I've been doing basically the same process I have been for the last couple weeks: learn a song, practice the song, get ready to record the song. I haven't gotten the chance to record a song this week, but I've been figuring out the instrumentals. I've been writing the notes to the songs in alto clef since I play viola and am still learning how to read treble and bass clef, since those are the clefs used in piano, but the notes are still the same. I recently began learning one of my all time favorite songs by one of my all time favorite bands, "Hey Jude" by the Beatles. I already know the lyrics, but the instrumental is a little more difficult because there are a lot of changes between naturals and sharps.
Currently, I'm using manuscript paper, which is basically just paper with blank staffs (the 5 lines musical notes are written on) to write the notes in. I don't start with a key signature since I'm not sure what's going to be in the music in the beginning because I find it by ear. I almost always start writing notes to songs in 4/4 since that is what's most commonly used.
I plan to record a bunch of music this week, some with just the audio, and some on video. I've been keeping the files on a flash drive to be able to transfer them onto whatever I choose to use for my presentation.
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