It’s midterm time for my musical growth plan which means time to show what I have learned!  This first video is of me playing and singing “You Are My Sunshine.”  As I’ve mentioned before, the part that I found hardest for this song was putting all the pieces together (chords, strumming, and singing) and it was a little bit like patting my head and rubbing my tummy.  I spent quite a bit of time practicing however, and I am able to play it through fairly smoothly now.  Here goes:

 

I have been practicing putting the chords  and strumming together for my second song, “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz.  There is a lot more chord switching in this song than in “You Are My Sunshine,” and there are parts of the song where the chords change a lot quicker.  At this point I am able to play along with the song watching the tutorial video that I am using as it prompts me when to change chords.  I am also beginning to try and learn the lyrics of the song.  Over the next week my goal is to be able to strum the song on my own without the tutorial video, and to keep learning the lyrics.

The video below is me demonstrating the 5 chords that are played in “I’m Yours.”

Lastly, here is a video of my strumming “I’m Yours” along with the tutorial video: