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Coverage

1) Proposal

2) Research

3)Vocabulary

4)Feb 1 - Feb 2

5)March 1 - March 2

6) April 1 - April 2

7) May 1 - May 2

Depth

Feb 2

I feel this works for depth because I went in depth in my research and even showed the reader the tab in which I learned the song from when I could have just as easily said it was a a complicated guitar tab.

Media

March 2

I chose this for media as it shows my cafe oasis performance and an explanation of what I did.

Reflection

May 2

This was my reflection

I thank Ms Morgan for the opportunity to do something we love while learning English, this was an amazing experience.

#pleasedontfailme

May Blog Post

For my final song for this Quest I learned the song Shoulda Been a Cowboy by Toby keith as its my childhood anthem and a song Ive been singing my whole life.

Chords-

The Chords were simple enough a simple G-D-C-D throught out the whole song continuously, the hard part was the pace, its awkward and fast. Between every word a new chord is to be played and this messes with the rhythm due to my lack of capability to transition at the same speed of Toby.

Solo and Intro afterwards though I felt confident enough thatI learned the intro and solo to the song which looks like this.

G D C D e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------3------------------------------------------| G|----------------2----------0----2---2----------------------------------------| D|--------0-----0----0-----2----0----------------------------------------------| A|------2----0----------3------------------------------------------------------| E|----3------------------------------------------------------------------------| The Intro

E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D-----------0-----------------0--------------0-----------------0--------------- A------0h2------0-2-3---0h2h3---------0h2--------0-2-3---0h2h3----------------- E---3------------------------------3------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------------------------------------ D-----------0-----------------0--------------0----------------------------0---- A------0h2------0-2-3---0h2h3---------0h2--------0-2-----3(hold)--------------- E---3------------------------------3--------------------------------b2---------

The Solo

Research

Works Cited

Anthem731. “Semper Fi Chords.” Ultimate Guitar, tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/trace_adkins/semper_fi_ver2_crd.htm. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. These are the chords for the song Semper Fi by country artist Trace Adkins. These are accurate chords and fit up to the song very well. My only piece of criticism would be that the chords can get jumbled up at times and become a little hard to understand. Overall an accurate tab for the song Semper Fi.

Candy, Simon. “Open String Guitar Soloing Part 1: Create Awesome Solos With Open Strings and Pentatonic Scales.” Ultimate Guitar, 21 Dec. 2016, www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/soloing/open_string_guitar_soloing_part_1_create_awesome_solos_with_open_strings_and_pentatonic_scales.html. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. This article is a tutorial on how to create a better sounding guitar solo using open strings and the pentatonic scale. On the website it says he is a experienced publisher on the website and has been playing guitar his whole life which adds to the credibility. He also adds a lot of diagrams and a video to add to the visual aid and it gets the job done.

CBray16 42. “Hank It Chords.” Ultimate Guitar, tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/justin_moore/hank_it_crd.htm. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. This is the chords to the song Hank It by Justin Moore. The chords are very clearly laid out and easy to understand and match up with the lyrics and make it easy to follow. My only critique is that there is no information on the author so I don’t know if there's a better way to play it or not. But overall it's a good tab and gets the job done.

“Semper Fi (Trace Adkins) Easy Guitar Lesson How to Play Tutorial Strum Chords.” Youtube, 3 Oct. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_H-gdvaaW4. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. MunsonMusics guitar lesson for Trace Adkins Semper Fi has its ups and downs but gets the job done nevertheless. This video easily shows the viewer how to play the song Semper Fi, through strumming not picking. What I would say is a plus is the video is very easy to follow, things are put up in text so if you need to go back in check you can. My one critique is the audio is bad and the teacher doesn’t have any real background info so we have to just trust that he's qualified.

Quest Self Reflection

Overall I would say that I gave a very successful speech. My strengths would be, volume, eye contact, pacing and use of slides. What I didn’t do so well was; stuttering and forgetting some points and walking around too much.

Volume- I kept a consistent loud volume throughout my whole speech and demonstration making sure everyone could hear what I was saying.

Eye Contact- I did not focus on one person for the whole speech, I went from person to person looking at everyone to make sure that everyone was involved.

