Progress This Week
This week I have made it my primary focus to continue practicing the song Upside Down by Jack Johnson. I have nearly memorized the whole thing, I just have to glance at the music at a few spots to remember everything sometimes. I have been practicing when I get the opportunity to. I have had a very hectic week, but I have still managed to get in a decent amount of practice. Guitar Maintenance I have been noticing that some of my guitar strings are very worn out; The outside of the string is unwinding and broken in some areas. They have mostly been damaged from me sliding my fingers down them. It is a problem because it creates a slight buzzing sound from the vibrating pieces of broken string strands when I play the strings. I have replacement strings that I am planning on replacing the strings with. I just learned today that my guitar is meant to be used with nylon strings. However, I have been using nickel-plated steel strings, and my replacement strings are also steel. I don’t think that it’s that big of a deal, but it is definitely something for me to keep in mind if I replace them again in the future. But it might not be a problem in the future because my guitar is a very basic entry-level guitar, and I might be getting a better one soon, maybe for Christmas. Overall Progress and Outlook Upside Down might have been slightly too hard for it to make sense as the first song that I learn; It’s more of an intermediate leveled song. Nonetheless, I wanted to challenge myself and learn a song that was actually fun and interesting. I still have enough time to learn it all the way. But, if I had to go back in time and do this project again I would probably pick an easier song. I won’t be able to get much practice this coming week because I will be out of town for five days. And after that, I will have to start preparing my presentation for the project. So really I don’t have much time at all until this project is over. Which is a bit stressful, but I think I’ll be fine.
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kate sakai
11/30/2022 08:12:04 pm
Omg I just learned upside down on guitar!!
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elliot newsome
12/1/2022 10:33:58 am
Great Job Logan! Keep up the good work!
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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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