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okay, i'm only using this because no matter how i word it, i will never be able to fit it in those status updates of gaia.
so, i'm taking music theory this year, okay? and since i've been playing music since maybe the third grade, i'm a bit more advanced at it than some. i understand how the scales work and the different note names. i have a LOT of trouble figuring out the key signatures, though. every year for the past four years i've had doc as a music teacher, be it a choir or an actual class, she's been explaining this formula you can use in order to figure out what key we're in. i still have no idea what that formula is. i'm not saying that i haven't been paying attention, nor am i saying that doc is a bad teacher, but i just can't seem to get it.
anyhoo, that's not what i'm here to complain about though. my main problem is that we are now studying note intervals--major and minor. i'm able to tell the difference quite easily when it comes to seeing it down on paper, but when it comes to discerning by ear, i'm totally lost. sometimes i'm able to pick up a slight difference, but most of the time i can barely hear any difference. it's not that i can't hear the different pitches of the notes, it's just that major intervals are SUPPOSED to go one half step higher or lower than DO, depending on which direction they're going. i just can't really figure out if the interval is a step higher or lower...
i do most of my homework on this website called musictheory.net. it's actually a very good website to learn on, it's just that it's very easy to cheat with. i'm just supposed to take a picture of the score i got with my cell phone and show it to doc, so it's easy to just leave one option button available, so you basiccally just hit that one button 50 times, select back on the options you were supposed to keep on, and take the picture. that's how i've been going through the intervals. i do work through so many attempts at actually doing the homework right, but afterwards i just cheat my way to a perfect score.
i'm sorry... i'm just really upset... i would rather do my homework right, but it's so hard that i have no choice but to cheat... i was nearly on the verge of tears from trying to do this... everyone (and i mean EVERYONE) on my dad's side of the family is a musician of some sort. my grandpa was a choir director for concordia university, but he's retired now. i just really want to get good at this... i like seeing my family proud. i don't want to be a musician professionally, but i do want to have something to do with music for the rest of my life... i wish i was able to hear the difference...
i've kind of been diagnosed with a mild depression recently. i haven't been feeling nearly as much self-esteem as i would like... these kind of mild things have been pushing me over the edge lately... i know that pretty much no one gives a crap about this, but oh well. it's my journal. i can post whatever crap i want.
 ame teh numph · Thu Sep 22, 2011 @ 04:11am · 0 Comments |
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