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PERP CA4C JOURNAL 2
From blog 1, I have found myself improving on my timeliness and generally getting a better sense of 5/4 and the chromatic chord changes at the chorus of the song. The practice really has helped with the chromatic chord changes as I seem to have found myself to be struggling(like shifting the whole chord shape down got difficult sometimes) with that but once I started practicing, especially as I increased the bpm at which I was practicing. It is kinda tricky to change the chords chromatically and also to catch the rhythm.
But with practice, I have found myself to be getting better at it. I have also decided(for the first exercise) to add a variation of the practice in the key of D as compared to C cause there is a key change to D at the very end of the song so I just whacked it in the exercise as well.
As for the second exercise, it greatly helped me get a better grasp on the time signature changes in the song and has also improved my finger dexterity and familiarity with the shift from the high frets on the high strings to the low frets on the low strings. For this part, I have also created another exercise with a different rhythm to practice with and also to do the same for finger dexterity.
The second variation does require a bit more precision and skill to execute which is why I think it is a good exercise.
For the third exercise, on top of having the existing 4/4 jabs, I have included another two variations in 5/4. These variations carry more difficult rhythms are slightly harder but It helps me to familiarise myself with eh 5/4 rhythm. Similar to the earlier practices I will be practicing it at the various bpms mentioned in the third exercise(69, 80 and 91 bpm). I practiced all these exercises with the chords in the song just to also practice the chords in the song at the same time.
My skills have definitely improved after integrating these practices into my practice routine. I also managed to pick up a new skill at playing fluently in 5/4 and also changing between 4/4 and 5/4 which I found to be an interesting change for most. Many of the exercises are focused towards helping me nail down my timing and I can say that I have become better at keeping in time. However, I notice that I tend to rush into the practice(I let the metronome run for one bar before I start playing along). It would do me much better if I, with more patience, let the metronome run along for two or so bars before I start playing along to it. I find that this allows me to get a better grasp of the timing and like tempo before I start playing. This is still something I find myself rushing through so it would do me good it I consciously took note of this and tried to correct myself.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dXpJB63Jm9jZLx568QAZ_2dP7GPMQ23Ql5Wd7tGIpEA/edit?usp=sharing
(Erm in Google Classroom there wasn't a Assignment to submit the slides in oof )
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Jorryn Yeo PERP CA4c
For CA4c, I will be working on time signature changes and triplets with the help of the song ‘She Looks Like Fun’ by the Arctic Monkeys(linked below).
https://youtu.be/eLYeiimWLoY
The song starts with a 5/4 chorus, spiced with a sprinkling of triplets throughout its length.
Seen above is the riff that chiefly repeats through the entirety of the chorus(repeats five times) before it moves into 4/4 for the verse.
As for the verse, it starts with four bars of 4/4 before it shifts over into one bar of 5/4 and back into the chorus. The general structure of the song can be seen below.
In order to efficiently focus on the various aspects of the practice, I have broken the few technicalities into various parts, namely:
The rhythm and triplets in the 5/4 chorus
Switching of time signatures
Moving from the a high position on the top strings to a low position on the low strings
Timely Jabs
My first technical exercise to get down the basic rhythm of the chorus which goes as follows:
I will simply be strumming the above chords for this practice and will be playing along to a metronome at 58,69,80 and 91 bpm. I decided to stick to the chords in the song and use them for this practice but perhaps I could later switch up a bit and play different chords/ riffs/ rhythms that are in 5/4 and contain triplets.
My second exercise essentially switches between time signatures as I play it and helps me internalise the habit of keeping count of my playing in my head:
This exercise also serves to help me practice shifting from a high position to a lower position on the fretboard, as well as to move from the high strings down to the low strings. This will be practiced to a metronome at 69, 80, 91, 102 and 113 bpm. Perhaps I could come up with a couple more variations of this exercise for the next practice journals by having the time signature changing every two bars or by changing the notes I am playing to make it even more challenging.
My third exercise would serve to help me improve my timeliness with the jabs in the piece (its currently kinda wonky):
These jabs will be played in a couple various rhythms and to a metronome at 69, 80 and 91 bpm. I definitely think that once I get more familiar with jabs, I could increase the bpm and also switch up the chords more. As of now, I am sticking to the chords in the song and using them in this practice. Possibly, I could include more variations on the rhythm in 5/4 too.
In all, I think that I can familiarise myself with the exercises first before I move onto further refining them to fix any of the bad habits I might find out about as this practice continues. So far it has worked out quite well but adding more exercises, variations and upping the bpm is also something I foresee myself doing.
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Jorryn Yeo_PERP CA4b_Journal 2
My selected solo piece:
I want you(She’s so heavy) by the Beatles. The part that i am having trouble with is from around 2.20-3.05 in this link:
https://youtu.be/tAe2Q_LhY8g
My technical pieces:
This would be the tabs for my first study piece would be something like this:
Set 1
5-6-5^6-6-7-6^7-7-8-7^8-8-9-8^9
Set 2
9-10-9^10-10-11-10^11-11-12-11^12
The sets would be performed across the six strings and is focused mainly around getting the semitone bend right.The second study piece is similar to the first. But is centred around a whole tone bend.
