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Here’s everyone on page 20:
ukulelemaster3000 – You’re doing a wonderful job, especially for your first ukulele song! You have a great sense of timing, and you have the notes down. Now it’s time to work a bit more on the intro to get those triplets down at full speed. My main advice is to pluck a little lighter in certain places throughout the song to get the best tone out of your ukulele. You’re doing great!
hotshot – Very well played, you’re definitely living up to your username! Now that you have the notes and the timing really solid, it’s time to make the note runs a bit smoother and more connected (legato). The way to do this is to leave the left hand fingers down until the next note is played, and to make sure the plucking hand isn’t stopping the strings from vibrating too soon. You are doing an amazing job, this will just add a little bit of extra style to your playing!
nitsur – The camera seems to always do that to me as well! It’s tougher than stage fright sometimes! You’re doing a great job in spite of this. The main thing to focus on is keeping a steady tempo throughout the song even if it’s slower than your current speed. Having a metronome or something keeping you in time gets your brain to be a bit quicker under pressure, and to acclimate to how far ahead it needs to think to avoid hesitating. You’re doing a great job, keep it up!
bzediver – That’s a very cool ukulele! Over all, you are playing very well on this, but there are a few spots where you are pausing in a very similar spot that does not have a pause: 30 seconds, 39 seconds, and 48 seconds in do not have space after the initial chord. I recommend playing along with the on screen tab player or slowing down the youtube play along to internalize the rhythm in these sections. You’re off to a great start, keep it up!
uku_on – It’s tough to edit video and play in time! I recommend recording to a metronome and using a program that you can line the takes up to each other in. On the intro part, you are still playing a kind of skipping rhythm where some of the notes are slightly longer than others, but they should all be equally as long. Keep working on it, you’re definitely making progress! Your tone and technique are great!
emiliano – You are doing an awesome job with the triplet strum! Very well played all around. Your dog makes the video…they seem to enjoy your ukulele playing a lot. Keep up the great playing!
jinajupiter – I love your cool “self collaboration” performances! This one is great! With the electric ukulele and distortion, you have to mute the strings more than you would without distortion. I recommend having just a tiny bit less distortion and working a lot on muting strings not played with the right hand. It takes some getting used to, you’re definitely off to a wonderful start, and I love the cha cha feel!
shmu88 – Great job on this! Your sense of timing is good, I think it’s just a matter of really practicing and memorizing the rhythms on a few spots so they don’t catch you off guard when performing. Another thing that helps is to go through this performance and mark the spots where you had the rhythm different, and spend a little bit of time isolating those parts of the song and play them until they become second nature. You’re doing a good job, keep it up!
puppylovesuke – You have a very nice feel on this one, and it seems like once you spend a little bit more time on the shifts and notes at 0:40 to 0:43 you’ll have it flawless. Then you can exaggerate the volume and tempo swells for effect if you would like. Wonderful job on this one!
ronnieg – Congratulations on your first challenge entry! Your triplet strum sounds excellent! I think you are ready to speed this one up a bit once you feel a bit more comfortable with the fingerpicking. If you practice a bit more, your mind wandering won’t get in the way of your muscle memory! This is a very great first entry! Keep it up!
Here are folks on page 21 that submitted within our deadline.
johnnyrotten – your playing sounds great and I’m glad you joined us for your first challenge! 🙂
So timing wise, you’re playing the phrases well, but you want to work on connecting one phrase to the next while keeping the timing steady. And the best way to do this is to tackle four or eight bar sections at a time. Master that before moving on to the next section.
ukukelley1 – well done, Sheryl! I dig the relaxed feel. So two things come to mind. One is to keep working on the campanella runs; Try to get those a little bit more fluid. But I also think you should push yourself to go a little bit faster on this one. I think that’d be a good challenge for you.
omaon4 – great job! I’d leave out the backbeat for the moment and would recommend playing with the tab player. You’ll have Matt’s playing as a guide and the backing track to help you stay locked into the groove. Both of which will help reinforce your timing.
But here’s the big thing: Work on 4 bar sections at a time. When you get comfortable with one section, do the next section, and then build it from there. After working through the song this way, I’d go back and add the backbeat, but make sure you add it only to beats 2 & 4.
macdog – the triplet run sounded awesome, Greg! Definitely can tell you put some work into it! Rest of it was great too. It sounds like you just need to memorize it fully. That’ll help you connect each phrase and keep it steady throughout. So I’d say with a little bit more practice, you’ll have it rockin’! 🙂
Wow! 141 members joined us for this month’s challenge, with a few more posting an additional performance on a second tune! Stephen and I are BLOWN AWAY by how amazing everyone did! Big round of applause to everyone who participated this month. 🙂
Our May Challenge is LIVE and the theme is “Mixed Bag” (i.e. 4 completely unique songs from one another). We have quite a few entries in already! I hope each of you join us again.
Below, I will post a list of members who participated in the April challenge for your first chance to win the Kanile’a Ukulele. Please let me know if there are any discrepancies.
