This week I’ve continued focusing on learning Upside Down by Jack Johnson. I’ve gotten the picking part of it down a lot better. I can also move between the chords a lot quicker now. However, there are still a few chords that are hard to move between fast. Some of the chords are tricky because you have to put your finger all the way across and then use your other fingers below that. Some of those chords that are tricky to play are the f# minor chord and B Major chord.
I’ve started playing through the song by sight-reading it, instead of just learning it from a video. I’ve also gotten better at the strumming pattern for the song. It goes something like this, down-up-mute-up-up-up-down-up-down-up. This week I also learned to play the intro to a song called Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson. The intro is picked and is very fun to play. It is pretty easy to play and it sounds nice. A few days ago I had a song called I’ve Just Seen a Face by the Beatles stuck in my head. I looked up a guitar tutorial for it and it looks like something interesting that I could learn. I think I’m gonna learn it after I finish learning Upside Down. It has an interesting strumming pattern. So far I have been able to consistently practice about 15-25 minutes per day of guitar, with the exception of a few days here and there. I’m satisfied with the speed at which I’m learning so far. I think I’ll probably be able to learn about 3-5 full songs. However, it is a bit hard to tell how much I’ll be able to learn during this project, as I haven’t gotten very far along yet. I would say the project is going pretty good so far, and I’m looking forward to how it is going to turn out.
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Logan TronsenI'm a 10th grader at Davie High. I'm learning guitar as part of a project called genius hour in my English II Honors class. Archives
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