I chose to learn the recorder as it  is a great instrument that can be played by many ages at an affordable cost. I found these features to be very important because it makes bringing music and musical instruments into the classroom accessible to a majority of students and teachers. To begin my journey, I have been watching YouTube videos as well as learning the various notes that are needed to play my songs: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Thus far, I have been struggling to balance my work schedule, as well as moving and being without wifi for 2 weeks, and keeping up with my practice! I have found that I rely on technology to assist me in my playing and learning so  I am in need of a quiet place – like home – that has internet. Now that that problem has been resolved, I am enjoying playing my notes and getting to know my recorder. As my musical growth plan stated, I have read over the musical notes for O Canada and have been applying my current knowledge to the sheet music to focus on learning how to play the full song! I have also discovered just how important it is to be blowing on the recorder the right way to get the proper sound. From tweaking my breath and blowing, I am able to get a much clearer sound and look forward to applying this to my songs that I am learning. All-in-all this experience has been one of trial and error this far and I am eager to learn from these hurdles to better appreciate my understanding of music!