to pick which interval they were playing. I could tell the 4th well, but the 8th and the 5th were hard to distinguish between. So I figured I better think of a way to distinguish between them. I tried to think of the songs that Kimberly taught us to use last semester. I wrote down the ones I could remember. I tried to think of some myself , relating to my songs or other songs that I enjoy. I only thought of two. Then I went downstairs. I found Suzanne. She wrote down 4 more for me. I need to dig out my A.P. notebook from last semester, so that I can write down the pneumonic devices that Kimberly gave us. My practicing went well. I feel like Iam doing better in sight singing class. This makes me happy!

Feb. 16th, 2008

So I tried to get into the computer lab on Thursday. Fern Glass let me in. I got in the computer, but Auralia was grey and wouldn't do anything when I clicked on it. I tried to get to it different ways and I tried 4 other computers in the room. They didn't have Auralia. So anyways. Today, Saturday the 16th I went over the rythyms on pg. 153. I went over the 2nd exercise we had worked on in class. It was a 4:2 measure. Took me awhile to figure it out. My mind kept spacing it out because it didn't want to deal with a 4:2 meter. Then I broke it down. I compared it to a 4:4 meter and a 2:4 meter. I got the first line down. It wasn't very complicated. The second line stumped me a bit . I only got through the first 2 measures. But I got them. down. I could stomp and clap those rythyms anytime., and I'll got over the 4:2 meter again next time that I practice. I played some harmonic scales after that, A, and D. I think my ear is starting to be able to hear the difference between harmonic and nat. minor. Sadly though, harmonic is what sounds right in my ear, and not natural. I pracitced about 25 minutes.

Feb 6th, 2008

Today I got on Auralia for an hour and a half. I went over intervals mostly. I stayed on level one most of the the time, and ust worked o my 4ths , 5ths, an 8ths. I found that after spending all thwat time picking out the intervals and trying to figure the out on the piano, I could still do okay without the piano. I don't know wh but it took me a while to relize I could just sing solfege quietly to figure it out. I only missed one doing that . About the the same as when I used the piano. When I didn't use any tools( piano or voice) the results were somewhat disastrous. Anyways, I love Auralia, I can feel myself improving. I also worked identifying scales. It was easy for me to distinguich between harm, and nat. scales, but once I switched levels and added meldoc, I didn't really get anything right. I tried to figure it out on the piano. Those are tough ones, but I'll work on it. That will one of my focuses next time I got on Auralia. I can't wait until I actaully have all of this ear training on my head.

Jan 31st, 2008

On thursday I got on Auralia for an hour. That program is simple. Getting the right answers is not simple, but working the program is very simple. It's helpful to have the piano right by me too. I went in two sections of the program. The first was scale recognition. So I kept playing the D harmonic scale over and over, the example on the program. O realized that my backround knowledge of A.P. is not very significant. So most of the time I spent reviewing the features of a D harmonic scale, such as the raised 7th and the parallel majors. Then I moved unto the interval recognition. That was kind of fun, but nothing I would've been too clear on if the piano wasn't right beside me. So I liked the program, and I will continue on it. So there you go, I studied A.P. quite a bit today. Another guy who was in the room told me that Auralia is only on the back left computer from the door. I don't know if that's true or not!!