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So I started taking guitar lessons again, with a focus on songwriting. It is helping immensely! In fact I already have the chorus of my first song finished. I will need to practice playing it the way I want. But the important thing is, I learned how to match chords to a vocal melody. I have been hung up on that for years! Excited. Ok, back to writing…

P.S. I’m using garage band to arrange the song. It works.

So I fucked up my ankle a couple weeks ago trying to do too much too soon. Then I went on a bunch of hikes which made it worse. It’s getting better now. So now I’m planning to start to build up slowly. Here is my plan:

Day 1: 1 mile
Day 2: rest
Day 3: 1.5 miles
Day 4: rest
Day 5: 2 miles
Day 6: rest
Day 7: 2.5 miles
Day 8: rest
Day 9: 3 miles
Day 10: rest
Day 11: 3.5 miles
Day 12: rest
Day 13: 4 miles
Day 14: rest
Day 15: 4.5 miles
Day 16: rest
Day 17: 5 miles
Day 18: rest
Day 19: 5.5 miles
Day 20: rest
Day 21: 6 miles!

So it turns our the ocarina I was given is not a very good one. It is too airy on the high notes. So that means I get to shop for a new one! That is exciting because I can get exactly what I want. I think I will go for a 12 hole traverse (sweet potato).

I am learning a lot about the instrument on this forum I found. You should check it out if you are serious about learning this instrument:
http://theocarinanetwork.com