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Over spring break, I went traveling across the country. It was fun and a unique experience, but I wasn't able to bring my guitar there with me. After a few days, I found that I missed my guitar and the feeling of pressing the frets. As time went on, the callouses on my left hand that were created by the strings started to solidify from the lack of stimulation. It looked really peeled and gross, but I felt kind of weirdly proud of it, because it was a product of all the work that I'd done. It was a sign that I was adapting to the instrument and improving.
Right before I left and right after I arrived back home, I spent a while practicing. Before I had even decided to learn how to play the guitar, I discovered a song called Loud(y) by Lewis Del Mar. The song has the best guitar parts I've ever heard, and I remember thinking "If I could play the guitar, I would play this song for sure." Since I've come back from break, I've learned how to play it, and it's the most fun I've ever had playing the guitar. I'm glad that I made the decision to learn.
Because I wanted to play this song, I had to use slides. In the past, I've attempted them, only to cringe in pain. But because of the newly formed callouses, I could play them with ease. In my plan, I hadn't accounted for spring break, but learning how to slide has put me two weeks ahead of schedule anyway. I underestimated how much I want to learn how to play. I have new things to do outside of class (rehearsals, volunteering, homework, etc.), so I've been struggling to fit practice time into my schedule. I really wish that I had more free time, because I genuinely like to play.
To raise the pitch of all the guitar's strings, you can place a large clip called a "capo" at the neck of the instrument. A lot of the songs that I want to learn require a capo, so I will soon purchase one of my own.
Right before I left and right after I arrived back home, I spent a while practicing. Before I had even decided to learn how to play the guitar, I discovered a song called Loud(y) by Lewis Del Mar. The song has the best guitar parts I've ever heard, and I remember thinking "If I could play the guitar, I would play this song for sure." Since I've come back from break, I've learned how to play it, and it's the most fun I've ever had playing the guitar. I'm glad that I made the decision to learn.
Because I wanted to play this song, I had to use slides. In the past, I've attempted them, only to cringe in pain. But because of the newly formed callouses, I could play them with ease. In my plan, I hadn't accounted for spring break, but learning how to slide has put me two weeks ahead of schedule anyway. I underestimated how much I want to learn how to play. I have new things to do outside of class (rehearsals, volunteering, homework, etc.), so I've been struggling to fit practice time into my schedule. I really wish that I had more free time, because I genuinely like to play.
To raise the pitch of all the guitar's strings, you can place a large clip called a "capo" at the neck of the instrument. A lot of the songs that I want to learn require a capo, so I will soon purchase one of my own.
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