Reflecting on ISTE's Standards for Students Computational Thinker
5c Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.
I broke the song down:
There are 4 sections with several chords in each section:
The Intro: C6, Bb9, Am, Am7, F#m7, Fm7, Em7, Eb9, Dm7, C#9, C6
Verse (part 1): C6, Dm7, Em7, Fm7, C6, Gm7, C7, Fm7, Bb9
Verse (part 2): C6, Bb9, Am, Am7, F#m7, Fm7, Em7, Fm7, Bb9, Ebm7, Dm7, C#9
The Bridge: Gm7, Gm7/C, Fm9, Fm7, Bb7, Ebm7, D7, G7
The Ending: C6, Bb9, aM, aM7, f#M7, Fm7, Em7, Eb9, Dm7, G7, C6
I am going to represent my progress by not only tracking my progress through the song but through the chords I have learned. Using a Google Sheet, I aggregated the chords by writing a function that took all the unique chords and put how many times they are repeated.
| Unique Chords | Times in Song |
| C6 | 6 |
| Bb9 | 4 |
| Am | 2 |
| Am7 | 4 |
| F#m7 | 3 |
| Fm7 | 7 |
| Em7 | 4 |
| Eb9 | 2 |
| Dm7 | 4 |
| C#9 | 2 |
| Gm7 | 2 |
| C7 | 1 |
| Bb9 | 1 |
| Ebm7 | 2 |
| Gm7/C | 1 |
| Fm9 | 1 |
| Bb7 | 1 |
| D7 | 1 |
| G7 | 1 |
Wow, there are 19 unique chords!!! Also, I can see that Fm7 is the most repeated chord.
So I started practicing the intro and at least got the chords down. Here is my progress through the song so far (green being done):
The Intro: C6, Bb9, Am, Am7, F#m7, Fm7, Em7, Eb9, Dm7, C#9, C6
Verse (part 1): C6, Dm7, Em7, Fm7, C6, Gm7, C7, Fm7, Bb9
Verse (part 2): C6, Bb9, Am, Am7, F#m7, Fm7, Em7, Fm7, Bb9, Ebm7, Dm7, C#9
The Bridge: Gm7, Gm7/C, Fm9, Fm7, Bb7, Ebm7, D7, G7
The Ending: C6, Bb9, aM, aM7, f#M7, Fm7, Em7, Eb9, Dm7, G7, C6
Here are the chords I have learned:
| Unique Chords | Times in Song |
| C6 | 6 |
| Bb9 | 4 |
| Am | 2 |
| Am7 | 4 |
| F#m7 | 3 |
| Fm7 | 7 |
| Em7 | 4 |
| Eb9 | 2 |
| Dm7 | 4 |
| C#9 | 2 |
| Gm7 | 2 |
| C7 | 1 |
| Bb9 | 1 |
| Ebm7 | 2 |
| Gm7/C | 1 |
| Fm9 | 1 |
| Bb7 | 1 |
| D7 | 1 |
| G7 | 1 |
So, I have learned just the intro, however, I have learned half of the chords including the most frequently used chords.
Check out the audio clip here
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Byy3V1Cql17cS3E3Qk1NbWhHT1k
Next week, I will test my sight reading and see if that has progressed as well...
It's sounding great already! Chords are something entirely new to me. I played the french horn so I only had three valves. So the idea of having to use so many different fingers on different keys is mind boggling to me.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have a lot of chords that are in this song. Are many of them new for you?
I found out many Americans who play music use chords making their own melody instead of merely following a fixed music. The way I learned in Korea was to bang on the piano keys accurately (some instructors emphasize infusing emotions though). I'm excited to listen to your music soon~!
ReplyDeleteThe music bit sounded super cool, almost eerie but in a good way. The chords look cool and complicated. Many people including myself do not realize how complex music can be... but I don't know what I am looking at so maybe it is not that complex???
ReplyDeleteWow, It looks very useful to remember the whole some just by memorizing the chords instead of the notes. Looking forward to your progressing.
ReplyDeleteYour piece sounds great. Look forward to hearing more. The piano is a beautiful musical instrument. I took piano and guitar lessons when I was younger, sadly they didn't last long since I never developed my musical ear lol.
ReplyDeleteWow that sounds nice already. I think your wife will be so excited. I like seeing everything broken down really showing how you are working well with your plan.
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