Log update: 14/04/2022
Hello there! There’s about time to make a proper update to my learning log 
. The one I did before was just to save the date in which I started module 13
Gear
I treated myself with the iRig BlueBoard for controlling Amplitube, which is the app I use as “amp”. The excuse was that I want to record Enter Sandman and as it has parts with a clean tone and the rest with distortion, I needed the gear to do the quick changes. Besides, it allows using the loop-pedal characteristics of Amplitube, which I heard Justin on an occasion that is a good tool for rhythm for beginners 
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The thing is that it is harder than I thought to nail the moment to do the change, so probably I’ll end up recording Enter Sandman twice, one for each tone 
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And I’m still fighting my desire to buy an acoustic guitar. For now, I have it under control since I promised myself to do it after grade 3, but man… it is hard. And even harder seeing your nice acoustics here 
Objectives
Due to the new feature of the songbook to categorize songs, I ended up watching all the videos about Effective Practice. Despite the fact that I think they are for Grade 3 students 
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Watching the videos made me think more about my guitar goals. Beyond the 12 months goals, I already had set.
3 years
- Getting comfortable jamming with other musicians
- Play some songs with solos included
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IF I get married. I would like to play at my wedding and surprise some members of my family who didn’t even know I’m currently playing
5 years
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I want to have completed the advanced course from Justin
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I want to be able of doing covers (metal-covers
) of songs I love, like the OST of some videogames
Progress
I’m just starting with module 13. Don’t know how much I’ll stay here, but for now, seems realistic to think that I’d finish grade 2 in August.
However, I have detected some flaws in my playing to work on:
- Chord changes to F
- Chord changes to A → I’m trying to improve my A air change since I still placing finger 1 first and then the other 2. And that creates a funny sound (kind of a hammer-on) whenever I change to A
- Sing along with songs → I have trouble with searching for my repertoire. Being from Spain makes that hardly any person knows the lyrics for the songs I learn with Justin since they’re all in English . So if I want to be ready for some moment of action when someone throws a guitar at me, I should really work on singing while strumming. Which I haven’t accomplished much yet.
And that’s it. For now 