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Term 1 Week 6 : Now Thay You Have Learnt Basic Guitar Playing Skillz, Will I Continue To Play The Guitar ? Yes ? No ?

Yes and No . I would continue to play the guitar once in a week getting better at it . But I would like to continue training hard at my sports and studying for my academics .

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Term 1 Week 5 : How Did You Overcome Those Challenges ?
For Challenge 1 , I Bought a Guitar Pick .
For Challenge 2 , I tried to memorize the chords better and learn to deal with the pain in my fingers

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Term 1 Week 4 : What Are 2 Challenges I Faced While Learning The Guitar ? Explain Your Answer Challenge 1 : When playing the guitar . we have to strum the guitar . Then  my nails and skin was pain .
Challenge 2 : When playing a song , You have to always change chords . So it took really long for me to change chords as my fingers were hurting from pressing down the strings . And since I was only a beginner in playing the guitar , i did not memorise the chords clearly thus i always had to look down at the guitar to find out where to place my fingers .

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Term 2 Week 3 : List Down 2 Elements Of  Music Which Are Present When I Play The Guitar

There are 5 Elements : Timbre , Rhythms , Dynamics , Tune and Form .
The 2 Elements which were present when i was playing the guitar was the Rhythm and Tune .
Those 2 Elements really stood out when i was playing the guitar

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Term 1 Week 2 : 2 Interesting Facts I Discovered About The Guitar

1.You do not need to be a very good musician to play the guitar . It just takes practice and time .

2. I used to think playing the guitar was very hard as it has many strings and looks very weird .
Now I find that playing the Guitar is rather simple .

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Term 1 Week 1 : Briefly Describe The Differences Between The Classical , Acoustic And Electric Guitars 

Classic Guitar: 

String : Nylon Strings

Body : Made of wood 

Neck : Thicker and Wider 

It usually does not have a strap button on the bottom and often have decorative artwork around the sound hole. The Classical Guitar has a mellow sound .

Acoustic Guitar: 

String : Steel Strings 

Body : Made of wood 

Neck : Narrower Neck than a Classic Guitar 

It has a strap button on the bottom and a pick guard under the sound hole. It also has a brighter sound than the classical guitar.

Electric Guitar:

String : Steel Strings

Body : Hollow or Solid Body. Comes in many different shapes and sizes.

It requires an amplifier with speakers for the sound to be heard. Electric guitars have a strap button on the bottom and on the left side of the body and often have a pick guard on the front.

It also usually have both a volume and a tone control and may also have other controls as well as two or more pickups that can be selected individually or together for a variety of sound options.