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deadbuggy
deadbuggy
lisamcc
lisamcc
cncamacho
cncamacho
noonka
noonka
morrieuke1
morrieuke1
raffybaking
robinboyd
robinboyd
voyager
voyager
unclemymy
unclemymy
taylor22jane
taylor22jane
rebeca
ukelars
lildevil
lildevil
johanna2509
johanna2509
alex2531255
laurasil
hiloukes
willymac
willymac
tric_o_tronic
tric_o_tronic
lisa-k
lisa-k
nthibode
nthibode
gstriph
gstriph
uku_on
uku_on
kirpuff
kirpuff
nproost
nproost
rfritz3
rfritz3
surfnrz
surfnrz
barbecueblack
barbecueblack
dennisdickens
dennisdickens
lyndallk
lyndallk
aloooy
aloooy
eszti5mail
eszti5mail
brettboy
brettboy
marianne
marygrace
marygrace
lisadmh
lisadmh
funtime2018
funtime2018
andrewvh
andrewvh
sticks366
sticks366
turkgoose
turkgoose
rockmyuke
rockmyuke
janelletingey
janelletingey
joe150
joe150
wongbrown
wongbrown
alisefrenchyuky
alisefrenchyuky
threepwoodjones
mr_moltes
Catherine
Catherine
karenj
karenj
jedart
stianukulele
timolnz
timolnz
nathalie
nathalie
tim0721
tim0721
oldan_
oldan_
eyka321
eyka321
mszatanik
mszatanik
dorabr
kaidunc
kaidunc
elealong12
holly1
holly1
brightwing
debb1985
debb1985
kanae926
kanae926
lhamilton
lhamilton
cyukug
cyukug
simonalexander
artcrocker
sgorsuch
sgorsuch
amandali
amandali
hawaiihaze
hawaiihaze
miztaken
miztaken
andracass
andracass
juanita
andyrose
andyrose
camifromtherfarpatagonia
peiching
jkulele
jkulele
planetfink
planetfink
yooki-h
ccwuke
ccwuke
dal08260
rustypal
rustypal
givingtree89
givingtree89
tiff27
smokealot
smokealot
iyers408
iyers408
coffeemug
coffeemug
kayleighb
kayleighb
lisotta
lisotta
mark1256
mark1256
sgwarren
sgwarren
kkaszuba
kkaszuba
goody2shoes
goody2shoes
b_ukes_101
b_ukes_101
ukuleleloo
ukuleleloo
laurakarr12
laurakarr12
philbateau
philbateau
timtamaus
ivo_zag
cimarronsailor
cimarronsailor
kellyblackburn
kellyblackburn
riley_ukulele
riley_ukulele
marksearles
jayton
jayton
charlie3
charlie3
bklynsoul
bklynsoul
rufio0
rufio0
smudge
smudge
verity2003
verity2003
katariin
katariin
apblondie
apblondie
mfaske
mfaske
mljordan3
mljordan3
nosferatu
rickeymike
rickeymike
magnuselvar
magnuselvar
santai
santai
leosteelz0
leosteelz0
jonathan_gabel
jonathan_gabel
akichman
akichman
cloud_cactus
golf39
golf39
gardn_gnome
gardn_gnome
joannetala
joannetala
mac1984
mac1984
sprintingyogini
sprintingyogini
johnnyquickpants
johnnyquickpants
ukulelemaster3000
hotshot
nitsur
nitsur
bzediver
bzediver
emiliano
emiliano
jinajupiter
shmu88
shmu88
puppylovesuke
puppylovesuke
ronnieg
ronnieg
johnnyrotten
johnnyrotten
ukukelley1
ukukelley1
omaon4
omaon4
macdog
macdogThank you so much for the feedback Andrew, much appreciated. That was such a fun song to learn but that solo was a doozy!
Thanks Andrew, I’ll work on it! Also I wanted to ask if it’s ok to play Out jn the North on a high G?
@leosteelz0 – yes!
Thanks Andrew! I love the personal feedback you provide to each and every one of us. I’m working diligently on Out in the North and hope to get another entry in for that beautiful pineapple! I know it’s not the instrument that make the master, but it sure doesn’t hurt!
Thanks for the feedback!
There was an incredible lot of submissions this month. You keep so many people motivated – awesome job! 🙂Thanks Stephen, that is indeed a new challenge for me 🙂 honestly no idea how to mute the open strings that resonate along, but I will ask some of my guitarists friends.
@laurasil – TY! I fixed it 🙂
Hi Andrew. Thank you very much for the feedback. I only now realised that you can enlarge the player to full screen and have a count-in 😮
@Andrew. Thank you for the April challenge feedback. I just now saw it after posting my May challenge video, so I’ll definitely work on your suggestions for the June challenge.
Also, I forgot to say I AM A PREMIER MEMBER on the April challenge to get 2 entries. Is it possible to fix that?
You’re an awesome uke player and teacher!@hotshot – Got it! And TY!!
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