Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your 2-Hour Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I'm most proud of my service learning hours because I actually dedicated my time to something and got a lot out of it. Not only that but it was really interesting and fun.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)? Why?

P- or AP+ because I was really nervous and went through fast through my presentation but I feel I knew my topic well and addressed issues that applied to my EQ.

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)? Why?

AP, because although I feel I did a good job on my components, many of them were turned in late.

(3) What worked for you in your senior project? I liked going to talk to people and do service learning because I got to learn new things.

(4) What didn’t work for you in your senior project? That the hardest components were all bunched up near the end and many of  the components were not explained thoroughly and I hadn't the faintest idea of what to do.  

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples. 

I was made to look for service learning which could help me when going to look for a job or things where I lose the fear of going to places to ask for certain help. I learned much more than what I knew in instruments and repair which might push to try and be something related to music. 

2-hour presentation

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8mc-eCHfGOzRzh2ZExrWnlQNVk

Blog #25: Service Learning

Content:
(1) LIA Response to blog:

Literal

Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asmc-eCHfGOzdGQxMWRrM1VFMGlvRjQ5cEtMZEN1bkE

Contact Name & Number

Chris Butter
(909) 484-3550

Interpretive

What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

There are lots of things that I gained from this experience, but I belive the most important was finding my 2nd and 3rd answer. The answers were basically handed to me because I was surrounded by guitar information and helped me see that maintenance is eky in a musicians career.

Applied

How did what you did help you answer your EQ? Please explain.

I believe my service learning ties into my EQ because in my time being there I learned that practice and maintenance are two key components in becoming an accomplsihes guitar player.

Blog #24: Independent Component 2

Literal
(a) Statement saying: “I, Max Torres, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) Explanation of what you completed. For my Independent Component 2 I decided I would do something that isn't musical about guitar. I went looking for a repairshop where I could do service learning. I was able to take in my own guitar and fix it up. That includint removing any piecesand replacing and filing. This I what I did for my independent component. Guitar after guitar.

Interpretive

Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.

Knowing how to fix your guitar comes in handy to any musician. Whether it be from just the basics like restringing or more advanced like maybe fixing a broken neck. Having this experience taught me things baout guitars I never knew before.

It takes a lot of work to be able to fix a guitar. Each guitar took me a good few hours, only because I wasn't that good. I worked at a slower place than my instructor because he could estimate closer to the measurements than I could making me take my time.

Applied

How did it help you answer your EQ? Be specific and use examples.

One of my answers to my EQ was that proper maintenance is one of the best ways to ecome an acconplished gutar player. It ties directly into my EQ. I learned proper guitar repair which can then benefit me later on.

 

Blog #22: Answer #3

• EQ = What is the best way to become an accomplished guitar player?
• Answer 3 = Making a proper practice routine for yourself
• Evidence 

1. During my time with my service learning instructor he told me that to him practice is what helps a guitar player the most. He told me that nothing else matters if you don't know how to play right thats why practice is the key.
2. My first interview was with the person whom I did my independent component with. He is the leader of the choir that i played in. He always told me that practice was essential and would become frustrated when people wouldn't pay attention during practice. He said that you have to practice if you don't want to make a fool of yourself and the choir when you perform.
3. An article by Tom Hess that shows what to practice it and how. He explains the importance of practicing but also to not over practice and discourage yourself.

• Source = My sources were my service learning instructor, my first interview and and articles from the internet on good practice routines and the importance of it.

Blog # 17: Interview 4

1. How can a guitarist benefit from playing alongside other instruments?

2. What must you focus on learning the most? (repair, music etc.)

3. How might knowing guitar repair help you along the way?

4. Who or what can you go to when you want to learn the basics or more advanced guitar repair?

5. How can a broken or badly maintained guitar affect the musician?

6. If you don't have the means of getting a guitar instructor what can you do on your own?

7. What can you focus on when you sit down and practice guitar?

8. What is the biggest obstacle faced when playing alongside other instruments?

9. Do you have a practice routine? If so, what does it consist of? If you don't have a routine then how do you practice?

10. When you began playing guitar did you have experience playing any other instrument or along your career?

11. Did you learn everything from and instructor? If not, then how?

12. What would you say is the most essential part in playing the guitar and why? (not including guitar itself)

13. What is your definition of an accomplished guitar player?

14. How expensive would you say all your tools add up to? How long did it take you to collect them all?

15. How many years of training in repair or guitar playing until you can say you play well and why?

16. When you're replacing all pieces of a guitar, where would you start first and why?

17. When you first began playing guitar was it your mindset to make a career of it?

18. Do you think that playing guitar is something that can be learned or does it just come to certain people?

19. How do you help your students with practice or playing in general?

20. What do you think is the best way to become an accomplished guitar player?

Blog #16: Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

CONTENT:

 (1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.

• I will be repairing guitars at the Sam Ash guitar department. I'm going to take old or broken guitars and fix them up.

(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.

• Guitar repair can take time and I will be repairing more than just one guitar.

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?   

• My EQ relates to my Independent Component because to be an accomplished guitar player you have to know how to fix your own guitar to save time and money.