24th November 2009

Today Mr John announced our scores for the last quiz. I got a very bad score, just like my hunch. It was only 50 something if i remember correctly, just barely passing. I was really ashamed of it, but I think it's a great chance to improve, since we'll be re-doing this quiz. I felt like I must really learn and work hard so the re-test would have a much better score, the one that will be recorded in our report. Mr John explained more, especially on the difference between major 7th and dominant 7th. Although I understood the concept of the triads, when I looked at my answer sheet it turns out that I made mistakes not in the triads but in the intervals. I once again forgot that B to C and E to F is only halftone and that reduced about half my marks. I also learnt that 2 sharps do not change a note's position, but adds an "x". This is done, (as I was answered by my friend), to keep the chord's basic structure (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.) If I change the position, it wouldn't be 1st 3rd 5th but 1st 4th 5th. I didn't really understand it, but it seems like I should avoid it. Maybe I will understand once I learn more music theory. We also did the singing assessment of "Gundul Gundul Pacul" If I'm not mistaken