APRIL MONTHLY REFLECTION8th Grade Project: Learning the Flute

MENTOR COLLABORATION

• This month, my mentor and I mainly worked on the songs I am playing for the end of my project.

• We were able to choose a short song that would demonstrate my progress throughout this project.

• In addition, we also worked on playing high notes. I am still struggling with the high E and high F notes.

• My mentor suggested that I shouldn’t play the song I picked last month because it had many high notes and I was still struggling with them.

• I only met with my mentor once this month so far because we both had very busy schedules.

WHAT I LEARNED

• For the first half of this month, I have mainly been practicing the songs that I am playing for the final part of my project.

• Although I am still struggling with the high notes, I have been able to improve when I am playing them. Now, I am able to play the notes quieter and with a better tone then before.

• I also learned that I am going to have to practice a lot more in order for me to play the song that I have selected.

• Another thing that I learned is that although I have learned a lot in the past months, I have not progressed as fast on flute as I thought I would.

• Since I have not progressed as far, I am playing a short song instead of the one piece I had selected last month. I also am not going to be learning all 12 major scaled because some of the scales are too complex to learn.

The song that I am playing.

NEXT MONTH

• Since next month is the end of the project, I do not plan on learning anything new.

• Although I am not going to be adding anything to my project in May, I am going to have my song learned and recorded by then.

• I am also planning to have my project completely done in about a week.

• For the rest of April, I am going to make sure that I practice a lot and get my song learned and recorded.

• In the second half of April, I will focus solely on practicing, learning, and recording my song.

Pearson, Bruce. Standard of Excellence Book 1 C Flute. 4382 Jutland Drive, San Diego, California: Neil A. Kjos Music Company, 2004.Wagner, Earnest. Foundation to Flute Playing. 62 Cooper Square, New York:Carl Fischer Inc.,1918.Petersen, A.C. Rubank Intermediate Method. Milwaukee, WI: Hal-Leonard Inc.Petersen, A.C. Rubank Elementary Method. Chicago, Illinois: Rubank Inc. Voxman, H. Selected Duets for Flute. Chicago: Rubank Inc.McGregor, Eric. Personal Interview. 23 Sep. 2013.Chairluce, Rich. Personal Interview. 21 Sep. 2013.Flute Info.com. 2012. Jesse Clark llc. 23 Sep. 2013 <http: www.fluteinfo.com/Fingering_chart/modern.php>

Works Cited