Meghan+F.+-+2011

Week 1: Chords Learned -- E minor and D Songs Played -- Somthing in The Air and Spanish Fandango Songs Preformed -- Somthing in The Air and Spanish Fandango Mark Earned -- 88% media type="youtube" key="WjWThJ0jYxo?version=3" height="360" width="640"

Week 2: Known Chords -- E minor and D Chords Learned -- G and A Songs Played -- Pumped up Kicks Songs Preformed -- Pumped up Kicks Mark Earned -- 100% Special Achievements -- I learned a new strumming pattern for this song. The pattern required me to move my hand quickly and soflty during the song. This strumming technique has a good base line and is best used for background work on the guitar.media type="youtube" key="SDTZ7iX4vTQ?version=3" height="360" width="640"

Week 3: Known Chords -- E minor, D, G and A Chords Learned -- C Songs Played -- Superboy and the Invisible Girl Song History -- “Superboy and the Invisible Girl” comes from a relatively new musical called //Next to Normal//. The Musical is about the mother of a family who deals with Bi-Polar disorder. The mother is delusional and thinks that her son, who has been dead since he was 16 months old, is still alive and is 18 years old. The entire family deals with the mother’s disease in different ways. The father tries to help by forcing her to take medications and eventually giving her Electrical Shock Treatment on her brain. The daughter, Natalie, becomes very frustrated with her parents because she feels like they wish they had their son back instead of her. This song is originally sung by Natalie to her boyfriend and then to her mother and it shows us that she feels invisible in her dead brother’s shadow. Songs Preformed -- Superboy and the Invisible Girl media type="youtube" key="MGViLQGV-Dg" width="425" height="350" Week 4: Known Chords -- E minor, D, G and A Song Learned: begging slide of "I'm Yours" by Jason Maraz media type="youtube" key="NjAveC0ESv4" width="425" height="350" Week 5: Song Learned: Entire song of "I'm Yours" by Jason Maraz Song Played: Entire "I'm Yours" by Jason Maraz Special Techniques: I tried a bit of chunking to learn the middle section of this song.

Week 6: Song Learned: "Grenade" by Bruno Mars media type="youtube" key="3Kb5cOnuz1U" width="425" height="350"

Week 7: song learned: "Soul Meets Body" by Death Cab for Cutie song played: "Soul Meets Body" Chords Learned: Am media type="youtube" key="qG97P3FDHrM" width="425" height="350"

Week 8: No performance due to remeberance day ceremony and shortend week.

Week 9: song learned: "Vienna Waits for You" by Billy Joel song played: "Vienna Waits for You" Known Chords: Emin, D, G, A, C, Bmin, Amin, and F Chords Learned: E, B7, E7 media type="youtube" key="8BGbeDb5VIk" width="425" height="350" Week 10: Song learned: Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen Song played: Hallelujah Known Chords: Emin, D, G, A, C, Bmin, Amin, E, B7, E7, and F Chords learned: No new chords were learned, but we are practicing our fingerpicking skills. media type="youtube" key="y8AWFf7EAc4" width="425" height="350" Week 11: Song Learned: Deck the Halls(Tranditional Carol) and Wild World by Cat Stevens Song Played: Wild World Known Chords: Emin, D, G, A, C, Bmin, Amin, E, B7, E7, and F Chords Learned: Cmaj7, Dmin7 and D7 media type="youtube" key="HJRkrJx2ekA" width="425" height="350"

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Week 12: Song Learned: "Hear You Me" by Jimmy Eats World Song Played:None (week before Christmas) Known Chords: Emin, D, G, A, C, Bmin, Amin, E, B7, E7, F, Cmaj7, Dmin7 and D7 media type="youtube" key="5KPu7QhYY_0" width="425" height="350"

Week 13: Song Learned: continuation of "Hear You Me" by Jimmy Eats World Song Writing:

__Meghan's Haiku__ Colours splash the sky Cool water laps at my raw toes The sun warms my soul

Week 14: __Song Writing Unit__

Up C F C G7 Little boys and youthful girls C F C E7 With button noses and golden curls C F C G7 All through childhood they were a team C F C E7 But what happens when those little ones grow up mean

__Chorus__ Am We grow up C D Am Up closer, up apart, up along for the ride C D Fighting just to stay on the same side Am C D Wondering if we're meant to be D Am C D We're so young and we've got so much left to see C F C G7 The girl is growing up now, leaving her little boy behind C F C E7 He doesn't call her back, and she's losing her mind C F C G7 They're screaming, crying like the kids they used to be C F C E7 That girl is thinking "he's getting over me"

__Repeat Chorus__ C F C G7 That girl leaves and never looks back C F C E7 She drove away, his world turned ice cold black C F C G7 He dicovered that his girl was his only support C F C E7 C Wished to turn back time enjoy their homemade fort

__Adjusted Chorus__ Am We grow up C D Am up closer, up apart, we're getting off of this ride C D No more fighting to stay on the same side Am C D We know we're not meant to be D Am C D I was so young but now I've gone out to see