Thursday, October 31, 2013

Not quite as Harmonically Challenged

Today I played 16 songs for around 36 minutes, again split between some before going to work and some after getting back home again.

Qualified with A More Perfect Union, and all of the songs in this set I have improved on my previous best score. I also improved on three of the other songs too, so I'm feeling quite pleased with todays effort.

The next trick is going to be keeping up at least 30 minutes of playing each day to try to continue to improve.

I also have NaNoWriMo coming up, and this is going to take a lot of my time - 50,000 words to be put towards a novel. It doesn't help that I'm also doing two online courses, one on playing the guitar and the other on programming for musicians both hosted at Coursera. Hmm. Who needs sleep?

Harmonics

I had another look at the Harmonic technique, where you gently place your finger over a fret and get a pure bell like tone when you play and lift your finger. It took some time before I worked out I was using the wrong fret. Oops. It explains a lot.

I did get 12178 with the challenge, which gets the Bronze medal.

Playlist

In Bloom by Nirvana: Scored 37408.
Surf Hell by Little Barrie: Beaten previous high score of 32071 with 35925
Boys Don't Cry by The Cure: Scored 32037.
Unnatural Selection by Muse: Beaten previous high score of 28183 with 31256
Where is My Mind? by Pixies: Beaten previous high score of 59973 with 64285
Well OK Honey by Jenny O: Scored 33916.
Me and the Bean by Spoon: Scored 48181.
Play with Fire by The Rolling Stones: Scored 30070.
Song 2 by Blur: Scored 67563.
When I'm with You by Best Coast: Scored 31161.

Palace Hall

I Miss You by Incubus: Beaten previous high score of 14345 with 14871
Mean Bitch by Taddy Porter: Beaten previous high score of 32027 with 33415
Sunshine of Your Love by Cream: Beaten previous high score of 31518 with 32432
A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus: Beaten previous high score of 25929 with 30555 Qualified.
Rebel Rebel by David Bowie: Beaten previous high score of 31036 with 46020.
High and Dry by Radiohead: Beaten previous high score of 34518 with 36959.


Full song list


SongArtist(s)Latest ScoreLatest Score
(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones7409773793
Next GirlThe Black Keys8334983349
AngelaJarvis Cocker8026074265
Higher GroundRed Hot Chili Peppers5942158054
Go With the FlowQueens of the Stone Age8983684208
In BloomNirvana4915337408
California BrainRapScallions91369136
VasolineStone Temple Pilots7186271651
Slow HandsInterpol4225742257
I Can't Hear YouThe Dead Weather3950039500
Surf HellLittle Barrie3592535925
Boys Don't CryThe Cure3790032037
Unnatural SelectionMuse3125631256
JulesSeth Chapla110689647
OutshinedSoundgarden3473830338
Number ThirteenRed Fang2853123345
Use SomebodyKings of Leon5784457844
Where is My Mind?Pixies6428564285
Well OK HoneyJenny O3411933916
Me and the BeanSpoon5153748181
Play with FireThe Rolling Stones3116430070
Song 2Blur7891067563
I Got MineThe Black Keys2927226151
Do You RememberThe Horrors6102646908
BreedNirvana6764767647
Are You Gonna Go My WayLenny Kravitz1619016190
When I'm with YouBest Coast3388031161
I Want Some MoreDan Auerbach2347523475
Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand2464024640
I Miss YouIncubus1487114871
Mean BitchTaddy Porter3341533415
Sunshine of Your LoveCream3243232432
A More Perfect UnionTitus Andronicus3055530555
Rebel RebelDavid Bowie4602046020
High and DryRadiohead3695936959

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