I changed the phone

Hello everyone today, I have lucky news. I changed my mobile phone, because my old one was broken.

My old mobile phone was made by docomo, named Galaxy s 3. This mobile phone has three features. First feature is a bigger than usual size, so easy to see. However, it doesn't fit in pockets. Second feature is it is very clean LCD screen. The last feature is this mobile phone has many applications.

This phone is not only good things, because this mobile phone has often get computer bug. For example, the application was disappear, and if turn off this mobile phone, it always application is not start up.

The second one is it cannot be charged. I think this happen is crazy! Because if the phone doesn't’ charging, it cannot to using!!

 When happen like that computer bug, it makes me very angry!! So I changed the mobile phone.

My new mobile phone is iPhone 5s. This is a really nice to me, because it is very easy to use.

For example, application's start up is faster than my old phone and no computer bug, and of coerce it can be charging!

The first iPhone made in 2007. Then it evaluated 6 times. I think every time it better than old one.

I think iPhone 5s is very simple than Galaxy, but I think iPhone is very cool.

This iPhone's great feature is it can be fingerprint authentication. I think this is amazing, because other people never release the phone, and I thought fingerprint authentication is rare to me, and I thought it can be only on very high technology machine. I think if other mobile phone has fingerprint authentication, it would be better and quality increasing!

Next week, I would talk about present technology, and see you next week!

I am very ANGRY now!!

Hello everyone. Recently, I am very stressed about school homework.

There are too many assignments and homework right before the important violin competition. I get homework from every subject.

 I do not have enough time, because I must practice violin for the competition.

I have new piece of music given by my teacher which I have to master.

How do manage my time???

I don’t know how to make time for everything.

Ryu Goto is a young musician. His mother is Japanese and his father is Korean. He graduated from Harvard University. He had to study and practice violin that, apparently he only slept for 4 hours every day.

I also know some people who never went to school. These people still succeed as musicians.

Some famous musician can do school work well, but I am finding it difficult, and I don't like them, because it is not interesting.  I want to study about musical grammar, which is a compositional rule of music.

To understand the concept of music grammar you have to know major and minor. Major melody might make you feel happy, and minor might make you feel sad.  Major and minor both have scales.

Scale is any set of musical notes ordered by fundamental frequency or pitch.

Within each scale, there are basic chords made from three keys.

For example, one of c major's chords are "C, E, G (Do, Mi, So) " because C major starts with C.

And these basic cods are already set. When you compose a piece of music, you have to make chords first.

I just explained the basic of music chords, but I still don’t have enough knowledge about music grammar. In order to go to music school to study this, I need to finish high school. So for now, I guess I have to do my homework.

See you next time.

My classmate in my school.

Hi guys! Today, I would introduce my classmate at school.
 I would talk about my four best friends. Their names are Jordi, Yuho, Muhhamed, and Allesio. Jordi is half Spanish, Yuho from in Japan, Muhhamed from pakistan, and Allesio from Italian

Jordi likes his family very much. If he has good events, he always invites me. He is my classmate. When I came to school for the first time, he always came up to me, and he always teach me English. Yuho is Japanese. He started attending CIS when he was in kindergarten.  He very know about heavy metal music and very good to sing. However, he is a shay, so he never song in school.

My favorite teacher in my school

Hi guys! Today, I would like to explain about my two favorite teachers in my school, because this is my ESL homework.

First, I would explain about Mr. G. His real name is Mr. Michael Greenslade

He is a very tall nice man who can speak many languages (English, Japanese, French, and Spanish.) He is teaching Math, English, and Math. (Not every grades.) He is very kind, and interesting, if I don't understand something about school work, he teaches me every time, and he always gives me an advice.

He taught Math and English when I was Grade 7. His class is very easy to understand, because his examples are very funny.

