Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: October 27

Product: Writing a concerto with trumpet and piano accompaniment

Date/Time:October 271 Hour

Activity: Intro into learning piano.

Commentary: I had a piano with my project facilitator Sue Ellen Turner. During this time I learned the basic theory aspect of the piano, and to start me off my project facilitator gave hand exercises in order to get my hands moving properly on the piano. We also focused on a short piece that’s she had given me.

Comment/Suggestions:*In order to be successful playing the piano correct hand movement is key.*It takes patience to really learn the piano.* Constant trial and error.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler WiseDate: November 10, 2011

Product: Further understanding the piano

Date/Time:November 10, 20111 Hour

Activity: Learning more about the piano.

Commentary: During this lesson I showed my project facilitator how I had progressed since the last time that I had a lesson. Afterward she gave me a book full of piano music to work on, and I was able to ask any questions that I needed to answer.

Comment/Suggestions:*Reading piano music is difficult since you have to read two lines at once.*Using the foot pedal while playing is very difficult.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler wiseDate: November 18, 2011

Product: Learning the fundamentals of piano

Date/Time:November 18, 20111 Hour

Activity: Continuing my piano lessonsCommentary: During this lesson me and my project facilitator continued working on the music that I was assigned. Also during the lesson I still struggled with reading the piano music. The reason for why I had trouble is because previously in my musical past I have never had become accustomed to reading bass clef.

Comment/Suggestions:*Bass clef is really difficult to read after reading treble clef for so many years.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler WiseDate: December 1, 2011

Product: Learning the piano

Date/Time:December 1, 20111 Hour

Activity: Further progressing with my piano playing.Commentary: With me being it AP Music Theory bass clef began becoming a lot easier for me to read. Therefore the process of me learning the piano began to speed up significantly, and during the lesson I had prepared a piece of music for my facilitator. Then I showed her my progress and she gave me more exercises that would help me further.

Comment/Suggestions:*After better understanding bass clef piano started to become more natural to me.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: December 15, 2011

Product: Composing my piece

Date/Time:December 15, 20111 Hour 30 Minutes

Activity: Writing the trumpet part of my concerto.

Commentary: During this time I brainstorm ideas that I wanted to incorporate in my piece, and then I composed the first ¾ of the trumpet part.

Comment/Suggestions:*The brainstorming aspect of the project was the hardest part of the project.*After I had the first few measures completed, ideas seemed to flow a lot better.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: January 19

Product: Learning piano

Date/Time:January 19,20121 Hour

Activity: Piano lesson from my facilitator.

Commentary: During the time of my lesson since I had most of the trumpet part composed I played it for my facilitator. Afterward we continued on with my lesson as usual.

Comment/Suggestions:No Comment

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: January 26, 2012

Product: Learning piano

Date/Time:January 26, 20121 Hour

Activity: Piano Lesson

Commentary: During this lesson I showed my facilitator both parts of what I had composed with a music writing software called finale. Afterward I tried to play the piano part of my piece but it was too hard for me to play then we continued with my piano studies.

Comment/Suggestions:*I tend to write very difficult music.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler WiseDate: February 2, 2012

Product: Learning the piano

Date/Time:February 2, 20121 Hour

Activity: Piano lesson

Commentary: During this lesson we took a closer look at the piano and looked for possible mistakes that could have been in the writing. After finishing that we resumed my piano lesson.

Comment/Suggestions:*I need to be more patient with making sure I make no errors in my part writing.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: March 1

Product: Composing my piece

Date/Time:March 1, 20122 hours 45 minutes

Activity: Finishing my piece

Commentary: During this time I had finished writing the trumpet and piano parts. Also I stared analyzing the last section, and began to add embellishments to my piece. Unlike when I first started composing I checked to see if there were any errors that I had made in my writing.

Comment/Suggestions:*Writing music is very time consuming, and tedious.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: March 2, 2012

Product: Completing my finished product

Date/Time:March 2, 20121 hour 15 minutes

Activity: Revising my finished work

Commentary: During this time I revised my finished product and took out any mistakes. For example, any chord tones that might not be needed, any inversions that might not make sense, or

Comment/Suggestions:*This project really got more simple as time went on, but It seems like the more that I progress with music the more detailed my revisions are.*Writing music still takes a long long time.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: March 5, 2012

Product: composing my piece

Date/Time:March 5 201245 minutes

Activity: Practicing the trumpet part

Commentary: During the 45 minutes of the project I practiced the trumpet part of my concerto so I could perform it for the judges on the day of my presentation.

Comment/Suggestions:*With me being able to play the trumpet well it was very easy to prepare the trumpet part.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: March 6, 2012

Product: Preparing my piece

Date/Time:March 6, 20121 Hour

Activity: Learning the piano part

Commentary: During this time I tried to learn the piano part. But the end of practicing I was not able to accurately execute the piano part up to tempo with how fast my piece is intended to be played.

Comment/Suggestions:*Im not as good as I thought with the piano.

Product Work Log

Name: Tyler Wise Date: March 10, 2012

Product: My presentation

Date/Time:March 1030 minutes

Activity: Getting my presentation ready

Commentary: During this time I wrote a basic outline of my speech that I was going to present to the judges and after I was finished I created a power point that followed what I had written.

Comment/Suggestions:*I was very relieved that I was almost finished with my project.