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Project Proposal
Name: Weslee Daniel
Project Title: Guitar Project
Project Start Date: November 7, 2014
Project Completion Date: May 15, 2015
Mentor’s Name: Mrs. Browning, Lisa
Daniel,
Brief Description: In this project, I
will be learning on how to play the guitar
My plan is to hopefully get a guitar. I am focusing on getting an acoustic guitar for my birthday or Christmas, but I need to figure out a way to get one. My goal is to teach myself, but I may need some help on the way. I may end up just taking lessons, but hopefully I will get the hang of it myself.
2) Project Rationale: The reason I am
doing this project is to boost up my music ability. I have always had a desire
to play the guitar, I just never thought of actually starting to play it. I
really just want to learn how to play to do it for my mom. She has always
wanted me to play any instrument. I learned how to play the piano, but never
really liked it. My goal is to do this for my mom, and to hopefully get
somewhere some day in a singing career. I know that it is a long shot, but you
have to start somewhere, right?
3) Project Steps:
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Get a guitar.
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Look up youtube videos to help teach me to play.
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Get sheets of music and practice little by little,
getting harder each time.
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If I am having trouble, start to get help from a music
teacher.
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Start working on pieces that are a little harder and
work on one at a time.
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Practice, practice, practice.
4) Timeline of Activities:
November 2014
Look at sheets of music and begin to
study how the notes look and mean and how to read the music.
December 2014
Get my guitar and start playing what I
have learned on it. Look up little pieces to play.
January 2015
Start learning the bigger cords like the
flats and sharps and how to play those. Begin to look up harder music to play.
February 2015
Begin looking at harder music and harder
things to play. I will pick out one piece that I like and learn the whole
piece.
March 2015
I will keep practicing on that one piece
that I have picked out.
April 2015
Perform piece in front of family.
May 2015
Present project to class.
5) Available Human and Material
Resources:
Hopefully my parents will begin to help
me by getting me a guitar and helping me be productive and keep up with what I
have to learn.
I hopefully will be able to buy books
with music in them so I am able to practice with them.
Youtube will be my biggest reliability
for this project. I will look on youtube and hopefully they will help teach me
things.
6) Possible Road Blocks: My biggest fear
in this project is not getting a guitar. Most likely my mom will get me a
guitar for Christmas, which is only 2 weeks away, because she really wants me
to pick up an instrument and play. One of my other possible road blocks will
most likely be that I am not able to teach myself the material. I’m scared that
it is going to be too hard, but I think I’ll be fine.
7) Research Questions:
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Will I get this project done in time?
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Will this be too challenging for me?
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Will I have the time to learn how to play?
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How long will this take for me to learn just a little
material?
