The prototype I created is a timeline to reteach myself guitar over the next six weeks. Every two weeks there is a new concept to review: the basics, easy songs, and pluck chords. From the overarching timeline, I broke out each concept into a new page to elaborate my plan. On the bottom of each page, I gave myself a prompt to motivate myself to journal how I feel about the process. I can reflect on what works and what doesn’t and therefore make adjustments to this prototype.
I chose to focus on songs that I enjoy listening to that will also be easy to memorize to play in the future. Having an end goal of performing a song or two for my family will also motivate me to keep practicing throughout the week. Bringing all of the materials together onto one timeline as a reference will simplify the search for learning materials. I already saved the YouTube videos and found the songs on GuitarTabs to reference while I learn.
Having a goal for each week will improve my experience during quarantine. Playing guitar is something that I used to really enjoy but stopped making time for. By putting myself on a schedule to relearn chords and strumming patterns, I can have some time to myself to play around and have fun. Setting goals, like learning songs and chords, will keep me on track to eventually play in front of people! Not only can I play for my family, but I can even perform for my friends over Zoom!
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