10/25/13 update

Since this week was the last week of football I was incredibly focused on football and had no time to practice guitar because I was preparing for the game. A positive out of this is that we won our game 29-6 and finished with a record of 8-1. Another positive outcome is that since football is now over I only have to focus on the play which means I'll have a lot more time to practice guitar! I can finally get on a fairly decent practice schedule and really start learning the music and focusing on it a lot more. I know I said I'd add more songs to the list as I progress and I will as soon as I learn at least "House of the Rising Sun". So this is a great thing that I now have time to actually practice and not just pick up the guitar for a few minutes every few days.

Animals Album cover

10/18/13 Update

Alright so I didn't have a lot of time to practice guitar this week due to trying to make it to play practice and football. It was suggested that I post video of me playing soon so there's evidence of my progress. I think that is a good idea so I want to get one up on here as soon as possible, I do not know when that will be but if I can I'd like it to be soon. I'm sorry I don't have a lot to update on this week but I should have more next week!

10/11/13

This week I began looking at the plucking for House of the Rising Sun. It looks pretty simple, but I haven't had time to try it yet because of football this week. I will be practicing this weekend though, because I will have plenty of spare time. I got the tab for this song from Ultimate Guitar  which is a very reliable place to find chords and tabs for music. I have got all the tabs and chords from this site. I hope to get the pluck pattern down sometime this weekend or next week.

Sidenote

I will be changing my guitar picture, because I took it with my iPod and it looks rather poor. I have one of the yearbook cameras for the weekend so I'll be using it to take a guitar picture as well as sports. I have also officially removed "Good Riddance" from the list of songs.

10/3/13 update

This week I took to practicing "Wagon Wheel" because I am still rusty with my guitar since I've only played it a few times since school began. Good news is I still remember almost all the chords and how to transition them pretty well. On the down side being without practice has greatly decreased my chord transitioning time, and I think I need to get the calluses back onto my fingertips because playing did hurt a bit yesterday. I played mostly while I was on xbox waiting for the GTA 5 online to load, unfortunately that didn't happen so I got about a little more than a hour's worth of practice. I will be using "Wagon Wheel" to get my speed back into my fingers for guitar.

9/27/13 update

In terms of skills learned this week I havn't learned any due to the fact that I've taken "Good Riddance" off my list. I will begin practicing "Wagon Wheel" and "House of the Rising Sun" this weekend though! So it's not like I'm doing nothing.