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This quarter, for my passage, I will teach myself to play a synthesizer/keyboard. I will teach myself through the Internet, and I will teach myself to learn sheet music.
First, I will obtain a MIDI controller to plug into my computer, and use a synthesizer program with it. Second, I will learn songs that I like on the keyboard, such as simple Nightwish and Sonata Arctica keyboard parts.Third, I will learn a bit of music theory, just as much as I do on guitar. Then, I will begin to write synth parts to my own music.
My passage addresses the creativity discipline, because I will be songwriting. I will learn in mathematics by learning the math of music.
I will demonstrate my learning through my musical strength by writing music (probably power, folk, and progressive metal). I demonstrate my learning through my mathematical weakness by learning sheet music. Reading musical notes has a lot of math to it.

Since I have many musician friends, I will find one of them to be my expert. I would also like to be able to play in several keys. I'll start by just learning how to go up the scale neatly and properly, just as I would with C major (all the white keys). I will also learn how to do harmonic minor scales. I have already learned the A harmonic minor scale (which is C major with a sharp G.)