My goal for this break was to get a lot better on guitar. Last semester I took functional guitar 1. It went pretty well considering I knew most the material beforehand. Over the summer, I spent a bit of time learning those basic chords like A major, D major, C major,... I thought those were hard. little did I know that bar chords were soo much harder. If you aren't familiar with playing guitar let me explain. The guitar has 6 strings. The thinnest string is the highest pitch string and the easiest to press down, the lowest string is the lowest and thus the hardest string to press down. Now imagine taking your index finger and laying it across the full fretboard across all 6 strings then using your other fingers in that hand to also press down other strings infront of that index finger to make a chord sound. It is very hard and a true test of finger strength. When I first started, it definitely felt hopeless. I figured my fingers were too hard and that I may never get this. However, with practice I have managed to successfully get a few bar chords down. Now if only I could get the bar chords to sound with 95% accuracy.
I've got 6 days before I will be heading out to Boone. Its just time to relax. Oh, and still no word on practicum results. Its beginning to feel like practicum results will never happen.
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