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I am submitting Day-O as my first attempt. Yes, there were still glitches but I have been recording so many takes that I think this is the better one. Hopefully I can incorporate the backbeat+melody in my next submission. Appreciate your feedback.
Cheers, Sheila
Hi everyone
here’s my entry :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFBM8fg3M5MThis one was kinda hard for me and at some point, I started to feel pain in my left wrist…
Also, I have a question for the community :
My tenor uke, that you can see in this video, sounds a bit off and has lost a lot of resonance since it has gotten a crack on one side (because of a goat… yes)
I attached a pic to show you my poor uke.
Do you guys think this is fixable and how much do you reckon it would cost?Stephen thank you for your excellent tutoring, patients and critiquing. Thanks to all the great instructors at Rock Class 101, a life time dream of playing a musical instrument is coming true in my retirement. Thank you all for this wonderful gift!
Mary Gracesticks366 – Very nicely done! I like the ingenuity on the strap! Your triplet strums are sounding great, and your over all technique is good. Keep up the great work!
turkgoose – You’re doing a great job on this! I’d recommend backing up from the mic on the strumming and playing lighter on those parts. Then on the solo, practice it slowly and work up to speed to get each part to ring out clearly at the faster tempo. Wonderful job, this one is tricky!
rockmyuke – Excellent job playing this one! You played great, especially for your first challenge! It seems like only one or two measures is giving you a slight bit of trouble. On measure 9, practice just a bit slower to get every note to ring clearly, and check to see if there’s anything that’s preventing certain notes from ringing out (try variations on fingerings, or see what might be muting one or two of the notes). Once you get that measure smoothly, you’ve got this one performance ready! Great work on this!
janelletingey – You picked a wonderful speed to start out at, and continued with a very natural, relaxed flow throughout. Wonderful job on this one! It seems like measure 9 is a spot that gives many trouble. On the 3rd note of the measure (the 3rd fret on the A string…a C note), there are two things to watch out for: 1. accuracy of making sure the note is fretted near the middle to upper part of the fret and 2. making sure no other fretting hand fingers are muting the note at all or causing it to buzz. The only way to get this part smoothly is to practice slowly with that note in mind. You’re playing on this is very nice. Keep it up!
joe150 – It sounds like one of your strings is tuned to the wrong note! Your C string seems to be tuned to a C# (one half step higher). You seem to be playing the notes correctly other than this issue affecting every C string note. After tuning, my biggest suggestion to get the rhythm on this one is to sing the song along in your head. You’re off to a great start, keep up the good work!
wongbrown – So far, this is great! There are only a few times where the rhythm isn’t quite locked in with the backing track. You have a tendency to rush the rhythms a bit in places like 0:46 to 0:50 and again at the very end of the song. My suggestion is to listen to how Matt locks in on these parts and imitate the laid back feel he captures in those sections. Stay relaxed and you’ve got this!
alisefrenchyuky – You’ve got the notes down, now it’s time to go back and focus on the triplet strum and the timing. The triplet strum technique is super hard to get down, and requires a lot of slower practice to hone. Try playing the first section at half speed or even slower to focus on getting all three strums to sound clearly and at almost equal volume. Then make sure that each of the 3 strums is spaced evenly. This takes a long time to do, but the results are worth it! Then, for the last half, I recommend playing along with the on screen tab player with the speed set to 50% to really lock in with Matt’s rhythm.
threepwoodjones – You’e getting a good sound of the instrument. I think you recorded this well. You’ve got the notes down, and the majority of the rhythms. One spot to spend a bit of extra time on is measure 6. The rhythm here is triplet 8th notes, which are evenly spaced and go by fairly quickly. Other than that, I think patting your foot or bobbing your head while playing might help you stay at a consistent speed throughout the rest of the song. That should make it easier to keep the laid back vibe of this song. Great job, keep up the good work!
mr_moltes – I like that you pointed out which sections were hard. It seems like measure 9 is giving many some trouble…take this part slowly and just keep working it up to speed noticing which notes give you the most trouble. As far as wrist pain, Your left hand wrist is bent at too much of an angle while playing. try keeping it straighter as you play, as bending too much can lead to things like carpal tunnel or tendonitis over time. Certain chord shapes cause us to bend our wrist more than others, but the goal is to figure out how to do them with as little bending as possible. I hope this helps, but take a break and stretch your wrists if they start to hurt! Great playing, and I hope someone can help you repair your uke!
Catherine – You are off to a great start! The notes sound great, and your rhythm is super close to being completely correct. The triplet strum is the hardest part of this song by far. Right now, isolate this technique from the song and practice getting each of the 3 strums to be evenly spaced at a slow tempo. Then build the tempo up gradually with this even spacing in the triplet as your goal. The only other thing I would recommend is to hold the melody notes on the A string down longer before switching to give the piece a more legato (smooth and connected) feel rather than a staccato (disconnected) feel. Other than that, you are playing this one beautifully!
@mr_moltes – I imagine it would be fixable to some extent. It wouldn’t be perfect, but you could at least get it stabilised, which would most likely help with the resonance. I have no idea how much it would cost, though. It would depend on where you lived (Iceland? New Zealand? Spain? I don’t know…) and what the shops in your area decide to charge.
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Here is my April Submissions of Hone A Ka Wai. I enjoyed the challenge of learning this song and found it to be deceptively difficult, especially with the fingering. I know there is plenty of room for improvement, but I can’t seem to work on anything else until I “finish” and submit my chosen challenge song. I want to now spend some time on the other fun Hawaiian songs. Thanks again to the RC 101 community. I hope you are all staying well.
KarenHere is my entry into the April 2020 member challenge, an attempt at Loki Lani. I’m considering changing my user name to “I suck at triplets”. BTW, March was my 1 year Uke-aversary.
2nd April Entry for Premier Member
Hona A Ka Wai – On this particular song I have tried to hold the notes to get sustained notes but not really sure if I am getting closer to this process or not. It is really hard for me to judge.
It seems difficult to hold notes while thinking about the next move OR hold some fingers on notes while the other ones have to be headed for other notes. However it is something that I continuously work on.
Thank you stephen for your feedback, it is always very helpful and i relly appreciate it
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