Culminating Blog Reflection

Lack of communication was the biggest challenge that my mentor and I encountered. He seems always busy with his class. I am a shy person. I wasn't able to ask him a lot of question that I had during the courses. To overcome this challenge, I tried to contact my mentor through E-mail. And it works well.

When I was doing the research paper, I procrastinated a lot. I waited until the last minute to turn in the paper . After the paper, I learned not to procrastinate. During the practice presentation, I noticed that sometimes I can do something really well, but I don't believe in myself. I always think I would make mistake. I tried to become more self-confident, and I need to stop being shy. I tried to speak louder and make eye contact with people. I hope I can do well in my final presentation of Capstone project.

I think collaboration is really important to me in this project. During the guitar class, I need to work with collaborate with people to make a song sound right. I also need to collaborate with my mentor to get many stuff done for this project.

I learned that I do not want to be a guitarist nor a musician. I can play music as a hobby, but not as a career. I can not see myself making money by playing guitar, but I really enjoy playing it. I am glad that I chose guitar as the topic for my project. =D

5-4-2013 6th meeting. Total hour:18

Today I complete 3 hours with my mentor. I learned about different right hand techniques, sweep, brush, scratch and percussive effect. I practice more song with the chords. I really need to practice more. I think guitar is fun!

4-27-2013 5th meeting. Total hour: 15

I spend 3 hours with my mentor today. =D. My mentor showed me how to play 12 bar blues backup. I also learned how to play Jungle Bell on guitar. I have some trouble with changing chords. I found guitar is a fun instrument to play. Love it!

4-6-2013 4th meeting. Total hour: 12

Today I did 3 hours with my mentor. I learned about Chromatic scales and how it works on the major scales. I also learned a few new chords. My mentor gave me some more music to practice the new chords.
My mentor is a great guitarist!! I love him!!!! I really need to spend time to practice more.!

3-23-2013 3rd meeting. Total hour: 9

Today I work with my mentor for 3 hours. I learned about some different chords. My mentor gave me some simple song to practice and get familiar with the chords. I think it is really cool, because I could play a song with just one or two simple chords. I need to practice.!

3-9-2013 2nd meeting. Total hour: 6

Today I competed 3 hour with my mentor. He taught me how to read the chord chart and finger positions. I also learned about the names of the notes of the open strings and how they are written on the staff. I think the chord chart is pretty easy to understand and the notes are a little bit difficult to memorize. Anyways, it was fun. =D

2-16-2013 1st meeting. Total hour: 3

I meet with my my mentor for 3 hours today. I learned about how to hold the guitar properly. I also learned how to use the pick. Guitar is harder that I thought. After 3 hours of class, my hands were numb and my fingers started to hurt. I think I like it.=D