Tuesday, February 2, 2010

First Step in the Right Direction

Hey guys, so I finally got the ball rolling on starting the guitar. I have been practicing since after class yesterday and am making SOME progress but not huge. In class we learned the D, G, and A chord, but on my own I am using my guitar guide book to teach me some of the basics. So far in my book I have covered the notes on the first two strings (B, C, D, E, F, G).
Below I have included an mp3 recording of me playing an exercise song that I have been practicing. It includes almost all of the notes (except E) I have learnt so far. It is a little rough but not bad considering I started playing it yesterday. In my book there are two more songs to learn with these 6 notes so those are my goal songs for the end of this week. Then I will have accomplished my task for this first week of practicing. Enjoy!!!

Ps. Please start leaving comments on my posts, as I have none yet and its not helping me keep motivated!Thanks guys :)

3 comments:

  1. sounds really good! keep up the good work Nicole

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  2. Hey Nicole, you're progressing nicely! I too am keeping a blog. Downloading Audacity is a great idea, I hope you don't mind if I do as well?

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  3. Congrats on the successful first step. Just so you know, not a lot of people other than me (being your critical friend) will be reviewing your blog regularly -- I haven't got a single comment since I started. I'm not complaining, it's just that I don't think many people kept up their Google Readers since ECMP355, and yours is a different blog than your ECMP one. I find that self-motivation in anything is key, although from experience, guitar is hard to stay self-motivated! Keep practicing!

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