Nikhil Saha's Senior Project: The Art of Fingers and Strings

 I learned a lot this week, especially about the ideas of music theory. A fun story I have from this week came when I was practicing electric guitar. A few of my friends came over to hang out and I happened to be practicing at the time. They heard me playing Fortunate Son by Creedence Clearwater Revival and suddenly began spouting songs they wanted me to play. I was able to learn a few on the spot, and it was an enjoyable experience to be able to show off my learning.  I'm currently working on my visual presentation that will demonstrate the way I've learned on my technical guitar skills. I'm also still learning a lot about chord structure and scales from my guitar teacher. The video system for blogger doesn't seem to be working right now so I will do my best to fix that and get my videos up and available to be seen.

 Week 1 For my capstone project I chose to intensively play guitar in an attempt to further my abilities and learn more about the music I had already been playing. I started playing guitar at the beginning of the COVID pandemic, and since then I have learned how to play many songs. During this project I intend to continue to learn songs, but with assistance from my guitar teacher I will also be learning about music theory. My inspiration mainly came from the music I had been playing and hearing, which led to my curiosity in how music is made. I had already been taking lessons with my guitar teacher, Lara Michell, and she was on board with changing our direction to learn more about the fundamentals of music rather than just guitar. My goals for this project will be to create a presentable final product, such as a video, to demonstrate my learning; as well as a piece of media that shows my improvement on the front of music theory. Lastly, my main goal for the project is simply to bec...