This week, I focused on getting the 1st verse of the song “Piano Man” by Billy Joel to perfection. I have struggled with getting a little part of the 1st verse correct for 2 weeks now. At the time 16:30 of this video I embedded below, is the part that I struggle with the most. […]
Month: October 2024
Lesson Plan Links
Here are sone links to my lesson plans that I have used in my Pre-Internship! These are some random lesson plans that I have used to teach in Foundations and Pre-Calculus 10!
The Digital Age
Our world has evolved and changed in many amazing ways, but also in many scary ways. The internet walks a fine line of being a wonderful tool and resource while also being a major factor in mental health struggles and overall bad activity. In Wesch’s video, he talked about how easy it is for media […]
Timing is Everything… Make it Count
This week, I engaged with my learning project with attempting the correct timing of the song “Piano Man” by Billy Joel. Over the last few weeks, I have just been playing the song without thinking about the correct timing. This song is to be played quickly but in ¾ timing. This means that there are […]
Splicing an Intro
This week I decided to video tape myself playing the intro to “Piano Man” by Billy Joel. I spent over a week learning the outrageous intro and training my hands to play notes quickly while still being able to play the notes correctly. This week, I used and app called iMovie. This app can be […]
Chords, Chords, Chords
This week has been a struggle with playing the song “Piano Man” by Billy Joel. I dedicated this week to playing just the left handed chords but I feel like my hands are too small to be able to stretch them out to play the large chords. It makes it tough to play with the […]