This week I practiced by reading sheet music on 8notes. It is still taking me some time to get used to reading sheet music, so I chose a song that used extremely easy cords to switch between involving only one finger. I really do like this website, it moves the sheet music along for you so you do not have to stop and scroll which is very nice. Although, I did try this one song, and the sheet music looked like it was scanned and added on, and that one song did not follow along so I decided I would choose a song where the technology of 8notes actually worked.

I chose to play the song Skip to My Lou. I was unable to play it at 100% speed right away, so I started at 50%, then 70%, then finally I was able to play 100%.  This is what the sheet music of the song looked like

One thing I wish was different about 8notes is, I wish it gave me a countdown before the song begins. As soon as you press the play button it starts right away. So, I did not really have time to get ready for the first riff. You can see in my video, as soon as I press play I quickly try to play the first couple of notes to catch up.

Skip to my Lou (youtube.com)

Another thing I found out this week, as that there is a daily limit for using the app on the free version. It only allowed me to practice for about a half hour a day. I do not know if its a timed thing, whether it counts the minutes, or whether it counts how many times you play a song, but the daily limit did not seem like a very long time to practice.

Next week, I am going to practice on 8notes again, trying more different and difficult songs before I move on to the next source of technological learning.