Tonic, Dominant, and Sub-Dominant
I learned some new vocabulary today about Chords. I is the tonic, V is the dominant and IV is the sub-dominant. In theory the IV pulls you towards the V and the I makes things feel concluded. So, I need to go through the Greenwood Tree and try to listen for those effects and write down the chords.
Another new piece of vocab is the way notes are counted. e.g. C -> C# is a half, C -> D is a full and C -> E is a third. That always confused me a bit but now it makes sense.
The Metronome is a difficult thing for me to use but Samantha suggested a few ways I can use it to work on Greenwood Tree including setting it to around 100bpm and playing every 1/8th inside of every note. This help get my rhythm more regular across the piece.
Something that we noticed when trying to do this is that I was having trouble figuring out what notes to play. I need to read the notes, play with the metronome and get the rhythm all at the same time. Music is hard... ;)
Songs I am working on: - Greenwood Tree (work on rhythm, try to find chords) - Go Tell Aunty Rhody (string crossings)