Set 1
5-7-5^7-6-8-6^8-7-9-7^9-8-10-8^10
Set 2
9-11-9^11-10-12-10^12-11-13-11^13-12-14-12^14
However, I would not be practicing this on the high E string. I tried this on the high E earlier and it could not really reach the whole tone. So I tried harder and snapped the string. Even though it was new.:')
The third study piece is a variation on the first and second except that after the bend, the note will be released back to its original pitch. Here is an example of what it will kinda be like if I were to do it on a whole tone bend starting from the fifth fret.
5-7-5^7^5-6-8-6^8^6-7-9-7^9^7-8-10-8^10^8-9-11-9^11^9\
My progress:
My bending is now a lot better and more accurate and I also find myself having to strain my fingers less when bending and it feels a lot more natural and easier. In terms of the pitch of the bend, it has also improved and became better and is more on pitch now compared to before. Vibrato has also become easier and less awkward with the practice.
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Jorryn Yeo_PERP CA4b_Journal 1
My selected Solo Piece is:
I Want You(She's So Heavy) by the Beatles
My Musical Technical Challenges:
Bending the strings. I have trouble bending the strings as far as they need to be bent and also have a tendency to unconsciously slide down the fretboard to get to the note instead of bending the string. My vibrato also sounds kinda meek and questionable and are not as consistent as they can be. I have never really played around with bending too much so this is a good opportunity to try it out.
My selected Technical Study Pieces:
This would be the tabs for my first study piece would be something like this:
Set 1
5-6-5^6-6-7-6^7-7-8-7^8-8-9-8^9
Set 2
9-10-9^10-10-11-10^11-11-12-11^12
The sets would be performed across the six strings and is focused mainly around getting the semitone bend right.The second study piece is similar to the first. But is centred around a whole tone bend.
Set 1
5-7-5^7-6-8-6^8-7-9-7^9-8-10-8^10
Set 2
9-11-9^11-10-12-10^12-11-13-11^13-12-14-12^14
However, I would not be practicing this on the high E string. I tried this on the high E earlier and it could not really reach the whole tone. So I tried harder and snapped the string. Even though it was new.:')
The third study piece is a variation on the first and second except that after the bend, the note will be released back to its original pitch. Here is an example of what it will kinda be like if I were to do it on a whole tone bend starting from the fifth fret.
5-7-5^7^5-6-8-6^8^6-7-9-7^9^7-8-10-8^10^8-9-11-9^11^9
State your Practice Routine:
I'll go through the practice session starting with the third study piece then the first followed by the second. Doing the third piece first kinda helps me fingers warm up a little better then the first and the second. I’ll be doing the stuff mentioned above and try to add some variations to my practice by first doing the sets normally then by trying them again with some vibrato. I would also try to match the pitch as well as I can and use a tuner to check if I am bending enough or too little. I will also try to bend with my second, third and fourth finger and experiment a bit to find out which method produces the best results. Additionally, I realised during practice that I sometimes accidentally hook the adjacent strings when bending so I need to be more aware of that to correct it.
My reflections:
I think that I still have quite a bit of work to do with bending as the pitch is still kinda wonky and off. So far, I have found that bending with multiple fingers helps make the strings a lot easier to bend but there is still a degree of control that I lack to get the right pitch. I’m still struggling quite a bit with the whole tone bend so I might want to focus more on that. I have also noticed that bending the lower strings away and the higher string towards your person makes it quite a bit easier to bend. However my bending is definitely improving and getting better and I think that the study pieces are definitely helping. I will be sticking to these study pieces for now but may make some minor adjustments in the future if needed.
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CA4a Journal 2
The technical skill that I am working on is picking and rhythm.
My dying question is - Is it normal to be able to keep a beat better without tapping your foot? Cause once my foot starts tapping I just lose all rhythm. Either that or I would have to tap a really strange rhythm to keep the beat.
The online sources are quite divided on this. Some say it is better to tap your feet to keep the beat while others say that doing it without is better and will help one internalise rhythm better. I think that I would try to internalise the rhythm as I think that will work better in the long term and it would also bother other people less if I am performing with other. Maybe I could try to keep count in my head too while practicing cause this whole time I have kinda just been going on ‘feel’.
I definitely think my rhythm has improved but I do still think it can be worked on a little more and my picking is about 60% there I think?
