Summer and Music

Sorry about the lack of posts. We all got busy with school and I especially got wrapped up in finals. I am so glad that they are over. I am excited that it is Summer for me but I am kind of stressing myself out with the amount of work that I want to accomplish.

I am a music theory and composition major and my professors would really like for me to "get hot" about a composer so that I can model their composition structure (my professor literally said "get hot" lol). I am excited but I don't want to let myself down by expecting to get a certain amount of work done when I know that I won't. I think that I can do the work I have assigned to myself though.

First, I have assigned myself to read Listening to Western Music (Sixth Edition) so that I understand the different music periods.

Then I have assigned myself to read the Artist's Way to help myself to praise God while writing music and be more confident in myself. 

Then I have assigned myself to listen to, I believe, 18 CDs to help me understand different composers and their music.

I know that it sounds nerdy and it sounds like a lot, but I think that I can do it. I'll keep you updated on the interesting things that I learn :)

Um...

I wrote a novel today. It was about my Dad. It was three pages long and included many pictures....I know that is not REALLY the definition of a novel but my Dad found it quite funny :)

BY THE WAY....I passed my Aural Training class. Someone was very gracious....

Me and Andy are supposed to take pictures of cool places tomorrow and we are also going to visit Matt and Kenny for New Years.

What are you doing for New Years? :)

Sight Singing

I was very lucky that I barley passed my Sight Singing final today. I hope that God will help me pass my aural training test tomorrow.....

Breaking Dawn

:D
<3 I must go see it again

Aural Training is Not Impossible

Aural is a required class for my major (music theory and composition) and it requires me to know what notes are being played by just hearing them. It is not impossible but it is very difficult for me to do. Some people have perfect pitch and some people have relative pitch (Perfect pitch is where people recognize what notes are being played by the note's individual sound and relative pitch where people can recognize what notes are being played by recognizing patterns and intervals) and it is discouraging when it seems easy for a lot of my classmates to do. Perfect pitch is something that people are born with and relative pitch is something that people can be trained to understand. I know that, just because it is easier for them, it doesn't mean that they are better than me. It means that I just have to work harder for the grade that I want. Aural Training is difficult but not impossible.

Epic

This was taken awhile ago. I was at McDonald's and saw that Ronald was creeping on my friends lol :)

This is a faint reminder....

...of the character from Sydney White who is supposed to resemble Grumpy off of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and blogs all the time. I promise that I am not that grumpy :)
I'm Sara and I hope to blog a lot about music, movies, school, and other random stuff. I love to make videos so expect those as well. Zac Efron lives in my room...just so you know. Be jealous.