Mar 17: Hmm
My half grown out fingernails keep catching on the strings when I do finger picking for the theme. This makes me think that I should wait to do the recording until they’re fully grown in. Probably (hopefully?) next week.
I made numerous mistakes today in my songs, but not as many as yesterday.
Mar 18: No pick
I tried to play without the pick today. It went pretty well, tbh.
I tried to add the notes in mountain king that I wasn’t able to add before. It didn’t go well. Hilariously bad, actually. That’s okay. I knew it would be hard to add them, that’s why I’ve been skipping them.
The theme went well. I made some tiny mistakes. My fingernails are growing in nicely. Hopefully I won’t damage them before I can record next week.
It was so nice to be able to play my songs without the pick. It sounds so much nicer without it, IMHO.
Mar 19: Allergies
I don’t notice when I’m having a bad allergy day most of the time.
Unless I sing.
And omg I was all over the place today. I couldn’t get on pitch. I felt like my guitar was drastically out of tune (I tune it before playing every day, so it obviously wasn’t out of tune).
So yeah, that’s how my songs went today. 🙄
My theme practice went alright. I still need practice.
Mar 20: Decisions
I have decided that the ballad will be played with a pick rather than my fingernails. It sounds better and doesn’t destroy my nails.
But the other two are definitely not going to be played with a pick. It just sounds better.
I’m not making much progress on the song in the learning app, but I am being patient.
The first time I tried the theme today, I made mistakes on each part. But the second time, I didn’t notice any mistakes!
Mar 21: Spring
Did you know it’s spring now?
I thought it was still mid-February.
Struggling with the learning app song still. I think I’m going to try only playing one of the additional notes rather than both. Work up to it. I’ll see how that goes tomorrow.
I managed to get the theme on the third try. Still practicing.
My songs went pretty well today. Still having trouble singing thanks to allergies.
Mar 22: Old school
I had a bit of extra time after I finished playing my usual practice routine.
I had a lot of trouble today. My throat felt raw, so singing was rough. I kept getting distracted and losing my place in my songs. It was very frustrating.
The theme practice went well.
Then I decided I’d pull out the guitar book on Kobo that I bought a couple months ago. It has a bunch of songs that only use 3 chords: G, C, and D. They’re all old school songs from the sixties and seventies. I have several issues with this book. One, it appears to be a scan of the music and it is not scalable, so I cannot make the font size bigger. Two, the music and lyrics are blurry.
But I found a couple songs I know well enough that those issues don’t matter; Rock Around the Clock and Surfin’ USA.
So that was kind of fun.