4/16 Blog 3: Mount Eerie

     This week went surprisingly well. Believe it or not, I learned Sweden! Well, I learned what was taught in the YouTube video I followed and it isn't technically all of it, but it is definitely something, I guess...

    As complicated as it seemed to me at my current "not-so-great" skill level, I played it and I am very happy with the results. It is a big leap from the standard Ode to Joy and Hot Cross Buns. I always tend to get ahead of myself, trying to force myself to do things that might be out of my reach. However, this was not the case, as you can see, for it paid off! Learning to play these parts of Sweden really accelerated my muscle memory. I had what is known as a "fat finger," always pressing two wrong keys at once, but constantly practicing has treated it to a point in which I am almost cured.

    The next song I have decided to learn is a slower, chord-focused song. I want to familiarize myself with more chords and I feel like this is the best way to do so. I have chosen Flaming Home by Mount Eerie (Phil Everum). To know which chords I need to play, I used an app called Chordify. It was a lifesaver, providing intuitive directions on what chord to play at what time.

    Starting was difficult, as always. For example, whenever I was supposed to play these three notes together

I would end up hitting B as well due to muscle memory built from playing other chords in this song previously. It is SUPER frustrating, to say the least.

    I still have a lot of the song to learn, but it has been a lot easier for me after getting through this first hurdle. Now it is a matter of getting the song down over the next week. I will try to memorize it but playing with the chords right in front of me is difficult enough eye roll.

I have commented on Kai Kamppari's, Tiffany Chen's, and Adam's Gladish's blogs.