What I learned in Band all Year

When school is almost over, I look back at what might have I learned all year long in band class, and here is what I think I learned all year long:

I have learned a lot of music theory, but I have learned more of the following music:

Himno Nacional de Venezuela:

This is a relatively easy song to play, until in about the middle, where there is a 2 measure long part with 16th notes, that if it is played slowly, it is easy but as the tempo gets faster the difficulty gets bigger. The majority of the song is very easy.

Two Famous Processionals:

In this song there are two parts. The first part is the famous graduation song "Pomp and Circumstance.

Band Reflections

It's A Small World After All: From the begining of the song to the measure 25, where there is this part, called "Tick-Tock Clock & Music Box, where for the most part I am in tune, except for the high notes at the end of the part: E flat, and D natural. I don't have problems until measure 71, where high notes are a little complicated. Then in measure 85, I recover in notes, and rithm. In measure 102, "The Orient", I get lost in some parts, like in 106, I get confused a little. After "Orient"

Mezclote Loco Reflection

Carlos Frigo

Glenn Tomassi

Band Gr7

2/21/11

Recycling Project

Part 1

For this project, I had to mix different songs from bands I like, to create a CD with a program called Virtual DJ. The songs that I included in the CD are the following:

“Arepa 3000” and “Plastic Woman” by Amigos Invisibles, “Electro Movimiento” by Calle 13, and “La Perla” by Calle 13 featuring Ruben Blades.

The development of my piece was playing a song until a certain point where I mixed the second song with the previous one, and then slowly lowered the volume of the first one. At the moment where they mixed, I used an effect called “brake” to end the previous one.

This project relates to recycling because I am using old songs to make a new production.

PART 2

For this project, I also had to create a cover for the CD using recycled materials.

I used a cereal box to make the actual envelope, and I cut letters from old magazines to make the words.

This part of the project relates to recycling because instead of throwing away the cereal box and the magazines, I used them to create art.