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Here’s the rest of the folks on page 5 we hadn’t gotten to yet.
lhamilton – Wow, Linda! You are a really good at whistling. You aced the uke playing, too. Absolutely beautiful. I sent it to Ashely to watch. She’ll love it 🙂
katazumiri – Here is my feedback for you and here is the course that I referenced.
gstriph – I think this is one of the strongest performances I’ve heard from you, Jerry! It was really good! Great feel and a clear understanding of the rhythms is evident – which is a little tricky on this one. I’d say keep doing what you’re doing and aim for gradual increases in tempo. Keep rockin’!
riberbula – Very nicely played! You have a great sense of rhythm, and you played wonderfully…especially for less than a month of playing! I recommend plucking a bit softer, especially during “The Avatar’s Love.” Towards the very end you played with less force and it would sound great to play like that throughout the piece. Keep up the great work!
ukandrea – You are doing a great job getting all of the notes and much of the rhythms! Now it’s time to work on getting a smoother, more connected sound, especially at the part between 0:20 and 0:30. Evan is leaving his fingers down longer on the shifts in these sections, and is sometimes even sliding between them rather than leaving space between them. Try to have the notes sustain a little longer even if you don’t slide between these. You’re doing a great job, this will just add a nice touch to what you are already doing well!
barbecueblack – Great job on this one, I know it has some challenging spots! Over all, you are staying in time fairly well, and your playing sounds great! There are a few measures, mostly in the chorus, where you are changing the rhythm slightly. You are either adding a few extra notes/beats (in measure 19), or cutting a tied note a bit short like in measure 14. These are slight things to fix, and that’s about it. Great job!
misterbones – That was a very fast take, and well played! I think I heard some triplet strums thrown in, and a nice take on the ending among other things. I enjoyed your rendition!
richard_siegert – You are doing very well so far! Keep working it up to speed and working out hesitations between sections and shifts. You’re playing great so far!
hiloukes – Very nicely done! You had a very nice sound and relaxed feel throughout the piece. Now that you have the notes and rhythms down, you can try adding dynamic swells into the piece to add some more emotional depth. On “The Avatar’s Love,” try starting the phrases quietly, increase the volume in the middle, and bring the volume back down at the end of the phrase. From that point you can experiment with where else to try this technique. Keep up the great work!
stianukulele – You have a very nice feel and sound througout the piece. With a little more work on sliding into position for the chord at 0:57, you’ll have an excellent rendition of the piece to play for people. Very well done!
robinl – You played this one very nicely! Your timing and sound were very nice! My only suggestion for this is on “The Avatar’s Love,” you may want to pluck just a tiny bit lighter on the first pattern to get it to match how you play the 2nd pattern. Great job on this one!
wongbrown – Great job on the notes and chords on this one! You’re playing great, there’s just one little thing about the rhythm to change: The 8th notes are played in a swing rhythm (long, short), which affects a lot of the notes in the verse. Once you apply that feel to this song, it will have a much bouncier/jazzier feel that gives the original it’s vibe. You’re doing great, just add this feel and you’ve got it!
concan – You are off to an excellent start! Now that you have the notes down, try adding a metronome at the speed you are able to play the second part. Then slowly build up the tempo and after reaching the speed you play the first part at, play the whole song with the metronome. Keep up the great work, you’re doing great on the notes and techniques!
nthibode – I can tell you really enjoy this piece: your feel, the notes, and your playing are great, and you were even swaying to the music. I really like hearing this one at this more relaxed tempo as well. Have you tried doing it at the tempo even plays it at? Now that you have it this smooth, try it a bit faster for fun. Wonderful job on this one!
richo_uke – Very nicely done! I’ll address the concerns you have: a) one way to remember these melodies is to practice humming and singing them while listening to the performance from Matt. This will give you a head start even before working on the piece. b) I think you did a great job playing the 3 strings one after another. I’m not sure if there’s much advice to give other than to practice each technique until it feels more natural. This just takes a certain amount of repetition. Keep up the great work!
ukule_lise – Your voice sounds great on this song! Your playing sounds great as well: you have very solid timing, and the notes were very clear. Just work a bit extra on that shift for the key change, and you’ve got it! That was a nice collaboration, video edited production, and performance!
