Friday night. Usually, I clean up my room in Saturday morning, but I did it today. I actually could not finish cleaning up my room. It is because I started playing a guitar. Anyway, today is on Friday. No one complains. I can not stop playing once I start.
Interestingly, I have not enjoyed playing music so far. I did practice, I did perform, but I did not play for myself. When I was in 20’s, I was so afraid of not using time efficiently. Since, the music is not first priority of my life, I can not spare time enough to play well.
As I wrote here before, I started playing guitar with tutor. I have been playing the guitar but I have taught by myself. I did not think I needed to hire tutor for guitar. It is because, firstly, playing the guitar is just my hobby, I do not want to pay any extra money for it. But as I wrote review ‘The practice perfect’, it is much better if we have tutor because they know what to practice, when to practice.
For me, I have faced with the problem. I could not find way to next stage. I have lost my way. What is my goal for music and playing guitar? What should I practice or perform? I may be able to play if I was asked to play something, but, I have no creativity. This is because, I think, I had no vision for my music life.
So, now, we are reviewing the scale. You know ‘Scale’ is part of music theory. The scale itself is very simple. But applying the scale on playing in appropriate way is not so easy. Especially for jazz, fusion, the codes change so rapidly, ‘which scale should I chose and how to play, how to make story with melody?’ is always in question. Yeah. We need to think so much before getting used to.
I do not know how much I need to practice. It seems that this is long way to get out the flood of ‘scales’. But, I am excited to find the way to be better player. I believe this scale training and our discussion is beneficial to my music life. I want to be much better player today.
So, Physics, English, Reading, Guitar, and Running seem to be my central issues. Life is simple for me, haha. I am already full. Let’s invest my time for them.