Monday, June 18, 2012

Guitar lessons and learning

To whom-ever it may interest,

I am taking personal guitar lessons with Craig A. this summer and here is a list of songs I would be learning as part of the class:

1. Best of my love by Eagles
2. Killing me softly by Fugees
3. Life by the drop by Stevie Ray Vaughan

I am trying out personal lessons for a change instead of the usual group lessons. So far, I am really enjoying this style much more. I think it better suits my personality. I am quite private about my work and learning. I am not a great group learner. I consider that a weakness and not a strength, but it is how things are now, or even now.  So in addition to developing my guitar skills in private, I would like to work on my learning style in general as well. I am thinking of trying out playing guitar with other enthusiasts or playing with a group of people with different musical talents.

Some other songs I plan to learn on my own:

1. Better Days - Eddie Vedder
2. Bluest eyes in Texas - Nina Persson and Nathan Larson
3. You're my home - Billy Joel
4. Country Roads - John Denver
5. I still haven't found what I am looking for - U2
6. Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
7. Time of your life - Greenday
8. Blowing in the wind - Bob Dylan
9. Moonriver - Audrey Hepburn
10. All apologies - Nirvana
11. I don't know what I can save you from - Kings of Convenience
12. Dream On - Aerosmith
13. Beatles - Norwegian Wood

If you are interested in either playing or singing along any of these songs, do get in touch.

Alternatively, if you would like to have a discussion about different learning styles and their appropriateness to different people and different activities , lets get coffee sometime. As someone told me back in my undergrad days, college is not about learning the subject at hand, it is about learning how to learn.

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