As the start of February brewed in, Malden High’s Acoustic Club began their first meetings, which occur every Monday. The Acoustic Club is a student run club that introduces students to the basics of learning how to play guitar.
When it comes to learning guitar, there are multiple steps to learning how to play the right cords. With the Acoustics Club, students who previously joined the club came back to help teach newcomers that vary from all grades, ninth to twelfth.
“I worked with Cathen to create this club with hopes of creating and fostering a guitar community, where people who are new can come learn and enjoy a new community, and also for those who already play guitar, to just have a place where they can practice and help others as well,” Vice President junior Angela Lam shared.
Lam and junior Cathen Fontanilla are the co-founders of this club, and formed a safe space for students who want to play guitar, learn different songs, and improve on their technique.
The Acoustics Club also helps students who want to refine their stringing and improve. Freshman Maria Deniz shared what she hopes to achieve by the end of the school year in the Acoustics Club. “I hope to learn more, like the music theory for guitar and learn how to do more songs.”
“I want to be able to look back and see achievements I’ve made with the guitar. Even if it’s not that much, I want enough progress to be proud of and to be able to confidently play the guitar,” shared senior Anas Tiahi.
The club held their first meeting in Holland, third floor, on February 2nd. The club leaders, Lam and Fontanilla, introduced what the Acoustics Club is, what they plan on teaching throughout the rest of the school year, and the benefits of joining.
When holding their second meeting on the eleventh of February, the club began with everyone grabbing a guitar and forming a circle to play. Lam and Fontanilla shared tips to the members on which cords are needed to play “Riptide”, then offered advice and feedback on how they did, as well as what they need to improve on.
“I hope that we can gain some loyal members or I hope that people are able to learn and enjoy this community, because the whole point of it is to create a welcoming community for people to go to,” shared Lam.
As this club continues on into the next few months, the club wishes for more students to join so they too can experience playing the guitar, learn how to play songs, but most importantly, have fun, as this club circles around a strong group of students who help one another.
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