Hello everyone, My name is Joel McLaughlin and I would like to officially welcome all of you back to my blog. This week we will be talking about some of the progress I have made on the song overall. There isn't as much information this week, so let's just jump into it.
This week I began working on learning the notes that were not part of the main phrase of the song. This has been a difficult task to complete this week, but I feel like I have made great strides. In terms of the actual progress I have made, I have learned to play the first refrain. The most struggle I had through this process was having to do it all by ear. I couldn't look the notes up because websites that post the notes only post notes for the chords. Other than that, I didn't really have any other struggles when learning this part of the song. As of now, I can't quite take it at full speed but that is something that I have been working on. I have not worked on the solo any, but there is still progress being made frequently. I am starting to feel better about having to learn the solo by ear after this week. I have realized that while learning the notes by ear may be difficult, it is not as bad as I originally anticipated. I believe if I sit down and listen to the song with the guitar in my hand, I will be able to learn the notes in no time. Overall this week was actually pretty productive. I learned the first major part of the song that isn't the main riff in the song and it didn't take me as long as I initially thought it would. I haven't made any progress on the solo, but after my strides towards the main verses this week I am feeling better about working on it when I do. So until next time, my name is Joel McLaughlin and I will talk to all of you later.
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My name is Joel McLaughlin and I would like to officially welcome all of you back to my blog. This week we will be talking about progress that I have made so far on the song "Broken Bones". We will talk about things I have done really well, things I have had trouble with, things I am worried about learning, and much more. So let's get into this weeks update.
Over this week I have actually made a lot of progress towards being able to play this song. I'd say one of the biggest strides in progress that I have made is that I can now play the main chorus of the song on my guitar. This us an essential component to the song, and if you want to play the song so people can enjoy it then you have to be able to play it well. This phrase in the song is not necessarily difficult, but I do believe it will take some time to be able to play is full speed. I have Also begun to make some progress this week with listening to the notes that I need to play for the other verses. One thing I have realized this week is that it is going to be very difficult to learn the solo by ear. The solo itself has a variety of notes, is very rhythmically complex, and it very technically complex. Overall this week I am proud of the strides I have made towards my end goal. I got one of the key components to the song learned, and I began learning some of the other notes. Although I am beginning to think that the solo is going to take more work than I originally anticipated. So until next week, I am Joel McLaughlin and I will talk to you all later. Hello everyone, my name is Joel McLaughlin and I would officially like to welcome you back to my blog. This week I will be informing all of you on the good news and progress that I have made over this past week. The biggest thing I will be updating you all on is the song selection I have made since last week when I decided to play a song that I didn't have to sing along to. I will also give you general information on that song and how I will be playing it. So, lets get into it. The song I ended up deciding on was "Broken Bones by Kaleo". I have loved the feel and the overall passion in this song since I heard it for the very first time, and when my good friends mom offered to let me borrow an electric guitar, I couldn't help but thinking about playing it. Then the opportunity presented itself to legitimately learn the song due to my worries of not being able to learn singing and playing at the same time. I couldn't turn down that opportunity to learn something so amazing.
This song while technically not as difficult as the song I was originally going to do, makes up for it in other areas of technique that will make it just as difficult to learn. For example, this song has a lot of technical fingerings that have to be played in quick succession. This requires me to even further build up my finger strength. Another challenging task that will be faced in this song is related to the words being sang. Since I will not be singing the words that go with the song, I have decided to play the notes of words in certain places. The problem arises with the facts that those notes will have to be learned by ear considering that I can only find the notes for the chords online. I think the single biggest potential issue when learning this song is the guitar solo halfway through. The solo is easily the most technical and most difficult part of the song, so learning it will definitely take a lot of practice and repetition. Overall though I am very excited to learn this song that I have been in love with since I first heard it. I know it will take a lot of technical work, practice, and repetition, but I am willing to put in that work to produce a final product that will entertain those watching. That is all for this week, and as always, I'm Joel McLaughlin and I will speak to you all later. |
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