I made it through an entire month of old blog posts today. I'm up through August of 2010, and already I've found three notebook pages worth of stuff that I had started in on. I've categorized things into two categories (maybe three, if I'm technical).
The first category concerns theory and technique. It includes the notes on the fretboard, scales, chords, the circle of fifths, etc.
The second category revolves entirely around songs. The learning of them and the writing of them. As far as the learning goes, this is the spot for all of the major songs that have stayed around the whole time as touchstones, "Red House," and "Little Wing" being classic examples.
The (maybe) third category is really more of a list right now. It contains all of the moments where I've said to myself, "Hey, that'd be fun to learn."
This notebook feels like the missing piece to the project. I suspect it's the "keep a record of it" part of the plan from my "Opening Salvos" post. The blog aspect of it is a good way of tracking activities on a daily basis, but for actually keeping tabs on follow up, it has been only partially successful. The notebook, on the other hand, feels like the thing that needs to happen in conjunction with both what is written here and what ends up in the practice/teaching binder.
It didn't take me long to go through a month of posts, either. If I can sift through a month of posts a day, I should be able to get myself caught up in fairly short order. I'll still be pushing forward with other musical activities, of course, so don't despair, there will always be new stuff being posted here along with my journey through everything that has come before.
I feel good about the day. Plus, I go in late tomorrow, and have Wednesday off. Should be a good couple of days coming up as well.
The first category concerns theory and technique. It includes the notes on the fretboard, scales, chords, the circle of fifths, etc.
The second category revolves entirely around songs. The learning of them and the writing of them. As far as the learning goes, this is the spot for all of the major songs that have stayed around the whole time as touchstones, "Red House," and "Little Wing" being classic examples.
The (maybe) third category is really more of a list right now. It contains all of the moments where I've said to myself, "Hey, that'd be fun to learn."
This notebook feels like the missing piece to the project. I suspect it's the "keep a record of it" part of the plan from my "Opening Salvos" post. The blog aspect of it is a good way of tracking activities on a daily basis, but for actually keeping tabs on follow up, it has been only partially successful. The notebook, on the other hand, feels like the thing that needs to happen in conjunction with both what is written here and what ends up in the practice/teaching binder.
It didn't take me long to go through a month of posts, either. If I can sift through a month of posts a day, I should be able to get myself caught up in fairly short order. I'll still be pushing forward with other musical activities, of course, so don't despair, there will always be new stuff being posted here along with my journey through everything that has come before.
I feel good about the day. Plus, I go in late tomorrow, and have Wednesday off. Should be a good couple of days coming up as well.
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