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Jorryn_Yeo CA2a Reflection
I guess I can start off by saying that I did better than I thought I would. I was kinda worried that I would freak out and mess up but that didn’t really happen. There were still a couple of mistakes here and there though. However, from the comments I got I would assume that most people did not notice. So I guess I did pretty well in pushing through the mistakes and just continuing on. I also remember a few comments that I found really ironic. Someone said I looked confident or something like that and when I saw it I was like ‘No.’ But then afterwards when I watched my recording I kinda got what they meant. My face just kinda naturally falls in a way where I look like I don’t care about anything. So I guess that helps me look less freaked out? Someone also commented that I had great tone and I found that so funny cause I am using a mini amp without any pedals and stuff.
I still think that my rhythm and picking can be worked on cause when I take a close listen i still still hear some parts that are out of time and I kinda fumbled on the picking at one part. There was also like a second where I played a wrong chord cause I was freaking out so maybe I need to find a way to freak out less or just practice so much that muscle memory can just completely take over my consciousness. I still do imagine that I will freak out more in front of a real audience though. But with covid and all I do not think I will be able to practice in front of a real audience anytime soon.
I think I will still work on my rhythm and picking for now but with like less scales but apply it to songs and stuff and maybe just work on some chords too.
I really like the expressiveness in my peers’ performances, especially in the vocalists. It is still something I am trying to work on cause I kinda have a dead face when performing. Emotions are something I still need to go and discover because they are confusing. This is a part of showmanship that just really adds to the performance. There were also a lot of them who just pushed through their mistakes even though you could tell they were reasonably unhappy with the mistakes but they did not stop nor let the missteps affect the rest of their performance. Then there are also those who tried their best with the given situation, either due to lack of resources or technical problems, such as the drummers. They should really be given credit cause I feel like they are the ones who are most affected by this whole situation.
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W1 Task
1a) One of my long-term goals would probably to be able to play in front of random people without losing it. This probably has something to do with getting more confidence and stuff which I kinda do not have at the moment. I do believe that it is possible for me to get better at this as I go on performing more but for now I could try playing in front of just a couple people instead of the class and gradually increase that number. Hopefully that would ease me into performing better and with more confidence.
Another long-term goal of mine would be to get familiar with my instrument/s and be able to pull off a bunch of things with it. This, of course, would require me to put in a lot of time and practice. However, I believe that there also exists internet resources and real people who would be able to help me on this little journey. This way, I would be able to pick up stuff faster and not have to fret over the basics when learning new pieces etc.
My final long-term goal would be to be able to play cohesively with other people in a band. I have not had many chances to do that other than in like MUSP and though playing together in MUSP was a relatively not-so-much-of-a-train-wreck experience, I have definitely experienced a couple train wrecks while playing with some other people. I would hope to be able to learn how to overcome those train wrecks and get the band to like come back from the train wreck(and also how to save myself from train wrecking myself).
Optimistically, I would achieve these in the next ten weeks or so.
1b) My first short-term goal would be to identify notes on the instrument I am playing. For example, I would be able to look at a fret and name the note it plays. It would be awesome if I could also learn to get familiar with a pick cause I find picking to be a somewhat strange sensation. Studying and practicing would both be key to this goal.
Another short-term goal of mine is to become less scared of people. I do not know why but some people just freak me out more so than others and seeing them when I am performing freaks me out(this sentence makes no sense). I kinda do not know what I can really do about this other than pretend that those people aren't there. but maybe socialising more will get my brain to understand that people aren't scary?
My final short-term goal would be for me to procrastinate less, especially when I am at home. I find it hard to practice at home for some reason and often would choose to put off practicing at home. It is much easier for me to focus in a studio or in school, often by myself where I know people cannot hear me absolutely failing. This probably also has something to do with my low confidence and I hope that as I ease into performing, this whole situation will get better too so that I can actually get practice, regardless of where I am or the resources that are available to me.
God willing, this will all be somewhat achieved in the next three weeks.
2) I suppose I never really thought about this much but I hope that PERP will help me gain a bit more confidence in myself and allow to fail a ton so I can learn how to improve from those failures. I really hope that I will be able to get comfortable with performing in front of others as I ease into PERP and not be as timid or withdrawn.
Additionally, I wish to see myself be able to improve throughout the course of PERP and be able to play in a group setting and follow my group mates well by listening to their playing too, instead of just fretting over my part.
In playing for others over the course of PERP, I definitely would receive some criticism which I hope would give me a direction to work in and areas to improve on, as well as to provide the opportunity for me to learn about what I want to deliver as a player or what I want to contribute to the band.
Lastly, I wish that PERP would provide me with a conducive environment in which I will be able to have fun playing with other people.
3) Thinking of what I will be able to contribute to PERP, I can think of little but support and constructive criticism for my classmates. Knowing how some tend to be overly critical of themselves, they might dig themselves into a pit over some of their 'worse' moments. It is easy to overlook the 'good' moments in this time and optimistically, I would be there to provide them with the support and encouragement that they need during that time.
Constructive criticism would also provide classmates with an objective to work towards so that they can improve on areas that they need to and be able to allocate time and space to improving on those areas.
I am so sorry this is late I couldn't put my name into the google form and kinda just forgot about it after that.
Sorry.
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