I have already reached my growth plan goal so Kiya and I decided to take on an extra challenge of playing Amazing Grace as a duet. As you can see in the video below, Kiya is singing and playing the guitar and I am playing the recorder. This song was challenging for me to learn because it was a lot longer than my previous songs and it had some fast notes that had notes with challenging finger transitions. For example the song goes from B to Dā€™ to B to Dā€™ and then B again so it was hard for the notes to be similar but having to go at a different tempo. I found playing alongside another instrument helped me stay on the correct tempo. When I first began to learn this song I was playing alongside a Youtube video so I could hear what I was supposed to sound like. Later in my learning, I was having trouble knowing what I was supposed to play at certain sections of the song to stay on tempo with the guitar. To help, Kiya played the piano because it was easier to follow. We took many recordings and then chose the one that we thought was our best. The video is attached below. Kiya was very patient with me while learning the song and helped me the entire time. It was fun to play together.

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