This week I continued to practice piano by playing with Yousician. I like this app because it’s actually fun! It totally reminds me of the old video game called Guitar Hero, except Yousician is educational. You cannot move forward in Yousician until you’ve completed a series of tasks and scored at least one star. Once you accomplish the “mission” then you can move on. I think the game-like nature of this app is really appealing. I need established goals like this in order to motivate me to practice. I was having a hard time sticking with piano before I tried Yousician. I would say that my rhythm and timing have improved in the last week. I still don’t quite have the hand placement down. I’m thinking that if I continue with piano after this project I may consider hiring a piano teacher to help me learn to actually read sheet music. Not sure how committed I am to that idea just yet. But either way there are plenty of great free resources out there like Yousician and Youtube. I am really glad that George shared this resource with me. Just another example of how collaboration and communication can enhance learning. Overall, I am really enjoying this process. However, I won’t share a video just yet; I’ll save it for my final reflection.
Last week I felt as though I had made some serious progress toward my goal. I felt more comfortable in my playing. Week 4 was a little different. It seemed like I didn’t make much progress from last week. I wouldn’t say I regressed, I just wished I had made more noticeable improvements. I am starting to re-think my goal. Is it realistic that I will learn the entire song by the next week? Probably not. My goal now is to improve my rhythm and master the segment I’ve been practicing. One of the members in my 20Time House, George Porter, wrote about a app that helps you practice rhythm, called Yousician. I was curious to see if Yousician had a piano version, and it turns out they do! So this week I spent my time practicing rhythm by playing some of the Yousician activities. I think these activities helped my rhythm, but I have not included a video of my progress because I did not learn any new parts of the song. I’ll be posting week 5 shortly since I’m a little behind on my progress. Stay Tuned! Here's a preview of what Yousician for Piano looks like |
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May 2016
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