What excites you the most about your Genius Hour Project?
I am excited to learn to play guitar because I have always wanted to play an instrument. Specifically I would love to be able to play some country song because it is my favorite genre of music. I like learning something new and I have tried learning this before in middle school but quit because it was hard but now I found motivation to keep trying and learn to play this instrument just like my father.
What concerns you the most about your Genius Hour Project?
I am worried that it will be hard to learn and I will want to give up. I have heard it takes lots of time and effort to learn so I am unsure if I will show much progress in this short amount of time. Also I am concerned that I won't be able to find enough time to practice at home but I am hoping to find easy ways to learn guitar to teach others. I am not worried that I will not find information on this but I will find too many different opinions and won't be sure whose is the best.
What progress have you made so far with your project?
My progress so far is that I found a book my dad had and used that to get started. I am just starting to learn some chords like the C and G chords. These are two that go together quite a bit from what I've researched. There is a song "E Ride" that does not use chords just single finger picking to play the whole song. To play songs I have learned how to understand frets and different strings. With learning the strings I have learned to tune it also with a machine my dad has.