Beating It Into My Skull
*Hums Ode to Joy* Here we go. Yet another week of screaming at the piano. This week I devoted my time and efforts into learning the chords to "Ode to Joy." The D chord and the A7 chord were the two that I focused most of my attention on. As I showed in my previous blog, I color coded these keys to help me memorize them. I also have started to build on the G chord. The keys that make up the G chord are highlighted in green.
Progress
I then moved on to the third most common chord in the piece, the G chord. This chord gave me a bit of a headache. Let me explain. With the A7 and D chord, I could keep my thumb in the same position, simply moving my pointer, middle, and index finger in between. That in itself was a struggle that took practice to get down. The G chord requires me to move that thumb, which throws off my already established flow of playing. As you can see in this video, I am not flawless, and it takes longer than the rhythm of the song for me to switch between the chords. This shows that I'm learning, and slowly progressing my proficiency.
Second Half of Song
As you can see, I only played the first half of the melody/song. I did not play the other half because there are yet two more chords to learn. Both are played only once, but are essential to the harmony of the song. These chords are the B Major and B Flat chords. I have a longer period of time to work on this coming up. The next time I write, I hope to be able to play the full song of "Ode to Joy" at a slow pace, just like I did above.