Pace- My pacing was thought out and my timing came up just a little short than my practices, and in my opinion I felt I wasn’t going too fast or too slow.

Use Of Slides- My use if slides was thought out for emotive response such as the gifs used at the end to amuse the audience to lighten up after quite a few serious points.

Stuttering- I found my self stuttering or making weird noises trying to fill the silence of me forgetting a line or becoming scared and saying whatever came out of my head.

Forgetting Points- I think I should have practiced a few more times before class as I found myself to forget a bunch of words/ phrases throughout the whole speech. This led me to making up a few lines that ended up being better than my original idea.

Walking Around- I know I walked around the room out of pure anxiety I needed to be moving because I was nervous I would mess up and felt that this would (and it did) calm me down.

All in all it was successful and I hope it left a thought in peoples heads, or shared my perspective.

Talent Show

Link to Video

Quest Proposal

Jackson’s MusicQuest Proposal

Background

I want my quest to be about me improving as a musician. I have played guitar for the past 2 years but have never really gone past basic chords. I want to be able to play more complex and fingerpicking styles of music as well as write my own. I really want to get this done because I do perform and sing/rap, but I want to be able to be more impressive and eventually be able to start up a band. I’d do a mixture of southern Rock and 90’s Rock and specific rappers like CCR, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Offspring, Cranberries, RA the Rugged Man, Brother Ali, Action Bronson. At the end of the year I want to be able to show what I’ve learned with a performance to the class and this performance would have a mixture of multiple songs.

Funds

I already have the equipment I need and I self teach everything I do with the help of some internet tutorials. I have a Gibson SG Faded 2016 and a Roland Amp and I have an Overdrive pedal on the way (Ordered Online) Just to give some numbers i spent 800 Dollars on the guitar, 500 on the amp, 200 on the pedal and around 200 dollars on miscellaneous equipment. Which brings my bill up to around 1700 dollars. And the school provides recording equipment.

Information

I already practice guitar for an hour everyday at least and I plan to continue to this, but add more difficulty to my practices. Also I have friends in the US Air Force Band Who Have Agreed to give me advice. I also am doing the Talent Show at school and am planning gigs out of school to gain confidence on stage, Milestones

December 8th Talent Show December 25th 1st Video Blog Entry December 30th 2nd Video Blog Entry January 30th 3rd Video Blog Entry February 28th 4th Video Blog Entry March-ish Perform in Assembly March 30th 5th Video Blog Entry April 30th 6th Video Blog Entry May 30th 7th Video Blog Entry My Information

Sources

Marty Shwarts on Youtube

Erich Andreas on Youtube

Watching Concerts Online

Ultimate Guitar tabs

Vocabulary

Archtop- Semi Electric GuitarArpeggio- Chord broken down and played one at a timeBar- Sub division of time Barre Chord- Chord where you cover on full fret of the guitarBody-The main part of the guitarBridge- Where the guitar transfers vibrations to the soundboardCapo- Device that bars a fret to bring the key downChord- Group of notes played togetherChord Progression- Sequence of ChordsCount in- A countdown before you start playing so everyone is in timeDrop D Tuning- Tuning the E string an octave lower than the D stringFinger Picks- A pick that fits over your fingerFingerpicking- A style that blends chords with notes to create a complex sounding rhythmHammer on- Playing the string than hammering your finger on the fretHarmony- 2 or more sounds at the same timeLead Guitar- The guitar that is loudest and has the most complex work to doLock nut- Keeps the string in place to keep the guitar tunedTuning keys- The things you twist to tune the guitarStrap- Keeps the guitar attached to youWhammy Bar- Makes the guitar sound wavy to add effect to a songTab- The notes or chords for a songTriad- A 3 note chordNeck- The long part of the guitar where the frets areFret- The different sections of the fret that makes a noteReallygreatstuff. "Guitar Definitions Music Terms Jargon Words Guitarists." Ebay, 29 Dec. 2006, www.ebay.com/gds/ Guitar-Definitions-music-Terms-Jargon-Words-Guitarists-/10000000000973295/ g.html. Accessed 9 Jan. 2017.

