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Wow! @kirpuff! What a performance. And at speed. Very impressed. But I shall not be intimidated. (And don’t we all pull faces – all part of being human!)
Here’s my submission for Bodysurfing. Just uke 1 and at about 60% of speed…..
Hope you like it.
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@lyndallk fantastic job! Wow two pieces in the same month! Impressive! Great tone and feeling!
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First post and first entry!
Tried Day-o with the tapping. I have a bit of a challenge on sections where I have to tap while plucking is a bit of a challenge and I could not get a very good tapping sound.
Aloha from Hungary. Here is my entry. I just started learning uke a few month ago so I have a lot to learn 🙂
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Aloha Rockstars! I hope you’re all doing well! This month I took on Bodysurfing. It was a ton of fun. After 17 days of regular practice I actually learned the parts pretty well but putting them together in one video is challenging. I’m a complete amateur when it comes to recording and I don’t have great equipment (I make all my videos using imovie on a 9 year old imac and a 4 year old iphone). This is this tightest recording I could get. I know the solo falls apart in places and the outro got sloppy buy I’m still quite happy with it.
I play uke in a little trio (with guitar and percussion) if we’re ever able to practice together again I’m totally going to teach them this song. (pandemic. sigh. someday. sign) Big Thanks to Andrew and Evan. These uke challenges really help me keep some sanity as we all keep our distance from each other. I hope you like my video. Please leave a comment and/or hit the like button!
Wow!! Impressive performances. I’m watching all of your videos with a smile on my face. You’re great!
Here’s everyone on page 6:
lisa-k – Great work on this, especially considering that you’re new to the triplet strum! The hardest part is getting clarity out of each strum. Try slowing it down and work on getting a strong, well defined sound for each strum. Then gradually speed it up, staying at each tempo that you have less clarity on it until you are happy with it before going to the next tempo. at 0:42 seconds, try slowing this part down slightly and eyeballing the note, getting there before you play, or change the fingering to get these 2 notes with accuracy. Other than this, you are well on your way! Keep up the great work!
nthibode – Great feel and playing on this this one! You swell into each phrase nicely, your harmonics ring out well, and you are doing a great job with the finger shifts! There are a couple of spots that seem like a note or two aren’t ringing out as well on certain quick runs: on these spots, if it’s a consistent note that you have trouble with, try slowly going through just those areas with the intention of making every note as important as the one before it. Beautifully played, keep it up!
gstriph – You’re off to a great start! With the microphone, it sounds like it’s being over-driven. Try backing away from the microphone a bit more, or if you can, turn down the recording volume or gain to a lower level. As far as playing, lets just focus on the intro: at the end of measure 5 and all through measure 6…those notes should all be evenly spaced. The trick here is to shift quickly and keep your thumb plucking at a steady pace. Try isolating this part at a slower tempo to get those notes to flow as one stream rather than three or four separated groups of notes rhythmically. Keep working on it, you’ve got the notes down!
uku_on – Kudos for working on something above your current level! There’s a lot to work on, but congratulations on getting through the whole piece! I’m just going to focus on the intro for this: make sure that you have the rhythms right for each section: At the very beginning, the notes are all straight 16th notes…meaning each note is evenly spaced. Right now you are making certain notes longer and shorter, which creates a cool groove…but for now, lets learn it the way it’s written before making changes. I recommend going through each section slowly with the tab player to make sure you have the rhythms correct in your head as you go! That being said, your tone and technique are good so far! Stay relaxed as you play…if a section is too hard to play while keeping your hands/arms relaxed, play it slower for now. You’re doing great, keep it up!
kirpuff – I think we all make interesting faces when we play…yours are actually tame in comparison to many of mine! Excellent job on both parts of this song! This one is super challenging! The main thing to work on is the accuracy of the notes in the opening section. I recommend playing this part slowly to figure out which part of the fretting hand fingers are muting the notes. Make sure you are right in the middle of the frets on this part, as any part of the finger that ends up in front of the fret itself will mute the sound. If it’s mainly that the frets are too small, is this a tenor or a concert ukulele? If it’s a concert, try a tenor to see if that gives your fingers the extra room. Awesome job on this!
nproost – I like the way you approach each phrase by gradually speeding into it and slowing down along with swelling the volume. You have the right idea on working on a steady pace. To achieve this, just try to play the whole song at a slower steady pace and I think you’ll get a feel for it in time. Great work on this one!
rfritz3 – Congratulations on your first entry! You picked a challenging first song to do: the triplet strums are getting there, and eventually with slow practice on that technique with the goal of making sure each strum comes out evenly, you’ll sound like Matt on them! This takes a long time (I’m honestly still working on this technique myself). From 0:51 to the end, I want your focus to be keeping a consistent tempo, even if it’s a slower one. You’ve got the notes here, so it’s just a little work on staying steady and you’ve got it! You’re off to a great start, keep up the great work!
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Thanks for the feedback, Stephen! I used a concert. You are right, my dinosaur fingers work better on tenor for songs like this but I had strung it with a low G for last months challenge and was too lazy to change it. I think I should have! That and recording with headphones on made it hard for me to hear what I was doing, I was surprised to hear how many buzzed notes I had in the main theme, I will work on that, thank you!
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