Its almost the end and i am not sure how i feel about how far ive come. My original goal was to end up learning more than a couple songs but that has not been the case. I have learned how to play certain songs, but when it comes to actually playing them , that is the problem. I need to figure something about so i have in some way reached my goal and not just found the ways on how to reach it. I do think i have succeeded in a way tho, just not in the way that was intended.
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This is the first song i have learned somewhat successfully, i took this project for granted because i thought it would all go smoothly when it has not. Trying new things is difficult especially when you have a very little musical background. If i can not learn this song, i will not have been able to reach my goal the way that i wanted too but at the end of the day , i still managed to learn an instrument by myself which is something that i am very proud of.
Transitioning between notes is difficult. I have tried to find ways to go from shape to shape without having a really long pause in between transitions , which has been a new issue that i have been trying to fix. Throughout this project i have realized that not everything can be learned at the same pace and some things take longer to learn than others. YouTube has been my best source to finding tutorials and ways to improve my playing. I am hoping to be done completely with riptide and moving on into different and more difficult songs and getting out of the use of open chords. I know them but i still am not sure how to play some without touching the neighboring stings, the D and F chord have been my most difficult chords to play without coming out with a mute or buzzing sound from the strings.That is why i chose riptide as my first song because the only chords needed are Am,G and C.
Everything is going well , its time to finally learn a song. I have been practicing riptide this week and its simple enough for me not to get caught up with the strumming , which has also improved significantly because i finally have something to go off of. After this song i was thinking about just going off more simple songs because this will help me gain more and more practice with transitioning notes , staying on beat and pacing myself. Also i have now learned all of my open chords so my next practice will be consisting of other chords such as 7s and minor chords etc.
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AuthorSophomore at Davie County high school Archives
April 2023
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