Reading+Skills

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4.26.11

today was supposed to be a technical advancement day, but did not turn out as one. i don't know scales yet so i had to do reading and theory in order to do that tomorrow. when reading these things about scales and rest durations and note durations, i got a bit worried that i wouldn't pick it up and i'd be reading tabs and watching videos to learn the things that i wanted to play. When i started getting it i noticed that it's easy and all i have to do is remember that a hole rest is the same quality as a whole note and that it fills a measure. As for scales and rhythm, i'm still a bit fuzzy because i just started learning this stuff again so it will take time.

4.28.11

Music land: left and right hands (but not together) take 1 media type="file" key="My Song 12.m4a" width="300" height="50" so today i tried to play this and i got all confuzzled because i forgot that the "second part" doesn't mean the left hand part. now i know that the bas part is the left hand and not an optional piece. now i can replay it tomorrow and do it right. Now that i am learning to play actual songs my dance counts (1,2-3,4-5,6-7,8) are really coming in handy for me.

4.29.11 Take 2 media type="file" key="My Song 13.m4a" width="300" height="50" this is the second attempt at music land. both hands are working separately, but i haven't gotten that far with it yet :) as far as the note times and such, i think i did pretty well. the melody needs to be sped up and i need to actually play the whole thing as a song not just in segments like this is.

5.17.11

My reading has improved. i've been reading and playing songs by reading instead of by ear or tab.