Posted 10 April 2012 - 05:04 PM
G'day Prancingnotes, Welcome to our community.
You've made a great start, but I think there's a couple of ways you can make these tunes better.
First, keep playing them. They're both beautiful pieces so you won't get tired of them even if you play them every day.
Next, work on your timing. Listen to other people play them and get the flow going in your head. Practise slowly until the whole tune moves at a steady and even pace. I realize that personal expression and interpretation allows us to change the timing of music, but the underlying beat should be even. Two ways to achieve this are 1) play to a metronome (I hate doing this) or 2) copy a simple rendition of the music into a music editor like Sound Surgeon, slow it down to a speed you can play at, and play along.
When people listen to you play, they start to mentally hum along, expecting the next note to arrive at the right time. If it's too early, or late, then they don't feel part of the music and they want it to stop. If the notes come at about the right time, they love it. You're allowed to make mistakes, miss the occasional note or even hit a wrong one, and you'll be forgiven. But if you stop and replay something you've stuffed up, or go slow on a chord change because you can't play it well, the listeners aren't so forgiving.
So my advice is to continue doing what you're doing, concentrate on timing, and never stop playing the tunes you've learned. Soon you'll know dozens of songs and your audience will love listening to you.
Keep playing, keep posting, and keep in touch.
"The music matters more than the instrument on which we play it." Jason W. Solomon
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