April Blog Post

I successfully learned how to play the two Trace Adkins songs and now am learning how to play a Chris Cagle song called “My life’s been a country song”. I resonate greatly with this song, especially with its references and morals portrayed. The Chords were all that I have encountered before, my only problem with the song was that it was in a key that was too high, but the website I use for my chords has this really cool feature where you can automatically make the key higher or lower depending on your voice. So i took it down by 2 keys which lets me sing it comfortably. So now the Chords I use are C G Am F. The transition were difficult, but not impossible the hard part about this song is that the pace is very fast so you have to transition between chords very quickly to keep up with the original version of the song. So what I have practiced is a slower more emotional sounding version of the song and not quite as upbeat as the original.

I like this song a lot because it reminds me of good memories and kind of takes me back for a second to where I don’t think about whats going on in the world.

Chords

April Blog Post

This month I am planning to learn how to play Semper Fi and Jesus and Jones by Trace Adkins, as these are two songs that I have been waiting along time to learn.

Ive Already begun practicing and it is slightly pushing me out of my comfort zone with barre chords. The chord Progression for Jesus and Jones is G F C G which is simple enough without the F chord, but really messes up the flow of the song because it causes me to slow down to prepare to cover the whole fret which is new to me as I only do open chord campfire songs, but the more I practice the smoother it gets. But the rest of the song is really smooth and comes out nicely especially since its in my vocal range which makes it very easy to sing a long to.

Chords

Semper Fi on the other hand is extremely harder than what I usually play because of the wide variation of chords and small adjustments to pre-existing chords you have to play to make it sound right. For example the simple D chords gets changed into D/F# or C into Csus2/E or Cadd9. Which makes in nerve racking and frustrating because the wrong placement of one finger ruins the whole song. On top of the whole chord predicament the pace of the song is hard to follow in terms of when to play each chord and overall I don’t play it very well and I feel like I’m butchering the song.

Chords

March Blog Post

This month consisted of me preparing for Cafe Oasis where I did Darius Rucker’s Wagon Wheel. I felt it was a good show, but I had a few hiccups throughout the whole song, firstly I was so nervous that my fingers started to twitch so I decided doing the fingerpicking in fear that I would mess it up. So Instead I went in by just strumming chords. But all in all It was good practice and better than my others performances.

Attached is the performance- https://vimeo.com/217447969

March Blog Post

In March I’ve chosen to work on the song Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker. Its a song that I’ve really wanted to do for awhile because of how cool it sounded, the problem with it is that it is played with a lot of different instrument that I can’t play as a one man band so I did a watered down acoustic version. I started off by finding out if I needed a capo, I worked out that there needed to be a capo on the second fret, I did this because I’ve been trying to work on my listening skills, I also conquered that they were using the basic country chord progression, G D Em C. The rest of the song was pretty simple and easy to pick up. The next thing I worked on was timing and getting the chords played smoothly and trying to get a sound similar to that of the original song. This song had no picking intro or solo so I added fingerpicking over the already existing chords adding a hammer on here and there.Cafe Oasis is coming up later this month and I think I’ve decided on doing this song for it. It should be a good show.

Feb Blog Post

In February I decided to learn a pretty old, but iconic song. Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash. This was both difficult and easy for me being a lot more difficult than easy. The good thing was the chords in the song were fairly simple. The E Chord, E7 Chord, A Chord and B7 Chord. These chords are very well known and used throughout country songs because they give a very twangy, outlaw feel to it. You will find many songs fall in the same parameters, extremely so with people like Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings (Icould list them on and on)... But that was the easy part, the hard part was the picking aspect of the song, there was an Intro, Filler Riffs, Solo and an Outro. The Intro and Outro were Exactly the same it looked like this:

|--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |-----1-1------------| |-2-2-----2----------| |-----------3-0------|

The numbers represent the frets of the guitar (The sections on the neck) and the each dotted line represents what string to use. And since I don’t have a band to play with I do everything by myself with an acoustic guitar.

