Latest. blog post. Ever.
Sorry (again) for my tardiness. I hope you've heard out in the world that we're opening a brand new exhibition at The Field Museum tomorrow: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/at-the-field/exhibitions/vodou-sacred-powers-haiti
I've been heads-down on that all week with little time for anything else (including eating and sleeping). There is some amazing music in the exhibition though, and some beautiful drums that I'm having a hard time not grabbing and playing whenever I'm out on the exhibit floor!
Anywho...I'm sure you're all equally heads-down on preparing for the Student Showcase this week, so you don't even need me to remind you! But just in case:
Guitar 4Ever -- We finally played the lovely song of the session, fingerstyle! And it was lovely. Did I mention lovely? For tonight's show we're going to do Save Me and/or Thirteen. If there's time for both, we could talk about running straight from one into the other but let's do that work tonight in the classroom.
Guitar 1 -- It's either gonna be Tears for Fears or Elvis. We'll figure it out in class, and we'll have a full hour to polish up before we hit the stage at noon. But pause for a moment and reflect on how far you've come in a very short time. You know a whole host of chords--almost all of the ones you'll ever need--and quite a few strumming patterns. You can read diagrams and song charts, and listen to other musicians and play together. It's truly remarkable to come that far in 8 weeks so I hope you feel as proud of yourselves as I am to have watched your progress. I hope you'll invite friends and family to attend the show. Tell them to grab a seat in the concert hall, and the festivities will kick off at noon with dancers!
Guitar 3Rep -- We roped some Wild Horses. The strumming pattern is more or less the same as on Ziggy, but a little slower, lazier, and less precise. Don't worry about all the little up and downs, so long as you land clear strums on beats 1, 2, and 4. The rest of the doo-dads are just by feel. The split measures feature the root-strum root-strum-root stepping stones you'll hear here: http://youtu.be/UFLJFl7ws_0
Get to that root note! Especially on the Bminor. You've got a little extra time to form the rest of the chord after you nail the root on the one. But for our big show it's gotta be Ziggy. Of course it's gotta be Ziggy! Tell your glittered guests to be seated by showtime at 12:45p.
As always, it's truly my privilege to lead these bands and play music with you all. Thank you for another spectacular session, and keep on strumming!
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