Tiffany's PME 800 Final Project

This is my last post!  After hours of practice, I have produced my final product- playing Redemption Song by Bob Marley. In the end Here is my finalized goal tracker. Most items took a little longer to complete than I had initially estimated.  In the end, I was not able to play the full song smoothly, but I do plan to continue working on it after this course!  As an additional win, I had listed an optional "stretch" goal to learn to read guitar tab, and I am happy to say that I partially completed this goal. My completed goal tracker Another bi-product of this project is the huge amount of respect that I have gained for musicians:  they are able to play songs seamlessly transitioning between single notes and and chords, sometimes while singing or coordinating with other band members ... in front of a crowd of people - incredible! Thanks for reading my blog! All the best, Tiffany

At this stage, I am teaching myself to play the chords I need to play the song "Redemption Song" by Bob Marley.  According to Marty Music , the chords I need to learn are: G, E minor, C, and A minor.  Marty's version also has a "walkdown":  I learned that this is a transitional note between other notes or chords. I found this very difficult, and after several attempts, I decided to remove it from my final product. In the video below, you will see the result of much practice - successfully playing all of the required chords for the song!

It's been a busy summer with work, work travel, kids, and kids' activities!  I am finally getting around to updating this blog! I've been working on learning to read tabulature and teaching myself various chords.  As evidenced by my last post, I was able to the successfully play the opening riff of the song I am working on - by "fingerpicking".  On to the next stage:  learning the chords! I used a variety of resources for this next stage in the learning process (shown in the images below):  Liberty Park Music  is a great resource for people trying to teach themselves to play any instrument.  I used this site to help with the basics of reading tab notation.  I found it helpful to create my own diagrams and cheat sheets as the way that tab is written did not immediately resonate with me. I was struggling with moving from one chord to another while playing, and wasn't able to find a video or website to help me with this specific problem, so I called in