User:Jadeehlers

I will be Researching the tuning, chords, theory behind the Ukulele.
 * week 1

Research, and buy a "Good Uke."
 * week 2

Research the History behind the Concert Ukulele i bought. Also Learn all Major Chords.
 * week 3

Research How Uke's became. Also work on rhythm and Chords.
 * week 4

Continue to learn new techniques on the Uke and practice.
 * week 5

Start to construct a song on the Uke. intro, and verses
 * week 6

Construct chorus and bridge and outro.
 * week 7

Finish song, Record song and prep for presentation.
 * week 8

Present.

Midterm Assignment 1: Taste & Aesthetics
When I was walking to the park the first thing that really stuck out to me was this huge wheel, my first thought was “Why in the world is this wheel like here it’s dumb, and there’s no point to it." So I was like I don’t want to be lazy and just see that and turn back so I keep walking and none of them bugged me except that one, cause most had some representation of art behind it. Not just a wheel. So I Came back and researched the “weird wheel.” Soon after researching I found out it wasn’t even a wheel, it is a typewriter eraser. From then I was like okay that makes more sense and some type of art, cause unless you knew what it was most people would think it was a stupid wheel, so it has two characteristics to what it could be taken as. Finding this out it made me have respect for it, because I’ve always had an interest in the art that has two different pictures in one. So I thought of this as the same.

This artist that did the sculpture was actually two, there names are Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, they are very abstract ways of art. They always seem to try and put a illusion from the art, to make it look like its doing something it isn’t. Most of there sculptures are larger than life sculptures. One of there works that really stood out to me was the one of a big saw, that looks like its sticking out or the ground like it was stuck there.

So with this project I actually was able to change my own mind, after learning facts bout the art work, from disliking it to having respect for it. Im not saying I am truly am in love with it, but I respect it.

Midterm Assignment 2: Manipulation
Since I wasn't able to present my fallacies in class cause of my absence, during the week i was watching Tv, and it was a commerical of olive garden, it was type of fallacy that makes fun of commericals but ends up being just a commercial. It was like a video of the food, and like adversting it but then in the end the girl was like "it so good sometimes we forget to talk." Then they start laughing and it ends.

My other fallacy i found was my friend asked me if its true that if you eat before you got to bed you get nightmares. i was like no I've never heard that. So he was like oh well never mind then cause whenever i eat before i got to bed i get nightmares.

Midterm Assignment 3: Always Wanted To Progress Report (100 words or so)
My progress is doing good. I wrote my song, at the moment im just debating on recording it, making a music video, or playing live.Got a few books, about the history haven't been able to find a scholarly journal but i'm still working on that. Besides that learning the ukulele was pretty straight forward, and ended up also learning guitar on the side. Surprisingly both came to really easy, it helped having alot of friends that play guitar to help me alot.

Final Presentation

 * Topic (10%)

To learn the Concert Ukulele.


 * Research (20%)

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 * 1) Internet site: Ukulele Tabs : tabs and chords for ukulele, learn to play uke songs. Web. 03 Dec. 2009. .
 * 2) Book: The ukulele: a visual history. San Fransico: Backbeat Books, 2003. Print.
 * 3) Scholarly Journal: couldn't find one.
 * 4) Other (interview, TV show,etc): YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. © 2009 YouTube, LLC. Web. .


 * Your accomplishment (20%)

http://www.youtube.com/v/StpW5ajvb2U&hl


 * Project Review (50%)
 * 1)Everything went well was really straight forward the use of Youtube, friends, and internet sites helped a ton along with just messing around with it.
 * 2)Strings too easy to break, and my accident on the way to get my Uke.
 * 3)You different strings, and find a way to incorporate uke and guitar into on thing.

Self-Assessment
This class, at first I had no idea what it was about. But then just learning to achieve something that you have always wanted to do, was just awesome. Like I've always been the person that doesn't achieve something because I'm lazy, but something changed letting me want to learn. I think the difference on why i liked this class so much, was you let us choose what we wanted to learn, not gave us something. It was a very different aspect that i really liked and would hundred percent want to do this again and again. I think i learned things that never have brought up in classes in high school and other class, like just open debates, and the science on the ads to make people think or feel a certain way. Also the feel of teaching was alot different and helped me learn in a less stressful environment, like you said earlier you really are "King Chill" at the Art institute.