April 14: Almost
I almost beat my high score on mountain king. I’m so close!
I played Get to Know You. There’s something off about the chords. I’m not sure what it is. I’ll figure it out eventually.
I then played The Rose. I love this song. It’s fairly easy to play and I know the tune really well, so even though I haven’t played it in months, it sounded great. IMHO.
Oh! And I have good news! I signed the contract for Crushing It to be published by Renaissance Press! Get to Know You will be out in the world in spring 2023!!!
April 15: Harumph
I played a very little bit today, not even bothering to set up my music stand.
It is very difficult to play from the learning app with my phone on my knee. I didn’t do very well, but that was to be expected.
I know Get to Know You well enough to be able to play without my sheet music, even with the added chords.
I think the first verse is better without the added chords, and that bothers me, because it feels unfinished. (For the intermediate version. It’s fine for the beginner version.)
Bah. I don’t know.
April 16: Yeah no
We had family over for most of the day, plus a bbq shopping fiasco, so guitar playing was not done.
I completely forgot about it.
April 17: I played!!
I actually played today!
I did mountain king… I did okay.
I played Get to Know You, both the beginner and intermediate versions. I’m still undecided on the extra chords.
I even played the wedding song! (What?) My shoulder hurt a bit after that, but not too much, so I didn’t push it too far.
That one, I feel almost confident enough to record. But not the first one.
Maybe I’m overthinking it.
April 18: Shake it off
I played a little more than I should have, but Pegasus was jamming along with me and we were having fun.
I played Mountain King and did very well, score-wise, somehow.
Then I played Get to Know You and the ballad (at Pegasus’s request).
And then I played a bunch from the new guitar book.
My arm doesn’t hurt too badly now (although it did right after playing). I think that’s an improvement?
April 19: Fun
I played all my usual practice session today!
That means mountain king (which I got almost a high score on, somehow), my 3 songs, and the French song!
It was nice to play the full set again.
I may have pushed it a little far.
I don’t want to physically suffer for my art.
But my kids were both singing along with me and it’s hard to stop when that happens.