Over the last week I kind of hit a stand-still in my musical growth. I reached a point where I felt like I had grown as a musician, and could comfortably play a lot of simple songs with ease. I have also already checked off most of the boxes on my Music Growth plan in EDCI 306A. Therefore, this week I took some time to reflect on what I have learned so far and where I want to go from here.

Things that have been helpful for me this far:

  • Ultimate Guitar website
  • Knowing people who play guitar
  • Motivating myself to practice a lot
  • Capo

Since I have about 4-5 weeks left for my Free Inquiry Project in EDCI 336, I decided to create myself a little plan for the next couple weeks and what I hope to accomplish by the end of term.

Since the beginning of term my end goal has always been to play Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles. Since this song incorporates picking parts, difficult strumming sections, and singing I think that it will take probably 2 weeks of devoted focus. I have not looked into this piece in a lot of depth yet, but depending on how the chords look I may modify, simplify, and shorten the song. This will most likely be my final guitar submission.

I have also been looking at Love Story by Taylor Swift and Edelweiss from the Sound of Music. Both these songs are a bit more challenging and something that I can possibly look at in the next 2 weeks leading into reading break. Depending on how time permits, I may choose to perform 1 of these songs, or both.