He is a very popular teacher and famous for loving himself. There is a funny story about him. Last December to January, his friends and he went to Okinawa. He loved the food so much he kept eating until he weighs 125kg. He thought this is a problem, so he started the diet. January to February he lost 10kg because he wanted to get chocolate on Valentine’s Day. However, he didn't get any chocolate

The second, I would like to introduce Ms. Moeka Shima

She is a JFL teacher at CIS. She came to CIS this year. She can only speak Japanese, so I think she is only known to among Japanese speakers. She said “I have a big voice.” Because she did Kendo in middle school and high school. She like travelling, so she travels round the Africa last year. She is teaching Japanese to every grade. I wonder CIS is the first international school for her. We like her interesting quiz, but sometimes she gives the answer out by accident. I also like her way of teaching how to remember Kanji.

These are my two of my favorite teachers at school. I hope these two teacher stay next year!

I will have a competition in Oct 20th

Hello everyone. Today, I would explain about history of music competition that I am currently participating in and why I join in this competition.

First, I would explain about competition's history. The competition is called "Student concourse of Japan". It is started in 1947, held by Mainichi newspaper. This competition has five categories of instruments; violin, piano, cello, vocal music, and flute.

Violin, and piano has three categories, elementary school (Grade 4 to Grade 6), middle school(Grade 7 to Grade 9), and high school (Grade 9 to Grade 12). You have to win two rounds of smaller competition held in five cities (Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyushu, and Hokkaido) competition in order to compete in the national concourse. I won the first round in Tokyo already this year, and will be playing for final round to be Tokyo representative on October 20th.

Jury members are different in every city. There are nine judges in each city.

The judges are famous teachers or famous players of each city. However, judging member is every year different.

I have to play three pieces of music. They are

Wieniawski: ecole moderne No. 6

Mendelssohn; violin concert No. 1(Only one movement)

Prokofiev: violin concert No.2 (Only one movement)

Wieniawski is a solo music, so if I make any mistakes, it is easily to know mistake.

Mendelssohn’s violin concert No.1 is really similar to his piano concert, op. 40. This is because someone asked Mendelssohn to write concert for piano and violin. He wrote them separately but these both have same pitches and melody sounds very similar.

Prokofiev wrote this concert in Paris. This is kind of ballet music, and it is very similar to the scores of Romeo and Juliet. The characteristic of this music is that it changes in many way pitch, mood, and rhythm.

I want to win, because if I get a first prize, that means number one of Japan, and concert opportunities might come.
I WILL DO MY BEST

Picture of Prokofiev










                 Picture of Wieniawski

                                                                                                 Picture of Mendelssohn                                                                            

Tokyo strings quartet broke up!

Tokyo string quartet broke up

The biggest news for me is that Tokyo string quartet was broke up. So today, I would explain about history about Tokyo string quartet.

The Tokyo string quartet were start in 1969.  My teacher’s Koichiro Harada was one of the original members.

After the one years of starting, they won Munich international competition 1970 that is first time for Japanese winner. However, members changed 2 to 3 times.

Tokyo strings quartet was based in New York city, started by four Japanese member, but There were non-Japanese members.

They were using Paganini quartet that is which is a set of string instruments (two violins one viola one cello.) made by the most famous violin maker Stradivarius.

Quartet is a group of four musicians it is most difficult genre of Chamber music. String quartet means four string musicians.

The members got old and realized that it is getting too difficult to tour around the world. I was so sad when I heard this news, because I like to play the quartet, so I was respected this quartet, because this quartet is really high level and had world recognition. I will miss the beautiful harmony. 

I starting new blog

I'm start blog again, because I have to write blog every week. That is my one of the homework. However, I am not choosing what I writing about, so I would write what happening in one week.

This week's Monday, I didn't have a school, because that day was my school's holiday. In Tuesday, I went to school little bit faster than usually, because I woke up faster than usual. The first period was music. We sang some canon, then we chose song when we sing Christmas concert. That song is Heal the world.

After the music, we had social studies. First, we got the tests result. My score was not too bad. We doing the print, then finish the classes. The third period was English. We have to do project. We have to create a story that is similar to Cinderella.

Lunch time is after the English. We like lunch time, because we can talk with friends, play game, and we can use computer.

After lunch time, my class mate had a science, but I had a ESL, because I can’t speak English not much. The next period and last period was a Math. I don’t remember what we do in Math class. In this way, the day was over.

In fact, I didnt go to the school Tuesday to Friday, because I had to take a violin video. So I can’t write any more this week. Next day, probably I will write about what happening in one week. See you next week.