In this particular Cash song there are two guitars playing One is strumming the chords (Rhythm) and one is picking the Intro, Solo, Outro and Licks. Me being one person had to play both so I modified each slightly, by delaying or missing entire notes completely to help the Fluidity of the song. Another issue was that the picking was done on an electric guitar, since I like the acoustic sound the song brings I decided to also modify them so I could play it on the Acoustic Guitar.

FYI this is the Solo:

e ---7-9p7-10-7---7-9p7-10------7-9p7-10-7---7-9p7-10-7---| B 8h9----------8h9-----------8h9----------8h9----------9--| G ------------------------------------------------------9-| D --------------------------------------------------------| A --------------------------------------------------------| E --------------------------------------------------------| e 5---5----9---------0-0---------2--2---------------------------| B 2-2--5-5--10-10----0-0---------0--0---------------------------| G 2-2--6-6--9----9---1-1---------2--2---------------------------| D -------------------2-2---------1--1---------------------------| A -------------------2-2-0-1-2---2--2-2-2-1---------------------| E -------------------0-0--------------------3b-0----------------|

All in all it was a success and I ended up putting it on the list for an upcoming Cover Album I am recording with my guitar teacher later this year.

If a begginer would want to learn this song I would reccomend skipping the picking all together because even with just picking it gets the job done and the use of 7 chords gives the impression you know what you are doing even when you don’t ;)

Feb Blog Post

The first half of February was kind of a bust in terms of progress as it was a very experimental phase. Trying out mics and pop filters, testing my limits in terms of what i could and could not record. (More like should and shouldn't).

After the initial awkwardness of singing into a microphone was over I could actually focus on what I wanted to record. In the beginning I felt like I should record something that people wanted to listen to, something on the Billboard top 100 or something similar. I kept recording then quickly deleting as it didn't sound right to me. I’d send it to friends or close family and they’d say it sounded nice, but it didn't sound right. If that makes any sense. After about a week of watching my voice go hoarse with no end result I decided I was going to take a week off and look deeper into what I wanted this to be, did I want to be someone that the majority of people liked to listen to, or be a someone I liked to listen to and by the end of he week I felt that if i didn't like my own music then why I am I singing it?

So now I’ve decided I am going to do songs that I enjoy doing, if people like me for it, great. If people hate me for it, I don’t really care.

Annotated Bibliography

Works Cited Anthem731. “Semper Fi Chords.” Ultimate Guitar, tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/trace_adkins/semper_fi_ver2_crd.htm. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. These are the chords for the song Semper Fi by country artist Trace Adkins. These are accurate chords and fit up to the song very well. My only piece of criticism would be that the chords can get jumbled up at times and become a little hard to understand. Overall an accurate tab for the song Semper Fi.Candy, Simon. “Open String Guitar Soloing Part 1: Create Awesome Solos With Open Strings and Pentatonic Scales.” Ultimate Guitar, 21 Dec. 2016, www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/soloing/open_string_guitar_soloing_part_1_create_awesome_solos_with_open_strings_and_pentatonic_scales.html. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. This article is a tutorial on how to create a better sounding guitar solo using open strings and the pentatonic scale. On the website it says he is a experienced publisher on the website and has been playing guitar his whole life which adds to the credibility. He also adds a lot of diagrams and a video to add to the visual aid and it gets the job done.CBray16 42. “Hank It Chords.” Ultimate Guitar, tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/j/justin_moore/hank_it_crd.htm. Accessed 1 Jan. 2017. This is the chords to the song Hank It by Justin Moore. The chords are very clearly laid out and easy to understand and match up with the lyrics and make it easy to follow. My only critique is that there is no information on the author so I don’t know if there's a better way to play it or not. But overall it's a good tab and gets the job done. “Semper Fi (Trace Adkins) Easy Guitar Lesson How to Play Tutorial Strum Chords.” Youtube, 3 Oct. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_H-gdvaaW4. Accessed 2 Jan. 2017. MunsonMusics guitar lesson for Trace Adkins Semper Fi has its ups and downs but gets the job done nevertheless. This video easily shows the viewer how to play the song Semper Fi, through strumming not picking. What I would say is a plus is the video is very easy to follow, things are put up in text so if you need to go back in check you can. My one critique is the audio is bad and the teacher doesn’t have any real background info so we have to just trust that he's qualified.

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