Here’s my entry for this month. I had Beauty and the Beast down, but 2 days before I planned on recording it, I burned my fingers on my left hand. Luckily my fingertips were not affected, but I was playing the song with mostly barre chords so wasn’t able to play it. I learnt the Avatar piece yesterday and had to change some of the fingerings to accommodate for no barre chords, but I really wanted to submit something for this month because of how much effort I had put into Beauty and the Beast! I can definitely do better than this, and hope to bring my best effort next month.
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I am still working on If I Only Had a Brain so sharing Avatar this month. Please ignore the percussive elements from my cat towards the end and my mistakes from the distraction 🙂
Hi everybody!
Here’s my April entry with Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
I really enjoyed learning this piece! It had it’s challenging moments and I did learn a few new tricks I’ll make sure to use in my playing from now on!
Thank you to Andrew, Matt, and the team for always teaching us fun and interesting pieces!Thanks @Stephen! Agreed, I enjoy it at a slower tempo. I have tried it at 90-100% speed but it gets messy and sounds a bit rushed (it’s a good speed for the singing part though!). Cheers 🙂
@misskika – Sorry to hear about your finger! Hope you heal soon and you can always share your performance of B&TB in this forum. You did a great job on the new tune, sounds beautiful!
@cncamacho – Sounds great! I’d keeping working on the 2nd melody to keep it a bit more steady and maybe boost the tempo a notch.
@mademoiselleannette – Well done! This song is a bit tough with the barres and the jumps. And you aced those! Keep rockin’! 🙂Hello!
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This is my first ever challenge on RC 101 and I am very happy and excited to participate. I chose to play Animal Crossing New Horizons, Theme Song. It is a very fun and a little bit challenging arrangement to play on the ukulele and I really enjoyed learning! I enjoyed the new techniques that can be learned and mastered in this arrangement with the help of Matt!
Thank you Matt for putting this arrangement together!!!
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@unlegendaryn00b – Well done! Sounds great overall! Couple things to point out: Double check the chord in measure 8. And the ending has some pull-offs, try to do them a little bit lighter. In other words, use less force when pulling-off. Check out this lesson, it’ll cover the basics on that technique.
I’d also recommend playing along with Matt in the tab player. Try 4 or 8 bar sections at a time. His playing will act as a guide to help you to get it to flow even better. But overall again, bravo! Keep up the great work 🙂
@lbilkie – That was excellent overall! The only thing I’d suggest is to loop the sections where you hesitate a bit. Mainly bars 5 & 6.
Thanks for the feedback, Andrew!
Do you mean something like this?
Matt said (quote from “Learn 3 Japanese Inspired Songs”, 16:58 )
…one thing i want to say is when you´re playing this
there are rhythm markers for a reason
but if you´ve listened to Iroh in the show sing this… 🙂
play it from your heart
it´s okay to hold some notes a little bit longer have others go shorter
as long as you´re trying to create the sound
remember that this tune is really supposed to be simulating kind of an ancient folk song
and it´s not meant to be playrd with a band and a metronome
as much as it is to be played with rubato and feeling
so keep that in mind when you´re playing through it…Unfortunately, I didn’t see the cartoon and didn’t know that Iroh all the same can read sheet music and knows how to use a metronome 🙂
When I watch a video on YuoTube I take notations on the side, very old-fashioned, with a pencil (see Attachment).
It looks a bit messy, but I hope I haven’t put too many mistakes in it 🙂
Next time I’ll try not to lean too much on my heart, as it doesn’t really like syncopation and always simplifies everything.
Best regards
Lena
(with friendly support
of automatically generated YouTube subtitles
and google translator)
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