Term Review 2

Mid Term Review

1.  What are the the musical goals you want to achieve this year?
I want to become a better lead guitarist.
I want to increase my repertoire of songs

2. Are these musical goals new/have they changed from when you first wrote your goals on your blog?
 Yes because I want to focus on learning a different technique on guitar, which will allow me to improve my solos. I also want to focus on increasing the amount of songs I know on guitar instead of learning to play a new instrument.

3. Do you think you are achieving these goals? How do you know?
I will achieve these goals by practising scales in lesson and at home. By playing scales through repetition playing lead guitar will become more natural, and I will being able to improvise solos.

4. Is there anything stopping you from achieving these goals?
No, as I have guitars at home which I can use for practise and I have backing tracks which I can play along to. I also have access to guitar tabs on the internet to improve my scales.

5. What do you need to focus on each lesson to achieve these goals?

I need to focus on practising scales and playing songs to backing tracks. Therefore by playing along to the song I will be familiar with the changes in the song.

6. Write in detail what you would like to achieve this year in music.

1.I would like to become a better lead guitarist and improve my technical ability to play lead solos and improvise.
2.I would like to improve my repertoire of songs, so that I am to use my guitar ability to play gigs.

7. Write five things you need to learn/be taught for you to become the musician you want to become.

1. Guitar scales

2. New songs including Sweet Child O Mine, Stairway To Heaven and Crazy Train.

3. Guitar solo tabs for the songs above.

4. How to change the guitar sound for each song using a pedal.

5. How to transition from each part of the song smoothly.

8. Progress in last two weeks.
In the past two weeks I have been practising my guitar scales in and out of lessons. I have also been applying the scales to songs and practising the solos. I have also been repeatedly practising the songs so that I know when the transitions occur.

Pre Production Meeting Notes

For my performance I plan to play the songs Sweet Child O mine, Stairway To Heaven and Crazy Train. They are

What makes a good rehearsal

In order to have a good rehearsal, you must:

• Set up equipment, tune instruments
• Make sure each group member knows the song well enough
• Talk less and focus on working more
• Don't eat food
• Don't mess about
• Agree on a song that everyone likes

Response to the brief

The brief: To perform 15 mins of music in a school concert for a charity event.

The audience will likely be: People in their 10s-60s                      

Their musical interests will likely be: Rock

Therefore my music must be: Guns and Roses, Led zeppelin, Ozzy Osbourne


When I thought about the audience, I initially thought that they would be aged from 10-60, as people that age tend to like rock. I associated people over 60 with being into music from older eras. However many people in or above their 70s are into rock as they were alive during the 60s, when rock was popular. Many people who were in bands in the 60s are now in their 70s such as Mick Jagger, Paul Mccartney and Neil Young. Therefore I asked my grandparents, parents and uncles what music they listened to and found that people from older generations do listen to rock music.

As rock is a very wide genre, people from different age groups may be into certain sub genres such as heavy rock, blues, metal, classic or alternative. Therefore I have included songs from a a variety of subgenres such as classic rock-Stairway To Heaven, hard rock-Guns and Roses and Metal-Crazy. Train.

Backing tracks

Sweet Child Of Mine -Guns and Roses
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYl5wEry-0

End of Year Evalution

What went well:

The powerpoint as I've learned more about the Hip Hop Genre.

Learning songs as I now know different parts.

Guitar Solo on Sweet Child Of Mine.

What didn't go well;

My blog as there are parts incomplete.

Rehearsals as I have been slowly learning new songs.

Didn't have backing tracks for the song.

What I will do to improve next year;

I will play the songs to a backing track.

I will rehearse my 15 min performance.

I will learn all the song.

Summer Plan

1. William
2. Performance
3. What I need to work on over summer is: Learning my 5 songs, playing them to a backing track and rehearsing my performance.
4. My main three goals over summer are: 1)Learn the songs all the way through using backing tracks 2)Learn the guitar solos.3)Rehearse my performance 4)Find backing tracks
5. The five songs that I will perform are: 1) Sweet Child Of Mine-Guns and Roses 2)Stairway to Heaven-Led Zeppelin 3) More Than a Feeling-Boston 4)Crazy Train-Ozzy Osbourne 5)Paradise City-Guns and Roses
6. How i will achieve my goals over summer is by: Practising the songs every day until i know the full songs. I will learn the guitar solos. I will practise my performance to gain confidence.
7. I will make sure my performance is 15 minutes long.