We wish you..a Merry Christmas (and a Happy Birthday)!
I've been learning to play the guitar for a month now (2 classes a week, that's about 8 classes so far). So far, it has been a humbling, but enjoyable experience. Mark, our guitar tutor, first taught us all the theory behind sheet music, after which I got these annoying dreams of the sheet music notations floating over my head (like how those sparrows go around your head after your neighbor's kid hit you with the cricket ball..by mistake of course).
Slowly, we (Anu, Sriram and I) progressed to playing "Mary had a little lamb" and 'Twinkle Twinkle" and other such difficult guitar pieces. These were written in sheet music notation, and we had to read them and play the tune. If only it was so easy. As I would multitask reading and playing, the parser in my head would often crash in the middle of a tune. I'd pause, look at the other two budding guitarists, take a deep breath and start again.
Anyway, sleepless as I am now, I sat up wondering how it would be if I figured out a tune on my own, without looking at any sheet or tab. And so I came up with this piece below (Click the image to play). In case you are wondering what I am playing, the title says it all.
Ok, I know this sounds way out of tune and slower than the real song. And I know that if I let Kaushik play this tune, he would not only come up with the precise tune impromptu, but would play it waaaaay better than me. And he doesn't even attend the classes. What shall I say, such is the irony of life.
Today is also Kaushik's birthday. Now to play the 'Happy Birthday' tune on my guitar, record it and send it to him :)
3 Comments:
thanks!, I'll try to putup a mandolin version of jingle bells :-)
nice try!
Chirstmas is long gone, will appreciate an another entry from you.
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