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This week was a little bit more busy than I would have liked it to be. I was fully expecting to be done with lacrosse by now, but by some miracle we made the state playoffs. We play Northwest Guilford Thursday night and we've had practice everyday since. I'm not trying to be a downer about the game or whatever, but we'll probably lose to Northwest on Thursday which will conclude the lacrosse season. On the bright side of that, I will have more time to focus on guitar and overall just school in general. With all that said, this week was pretty rough with me playing guitar. I didn't learn or improve at all I feel like. I kept getting mad at myself while playing for not being able to play good. I can hardly play at all, and this week it truly showed. I was so disappointed and stressed out about it that I just wanted to give up and quit. I know we have only a few more weeks of Genius Hour though so I'll stick it out. I know I won't be able to perform at all in front of the class or even be able to show pictures/videos of my progress. Firstly, I just can not remember how to play a chord for the life of me. I don't know what it is or why but I am just physically incapable of doing it. Secondly, I'm almost embarrassed to show anyone and also I don't have anyone that can record me due to the fact that most of the time I practice is late at night or after practice when no one is home. Overall, this week was pretty aggravating for me. I'm sticking with it though and am ready for the project to be over. I'll continue to try to learn even after the project. It's just becoming more of a stress now than anything.
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This week was a very laid back week as I worked at my own pace. I practice probably 10 minutes a day, mainly working on chord transition and chord recognition. Lacrosse will be over with on Wednesday (if we don't qualify for the state playoffs), which will leave me with a lot of more extra time to practice. Even though it'll just be the last few weeks of the project, I plan on taking advantage of them. I started getting better but after this week, I noticed I began sliding my fingers over the strings in the middle of chord transitions. That's my worst habit whenever I play. I imagine it'll get better the longer I play because I plan to keep learning even after the project has finished. Playing guitar is such a nice relaxation for me and it almost takes me to another place. This next week I will continue to work on chord transition and will really focus on not moving my fingers across the strings while playing. I don't know where I'll be at the end of this project, but I would love to know most of the chords by the end of it. I've really enjoyed this project because it's helped me find another thing I enjoy doing in my free time. Playing guitar can actually be fun, as long as you don't force yourself too.
This week was a little slower than I would've liked it too be. I wasn't able to practice as much as I would've liked too because of lacrosse and my birthday coming up. I still got a decent amount of practice in and this week was the first time I've ever got mad while playing guitar. I think the main reason I got mad was because I was almost forcing myself to play whenever I really should just be playing whenever I'm wanting to do it or feeling up to it. Overall though, I was pretty happy with the progress I made this week. I was somewhat struggling with the chord transitions this week. It seems like every time I take a day off of something like that, I get really rough. The main thing I need to work on it my chord transition and chord memorization. I'm hoping to be able to have most of the chords memorized by the end of this project. If I can do that, I will be very proud of myself. I'm pretty happy with the progress I've made throughout the whole project but I know I still have a long ways to go. These next few weeks I'll be really pushing myself to get better with all the chord transitions and memorization and hopefully have most of those at the end of the project.
During this week I was able to practice a pretty decent amount. I honestly discovered some things about myself this week. First, I figured out how much the sound of a guitar can relax you. I can't even play a song (I can only play a few chords), but it just makes me feel so calm and relaxed listening to the sound of a guitar. Another thing I realized was how small my hands are. I was looking a some new chords and realized it was so hard to play them because of how small my hands are. To put it into context, there are multiple girls with hands that are bigger than mine. I feel like that is somewhat of a disadvantage for wanting to learn how to play guitar. Since my hands are so small, I can't reach as many strings as I'd like. I've accepted the fact that I most likely won't be able to perform or demonstrate what I've learned throughout this project in front of the class. That's for two reasons. Firstly, I can only play like a G and C chord consistently. Secondly, I can only imagine how much pressure I would have playing in front of a group of people. Overall, this week was pretty good. I'm beginning to learn how to balance out my schedule with all of my classes, work, and lacrosse. I'm really happy with what I've gotten to so far. I'll try to keep this schedule up for the next week.
This week was the week of spring break and I feel like I got a decent amount of work done. I'll be honest, the first few days I didn't do anything but sleep. On around Monday or Tuesday I began focusing on practicing and I was practicing for a good hour a day for the rest of that week. I got to really focus on my chord transition and I was pretty happy the progress I made. My fingers were very sore from practicing so much and they still are kind of sore. My favorite thing was the last day in Boone, just looking out over the mountains and being able to practice. It was so peaceful and easy to concentrate. This break from school and lacrosse was very much needed. I was able to take my time and enjoy myself. I also got to focus on the Genius Hour Project, which I haven't been able to these past few weeks. I found out over this week that playing guitar is somewhat of a sort of stress reliever for me. It makes me relax and just feel calm. This next week, I know we've got three games so hopefully I'll be able to make some time for practicing. I'm still somewhat struggling with chord transition due to sliding my fingers across the chords during transition, but I'm definitely making progress. Also, I've began playing Guitar Hero again to work on my hand eye coordination and just help me get somewhat used to moving my fingers.
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May 2019
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