Section 1 – My personal targets
This week, i decided to improve upon Red house by Jimi Hendrix. This song was very hard to learn as Jimi has a certain style that is very hard to replicate. The song also includes lots of dynamics throughout it which also makes it very hard to perform live, so i have decided to practice this so that when it came to performing the song i will be able to perform it with no trouble.
in stylistic awareness we carried on covering Red House and managed to get everyone up to perform including myself. i felt that i performed it reasonably well, however like i have said before, Hendrix has a signature style that is hard to replicate. Because of this certain style i found some of the licks that i played to be to sloppy and messy and i didn't manage to pull of the same feel that Hendrix did.
in band skills we have started to learn 'come together' by the Beatles. I am very happy about this as i really like the Beatles so i feel that i will enjoy getting up and performing this as it will be easier to get into the groove and the swing of the song.
in technical development we have carried on looking at the indie song and improving upon it. we were doing this by playing to a metronome. some of the group also got up to perform this in front of the class.
throughout critical listening we have been looking at more theory and understanding time signatures and keys. i found this to be fairly hard as some of the things that we covered, i did not understand.
in stylistic awareness we carried on covering Red House and managed to get everyone up to perform including myself. i felt that i performed it reasonably well, however like i have said before, Hendrix has a signature style that is hard to replicate. Because of this certain style i found some of the licks that i played to be to sloppy and messy and i didn't manage to pull of the same feel that Hendrix did.
in band skills we have started to learn 'come together' by the Beatles. I am very happy about this as i really like the Beatles so i feel that i will enjoy getting up and performing this as it will be easier to get into the groove and the swing of the song.
in technical development we have carried on looking at the indie song and improving upon it. we were doing this by playing to a metronome. some of the group also got up to perform this in front of the class.
throughout critical listening we have been looking at more theory and understanding time signatures and keys. i found this to be fairly hard as some of the things that we covered, i did not understand.
Section 2 – Practice updates
This week I have also been practicing 'Come Together' by The Beatles. this song was fairly simple to grasp and i managed to pick it up within 30 minutes, however i felt that i should learn this in depth so that i would be able to perform it with no errors.
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