Songwriters

1. Work on Song about Noah. 
   
2. write in melody notes to lyric syllables.  

Collaboration

1. kett needs to write a chord progression in g major using at least four chords. 
2. Keep doing warmups.  
3. Write words for new song  

Carry Through

1. Begin practice with slow, deliberate warm up routine with g major scale.  
2. Take good deep breaths and don't move on to the next note until you’re ready. Space them out.  
3. work on 8th note and strumming exercises.  
4. Focus on diaphragm feel especially versus sound you make.  

Note Values

1. Count out loud eight notes slowly to the metronome. Less than 60 is ideal. 
2. Accent strong beats.  
3. Work on falsetto.  
4. Start all down picks, then go to alternating (adding up strokes).  

Over My Bonnie!

1. Double check your posture and form at the start of each practice and check in with it throughout. Forearm placement, neck up, left hand behind the neck for round finger shapes on fingertips, etc. Learn to be checking in for the correct feel of these aspects instinctively or habitually by repeatedly reinforcing them and keying in on the click of how they feel right when you nail them.

2. Make chord shapes in the air and drop all fingers at once, no fidgeting, before or after placement. If you miss one or more target frets lift all fingers between beats to quickly reset. The goal should be feeling positive fingertip engagement with the strings after pressing down each shape.

3. Work on chord exercise and 8th note page.

4. 8th notes are counted like this, “1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and” where the, “and” beats fall in between the quarter note numbered beats you’re already accustomed to playing along to the metronome. This means the extra 8ths notes are playing in the spaces between (in case we haven’t covered this).

5. Either take turns with one person only playing uke and the other only singing, or record yourself playing the uke parts you’ll sing to (8th note stuff this week), then sing to the recording. This way you’ll be able to get separate practice doing each element before combining them.

6. Work on trying to get on track with your singing closer and closer to the beginning of each run, gradually expanding on how well you’ve been doing towards the end once you lock on. Focus on replicating the feel and sound of being on track more consistently so you can do it right from the start eventually.

Progress (Updated)

1. Polish my Bonnie.

2. Practice without the paper, the whole time! You know the song now, at most you will need to look at the chords for the beginning section we didn’t spend as much time on once to reaffirm which ones you need and in what order. Working through remembering and feeling things out from there without the paper is necessary and will pay off.

3. Work on the transition point in the middle of the second line from the old melody to the new fixed melody.

4. Spend some time taking turns singing only and playing chords only.

5. Fix your chord fingering issues. Focus on the feel on round finger shapes, fingertips on strings, and forming the chord shapes in the air and dropping all fingers at once. If you need to resettle fingers after a failed first attempt while strumming, lift all fingers briefly and then reset all fingers simultaneously.

6. Identify and isolate problem areas and work them out as small chunks, whether that be chords or singing.

7. Sing the same octave for the first line and a half, then split, Debbie high, Kett low.

8. Practice with intent to maintain the proper threshold of intensity. That mains effort, focus, air flow and pressure, and sheer volume.

9. Work on chord exercises.

My Bonnie

1. Polish handsome molly.  
2. Figure out my bonnie in written key and wrote it out.  
3. sing one note at a time.  
4. Sing loud.   
5.  

Levels of Satisfaction

1. Practice these two songs with the metronome. 
2. focus on satisfaction rather than happy or sad while practicing. 
3. Write out melodies for handsome molly and little birdie.