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Grade 9 Creating & Performing Study

Put your head on my shoulder have a time signature of 4/4 and 116 beats per minute. The song is in G major mainly with a complex chord progression of A minor, C minor, G major, E minor with variations that adapts to the lyrics. The song lasts 2:

Grade 9 Music Criteria A -Investigating

This paper will compare two songs, song number one “Feeling good” by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse and “Time to pretend” by Lazer Boomerang. There are many differences between the two songs because Feeling good is a jazz song and Time to pretend is a Synthwave song without lyrics. Song

Happy Diwali and Indian music study

Last Tuesday, our good friend invited our family to celebrate Diwali together. At her home, we lit small oil lamps, listened to sacred chants, enjoyed delicious festival sweets, and exchanged warm wishes. The atmosphere was full of joy and light. In the living room, her parents played beautiful Indian music,

Reading a book

This is a poem I wrote. I feel that the rhyming in poetry is quite similar to the rhyming in songwriting. Reading a book is not just taking a look. It’s more like tasting food from a professional cook. Some books are made of toffee — sweet. Some are made

"Flight" theme arrangement by Nicholas Ni

I made a brief piano arrangement of the “Flight” theme from Man of Steel by Hans Zimmer. The original scene with “Flight” soundtrack shows Superman flying across several mountains in the Arctic with very intense visuals like collisions and rocks being sent flying off mountains paired with loud sound effects

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Original Theme / Score: Matthew Margeson Arrangement Version Score: Nicholas Ni 0:00 /2:55 1×

Singapore Community Cats in the Spotlight: Photography Competition Showcase

Domenico Scarlatti K208

I’ve been practicing this piece recently, and I think composers from the 17th century were amazing! Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is a Italian composer in the Baroque period. Mainly known for composing 555 sonatas for the harpsichord, a keyboard instrument similar to the modern piano. Scarlatti's pieces uses

Morning Notes from Arts Week

During Arts Week at school, the mornings begin with music. As students enter the campus, the air is filled with melodies performed by classmates who bring their instruments to life. Today, I was thrilled to be chosen by my music teacher to play alongside another Grade 10 student. He performed

A Lifetime Love-Study

“A Lifetime Love” is beloved because of its natural melody, warm harmonies, steady rhythm, and Lu Guanting’s emotionally resonant singing. Together, these elements create a song that is both memorable and deeply moving, perfectly matching the film’s romantic and bittersweet themes. 1. Melody * The melody is smooth and

A change is gonna come research

Background "A change is gonna come" is a social-political song made by American singer Sam Cooke, released in December 22, 1964. The song is created to express how is experiencing struggles just like the rest of the African Americans. Struggles mentioned includes feeling unsure because the future kept

SAP’s 50th anniversary celebration by Nicholas Ni

I composed this piece when I was ten years old for SAP’s 50th anniversary celebration. I wanted to convey the image of a company that has thrived for fifty years, like a mighty river surging forward—weathering storms, merging with new streams and tributaries, yet always moving ahead, full

The Poetry of Light by Nicholas Ni

One afternoon, I was sitting on the edge of my bed, playing the piano, when I noticed some light and shadows on the ceiling. Sunlight filtered through the folds of the curtains and fell gently across the room. I began to play slowly, and the rise and fall of the

Never Stop by Nicholas Ni

This piece, titled “Never Stop,” was composed at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when I was nine years old, living in Beijing. At that time, the streets were empty, without a single person or vehicle, and everywhere felt lifeless. People could see no hope and didn’t know