20% Blog #4, February 28, 2014

Pocketstrings Portable guitar for practice on the go  :).

This week my partner and I practiced playing a song called Spanish Romance which is a classical guitar piece that is quite popular. I learned the first few chords which is the F-chord and I learned the rhythm of the song by listening watching a YouTube video. Knowing the Rhythm of the song is important to learning the song, because you have to know which note or chord to play when. Practicing the guitar is also tiring for beginners like me because the strings dig in to you fingers whenever you hold down a string. That's why professional guitar players have callouses on their fingers from their skin getting so tough. However at the end the end of the day when everything is done. Playing guitar isn't very hard at all. What makes it difficult is memorizing every single note, getting the timing just right, and the constant practice that you need to achieve these requirements.

20% blog #3, February 21

       This week i have been practicing very little because i have not had enough free time from homework. But I have been looking at different songs that i can try to learn to play. I have gotten interested in Mexican music because the solos in the songs are so much more fun to play. One song that I have tried playing is "Midnight Romance" which is Mexican song by Ambition. I personally think that it is a really cool song especially the intro which consists of a D-chord and picking individual strings at a time. If I had more time I think that I would be able to learn the songs much faster because practice makes perfect. Another song that i have wanted learn is "Smells like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana. I think that once i get a little more familiar with my guitar i will try to play this song since it is a little more difficult than the ones that i am learning right now.

This is like the guitar that I have.

20% Blog #1, 2014

We are planning on changing our project since we were not really getting anything done. Our new project is that my partner Eric is going to teach me how to play guitar. We have already started and he already taught me a basic chord. Called the D-chord, a chord is when you hold down more than to strings at a time. The first song that i will be learning is "Hey There Delilah" by Plain White-Tees. I started practicing every day when i have free time. I practice that D-chord and i also do some scales that i learned on YouTube. Scales are finger exercises that help you learn the notes and improve your picking speed. I will continue to practice what i know and try my best to learn quickly. My next goal is to learn the whole song of "Hey There Delilah" because right now all i now is the basic intro part. I hope that i will be able to continue my progress as smoothly as it is going right now.